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What happens when two quilters share their favorite quilting rulers for quilting? Some good information and a lot of fun!
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This video shows a very clever way way to make a quilt with straight sewing, but results look much more difficult. Great for scraps, stash fabrics, and even precuts. She also shows some great techniques for keeping things precise while sewing. Here is a gallery of Keyhole quilt tops our members made during our Zoom event on June 21st. What fun it was to see the fabrics and variation used by our members! Thanks to Missouri Star Quilt Company who showed us how to make it on their You Tube video. (more to be added as photos are sent in) I am currently researching ideas for a portable ironing station. I don't really like traditional ironing boards for quilting, but prefer a big flat surface. I like that this project can be easily moved around, and even folded up to store. I have a wood TV tray table that is not being used, so this one looks interesting to me. What do you think? --Ann From January to June 2025, our members have been getting monthly "clues" to make this quilt. Only catch is that they have no idea what their quilt looks like! So with a lot of faith and patience, here are some of our members finished quilt tops. PS - More will be posted as photos are received. Once you finish quilting your quilt, the excess backing and batting needs to be trimmed to get ready to add the binding. This video from Krista Moser clearly shows the technique to do this to have a squared up quilt without loosing any points on your quilt top. For the month of May, our free block pattern was a Sawtooth Star block that was done in the colors of red, white, and blue. As an option, our members could make one block and mail it in for the drawing. We will hold the drawing at our Monday, June 9th Zoom meeting at 2:00 (pacific time). Here are the blocks our members submitted: It is always basics that keep us the safest. This short video is a helpful reminder to cutting fabric and avoiding a nasty cut! This is such a great quick reference to help plan sizes for your quilts. If you care to keep it, you can "right click" on the image and save the image. PS - I am sorry that I can't credit where this came from, it was shared online and the link to the sourse didn't work.  A big thank you to our members that submitted this months block! We will draw for the winner of all the blocks at our 2nd meeting on Monday, May 12th. Good luck to all... PS - Congrats to Justine L (Santa Rosa, CA) who won all the blocks in the drawing! This free quilt pattern from All People Quilt is both easy and beautiful. The 6 inch squares make it quick to make as well. It is all about color and making a statement. Click "Download File" to view, print, or save the free pattern. 
 Some quick solutions to make your quilt top bigger when you need that. Sometimes you need to make your quilt a size that fits a bed, sometimes the pattern is not the size you wanted to make. Whatever the reason, here are some fast and easy ways to make things work best for your needs. Our members have submitted some beautiful blocks this month. We will be having our drawing at our 2:00 (pacific time) meeting today, and one of the participants will win all the blocks submitted. Below is a slide show of them. PS - The winner of this month's drawing was Diane (Seattle). PS: A couple of our members made enough of this block to create a beautiful quilt top. Thought everyone would like to see how beautiful this block will be in a quilt.
Here is another great idea for using up your fabric scraps. It looks like fun without many (if any) rules. Watch the video and give it a try, I am going to try it too. --Ann A little bit of Fun on April 1st. This video is very helpful if you like using small scraps to make a beautiful quilt. I think it is perfect to match them with solid fabrics to make half-square-triangles. There are so many beautiful quilt layouts using them. --Ann I will happily admit that Christina Cameli is one of my favorite teachers for quilting. This video has some helpful tips on picking your designs, no matter whether you are planning walking foot quilting, free motion quilting, or ruler quilting. So many great ways to go. --Ann We held our first Zoom Quilt-Along and all worked on the same quilt "Puzzle Box" by Missouri Star Quilt Co. It was a fun day, and we were ready to sew. Members are still sending in photos, and I will add them here as I get them. Fun fabric colors and prints, and lots of visiting while we worked. We will be having another Quilt-Along in a couple of months, so I better get working finding another free pattern! --Ann Our Block Lotto for February was the Friendship Star Block. This block has a long history and was popular to gift to friends leaving to "go west" in America's early days. Traditionally, the quilter would also embroider their name in the center of the block as a memory quilt for the traveler. |
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