Posts Tagged ‘Machine Quilting’
Congratulations Sally Terry – HMQS Teacher of the Year!
We’re so glad Sally is part of the American Quilter’s Society! You can benefit from Sally’s teaching experience via any of the books she’s published with AQS: Pathways to Better Quilting: 5 Shapes for Machine Quilt Patterns (#6509) Hooked on Feathers [Read More]
Everything old is new again
Paula Nadelstern was in the Denver area last weekend, and I got home from Paducah just in time to have dinner with her and our friends Mary Austin and Luana Rubin. Paula’s very funny, with a great New Yorky sense of humor. She’s also a keen observer of the quilt world. [Read More]
The Best in Quilting Design Books
Create Your Own Dream Feathers by Peggy Holt You’ve probably heard the saying “it’s not a quilt, until it’s quilted.” The full line of quilting design books from AQS will give you unlimited choices and inspiration for all of your quilting [Read More]
Free Dragon Quilting Design from Lone Minkkinen
Celebrate the Chinese New Year and The Year of the Dragon with a free quilting pattern designed by Lone Minkkinen, author of Quilting Designs from Nature. This continuous line quilting design is perfect for machine quilting but, can also be adapted for the hand quilter. [Read More]
Sue Nickels Workshop at The National Quilt Museum
3-Day Workshop Beginner/Intermediate Learn machine appliqué using an easy raw edge fusible technique from AQS author Sue Nickels. Sue has been quilting for 32 years, starting by hand and gradually focusing on machine work and teaching machine techniques for the past [Read More]
Infinite Feathers Quilt Designs by Anita Shackelford
Working with simple tools, learn how to create designs that fit perfectly in the blocks and borders of any quilt. This beautiful book includes designing motifs, continuous line patterns, innovative designs, transferring designs, and more. The pattern section features over [Read More]
Fun with Stencils and Pounce Pads
AQS author Sue Patten shows us how to properly use a pounce pad. Sue Patten is the author of “Adaptable Quilting Designs” and “Quilting Possibilities: Freehand Filler Patterns.” Click here for more information about Sue and her books. [Read More]
New Book – Easy Batik Landscape Quilts
You will be able to enhance your home decor in a snap with the super-easy landscape quilts in our newest book, Easy Batik Landscape Quilts by Patricia L. Brown. We all know that batiks are irresistible. You can use the 16 patterns in Pat’s book as a guide to making [Read More]
Free Going Batty Quilting Design Pattern
Halloween is right around the corner. Lone Minkkinen is giving you a free quilting design called Going Batty that will be perfect for your all of your spooky quilting projects. Lone is the author of our newest quilting design book called Quilting Designs from Nature. She is [Read More]
Getting Started in Machine Quilting by Joanie Zeier Poole
Here is a hint from Joanie Zeier Poole, Des Moines Quilt Show teacher, on how to start machine quilting. “Get out the owner’s manual for your machine. Read the instructions for free-motion, lowering the feed dogs, adjusting the upper and lower tension (if [Read More]
