A peak inside my crazy brain. More accurately, a look at the process and fun stuff I perpetually create.

Here to both entertain and inspire you.

 
(True confession: my sewing room is rarely this neat.)
10 Simple Things (10) - Take Smaller Binding Stitches encouragement finishing process tips Apr 10, 2024

This one is for the hand finishers. You may not like what I have to say.

Take smaller binding stitches.

Having judged a whole two quilt shows in my life, as well as seeing thousands of quilts over...

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10 Simple Things (9) - Trim Your Quilts Well finishing tips Feb 08, 2024

Squaring up quilts scares a lot of people. Try rephrasing it to trimming your quilts.

Truth be told, it is one of my most favourite parts of quilt making. To me, it is the moment when all the...

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10 Simple Things (7) - Practice Your Quilting First encouragement finishing machine quilting tips May 05, 2022

You completed the onerous step of basting your quilt now you are ready to dive in with the quilting. Hold up, wait a minute.

Machine quilting can be both infuriating and exhilarating. One way to...

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Naked Quilting encouragement machine quilting tips Jan 26, 2022

Sorry, no risqué picture to go along with this title!

Not being silly about this either. There are advantages to naked quilting. In my trunk show I tell a story about the project pictured...

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Play for the Fun of Playing

There are no expectations on Quilters’ Playcation. Show up for yourself, hang out, sew as little or as much as you want. Nothing you sew on Playcation has to turn into anything. This is all about giving back to yourself and playing for the sake of playing. 

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