By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I have started six new quilts in the past few weeks. Is it because I have finished all of my previous projects? Is it because I don't have a UFO to my name? No, it is not. Maybe it's that my studio is spotless, my stash is organized [...]
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 and Mary Beth Krapil, Handi Quilter National Educator I started machine quilting an old UFO this week, and because I'm not experienced, I had questions right away. Mary Beth is a seasoned longarm quilting pro and is always just a text away. I sent my questions to her! [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Eight years ago I started an improvisational quilt project during a retreat with Mary Lou Weidman. Mary Lou was doing improv long before anyone called it that. She makes amazing story quilts and she is full of ideas. A day spent with her is like slurping creativity from [...]
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 [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Earlier this month I blogged about my UFOs. In case you're not familiar with this term, it's how quilters describe their UnFinished Objects—projects begun but not finished. Most of us have them. I made this top as part of a staff challenge when I worked for a quilting [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador UFO is quilt-speak for UnFinished Object. A UFO is a project you started but didn't complete, and most quilters have some. Occasionally I meet someone who can't bear the thought of anything unfinished, but that's the exception. This UFO is a machine appliqued block that never went any [...]
