Merry Christmas to Me

I had just purchased some variegated holiday thread and wanted to test it on something before I used it on a customer quilt.  So, I decided to make myself a Christmas table topper. I thought the variegated thread would look good in a poinsettia design. Using white muslin fabric on top, I marked a center […]

Working at the Lake

During a hot, humid July week at the lake I was working on a strip quilt.  I used all hand dyed fabrics. These were pieces of material that I had dyed during the past few years and could not bear to cut up. So I got brave, took out my rotary cutter and cut them […]

Deloa Jones’ Rope Tool

In June of 2011 I took several classes with Deloa Jones.  Amongst the many things I learned was how to use her Rope-A-Dope tool for creating a rope border. Click on the “rope tool for web (below) see a video of her explaining how to use the template and how to turn the corners. rope […]

Split 9 Patch

It’s been a cold week up here in Fargo, ND, my home town. Don’t quote me, but I’m not sure if the temperatures even got above zero this week. I have been wearing long underwear all week & it feels good. So what do we do when it’s cold here? Why quilt, of course. I’ve […]

Comparison Quilt

I belong to The Red River Machines Quilters Guild. As a group project, we each made the same quilt, but used different quilting styles and different battings. The completed quilt is 40×40. It is made up of 4 inch squares. First of all, I am not the greatest piecer in the world. I tried my […]

Graduation Quilt

My niece Kate Berg is graduating from Hazen High School this weekend. For her graduation, I made her a quilt. She picked the colors–bright pink and yellow/gold. When I’m looking for this material do you think I can find these colors? They will probably be around in a few months when I’m not looking for […]

How Does Your Garden Grow?–Part 2

I was at an impasse with my garden quilt. It wasn’t coming together as I had envisioned. I needed to create a new direction–Plan B, or C or D.  So I put the quilt back on the machine to try again.  I decided the quilt needed more color than just the thread.  I decided to […]

How Does Your Garden Grow?– Part 1

Today I will tell you the tale of my garden scene quilt. First let me say a few words about time management. If you think something will only take 5 minutes, allot half an hour. If you think you can whip up a quilt in a day, then quilt it the next day (it’s only […]

Shadow Trapunto

In my travels along the internet, I found a lady in Romania, Geta Grama, who makes quilts using a shadow trapunto method. She makes some truly amazing quilts and I had not heard of this method of trapunto before. So of course I just had to try it. I purchased  and downloaded her e-book  The […]

Checkerboard Quilt

During our Feb Quilter’s Guild meeting, we learned how to make a checkerboard quilt. It was a fun process to learn (and easy too). The class example had an appliqued pot with flowers and was done in pastel colors. The colors I chose did not want to be flowers. So…after thinking about it for awhile, […]