DreamWeaver's Quilts Quilt Epiphany Weblog

Day one of the Gaudynski workshop started out quietly, since we mostly just talked our way through to lunch. Diane has so much quilting knowledge in her head, and she started the workshop with a bit of lecture, and introductions. Every time a student would introduce herself, Diane would talk about something the student said [...]

I’ve made my plans and reservations to go to A New Tradition in Quilting workshop with Diane Gaudynski at the Museum in Paducah in the beginning of March. Three whole days of quilting with my quilting idol! Woohoo! Not to mention a whole week in the States with my buddy Dawn since she’s taking the [...]

I really don’t think I’m all that unorganized. Yeah, my studio (and the rest of the house, it could honestly be said) is a bit cluttered, but I’ve always said that know where everything is. I do have a pretty good memory, and that helps most of the time. Every once in a while though, [...]

Quilts From The Quiltmaker’s Gift,by Joanne Larsen Line My youngest daughter Erin has been asking to make a quilt for a long time (never mind how long; shame on me!). I helped her pick out fabric yesterday for a quilt for her bed, and we are using a pattern from Quilts from The Quiltmaker’s Gift. [...]

When you have to “unsew” a seam, (and lets face it, we all have to do that at some point, unfortunately), are you in the camp that snips every third stitch on one side, and then pulls the thread out from the other side, or do you remove the thread from one side, unsewing with [...]

Not that this is a bad thing, but I’m in the middle of the final editing for the Machine Quilting—Master the Basics CD Workshop. There hasn’t been much time for real quilting ’round here this last week. My review and beta testing team has finished their work, and suggested some valuable improvements to the program. [...]

Episode 5 of The Driven To Quilt Podcast is available for dowload. Today’s topics: The Quiltmaker’s Gift Activity, Sharing Your Quilts, and Ten Top Tips for Machine Quilting. Enjoy!