By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm quilting my scrappy Gypsy Wife right now on the HQ Capri stationary longarm and it's not going especially well. This is a sampler design by Jen Kingwell with many blocks in many sizes and lots of long, skinny strips. I thought it was busy enough to hide [...]
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. [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I just finished quilting a throw of my own design on the HQ Capri stationary longarm and boy, did I learn a lot! This is Hugs and Kisses, designed, pieced and quilted by me! All it needs now is binding and a label. Let's talk about some of [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been quilting on the HQ Capri every day recently and I continue to learn—sometimes the hard way. But I know that is part of it, and my experience over a lifetime has been that lessons stick best when they come at a cost. I really like this [...]
By Diane Harris and Mary Beth Krapil This is a followup to a recent post where I wondered how to quilt a top I made called Vintage Zigzag. It's one of those love-hate projects because it wasn't easy to sew (bias edges for miles), but the finished product gives me goosebumps. Vintage Zigzag from [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm in the habit of keeping something always going on the HQ Capri, so that when I have a few minutes here or there, I can sit down and quilt! Of course the InSight table can be adjusted for standing, but recently I've been sitting. I was on [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm mostly happy with my recent finish, this baby quilt in peachy pinks, yellow-greens and grays. I pieced it at a retreat a few years back but wasn't motivated to quilt it until now. I am surprised and delighted to find that I actually want to quilt my [...]
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 finished piecing a project on May 7, just 16 days after I started. It was a challenging project for a couple of reasons but now that it's finished, I quite like it. My Gypsy Wife quilt top, a design by Jen Kingwell I am not much of [...]
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. [...]
