I spy with my little eye something beginning with R

Redwork!

This beautiful single sized quilt was made by Joy using fabrics she received from a fellow quilter for her birthday.  Joy machine embroidered the redwork designs, set them in simple square blocks to show them off and then quilted it using a stipple stitch.  But that's not all...Joy's quilt is reversible!

Joy had a lot of fun using the Stack N Slash method for pieceing the quilt back.  It looks great!  Joy didn't make the quilt for anyone in particular but she's sure her granddaughters will all be fighting over it as soon as they see it! 

We had another quilt at show and tell... An I spy quilt!



This little quilt has an interesting story behind it!  Years ago Karen hosted high school kids from Belgium and the kids are all grown up with children of their own.  Karen has started a wonderful tradition and celebrates each child's 2nd birthday with an I spy quilt.  This little beauty is for a little boy and Karen is currently working on the toddler's twin sister's version!  What a lovely quilter you are Karen!

Evelyn

Tension Tension, Tension!

Let's face it: sometimes stitches go bad, and tension is usually the culprit. But not always. Sometimes there is a problem with the needle, the thread, or even (cough) lax machine maintenance.

Australian textile artist Dijanne Cevaal has some very helpful advice for solving these little stitch hiccups that can give us such a headache. As a quilting teacher and author of several books, she really knows her stuff.

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Though Dijanne says you shouldn't worry about your stitching looking absolutely perfect, when stitch issues get in the way of your quilting enjoyment and artistry, you should consider the following in an article on Quilting Daily by Pokey Bolton.