Posts tagged: "machine quilting"

  1. How to quilt a quilt—6 quick ideas

    Posted by on April 25, 2013

    You’ve just finished your quilt top—time to tackle the quilting! Some quilters gleefully embrace this essential part of finishing quilts; some hire a machine quilter by rote or drop their quilt top onto the UFO pile to finish…later. Although the words “quilt as desired” and “instant gratification” aren’t typically uttered in the same sentence, there [...]

  2. Long-arm look, home machine: meet Eva Larkin

    Posted by on December 11, 2012

    If you’re looking for someone to help you to learn how to machine quilt at home, look no further—we found her! Whether you’ve gone as far as experimenting with your own quilting designs for machine quilting or you’re at the “um…what IS free-motion quilting?” stage, popular author and teacher Eva Larkin welcomes you. Read on [...]

  3. How to machine quilt for beginners

    Posted by on November 26, 2012

    Several weeks ago, in answers to the “wish for a talent” Quirky Question, a common aspiration was shared among Stitch This! readers—to be able to machine quilt like a pro. Funny so many of you would wish for that particular talent, as I (and others in the Martingale office) have wished for the same ability [...]

  4. Easy free-motion quilting designs: a stippling sensation

    Posted by on August 14, 2012

    Are you a wannabe machine quilter? I am. I want to do my own quilting, but I rarely do. I love to stipple, and I can do a mean stitch-in-the-ditch. I can do some very basic loops and stars, but mostly I just stipple. I’m ready to expand my stippling skills. Aren’t you? Author Eva [...]