by lsmith | Sep 23, 2020 | Quilting Tips
For quite a while, I have relied on my flannel design wall during my quilt construction. It helps keep the pieces in order and enables me to see progress. Unfortunately, the only way for me to hang it was with tacks in the wall, over a doorway. It was the only open...
by lsmith | Sep 18, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Native American Motif from EQ8 Every month EQ8 has a block spotlight, where we are challenged to use a new block. I love this because it generally pushes me out of my comfort zone and adds variety to my designs. This month, the challenge was to use the Native American...
by lsmith | Sep 16, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Yesterday, I shared how to cut perfect diamonds. What do you do make with those perfect diamonds? Stars! Eight-pointed stars often scare new quilters and even some seasoned ones. So what scares them, one of three things: Cutting the diamonds, which we addressed in...
by lsmith | Sep 15, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Many of us possess quilt rulers that we use to cut strips, squares, and rectangles. Most of these have a 45-degree line on it. If you are like me, you put that line on the seam of your half square triangles (HST) to make sure the halves stay even when you trim the...
by lsmith | Sep 13, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Fall brings some of my favorite things – cool nights, colorful foliage, the smell and taste of hot apple pie, and the sound of geese flying south. I tried to capture some of these in Fall Favorites. The 56-inch square quilt features the Apple Pie block and the...
by lsmith | Sep 12, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Dear Stella is releasing a new fabric collection called “Poppy Prairie” in October. The collection has sweet images of farms, chickens, tractors and, of course, poppies! Queen of the Prairie is designed for this fabric line to work with the fun, farmhouse...
by lsmith | Sep 11, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Never Forget has been a labor of love. The design was inspired a year ago. Next, I need to figure out how to assemble it in the easiest way possible. That took some noodling and some research. The methods finally gelled and I started putting it together a month...
by lsmith | Sep 10, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Tomorrow is the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Most of remember exactly where we were when we learned of the event. Many of us were glued to our television sets or radios as it unfolded. I had just landed in St. Louis where I was working for the day…. I...
by lsmith | Sep 2, 2020 | Quilting Tips
When I quilt, I frequently take pictures or video of the steps, which can be shared in my classes, quilt alongs or patterns. The easiest way for me to do this is to take them on my phone, upload them to Dropbox and access then from my computer. This has worked well...
by lsmith | Aug 31, 2020 | Quilting Tips
Never Forget – small quilt This week we are starting the Never Forget Quilt Along on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/307885230451937). We are still accepting new members for this free event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and remember those...
