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Tutorial: Sewing Semi-circular Curves

I've been asked by a few people how to sew the really tight curves on my NY Beauty Circle of Flying Geese Pattern, so I thought I would post a little tutorial to explain my process.  This tutorial will work for any semi-circular curves and all of the curves in the New York Beauty Block. First, ... View Post

Spiral Geese Mini Quilt

My latest finish is my spiral of geese mini quilt for Fab Little Quilt Swap.  It measures 20"x 20" and consists of 50 paper-pieced flying geese on a reverse appliqued background. I quilted it on my Juki using both my walking foot and free-motion foot.  The fabrics are all from my stash and the ... View Post

Bees, BOMs and other stuff

Have you seen the snazzy, new Modern Quilt Guild Website yet? If you haven't, check it out.  You may even see a quilt you recognize in the gallery;) ••• Between family, sewing for work, sewing personal projects, and teaching classes, I haven't had a ton of time to blog.  I love writing my blog and ... View Post

WIP Wednesday

I've been working on two projects this past week.  The first is Amy Butler's Weekender Bag. I bought the pattern last year and finally decided to tackle it (it's kind of a right of passage amongst modern quilters).  I still need to make the lining, and I'll post about my experience with sewing the ... View Post

Quiltcon Quilts

I was not at Quiltcon this past week (sniff, sniff), but a few of my quilts were. At least some part of me attended (The blood, sweat and tears part!). ••• My "Over The Rainbow" mini quilt was part of the Quiltcon show and I entered it under the "Modern Miniature" category (No, it didn't ... View Post