We're so excited to announce we're now a participating FabShop Hop online shop.To participate visit townandcountryquiltshop.com, scroll down to the footer of our homepage and look for this month's hint. Next, look around to find the white bunny with...
What a strange thing it is to purchase fabric, only to cut it into tiny pieces, arrange it into geometric patterns, and spend hours sewing it back together. Some would call that CRAZY! Over the past few weeks, I have...
One of the most fun perks of being a long-arm quilt artist is the ability to experience so many different quilts. The world of quilting has a wide spectrum of styles and opportunities for our creative spirits to be brought to fruition....
I've recently been re-introduced to the marvelous technique of Stack and Whack quilts, and I must say, I'm smitten. There's something magical about how these quilts start out as large scale (mostly floral) prints, and end up as fantastically different...
For a long time, it never occurred to me to consider that I might see quilts differently than others see them. I have had countless conversations with people about quilts, usually theirs, sometimes mine. One of the most common things I...
Over the past ten plus years of quilting professionally, I have seen a wide variety of choices of backing fabrics for quilts. Backing fabric selection seems to have a wide spectrum of opinions on importance. Some quilt-makers would argue that...
I recently had a delightful conversation with one of my most accomplished clients. We were reminiscing about the first time we met, during which I had volunteered to be her scribe while she judged a quilt show. During the time...
In 18 years of making quilts…yes, I started when I was five ;)…I have picked up a few tricks of the trade. I have also added the final quilting touch to over 1,200 quilts since I began with Town...
“Squaring up blocks” really does matter. This little tidbit of truth actually eluded me for quite a while. As a quilt-maker myself, I had a little too much confidence in my piecing accuracy, and just didn’t feel like it was...
