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...
by lsmith | Aug 28, 2020 | Quilting Tips
I am very excited to make this quilt along available on Facebook. It is a special group for the Never Forget Quilt and is open for free membership already. Membership will be open during the Quilt Along, but close for new members as soon as all instructions have been...
by lsmith | Aug 26, 2020 | Quilting Tips
There are numerous instructions on the internet for making flying geese, but not many about using them in a quilt. This came to mind over the weekend as I was making flying geese blocks, sewing them together and cursing as the strip of geese didn’t turn out as I...
by lsmith | Aug 21, 2020 | Quilting Tips
A year ago, I designed Never Forget in honor of those who died on 9/11. The quilt blocks include Washington’s Own, Pennsylvania Crossroads and New York Beauty – the sites where the terrorists struck. The stars on the large quilt number 64, which are the...
