By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador In the last post, we looked at how skillful longarm quilters use quilting as a design element. There were some over-the-top quilts with over-the-top quilting. Clamshell, pieced by Rhonda Adams, Grasonville, Maryland. Quilted by Jane Hauprich. But if you're more of a regular quilter like I [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador This is my best machine quilting trick. It's easy to do and it looks great. I've done it most often on smallish quilts but I've used it on a throw-size quilt, too. I tried it for the first time on this little red quilt, which is a free [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been watching machine quilting videos, and a lot of them. I bought them as classes over the past dozen years or so. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I haven't taken time to view many of them before now. I'm watching now because recently, a popular [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador The biggest challenge I face as a maker is knowing how to quilt the tops I finish. I can piece and applique 'til the cows come home and am never short of ideas. But put a newly finished quilt top in front me when it's time to secure [...]
