12 Years Machine Quilting with Isacord!
I recently counted up the years and was surprised to find I’ve been machine quilting with Isacord for over 12...
Category: Quilting Questions
What is That Leather Tool Thing on Your Longarm?
For years this question – what is that leather tool thing on your longarm? – and now today I can...
Organizing Your Longarm Quilting Room
I’ve shared a little tour of my longarm quilting room today so you can see how I’ve organized the space! My longarm shares a room with my fabric stash and embroidery machine and somehow it all fits perfectly.
That’s a really bad sound!
Ever turn on your sewing machine only to find it sounding more like a meat grinder? Yeah, that’s what happened...
New QAYG Experiments
QAYG is short for quilt-as-you-go, the quilting term we use for connecting quilted blocks together. I’ve been playing around with...
Ouch! Rotary Cutter Accident
Yesterday I was working on a fun new Dresden Plate quilt and was quickly squaring up a shape. Rather than...
Why is My Thread Suddenly Skipping?!
Since January I’ve been teaching our full time piecer employee how to free motion quilt so they can help me...
How to Hide Your Thread Tails
Now that we’ve machine quilted our first block Half Square Sun, you probably have some loose thread tails to deal...
Don’t Buy Your Kid a Toy Sewing Machine
Earlier this week I shared a post about buying a new sewing machine and today I have to follow up...
Question Thursday #36
It’s question time and lots of great questions about pressing seams, quilting borders, and troubleshooting quilting issues. Let’s start with...