I started a new scrap quilt last week because I made up an easy block and couldn't resist playing with a fabric combination that I created in EQ8. I designed this quilt in EQ8 and couldn't resist piecing it from my stash. I had quite a lot of the green for my background, shown below. [...]
This is a question I love to ask people! Even if it's a quilter I have never met before, she (or he) is always happy to chat about a current project. It's the best ice breaker! Here are a few things I am working on. I finished all of the blocks for this Log Cabin [...]
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 Yesterday I shared the story of this UFO, which has now happily become an FO: Finished Object! It feels great to have this one done. I kept the quilting simple but that's because Mary Beth Krapil, my tutor in all things machine quilting, has taught me to ask [...]
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 learning so much about machine quilting each day. The lessons apply whether you're quilting on a domestic like HQ Stitch or on a stationary longarm like the HQ Capri. Some of them would also be useful if you're longarm quilting with a machine on a movable carriage. [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Today I finished piecing another very old UFO (that's quilt-speak for UnFinished Object). It took about a day and I can't imagine why I let this one languish for so long. I started with 12 blocks. A few were missing corners and one was only partly sewn, but [...]
