Learn more about quilting with your walking foot during my "31 Days of Walking Foot Quilting" series.

Free Motion quilting block by block. Free tutorial on various free motion quilting motifs. In this post, you'll learn how to free motion quilt an allover square loops design and also a direction guide to free motion quilting half square triangles

I wanted to pass along an easy way to quilt a rope cable border without any backtracking! This is the rope cable stencil from my Ultimate Borders collection. Generally when you quilt this design there is double stitching on every other hump of the cable in order to keep it continuous. Here's a different solution...

The Temecula Quilt Co 12 Days of Christmas Mini Mystery quil t. Finished January 6th, 2012. 21"x 17". Little Pink Houses ...

Welcome everybody! Today I will show you a fourth option for going around corners using the Ribbon Candy pattern. The concept of this option ‘Flow’ is quilting up to the diagonal in the…

Hi everyone -- I hope you're surviving this crazy March weather. Here in the Northeastern USA we've had a few days of nearly 50 degree temps and sun - but many more days with sub freezing temps, nasty wind and snow. Although the sewing days have been fun, we're all ready to break into spring. Here's hoping it comes soon - these are the evenings I'm dreaming of... Keuka Lake - Summer 2013 - Family Fishin' In case you missed it, my latest free quilt design, "Chevron with a Twist" was published…

I just finished hostessing my quilting retreat in one of my most favorite places...McCloud, CA. 30 quilters gathered for 4 days of non-stop quilting, eating, shopping and misbehaving and we had a wonderful time. Everyone comes to get away from "life" for awhile...including me. Retreats give us all a chance to take a deep breath, regather our energy and focus and then head back home to face reality. Even though I'm supposed to be "in charge" of the retreat, I feel like I'm on my own personal…

This design isn't really a feather... just plumes: Random plumes to fill the background areas of a quilt The bottom portion of the page is a diagram to remind me how to stitch this design out. Below is a fabric sandwich with random plumes stitched all over: CLICK HERE to view this design on quilted bags The following designs are lined up in a vertical row: It helps to chalk mark lines on the quilt before quilting. I drew pencil lines in the sketch book, then used the lines to keep me drawing…

Whole cloth quilts, done in icy white or pale pastels, remind us of winter. Here is the second part of our series. Capturing the texture o...

Reducing bulk in Pinwheel Block seams is important for making a flat pinwheel quilt! Read this tutorial with pictures on how to get a flat pinwheel block!

Simple and useful tips and tricks from Dara Tomasson for free-motion quilting on your home sewing machine, plus design inspiration and patterns.

I am delighted to have Patsy Thompson as our December FMQ Expert, for the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge. Whe...