Harry Potter - The Quilt

Something that I really love about my job is the wide variety in quilts that I am able to custom machine quilt for so many amazing people! Sabrina made this stunning Harry Potter quilt and I was able to bring it to life with some custom machine quilting for her.

Straight Line Quilting & Feathers Make My Heart Happy! + Bonus Video

I'm sure you're all so sick of me telling you how much I love ruler work and feathers, but I can't help it! I love them both so much! 

I recently custom machine quilted this beautiful quilt for my client MaryAnn. Over the years I've machine qulited several quilts for her and they've all been fabulous, but for some reason there just hasn't ever been the perfect quilt  for some feather work, until now!

How to: Easily Remove Blue Mark-B-Gone Markings

I've got another little tip to share with you today. In this little video I'll share my new favorite way to remove those blue markings I've made on my quilt top with a blue Mark-B-Gone marker.

I hope you'll find a little bit of inspiration with this fun video.

How-to: Unpick Machine Quilting

Over the years I've had to unpick machine quilting more than I'd like to admit. Although I'd love to live by the stadard of "it's a design element" there are times that you just have to unpick. In this little machine quilting video I'm sharing the method I like to use to unpick my machine quilting.

Cube Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

Over the years I've machine quilted several quilts for Paula and I've shared several of them here with you. I've loved quilting her darling quilts. She has made a quilt special for each of her grand-children and now that they've started getting married she's making quilts for their spouses. I really love that Paula lets the grand-kids pick out the patterns and fabrics, so you know they'll love and cherish the quilts that she's made for them forever!

New York Beauty - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

2018 has been a crazy busy year for me, I've traveled, quite a bit, I've taught, a lot and I've really had so much fun. With all of that there has been less time spent here on the blog, and to be honest, that makes me really sad. I love that blogging and sharing my work here is what really helped me start my career down the crazy path that it's gone down and I'm forever grateful for the blogging platform.

I'm slowing down the travel a little bit and with that I hope I'll be able to get back to sharing more here with you. 

Pumpkin Maze - Orange Fat Quarter Bundle + A FAT QUARTER BUNDLE GIVEAWAY!!

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED! WINNER HAS BEEN CONTACTED!

Every once in a while I take a little bit of time and piece something that I get to keep. This quilt was so much fun to make and I'm so excited to have something fun and kinda scrappy to go on my home this fall season.

Simple Forest - A Free Quilt Pattern - Featuring Flourish Fabrics by Natalia & Kathleen

I'm excited to share this fun new, free quilt pattern with you today! This darling quilt is perfecgt for Christmas, or really, any time of the year. 

The fabrics shown on this cute quilt are from our new fabric collection, Flourish. Flourish is by Natalia & Kathleen for Moda fabrics and is shipping to stores now. For this quilt we chose to just use white, green and gray, but I've also got it sketched out using some reds and it's super cute with those too!

PIneapple Quilt - Edge to Edge Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

Paula recently made this darling pineapple quilt and send it to me for some machine quilting. I've shared several of Paula's other quilts in the past, and I've had so much fun quilting them for her. She's made a special quilt for every single one of her grandchildren and now they've started to get married, so she's making them for the in-laws. How awesome is that!

Rhapsody In Bloom - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

I recently custom machine quilted this fabulous quilt for Janet! I loved quilting this quilt. Being able to add in secondary designs that are subtle really make me so happy.

Double Wedding Ring Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

I recently custom machine quilted this fabulous Double Wedding Ring quilt for Ashley! I love this quilt, the Double Wedding ring has got to be the most classic wedding quilt and the color combination that Ashley chose for her quilt is just stunning!

Ashley asked me to machine quilt this fun quilt with some feathers and also add in her wedding date. Other than that she let me quilt it however I thought looked best. 

Holland Quilt - Edge to Edge Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

It's that time of year again. International Quilt Market is this weekend, that means our screens will be full of new yummy quilty inspiration. I won't personally be attending Quilt Market this time around, we've got a family memeber getting married, wait we can't wait to see all of the beautiful pictures from the show.

This quilt is a fun one that I recently quilted for Vanessa of Lella Boutique called Holland. The tulips are adorable, so cute that they actually make me want to do some curved piecing. :)

Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting - An Interactive Class with Natalia Bonner

Hi firends! I'm super excited to announce my upcoming interactive class. 

