Category Archives: Skill Builders

Ruler Gremlins

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

Some days it seems like Gremlins have taken up residence in your sewing machine. The thread breaks. Stitches skip. Generally, just a mess. This seems especially true when you want nice quilting stitches, you have rulers in hand, and you … Continue reading →

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RQ 201 – Doing it the Hard Way

Posted on December 11, 2019 by

I was recently reminded that you learn more from your mistakes than from your successes. Small comfort. There were so many times the rotary cutter almost made contact with fabric, but I refused to give up quite that easily. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, FMQ, my patterns, quilt along, ruler quilting, Skill Builders, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Learning at Sea

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

When you take classes on a quilting cruise, you not only have a very pleasant working environment, you are also learning from the best. At least, that has been my experience. This cruise had 4 teachers; each teaching a variety … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, art, Classes, FMQ, Highlighting others, Skill Builders, super simple quilting, travels, Uncategorized, WIP | 6 Comments

Ruler Quilting 201 – Start Stitching

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

Starting can be scary. But I had a plan, I had rulers, I had a sandwich I liked, and I had thread. Recently I attended a class where a teacher suggested using 7 threads – 3 matching the colours in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, FMQ, my patterns, quilt along, ruler quilting, Skill Builders, super simple quilting, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Ruler Quilting 201 – The Design Process

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

It started right. A large sheet of paper on the floor, with the blocks marked. Do you have any idea what cats do with large sheets of paper? It goes something like this… The next step was to put the … Continue reading →

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Ruler Quilting 201 – Super Simple Bed Runner

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

For the next few weeks I will build on all of my previous Ruler Quilting post. RQ 101 was about using one ruler for a variety of designs. RQ 201 is the reverse; Several rulers, one design. You might even … Continue reading →

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The very basics – Straight line Ruler Quilting

Posted on September 19, 2019 by

I promised you some Ruler Quilting, and it starts today. Previously, I had posts about why you might want to quilt with rulers, what to look for in rulers, preparation & set-up, and even designing with rulers. Then, I did a series … Continue reading →

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Designing for Ruler Guided Quilting

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

This will be the last post before taking my annual summer break. I wanted to do a few posts on Ruler-Guided quilting, but life gets in the way of writing instructions, making samples, taking pictures and sitting in front of the computer. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, FMQ, Highlighting others, Inspirational, ruler quilting, Skill Builders, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

FMQ Skill Builder

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

If you are anything like me, you want to improve your free motion quilting skills without experimenting on a large quilt that you have spent a lot of time and money on. I have done that, and regretted it – … Continue reading →

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