Quilt Facing with Curved Corners
Almost a year ago I wrote a post about some of the numerous ways to finish the edges of quilts. If you missed it, you can find it here. One of the ways is facing a quilt. There are times when you don’t want any binding to show on the front of the quilt, but […]
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The Quilt Show in Paducah was a Zoo!
Springtime in Paducah means one thing. AQS Quilt Week! Quilts! Classes! Shopping! Food! Quilty friends! Paducah is know as the mecca for quilters. And they come in droves. This year Paducah was a zoo! I’m talking about the quilts on display. As I walked through, enjoying all the quilts, I noticed there were […]
Read MoreMachine Quilting the Modern Way
by Mary Beth Krapil Machine Quilting Exhibition (MQX) East was held in Manchester, New Hampshire April 11-14, 2018. It was an honor and a privilege for Handi Quilter to sponsor the prizes for the category entitled Machine Quilting the Modern Way. Congratulations to the winners! The quilts are wonderfully creative. Here are the quilts with […]
Read MoreIntroducing the new HQ Forte
by Mary Beth Krapil We are so proud to introduce you to the newest member of our HQ family! The new HQ Forte is a 24 inch, feature packed, beauty of a machine. It’s sure to fit your style of quilting to a T. Here are some of my favorite features: 24″ of brightly-lit […]
Read MoreKorean Quilt Exhibit – AQS Daytona
by Mary Beth Krapil There was a wonderful collection of Korean Quilts at the American Quilter’s Society show in Daytona, FL in February. “The Studio Art Quilt Associates of the Republic of Korea was founded in 2010. This exhibit features a variety of art quilt techniques that the group studied over the […]
Read MoreIntroducing our newest Handi Quilter Ambassador, Karlee Porter
by Mary Beth Krapil Karlee Porter is a Utah based quilter, graphic designer, hand-letterer, best-selling author and internationally recognized free-motion quilting teacher. She is best know for her book, Graffiti Quilting. She has been quilting since 2009, but an artist all her life. She graduated in 2017 with an Art Degree from Weber State […]
Read MoreWe Love Color!
by Mary Beth Krapil We love color, especially bright color! Handi Quilter and allpeoplequilt.com have partnered to bring you a free, downloadable booklet, Color Play: Simple Quilts, Spectacular Quilting. This series of nine quilts feature free patterns and quilting designs from quilter and Handi Quilter Educator, Marie Eldredge. Keep an eye out throughout 2018 for videos detailing Marie’s process and how-tos. We […]
Read MoreEdgy Quilts
by Mary Beth Krapil I had the fun of attending the American Quilter’s Society show in Daytona Beach a couple of weeks ago. It was a wonderful show with great vendors and spectacular quilts and of course the location speaks for itself. I mean, really, who doesn’t want to be in sunny Florida at the […]
Read MoreMore work on the UFO front
by Mary Beth Krapil After finishing my place mats (you can read about them here), I had some fabric left over. So, I decided to make a few bowl cozies. You know, the things you can use to keep from burning your fingers when you take your bowl of hot soup out of the microwave? […]
Read MoreModern Quilts
by Mary Beth Krapil QuiltCon, the quintessential modern quilt show, was held recently in Pasadena, CA. It was the place to be for “modern quilters”. At the same time, on the east coast, the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival was held in Hampton, VA. California was not the only place to find modern quilts on […]
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