I was minding my own business in Montana – learning more with Judy Niemeyer at Quilt Camp. Then I got a text from my friend Diane Poor who informed me that my Unchartered Waters quilt, done in Tim Holtz Regions Beyond fabrics won Judge’s Choice at the Quilt Plano 2022 Show! It also got an […]
Category Archives: Free Motion Quilting
This is the 3rd part of a series on custom quilting Legit Kits quilts. Legit Kits specializes in multicolored kona cotton, subject driven paper-pieced quilts. Their subject matters includes lots of animals, insects, and plenty of inanimate objects as well. They have a unique approach to FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) which may appeal to quilters […]
Here’s a quick video demonstrating the original FAB5 FAN SET® for Spring. Baptist Fans continue to be a classic go-to quilting design for traditional and modern quilts alike. Quilt precise Baptist Fans using rulers and your longarm or home sewing machine.
Check out the YouTube video of my approach to quilting my client, Tina’s quilt. It’s the Jen Kingwell template-of-the-month project, PSYCHEDELIA. This was Tina’s Covid-Lockdown project. She did a fantastic job piecing this quilt with lots of fun fabrics from her stash. Most of it is hand or paper pieced. I add my touches of […]
Finally got a snippet of footage using FOOT CONTROL® while I was custom quilting Marilyn’s Sun Bonnet Sue Quilt. Her quilt had 30 Sun Bonnet Sue blocks – each with embellishments and Marilyn did not want any quilting within the applique, only around it. FOOT CONTROL® is still my favorite when I get an applique […]
It’s so important to be able to just draw or quilt without anything in mind other than creativity. This is one of those times. Having some extra fabric left on the longarm after filming the previous demo, I took advantage of the space and had some free motion funtime! Enjoy!





