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Category Archives: Skill Builders
Manitoba Eye Spy
Our Province has a big birthday in May. Of course all celebrations have been postponed but fortunately, quilting does not break any physical distancing rules so I was able to work on my Manitoba 150 quilt. Here is the official … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Canada 150, challenges, Inspirational, my patterns, Skill Builders, Uncategorized
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Ruler Gremlins
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
Posted in ruler quilting, Skill Builders, Uncategorized
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RQ 201 – Doing it the Hard Way
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
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Learning at Sea
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
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Ruler Quilting 201 – Start Stitching
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
Ruler Quilting 201 – The Design Process
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
Ruler Quilting 201 – Super Simple Bed Runner
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
The very basics – Straight line Ruler Quilting
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
Posted in 2019, ruler quilting, Skill Builders, super simple quilting, Uncategorized
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Designing for Ruler Guided Quilting
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
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FMQ Skill Builder
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
Posted in Skill Builders, Uncategorized
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