Quilt As You Go, Simply Done

Category: Quilting By Machine

  • Cheap Fixes for Sewing and Quilting

    Here’s my solution for using cone thread with a DSM (domestic sewing machine). I bought a cheap toilet tank repair kit at the hardware store (I just love it there – almost as much as my LQS – local quilt shop) and I used this long part with the loop, taped to the top of…

  • My Sewing Cocoon

    I talked about making my cheap sewing desk here but I took a better picture. Notice how much room I gave myself in front of the needle. Much more than in most sewing cabinets and I really, really like having that much space for sewing and machine quilting. I also took a pic of the…

  • Fabric Bracelet

    This is soooo cute! I want to go make 25 of them right now! Take a look at this quick, well written tutorial for making a fabric bracelet (or 5) and while you’re taking it all in, think about making them with a touch of batting, just like the Crazy Shortcut Quilts, or better yet,…

  • Longarm Midarm Shortarm

    I’ve quilted on them all. Only thing I haven’t done is hand quilting. I started on the Kenmore and couldn’t make nice feathers on it, bought a Bernina & loved quilting small quilts on it and then sold the Bernina to help finance the Gammill Classic Longarm. I quilted professionally for several years, averaging about…

  • Artistic Quilting

    I was inspired to do some traditional quilting when I quilted for Dina Pappas as she was writing her first of 3 books. I did the feathers on the border of one of her bigger quilts and loved every minute of it! However it was Trish Stewart who made me “quilt out of the box”…

  • Cheap Sewing and Quilting Table

    I don’t have the room or the money for a huge expensive sewing cabinet, and being the innovative person that I am, I created my own design for a sewing table and because I work hard at my craft, I call it my Quilting Desk. I started with 2 relatively inexpensive height adjustable folding tables…

  • The Berninas

    I came into some money in 1995 or so, and bought a used 1630. What a dream! That machine was superb at free motion and I am convinced to this day it is because of the vertical bobbin. I perfected my free motion feathers and started teaching free motion quilting and designing my own quilting…

  • The Kenmore

    I started sewing maternity clothes for myself in 1981 and baby clothes for Sarah in 1982. I made my first quilt for Jontie Hall in 1981. The old machine was tucked away for many years and I pulled it out again to take some quilting classes in the early 1990’s. My teacher constantly ridiculed any…