“Spirals can be used in blocks and borders too. And they are great combined with other shapes to create gorgeous designs.”
by Mary Beth Krapil They say that quilting makes the quilt. Sometimes, that is more true than others. Of course it’s very true in the case of a whole cloth quilt. After all, in a whole cloth quilt, quilting is all there is. A single piece of fabric for the quilt top, made fantastically beautiful […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil This is the season of New Year’s resolutions and self-help advice. The time when we take stock and resolve to improve some area of our lives. The first step is to eliminate habits that are holding you back and quilting mistakes are no different. We can sometimes fall into bad habits […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil I saw quite a few quilts at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year that were strikingly geometric. I know from my teaching travels and interacting with thousands of quilters all over the world, that quilters are not fond of math. But there is no getting around it. Math […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil However you celebrate at this time of year, we at Handi Quilter want to wish you all the best times. We are looking forward to another great year of serving you. We love providing you what you need to finish more quilts; and it is our goal to equip, […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil Autumn is a really busy season for a quilter. Lots of shows and quilting events happen in the Fall before the Holiday Season takes up all our time. I’m done with my travels for 2018, so I finally got time to share some of the quilts I saw at Houston. These […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil We would like to welcome our newest International Ambassador, Telene (Hester Helena) Jeffrey! Telene lives in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. She is an amazing quilter, teacher and artist. She is an SAQG (South African Quilters Guild) Accredited Quilt Teacher after successfully completing the Teachers Accreditation Course. Telene has won numerous prizes […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil Here in North America it is still Autumn, although some regions might question that, as they experience snow and freezing temperatures. Winter is coming quickly; but we still have a few weeks to enjoy the spectacular colors, bright sunny days and cool crisp air of Fall here in the mid-Atlantic states. […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil Handi Quilter’s Ambassador, Luke Haynes, had a special exhibit of a collection of his quilts at the recent AQS Fall Paducah Quilt Week. It was a fantastic collection of 50 log cabin quilts, each 90 inches square. Luke says in his blog, “This is a show of textiles taking conceptual themes […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil Once you have your longarm machine all set up in your studio and you are getting familiar with how to use it, you’ll also want to know how to care for it, so that it continues to run in tip-top shape for many years to come. Handi Quilter machines require very […]
Read Moreby Mary Beth Krapil I was recently at the AQS Fall Paducah Quilt Week, and of course, I took time to look at the quilts. As usual, something caught my attention on one of the first quilts I saw. And, as usual, I started to look at that one aspect on all the other […]
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