Listen to Your Machine
by lsmith | Jan 25, 2021 | Quilting Tips, Tips and Tricks
How often do you listen to your sewing machine? I know many of us talk to our sewing machines (or curse at them), but we don’t expect them to talk back. Machines are getting smarter, but hopefully they aren’t that smart. Regardless of whether you talk to...
Applique Apprehension
by lsmith | Jan 18, 2021 | Quilting Tips
McKenna Ryan Pattern Applique intimidated me. Plain and simple… I just didn’t know if I had the patience or skill to do applique and be happy with what I did. That is saying something as I had been doing needlework in the form of embroidery, cross stitch...
Snowflake Whimsy
Snowflake Whimsy is underway! I am having so much fun putting this together and want to share what I have accomplished so far. The first step was washing all of the fabric. Why wash them? There are two very good reasons. The first reason is that fabrics have a little...
Western Spy
by lsmith | Jan 12, 2021 | Designs, Quilting Tips
Western Spy This week EQ8 announced another block challenge – Western Spy. Think eight-point star meets wreath. Designing with this was fun… piecing it would be a different challenge: y-seams galore! When I saw this block, two totally different ideas came...