Studio Tour Tuesday: Laura Wasilowski

Laura Wasilowski in her studio

Laura Wasilowski is doing a virtual tour of her studio on her Artfabrik blog this week. If you enjoy having a peek at other artists workspaces as much as I do, go take a look!

Free Motion Quilting Challenge

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The arrival of January sort of felt like getting shot out of a cannon. I managed to carve out lots of “me” time during the holidays and now it’s back to real life.

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Too Bad She Doesn’t Sew

Tammy Lou in my studio

I love my officemate, but she’d get a lot more accomplished if she didn’t stare out the window all day.

T-shirt Quilts & Wool Applique

Fused wool applique

I started this t-shirt quilt for my cousin the last week of July at a Bee retreat. By Halloween I only had the borders left to do, but it seemed like such a daunting task that I couldn’t motivate myself to cut and attach them. Picking up my new Bernina changed all that!

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Quilt Festival UFOs Completed

Paper piecing class with Carol Doak

My Holiday Season UFO juggernaut rolls on!  We had a very quiet weekend…I managed to stay focused and completed three more UFOs.  YAY me!

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QA Asks…

Quilt by Sheila Frampton-Cooper

What’s on your idea board today?

I did a lot of staring at my idea board this morning and moved these three pictures together at the bottom.  An idea is forming…

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Free Form Piecing

quilt by Rayna Gillman

Ever have those days where you want to sew, but don’t want to problem solve on a UFO/WIP (muchless start something new) or you want to sew, but need a need a little break from your current project?

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Free-Motion Quilting Project

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***THANK YOU*** Kara H. for sending me this link last week, however, it’s now entirely possible I’ll never leave the house again!

Free Motion Quilting Project

A Day of Doodling

Tracing free motion quilting motifs

I’ve played around with some free-motion stitching for several months so it’s not a completely foreign concept.  Mom and I also took a free-motion quilting class with Frieda Anderson during Festival which has helped my confidence tremendously.  The stitch regulator on my new Bernina sealed the deal…I’m ready to take the plunge!

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Thanksgiving UFO Project

Quilted table topper

I had to tend to a sick dog this week which sorta spoiled our plans to spend T’giving with family in Austin, but turned out to be a positive for getting some sewing done.

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