I’m quilting Rainbow Insomnia right now and I wanted to add some fancier stitches in the corners and the triangles surrounding the center star. So last night I thought, “Well it’s now or never.”, made a quilt sandwich and sat down and started playing. Quilting in the hoop is a bit different. You don’t actually...

I needed a sewing machine mat in a hurry since I’m taking a workshop on Sunday and I’m tired of losing stuff all the time!  I found a good tutorial a few weeks ago but just didn’t have the time to quilt my own piece of fabric.  Then I remembered that a certain big fabric...

Pulling up Random.org yesterday morning to draw a comment number resulted in: That comment belongs to: Congrats to Ellie! She’s won the Kimberly Einmo book Jelly Roll Magic and the EZ Jelly Roll Ruler.  If you didn’t win this contest I highly recommend checking Kimberly’s books out at your library or ordering them for yourself! If...

I was sort of clueless about labeling quilts until I listened to Quilting for The Rest of us – Episode 27 “In Which We Document Our Quilts“. I hadn’t labeled any of my projects and really didn’t see the importance of doing it. Listen to the episode if you haven’t – Sandy has some great...

Some project progress updates: Rainbow Lone Star - I finished piecing the outer border, made the label on my embroidery machine and pin basted the quilt sandwich. The lettering on the label isn’t perfect but it works I guess.  It’s only a wallhanging so I don’t know why I care so much.  I need a better...