My two quilt tops are all finished and ready for quilting. I happen to be the lucky owner of a Gammill quilting machine, so when I finish piecing my quilts all I have to do to finish them off is to head out to my quilting studio. But not all…
Stripes can be very eye catching when used in a quilt, but sometimes you have to use special techniques when incorporating them into a quilt design. Northcott almost always has as awesome stripe in each fabric line. Whether it’s a plain stripe, a border stripe, a wavy stripe or a…
Putting the pieces together Last night I finished sewing the 24 flying geese units for my Mountain View quilt and I’ve sewn them onto the fabric sections that I cut on Monday. I measured each of these rows and cut the sashing strips accordingly. The quilt will be a bit…
Stepping outside the box Nellie and I must REALLY like flying geese, because when I look back at our patterns, I find quite a few that have this block included. When we explain how to make the flying geese units in our quilt patterns, we always use the “sew and…
Substituting fabric panels into different patterns This week I’m going to be using Northcott’s new line of fabric called “Mystic Garden”. Although this line doesn’t include a panel, when I looked online to pick my fabrics for this week, one of the fabrics looked like it could be a panel…