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August 3, 2018 By Mandy 2 Comments

Patient: a quilt block and thread discussion

I have been working on another block of Amanda Herring’s Friendship Quilt-along this week, named “Patient”. It’s a good virtue for being a friend, right? But it’s also a good virtue to practice when learning new things. In my case, I’m learning how to use new software and *gulp* digitize things for embroidery. In this […]

Filed Under: Applique Tagged With: Amanda Herring, Applique, applique block, domestic machine quilting, fmq, freemotion quilting, Friendship Quilt, how to quilt, longarm quilting, Patient Block

May 16, 2018 By Mandy Leave a Comment

“Star Line” Quilt Pattern Out Now!

A Long Time Coming While I have more than a dozen patterns I have designed, pieced, quilted, and published in various places, it’s long been a dream of mine to release a line of quilt patterns of my VERY OWN. Today, that becomes a reality with my first release, “Star Line”! This quilt is pieced […]

Filed Under: Patterns Tagged With: #mandaleiquilts, #starlinequilt, fmq, free motion quilting, freezer paper piecing, modern quilt, paper piecing, piecing

December 9, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

What you need to know about batting

I think everyone is probably familiar with what batting is:  nonwoven fibers that are loosely collected together to form a layer of insulation between the top and backing of a quilt.   When my Grampa Townzen was a kid during the Depression, he’d card to cotton into little pads he’d hand up to the women folk […]

Filed Under: 31 Day Blog Challenge, Construction, Longarm Quilting Tagged With: batting, fmq, free motion quilting, longarm quiltling, piecing, quilting

November 12, 2015 By Mandy 7 Comments

A story about quilting wobbles, or, why I learned to pay attention to piecing rules

  One of my favorite things about quilting for others, and that I’m most proud of, is helping people finish their quilts in the way they want, so that they look their best. My goal with my quilting is to take the top my customer has worked so hard on and add my quilting as […]

Filed Under: Construction, Longarm Quilting, Tutorials Tagged With: custom quilting, Daybreak quilt, fmq, freemotion quilting, longarm, modern quilt, piecing, quilt

November 6, 2015 By Mandy 63 Comments

Hoppin’ for Amanda Murphy’s Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book

And so it begins, sometimes: the vast expanse of a quilt before us, the anxiety of figuring out where to start and what to do feels overwhelming and freezes us in place. We stare at it, wander away, and get a cup of tea, wander back, stare some more.  Sound familiar?  We’ve all been there. As […]

Filed Under: Books and Inspiration, Giveaway Tagged With: Amanda Murphy, fmq, free motion quilting, giveaway

November 3, 2015 By Mandy 3 Comments

Quilting for Victoria, telling a story

A couple of weeks before Market, my friend Victoria asked me if I could quilt something for a special exhibit featuring her Double Wedding Ring quilts.  She needed some help, and I was glad I could step in. Victoria had originally envisioned this quilt as a marriage between traditional and modern, blending the two together, and […]

Filed Under: Longarm Quilting, Recent Work Tagged With: BERNINA, custom quilting, fmq, freemotion quilting, longarm quilting, mandalei, Q24, Quilt Festival, ruler work, Victoria Findlay Wolfe

March 13, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Learning through play

I talk about this with other parents all the time, how important it is for kids to learn through play. A couple of night sago, I realized I hadn’t learned that valuable lesson for myself!  I have a bunch of deadlines right now, and was feeling overwhelmed and stuck, and then it occurred to me that […]

Filed Under: Construction, Practicing, Random Thoughts Tagged With: fmq, free motion quilting

February 12, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Wordless… Wait, what day is it?

It’s been a little busy the last few weeks, with final book edits, shipping and receiving quilts and tops, and quite a few deadlines for various places.  I’ve been remiss in posting and sharing eye candy on my blog (although if you’re looking for that, check out my instagram feed over on the right!) I […]

Filed Under: Finishes, Longarm Quilting Tagged With: Applique, fmq, freemotion quilting, longarm quilting, mandalei

January 30, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Work this week, word free

     

Filed Under: Applique, Construction, Finishes, Longarm Quilting, Recent Work, Wool Applique, Works in Progress Tagged With: #mandaleiworks, Applique, fmq, free motion quilting, longarm, longarm quilting, machine applique, mandalei

December 11, 2014 By Mandy 3 Comments

Are you headed to QuiltCon 2015?

I’ve got my room, I’m looking for flights, and I’m happy to announce that two of my quilts will be at QuiltCon!  This will be a sneak peek from my forthcoming book, too!  And the title is… well, let’s just say I am really satisfied. I can’t show you the quilts, but I think I *can* […]

Filed Under: Books and Inspiration, Longarm Quilting Tagged With: fmq, freemotion quilting, longarm, mandalei, modern quilt, quilt, QuiltCon, QuiltCon 2015

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