A tour of the studio.

Welcome to my studio. This is the magical place where lots of creativity takes place.  

(Most of my new quilts are being displayed at the LQS so I thought I share a few pics of the change of colors in the studio)

This is the main area of the studio, we have a TV and a couch to keep my little one entertained, see she's on the couch in this picture. :)

Check out the quilt on the floor.... that's one of my new patterns, can't wait to share more about that next week!

This is where most of the binding magic takes place, on Kathleens' machine.

A display bed, or just in case I get super tired and need to take a nap.

 This is the area where I spend most of my time. Quilting, piecing or doing applique. 

Thanks for visiting!

Now please take a moment and vote for Kathleen in the McCalls Quilt Design Star Challenge. 

Today is the last day in the Moda Bake Shop progressive dinner. Click here to check out the complete menu. I hope you have enjoyed the dinner!

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I'm a visual person.

I love seeing pictures, I'm a visual person.

Remember back here when I shared the inside of my studio?

Well today is a crazy day for me, I probably won't get much sewing, or quilting done, I'll share soon why not.

So I thought I'd share the exterior of the studio.

I am up there above the garage, see where it says studio. 

Click here to see more of my studio.

Don't forget to go and vote for Kathleen in the McCalls Quilt Design Star contest. 

Thanks.

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Change.

I'm one of those people who moves my furniture around about once a month. It always makes me feel revitalized! In my studio I don't have the capability to move things around much, mostly because I'm not strong enough to move my long arm.....:) So instead I've found it revitalizing to just switch the quilts that I have hanging on the walls. 

So this week I put this one up behind my long arm and I'm loving it! This is still one of my favorite quilts that I've ever made and it makes me so happy!

I also finished quilting that quilt you can see on the machine. 

All over circles, turned out really cute!

Now off to bed, I've got a big weekend ahead.

My brother is getting married.

I've got a new Moda Bake Shop tutorial to share.

&

Lots of family in town.

YAY!

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I'm using....

Quite often I'm asked the question "What do you use?" So today I'm sharing what I'm using.

The most asked question I get is about my quilting. No, I do not quilt on a conventional machine. I have a Gammill Premier with a stitch regulator. I have been machine quilting for three years. I have actually never tried quilting on a conventional.

Look Bonny, it's your quilt!

All of my piecing and applique is done on my Bernina Anniversary Edition. I have had this machine for about two years and I LOVE it! Definitely a little pricey but I have never had a moments trouble with it and it gets it's share of use.

Batting, I prefer to use Quilters Dream Blend batting, it's a low loft batting and it lays, washes and quilts beautifully. On occasion I do quilt with more lofty type batting's and I prefer Quilters Dream Puff or Wool for loft.

Thread, I love So Fine by Superior Threads. For the most part I piece, quilt and bind using So Fine!

I know someone will ask how I store my thread. Well, I buy in cones so the best storage I've found so far is a Super Satchel Art Bin. They have removable cone holders and I love them for my thread storage. I got mine from United Notions.

I've had a few of you ask about binding. Here's our little secret. If the quilt is going to be judged or in any show then we attach the binding by machine to the top and then do a whip stitch using So Fine thread on the back.

If the quilt is not going to be judged or in a quilt show then attach by machine all the way. To attach by machine we attach our biding to the back of the quilt first then to the top using So Fine thread. Just make sure you've got a thread that matches very well. I also like this style of binding for quilts that are going to be heavily loved.

Click here to see how we prepare our bindings.

Hopefully this answered some of your questions. 

If you have more I'd love to hear them and I'm more than happy to do another post like this.

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My studio!

Imagine the shock on my face this morning when Kathleen called me and said you may want to come check out the studio, we've made some changes. I have been patiently waiting to make changes but I was absolutely ecstatic that some kind fairies had done it for me!

I should have taken before pictures, it was in need of help.

Here are a few afters that I took this morning.

I love this one above! I actually have something cute on the wall above my conventional machine.

 I didn't post any pics of my long arm because it has a "secret" quilt on it right now and I can't spoil that! :)

Thank you again little fairies! I can't wait to go to work on Tuesday!

Hope you're having a nice weekend!

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