Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here I just got back from driving across the country for Thanksgiving - three family dinners in three different places. Although I LOVE turkey dinners... the absolute best part was holding my grandbaby again. But now that I'm back, I'm ready to open the doors – Simple Quilting Studio is here - and it's now the home for all my patterns, courses and new community! You're invited as a founding member. I'm opening the...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here It's November already! At the beginning of last month I went to Houston for the International Quilt Festival. You can read about my experience - and the classes I took - in this blog post. There's things I would do again... and things I would definitely NOT do again ;) New things to play with on the longarm Since I've been home, I've been working on changing my mindset around sewing. I realized I'd become so...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here Ever get a sinking feeling when a pattern says "trim your HSTs to size" and you're thinking... wait, how? And why? And what if I mess this up? I've been there. Even as an experienced quilter, I used to resent the whole trimming process. But now that I've slowed down and focused on enjoying the process, I've discovered how much more pleasant piecing the rest of the quilt is with nicely trimmed HSTs. I've got a...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here It's starting to get a little chilly where I am (okay, maybe it's really just not blasting hot anymore) and that means I need more quilts :) I've recently longarm quilted a top that my daughter pieced and used the opportunity to make a YouTube explaining what exactly longarming is - you can see it here - What does longarming a quilt mean? If you're a brand new quilter or wanna be quilter and have heard the term...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here You know when you just want to get one thing done, but related things that really should get done before you do that other thing keep cropping up? Kinda "while I'm at it" stuff? That's what happened to me the past few weeks. I was finally ready to get my Tumble Into Love table runner pattern into my store, but first... I created a YouTube video walking through parts of the pattern as I made the cover quilt....
7 months ago • 3 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here I just finished the first quilt I've made completely with fabrics I designed. Is it a work of art? Eh. I like it, but it's not going to win any awards and I can see things about the fabric/pattern interaction that I would do differently. Specifically, even though I printed out paper copies of fabric patterns and cut them into the sizes of quilt pieces, it still looks different all put together IRL. And the...
8 months ago • 2 min read
Building confidence on your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here I'll just start off this email with a bang to let you know that the prices of all my courses have gone up - BUT since you're on my email list you get special friend treatment :) You can still get Master Your Machine at the old price of $26 through the end of June with this coupon - JUNE2025 If you were planning to purchase my Learn to Use a Sewing Machine course or my Fabric to Finished (beginner quilting)...
8 months ago • 3 min read
Smart and Magical Tips and inspiration for your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here I read an interesting email recently from a woodworker I follow. I am not a woodworker, but I love his email because of his insights on mental processes - in many ways woodworking is like sewing. In it, he talks about a spectrum from designing to crafting. Some people love to design things. To come up with something new. To make the pattern for others to follow. Other people just like to do...
9 months ago • 2 min read
Smart and Magical Tips and inspiration for your quilting journey Need to say goodbye? Unsubscribe here My daughter (who lives across the country from me) recently bought an old Bernina so she could restart the sewing journey she started as a kid. She's made a couple pillowcases and is now starting on her first solo quilt. She texted this week: To which I replied: I do not yet know what she's doing about it. But I am going to get to quilt the top on my longarm for her, so I'll get to see it in...
10 months ago • 3 min read