Just recently I signed up for another Craftsy class, Beyond Basic Machine Quilting. I really liked the teaching style in the other Ann Petersen class I took, and after I read Sandy’s review of the class I made my mind up to give it a try. It’s going pretty well. I’m in the midst...
Skill Builder Sampler Quilt: I made a whole queen size quilt all by myself and lived to tell about it
One day a few years ago, I decided I was going to learn to quilt. I had wanted to for a while, but I was a little intimidated. I had done some reading about it but hadn’t actually tried it. Then I saw a link to the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler,...
Finally Quilting
I've been spending a lot of time working on the skill builder sampler quilt. I got the top finished sometime last month and started basting. I've known for a while that I wanted to try thread basting. Spray basting is right out — I have asthma, and pretty much anything in a spray can...
First try at free motion quilting — and few other things
I thought I should maybe get some practice doing free motion quilting before I quilt the sampler, just so the worst of the beginner-y stuff wouldn’t end up on the quilt. I had practiced a little before on scraps, and it went pretty badly. I decided that trying on a Real Project instead might...