When I saw this Wonky Triangle fabric by Heather Ross for Windham Fabrics, it was just too pretty to cut up! So I decided to make it up into a baby whole cloth. Whole cloth quilts were traditionally a way to show off exquisite quilting. But whole cloth quilts have become popular with modern quilters …
Free motion quilting the Red Triangle Quilt
We’ll be taking you step by step to show how we quilted Pete’s red triangle quilt. Every now and then it’s good to go through the entire process of making a quilt. Earlier, we posted about piecing the red triangle quilt Here we’ll explore the quilting process. There are many ways to quilt a quilt. For …
Baby Whole Cloth Quilts
Have you noticed that Baby Whole Cloth quilts seem to be popping up everywhere? We think that these little whole cloth quilts are simply fantastic. They focus on the fabric. And really, there is so much gorgeous fabric around why cut it up? The fast and simple project can make the perfect gift for …
Making a Kimono Jacket
Like most projects, this kimono jacket started with falling in love with the fabric. I’d ordered a Fat Eighth Bundle of Wonderland Fabrics designed by Rifle Paper Company for Cotton + Steel from the Fat Quarter Shop. Wonderland was the second fabric line brought out by Anna Bond from Rifle Paper Company. As the name …
Quilting a Japanese Folk Tale
According to an ancient Japanese legend, there is an invisible red thread tied to everyone’s little finger at birth. The other end of the red thread is tied to someone that we are destined to meet. The people connected by this thread will become part of each other’s story. The thread may get tangled or …
Thread Painting Starry Night
Starry Night is arguably Vincent van Gogh’s most famous painting, but he considered it a failure at the time. Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 oil on canvas painting of The Starry Night is currently in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. We can get insight into the painting by lines from a letter that Vincent …
Renata’s Gypsy Wife Quilt
Renata stopped by the Machine Quilter Studio with her exquisite Gypsy Wife quilt top. I fell in love with this colourful pattern by Jen Kingswell. The combination of brilliant blocks, stripes and floral fabrics took my breath away. Renata wanted to choose just the right thread for the quilting. When it comes to auditioning threads, …