Archive | June, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #3

June 28, 2007

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Okay, yeah, it’s been awhile since I did a Thursday Thirteen, but hey, this one just had to be said: Thirteen Things to love about the Bernina 440(in no particular order) The CFL (Cool Fluorescent Light) that is three sided and wraps around the foot for fewer shadows on your work. No more extra lights [...]

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Machine Quilting Workshop now available online!

June 26, 2007

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I’ll be teaching the Machine Quilting—Master the Basics class online at Quilt Campus, September 8-29. It’s a great way to bring the class to you, if you can’t get to the class!

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Retreating to the comfort zone

June 25, 2007

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For the last two (or maybe more) weeks, I’ve been trying to design the outer borders for the bird quilt (a.k.a. “The Misery Quilt“). I really thought it needed some curves in the outer border(s), and maybe some more embroidery of some sort as well. I did test stitch-outs of a couple of embroidery options, [...]

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This blogging thing

June 24, 2007

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I’m finally here at the computer to write a post (not that I haven’t been at my computer all week for various reasons, just not this reason), and I have so many different things that I intended to write about that I don’t know where to start or which one to choose. I thought about [...]

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Quilting Good Times

June 12, 2007

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Today I had a wonderful visit with Kristin La Flamme, to shop, do lunch, and quilt! What a lovely day we had, getting to know each other, sharing opinions and stories, and machine quilting in the afternoon. Despite the fact that we are near to complete quilting opposites (well, except for the fact that we [...]

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National Quilting Association Quilt Show

June 5, 2007

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Just a quick one to let you know that Material Marquetry reached it’s destination safely (and on time!), and will be displayed at the National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-9! I looked at the calendar and realized that’s this weekend! Time flies, I guess. If you’re in the area or plan to [...]

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