by lsmith | Aug 24, 2021 | Quilting Tips
With each quilt project, I try to broaden my horizons and learn something new. Sometimes that is playing with different colors than I would usually pick. Others, it is adding a new technique for assembling the quilt. Often the design itself is an extension of the...
by lsmith | Aug 20, 2021 | Quilting Tips
Rigby Do you ever have one of those weeks when you know you should be more productive, but time just keeps slipping away? I am having one of those weeks. I need to get some patterns finished and tested before the end of the month. We have some great ones coming out...
by lsmith | Aug 13, 2021 | Quilting Tips
The EQ8 Block Spotlight for August is White Oak, an applique motif. Such an appropriate block given fall is just around the corner. Granted, it is hard to believe as the temperatures have soared to 100F. But, quilters are always trying to stay at least a season...
by lsmith | Aug 6, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
Yesterday, I was so excited to finally have the Sun King medallion appliqued onto the background fabric. I had pinned it on and used a blanket stitch around the perimeter of the circle to secure it. I wasn’t thrilled as I reached the start again as the fabric...
by lsmith | Jul 30, 2021 | Quilting Tips
It is no secret to those who have seen some of my patterns that I like curves. They can be so graceful and add such character to piece. However, I also understand the frustration of getting pieces to line up perfectly or even begin to look like a curve instead of a...
by lsmith | Jul 27, 2021 | Quilting Tips
Most quilters have a project that they pick up and put down several times. This is one of those. Not because it was hard. In fact, it was easy! Other priorities in life just kept putting it on the back burner. I have made a goal for myself to reduce the number of UFOs...
