Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 3

Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 3

I love machine quilting! And I’m excited to show you a new quilting technique that I saw on WeAllSew.com by Bernina: quilting with a twin needle. A twin needle gives you twice the stitches in the same amount of time. Remember that photo above? The double quilting...
Author’s Corner — Save the bees

Author’s Corner — Save the bees

My neighbor used to have the most delicious-smelling honeysuckle bush right up against her house, and the bees loved it! She eventually cut it out because it got too unruly, but I was always fascinated at how many bees hovered around that bush. I could hear them...
Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 3

Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 2

Hello, fellow quilters! Last week, we pieced our quilt top out of jelly roll strips and picked our border fabric. (Find these instructions here.) I picked two border fabrics, by the way. I couldn’t decide which I liked best. Today we are going to make our quilt...
If you want romance, try Rhode Island

If you want romance, try Rhode Island

Dear Anna and Felty, I would like to have a girlfriend, but girls think I am boring. Do you have any suggestions for making myself more exciting? Boring on Bonduel Dear Boring, Anna says: It takes practice to be exciting enough to attract the girls’ attention. You...
Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 1

Quilting Bee — Spring Table Runners — Week 1

You’re starting to wonder if I sew things besides table runners. Yes, but I couldn’t resist showing you two more runners that are just simple variations on the Valentine Day table runner. (Find that runner here.) As you may have noticed, I like quilting projects that...