by lsmith | Nov 16, 2020 | Quilting Tips
A few weeks ago, I volunteered to write a blog about quilt projects and rework as part of the UFOvember initiative organized by The Geeky Bobbin. The effort is designed to help quilters and crafters minimize the UFOs (Unfinished Objects) in their possession. Use...
by lsmith | Nov 13, 2020 | Designs, Quilting Tips
Checkerboard Each month I participate in the EQ8 Block Spotlight, which challenges me to use a new block from their collection. The more unusual blocks are easy to make eye catching, because they already are interesting! The true challenge is making something splendid...
by lsmith | Nov 11, 2020 | Quilting Tips
“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw...
by lsmith | Nov 8, 2020 | Quilting Tips
My boys, even now as adults, can watch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies over and over again. Jack Sparrow and his mates were and are a staple of our lives. That love of sea lore, even the movie version, inspired this quilt design. Ahoy Mate is a nautical quilting...
by lsmith | Nov 7, 2020 | Quilting Tips
As a designer and online quilt shop, I get lots of news from other shops and industry providers. I thought I would consolidate some of it and share it with you! First, the AccuQuilt Launch Party: Winter Wonderland is scheduled for November 17th from 12-1 pm CST. They...
by lsmith | Oct 28, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Old-Fashioned Love Recently, we reviewed the history of whole cloth quilts and appliqued quilts. What about pieced quilts? Pieced quilting has also been around for a very long time – possibly since the Middle Ages. The earliest verified forms of pieced quilting...
