Free Motion Quilting Fun

Want to improve your free motion quilting skills? Be sure to visit Lori Kennedy. She has an amazing blog with free tutorials and she has a fun class on Craftsy that I just signed up for! I can't wait!!! Once you are on the Craftsy website, just search for Lori Kennedy. The name of her class is Divide and Conquer!

 

 She is working with QuiltShopGal to bring us a Free Motion Challenge that starts Thursday, October 1. Visit her blog to get all the details. 

I am simply amazed by her skill and her ability to teach us how to free motion quilt her creative designs!

Quilt Shop Opening!

Calling all quilters in the central Texas area!!!!

A new quilt shop is in the making! Be sure to stop by Early, TX and find The Quilter's Hideaway. It opens on Saturday, October 3!!! When I can get an address, I will post it, but I have heard it is close to Cousin's Convenience Store on the highway!

Hexies?

One of our members, Carol, had a great program at our last meeting.

She showed us how to do paper piecing, specifically Hexies!

I think I am hooked!

Carol shared a pattern from Mickey Depre's book Pieced Hexies. She also has other books available and they can be found on her website (link is below), amazon.com or other sites on the Internet.

          

Mickey Depre shared this fabric site on her Facebook page: 5 Bucks a Yard. She discovered it while she was lecturing in Houston. Apparently, all fabric is $5 per yard!! I glanced at it and it is brand name fabric like Amy Butler and Riley Blake. I love their fabric!

If you have Facebook, Mickey Depre has great information. If that link doesn't work and you have Facebook, search for MDQuilts and that is her.

I also found her on Pinterest: Mickey Depre. She has some fabulous boards to follow! They are very inspirational! Below is one of the pictures from Pinterest featuring Mickey's patterns!

 

Mickey also has a website: Mickey Depre.

 

...and a blog!  Look at the pattern I found on her blog! Wow!!

 

Have I hooked you, yet? Want to order those paper pieces already cut out for you? Then shop here at Paper Pieces.

Now that you have pieced those hexies, what to do?

Check out this site for tips on how to add a border to your odd shapes:  J Morton Quilts - border suggestion for hexies!

Still not enough of hexies? Check out Bonnie K Hunter and her love of hexies at Quiltville!

 

Moda Bake Shop

I forget about the awesome 'recipes' on the Moda Bake Shop!! If you are in the market for a new project: a quilt, Christmas stockings, a pillow, or more, be sure to stop by!

All patterns are free!  ...and they tell you if they are good for beginners, intermediate or advanced!

Below is a picture of fabulous pattern for a 9-Patch Posie Quilt pattern that you can find here:

Tips & Tricks: Seam Allowances

Are you tired of the tedious marking required when you have odd seam allowances?

Head over to the Moda Bake Shop to this post from Oda May. She has a great idea using tape to mark your allowance on your sewing machine rather than marking on the fabric.

 

Quilt Pattern adapated

If you like making fast quilts that look complicated, check out the tutorial at Beyond Sock Monkeys. She has a variation on the disappearing 9-patch! It looks awesome!

Start with this!

and finish with this or any of her other examples!

Fabric Giveaway from Henry Glass

If you love collecting fabric as much as I do, then you need to check out this giveaway from Henry Glass! You might even find some cute project to use it for!!! To enter the giveaway, click here! But hurry, the giveaway is over at the end of this week! (March 21, 2015)