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November 8, 2014 By Mandy 1 Comment

Introduction to Wool Applique: Part 1

For the last few years, I’ve been a member of a quilty friends’ group and an art quilt group.  I think I may have written about them before, because they are just an amazing group of women.  I’m the youngest by about 20 years, which means I just soak up all the combined quilting knowledge […]

Filed Under: Wool Applique Tagged With: Learning Wool Applique, Wool Applique

November 5, 2014 By Mandy 2 Comments

Designing for Pay: Continuing the Conversation

Abby Glassenberg of While She Naps has a great discussion about what designers actually get paid for fabric lines over at her blog.  Some of you may remember the panel at QuiltCon ini 2013, which got a little testy when people asked them what they could reasonably expect for payment for a line.  As a […]

Filed Under: Value Your Work, We Are $ew Worth It, Why Buy the Cow

October 19, 2014 By Mandy 3 Comments

Some finished quilts to share

Terri W. has sent me some lovely quilts to finish, and I can share a few now that they’re back with her! the first is an Echino improv quilt, based off a tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman (Terri added a mini border and sashing, and it turned out beautifully).  She wanted something simple so as not […]

Filed Under: Finishes, Longarm Quilting, Recent Work Tagged With: freemotion quilting, longarm quilting, modern quilt, templates

September 26, 2014 By Mandy 3 Comments

A sneak peak

I can’t resist.

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September 26, 2014 By Mandy 2 Comments

Heads up, Open Slots for longarm quilting

Hi friends, I have a couple of slots in December that just opened up.  If you’re thinking of getting your quilt top finished, please feel free to drop me a note! Happy quilting!

Filed Under: Longarm Quilting

September 22, 2014 By Mandy 3 Comments

Great video on how to spin seams with Cristy Fincher

Technique and knowing how to do things properly when piecing is important to me. I’m always reading and practicing new techniques to see which ones work for me, and which make the best finished quilt.  I know it sometimes seems like a Catch 22, that I’m a modern quilter who loves improv but also loves […]

Filed Under: Construction, Technique of the Week

September 19, 2014 By Mandy 2 Comments

A quick post, with pictures!

It’s been pedal to the metal over here, between getting designs prepped for Quilt Market next month, finishing revisions for the book, reviewing a project in a different book, submitting to magazines, and getting back into customer quilts.  While some of it is still under wraps, I have a few things to share from the […]

Filed Under: Recent Work, Uncategorized

August 13, 2014 By Mandy 32 Comments

Crayola Washable Markers and Quilt Marking, Technique of the Week

It’s been a hot topic on the professional longarm forums lately: what do we use to mark quilts?  Blue pens that are water soluble?  Purple pens that disappear in air?  Washable pencils?  On a whim, I decided to try the new “ultra clean” Crayola Washable markers, and to run a little experiment. My hypothesis: Crayola […]

Filed Under: Construction, Practicing, Random Thoughts, Technique of the Week, Tutorials Tagged With: Crayola marker, quilt marking, quilting

August 11, 2014 By Mandy 21 Comments

What is (and isn’t) Modern Quilting, to ME

Quilts are done for the book, first draft of the manuscript has been turned in, and the revision process is just getting kicked off.  I have a few more minutes in the day, though, to think about other things, and this topic has been on my mind a lot, since people are still talking about […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: modern quilting

August 7, 2014 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Craftsy’s “Dog Days of Summer” Sale, classes up to 50% off

Folks, if you’ve been wanting a Craftsy class, this is a great weekend for it, since all the classes are up tp 50% off.  I’ve taken a LOT of classes with Craftsy (56!  many watched, but not all), and can recommend the following as being excellent: Sewing and Quilting Kimmy Brunner’s “Machine Quilting with Templates” Debbie […]

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