Tag: #quilting
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My FPP Challenge
I have done a lot of EPP or English Paper Piecing for hand stitching unique shapes together in quilting, but now I’m switching it up and am going to try an FPP Challenge for myself. FPP stands for Foundation Paper Piecing. It is a very different technique where you stitch fabric to a paper template […]
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Brain Fog
Have you heard this term? Have you experienced this yourself?I can say that I have. Recently my fog has been lifting a bit, and *knock-on-wood* I’m feeling my brain starting to function properly. I’m starting to feeling motivated. I’m also becoming more capable of holding my thoughts and words long enough to express them. This […]
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Quilting My Heart Out
I’m having a lot of fun with puns for my Heart Chakra Quilt. All joking aside, this is going to be a fairly major project. Here’s the finished look of the top: This is NOT a perfect quilt or a quilt for a perfectionist. I purposefully left mistakes in because this quilt is turning out […]
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Animation Play
I really like to sew… but I do have some other skills that I try to sharpen at times. I’m self-taught on the computer and learned Illustrator well enough to become a graphic designer for our screen printing business. All the website work for our business and this quilting blog is done by me too. So […]
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2016 Quilt Finishes
When I look back over this crazy year, I realize that I’ve been quite productive in my quilting efforts compared to previous years. I think it’s because I’m loving my new Juki machine! Here are all the quilts I finished this year: I hope 2017 proves to be just as productive for me. I want to […]
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Thread Basting The Jellyfish
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on how to baste and quilt my Jellyfish. I decided to thread baste it because I don’t want to use spray glue and since it’s planned home is as a wall hanging, I don’t think I’ll be washing it anytime soon. I didn’t pin baste it because I […]