Baby Chevron Quilt

Lisa made this adorable baby quilt. I love the simplicity of the quilt. Lisa told me it's for a new baby boy, and that I could quilt whatever I wanted, as long as I kept it masculine.

I loved playing in the negative space. I just had fun machine quilting different fillers.

Thanks so much for letting me quilt your adorable quilt Lisa!

LOL - Me & My Sister Designs

Quilt Market machine quilting is already underway around here, I've been having a lot of fun with the quilts that I've been machine quilting for market. However, it means that I can't share a lot of what I've been working on here on the blog.

Last week I did finish quilting this adorable quilt, that is made with Me & My Sister Designs' new LOL fabric. I had so much fun with this quilt. While I was quilting this quilt I made a little video of myself machine quilting the blocks like the one above. These are done on my long-arm, free-motion quilting with a ruler.

Hope you enjoy the little video.

Hop over to our YouTube channel to see more fun sewing and machine quilting videos.

How to: Free-Motion Quilt a Feathered Swirl Triangle Border - a video tutorial

I have been having so much fun recently with my custom machine quilting. I've also been having fun making these little video tutorials to go along with what I'm creating.

I know they are totally amateur videos, but I hope you find them inspiring. :)

Auriful Machine Quilting Tip #4

It's already April!

Crazy how fast time goes.

I'm excited today to share my fourth tip in the year long series of Aurifil Machine Quilting Tips! 

Today's tip:

When you're beginning try to choose a neutral or matching thread color, matching threads will help hide any imperfections!

Hop over to the Aurifil blog to see Angela Yosten's darling block.

How to: Free-Motion Quilt Swirly Feathers - a video tutorial

This adorable Great Big @ sign quilt was designed and made by Lissa. It's such a fun quilt. Lissa blogged all about this quilt and even shares a free pattern over on her blog. Hop over there and check it out!

I Quilt.......

I'm pretty sure my shirt is self explanatory, and I think many quilters can relate. :) 

I love this shirt!

When I saw this shirt over at Patchwork Threads I knew I HAD to buy it! Yesterday it arrived and I put it on as soon as I could tear it out of the package. The shirt is super duper comfortable, so comfortable in fact....that I ordered a few more! :)

Seriously, if you are looking for some adorable sewing related shirts, be sure to check out Patchwork Threads!

Have a great weekend!

Denyse Schmidt Clam Quilt

I spent the first few days of this week custom machine quilting this amazing quilt. Diane spent the first part of this year piecing this quilt, and it's amazing! Maybe because I'm still so intimidated by curves, or maybe it's the fabrics, but I just think it's adorable and inspiring!

I actually followed Diane on Instagram as she made this quilt, then she asked me to machine quilt it for her, I was, still am, so flattered that I was able to quilt it for her.

I chose 5 different background filler type patterns and just randomly machine quilted them in the clams, I tried really hard to never have the same pattern touching, but there are a few spots where they are. :)

Such a cool quilt!

Thanks so much for letting me machine quilt this for you Diane!

Check out what Diane is up to on her blog or Instagram.

Little Tiny Log Cabins

Last week I finished the machine quilting on this adorable Little Tiny Log Cabin quilt. Donna pieced this quilt, If you remember I recently shared another one of  her amazing quilts, this lady has some patience! Those log cabins are tiny, I think they finish at about 4"

I custom machine quilted this quilt, quilting a bud type pattern in the log cabins and then a swirly pattern in the white blocks, with a fun floral border.

Quiltmaker Magazine - May/June 2014 - Year of Machine Quilting

The May/June 2014 is hitting newsstands soon and I'm super duper excited about this issue.

My 3rd article in my Year of Machine Quilting series is featured in this issue and this month I'm sharing some new background filler ideas. Along with those ideas I'm talking about thread, my experiences and the threads that I prefer to use.

How to: Load a Quilt on a Long-Arm Quilting Machine with Natalia Bonner

Join me in my studio today as I show you how-to load a quilt on a long-arm quilting machine.

Make sure to check out all of our helpful videos over on YouTube!