By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I pay more attention to quilting than I used to. The educators at Handi Quilter are rubbing off on me! I notice especially when the quilting is its own design element. Here's what I mean. Postcard from Sweden, made by Jane Hauprich of Stitch by Stitch [...]
I've been making simple Log Cabin quilt blocks and I'm having a great time imaging where the design could go. I'm using a free pattern from Quilter's World in a mystery sampler called Awash with Color, Block 1. I'm starting with lights so that my last addition is darks. I'm sewing from my stash and [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I quilted another UFO and for the first time I do not feel like I totally messed it up. I think I have turned a corner. This is a crib-size quilt I made from two sets of UFO blocks. The flowers are from a pattern called Daisiez by [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm astonished at the new thoughts I'm having in the wake of my excitement about machine quilting. 1. "I can't wait to quilt this!" 🤗 In the past, I was a piecer and only a piecer. I made patchwork endlessly and the quilt tops just kept piling up. [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been thinking about the evolution of quilt design. If you stop to consider it, people had to design their quilts even as America was born, and in other cultures, long before that. Star of BethlehemMaker Unidentified1850 - 1870Probably made in Maryland or OhioHand-pieced, hand-quilted; International Quilt Museum [...]
I taught a class in Shenandoah, Iowa earlier this year, and my hostess treated me to the progress on her guild challenge quilt. It’s remarkable so I wanted to share it with you. She started by drawing these four fabrics randomly, and at first glance, you might think that was disheartening. Carolyn began with [...]