It's finally here! Natalia has been traveling the United States and Canada teaching her widely popular class, Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting. Now is your chance to take this class online, and more in depth then ever. 

Class starts June 11th, 2018! Register today, limited number of students.

Picture this - more than 50 quilting designs to create modern quilts with classic style! Natalia's instructions are detailed videos that make it much easier to get beautiful results on your quilting or sewing machine. Tips for choosing batting and thread, layering and basting, starting and stopping, and prepping your machine are included.

• Clear step-by-step videos takes the mystery out of free-motion quilting 

• Learn how to quilt all-over, as background filler, on borders, and on individual blocks 

• Loops and swirls, feathers and flames, flowers and vines, pebbles and more!

This hands-on class will last six weeks. 

Week 1 - Machine Quilting Basics

Week 2 - Allover Quilting

Week 3 - Background Fillers

Week 4 - Borders & Sashings

Week 5 - Custom Quilted Blocks

Week 6 - Quilting on Applique

*Classes will be available forever after purchasing and Natalia will answer questions and be interactive on the group page for one month following the completion of the class.

*On Moday of each week a new video will be posted, in each video Natalia will post a detailed video explaining in depth and showing you step-by-step how to quilt each of the motif's.

*On Friday of each week Natalia will be LIVE on video chat for one hour, at 10:00am MST to answer any questions you have had during the week practicing the motif's you've learned at the first of the week.

*Supply lists will be sent to registered students beginning on June 1st, 2018.

*Tuition includes the book, Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting, before class begins you will receive a hard copy of Natalia's book. ***If you already own the book, please contact Natalia via email, nataliabonner2@gmail.com.***

**This class will be hosted in a private facebook group, you must have a facebook account to take the class.**

Click here to register today!

UQSM - 2018 - Quilt Show in Sandy Utah!

Last week I spent the week in Sandy, Utah teaching at UQSM. So far this year I've been traveling and teaching quite a bit this year and after this event I'm feeling more energized and excited about the future than I have in quite some time!

At the show I taught four, hands-on classes, Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting, Next Steps In Machine Quilting, Creative Background Fillers and Visual Guide to Free-Motion Quilting Feathers. I had full classes and my students were fabulous. I loved watching them improve on their machine quilting skills from the beginning of class to the end of class, it's so gratifying to be able to witness the light-bulb moment.

Introducing Flourish - A Fabric Collection by Natalia Bonner & Kathleen Whiting for Moda Fabrics

I'm so excited today to share our newest fabric collection, Flourish by Natalia Bonner & Kathleen Whiting for Moda Fabrics. 

Like our first fabric collection, Thrive for Moda Fabrics, Flourish is made from all the colors we love and love to use in our homes. The prints are mostly line designs based off of my machine quilting designs. The prints in Flourish are great as stand alone prints, or they can be fabulous blenders, they are great to blend with your favorite fabrics.

Creating Texture with Machine Quilting + Bonus Video

Cecilia sent me this beautiful quilt and asked me to custom machine quilt it for her. Cecilia did have some ideas in mind for the machine quilting and I was able to bring those ideas to life. That's what I love most about machine quilting!

Introducing - Strawberries Forever + Bonus Machine Quilting Video

I'm super excited to officially begin to introduce you to our new quilt patterns, that feature our upcoming fabric collection, Flourish. Flourish is by Natalia & Kathleen for Moda fabrics and will be in stores fall 2018.

Today I get to introduce you to one of my favorite patterns, Strawberries Forever. I love this fun pixelated looking strawberry, and even though it may look like a lot of piecing it actually went together pretty quickly!

Little Cottontail - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Introducing Patreon

Vanessa of Lella Boutique designed and made this darling Little Cottontail mini quilt. The bunny is so dang cute, and Vanessa has an adorable coordinating large quilt pattern coming out in May! You can check out more details about this fun pattern over at Lella Boutique.

Over the last few months I've had a lot of fun sharing my machine quilting with you all over on YouTube. I've loved sharing there and the positive feedback that I've received from so many of you has been so fabulous and has pushed me to share even more of my work via video. 

