Turned a corner?
I hope you’ve been following along with the blog posts chronicling Diane Harris’s adventures in machine quilting. If not, be sure to scroll back and read some of the previous posts. This week, Diane posted on the HQ Stitch blog,”Houston, We’ve Turned a Corner.” Diane says, “I quilted another UFO and for the first time […]
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Machine Quilting 101
The adventure continues! Diane continues to quilt and learn and has some questions for Mary Beth. Read some of the previous blog posts to learn about Diane Harris and her adventures in learning machine quilting on her new Handi Quilter Capri with the help of Mary Beth Krapil. By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador […]
Read MoreAnd I Quilt celebrity Sandra Mitchell
She’s a trail rider, a wife and she quilts! Sandra Mitchell is our featured And I Quilt celebrity and has a wonderful touching story. Be sure to watch her full length video. And, lucky for us, she has agreed to be a guest here on the blog. Take it away Sandra….. I am so excited […]
Read MoreRuler Work
Have you been following along with me and Diane as she jumps into learning her HQ Capri? This week I’m going to take a small part of Diane’s post to comment on. If you’d like to read the entire post (you’ll be glad you did!) you can find it here. She is having a great […]
Read MoreMachine Quilting and Muscle Memory
Diane Harris has been sharing her adventures as a new stationary longarm machine owner. She is making friends with her HQ Capri. I came across this vintage blog post from Diane over at the HQ Stitch page. Diane wrote this in September 2018. It’s all about machine quilting and muscle memory. I thought I would […]
Read MoreLessons in Machine Quilting
My friend, Diane Harris, is learning how to quilt with a stationary longarm machine, her HQ Capri. Diane is an ambassador for HQ Stitch sewing machines and writes the blog over on the HQ Stitch page. In recent posts she has been sharing her lessons in machine quilting, and I have been sharing her posts […]
Read MoreTeaching Children How to Sew
We are so lucky to have a second guest post from And I Quilt personality, Vanessa Clark. She’s a Grandmother, she’s a volunteer, and she Quilts! She loves to interact with her grandchildren and what better way than to share her love of sewing and quilting? Vanessa is sharing her method of teaching young children […]
Read MoreGetting Started with HQ Capri
Last week we had a guest post from Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Ambassador. She is dipping her toe into longarm quilting. I’m sharing her second post about getting started with her HQ Capri. This time I’m going to add in my own comments with tips and hints for Diane and for your benefit as well. […]
Read MoreGetting Started with Longarm Quilting
Getting started with longarm quilting can be fun, intimidating, exciting, and scary all at once. There is a LOT to learn. Even if you have been sewing and using sewing machines all your life, there’s something a bit different when it comes to quilting. My friend and colleague, Diane Harris, is the brand ambassador for […]
Read MoreThe Finishing Touch
Here at Handi Quilter we are all about finishing more quilts. Our And I Quilt personality, Vanessa Clark, has written a guest post about an important finishing touch, the label. Take it away Vanessa… The Finishing Touch The label The one thing most of us forget to do is put labels on our quilts. We […]
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