I've been searching for the right platform to share more and I feel that I've found the perfect fit for me, Patreon. Don't get me wrong, I will still be sharing a lot of my work on YouTube, but in my new Patreon videos I'll be sharing more about my process. I'll share more of my thought process, help you understand how I decided to quilt what I quilt where I do and hopefully teach you take you own machine quilting to a fun new creative place.

Jolly Tartan Plaid - Edge to Edge Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

As much as I love custom machine quilting, and I really enjoy free-motion quilting I do feel that there is a place for edge to edge machine quilting. This quilt is the perfect example of that, at lest in my opinion. 

The quilt is darling but between the pattern and the fabrics there is a lot going on, if I were to do custom quilting, most likely it's just going to blend into the fabrics. So, I feel that quilts like this, and quilts that are going to be "loved" meaning washed and used a lot, edge to edge machine quilting is the perfect fit.

Introducing Flourish - A Fabric Collection by Natalia & Kathleen for Moda Fabrics

Kathleen and I are really excited today to introduce you to our second fabric collection with Moda Fabrics, Flourish!

Flourish is calming shades of green, gray, teal and red. The prints stand out on their own, for accessories, pillow and garments, while the clean designs also work well mixed with other favorite collections.

Surround yourself with Flourish as we have. These are the colors you'll find in our homes, and the prints come from Natalia's machine quilting designs. The text print captures the quotes and inspirational messages we embrace every day... as we try to Flourish.

Modern Log Cabin Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

I recently custom machine quilted this really cool modern log cabin style quilt for Kristy! Kristy actually made this quilt as a gift for her husband. I love it so much, it's fun, modern, masculine and I had so much fun custom machine quilting it. 

Quilters Patch Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting + Bonus Videos

I recently custom machine quilted this darling version of the Quilters Patch quilt for Kathy! This quilt is darling and I had so much fun quilting it for her.

Modern Baby Quilts - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Videos

I recently custom machine quilted a couple of darling baby quilts that were made by my friend/client MaryAnn!

MaryAnn made this darling quilts for a set of twin boys, they're not identical, so even though the quilts are identical MaryAnn let me custom machine quilt them differently, and I love how they turned out! I had a lot of fun machine quilting them.

Solids Star Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Videos

I recently custom machine quilted this beautiful quilt for Elizabeth Eastmund and Paintbrush Studios. The quilt is gorgeous and was so much fun to machine quilt on those yummy solids fabrics. I'm sure you all know that I love quilting on solids. I love that my machine quilting can really come to life. :)

If you're headed to QuiltCon this spring make sure to stop by the Paintbrush Studios booth and check out this beautiful quilt.

Beach Break - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

I recently custom machine quilted this darling Beach Break quilt for Sondra. I've actually custom machine quilted a few of these cute quilts over the last few years and they are all so much fun to quilt. You can check out some of the others here.

Each one of these quilts are so much fun, I love the variety of machine quilting patterns that I get to use when I custom machine quilt sampler type quilts, and this one is just so bright and cheery.

Square Scramble - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Video

Lynne made this darling version of the Square Scramble quilt and sent it to me for some custom machine quilting. I actually custom machine quilted the original version of this quilt a few years back, you can check it out here. It's always so flattering when a client likes the original version so much that they ask for their to be quilted the same. 

The Lion Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + Bonus Videos

Heather pieced this beautiful Lion quilt and sent it to me for some custom machine quilting. The quilt is really modern so I decided to keep it pretty modern with the machine quilting, but I also wanted to add in a bit of detail with some feathers.

Yummy Corn Chowder - A Free Recipe

Every once in a while I cook something yummy and each time that I share the pictures on Instagram, I always get requests for the recipe. So, I thought it'd be fun to share today's yummy soup.

Growing up my parents would make this soup and it was always my favorite, actually this year for my birthday I chose to make this soup over going out to dinner, and it's actually the only soup my husband considers a meal, win, win!

Hugs & Kisses Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

Jan pieced this beautiful scrappy Hugs & Kisses quilt and sent it to me for some custom machine quilting. A few years back I actually custom machine quilted another version of this quilt, and Jan loved that quilt, so I quilted hers similar to that one. You can check it out here.