Milwaukee Machine Quilters Show 2011
I attended the Milwaukee show this past weekend (Thursday night through Saturday) with a friend and fellow mqresource member “Beema”. While there we ran into two other fellow members, dzinr1 […]
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
The Mt. Zion Mini Longarm Guild
Earlier this year I met with two friends I had become acquainted with through online quilt forums. LynnEl lives in Champaign and the Connie recently moved to Mt. Zion. The first […]
Class Review
I recently completed a 2-day class in my home on custom longarm quilting and trapunto. Laurie from Arizona was the sweetest gal and brought an amazing stack and whack quilt […]
New Camera!
Ok, I bit the bullet and bought a new camera. A Panasonic Lumix DMC FH20 (http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/compact/fh22_fh20_fs33_fs30/) I figure anytime a customer offers to take pics for you that’s a good sign […]
Arthur Quilt Show
The Arthur Quilt Show is this week. Come vote for your favorite quilt! I have two entered (#603 and #604). The Amish Country Quilt Show hours are from 10 am […]
I just booked my first teaching job for quilting!
I recently had a gal from Arizona contact me about teaching her how to do trapunto and freehand quilting. Yes, Arizona! She’s flying in to the Quad Cities area to visit […]
1st Place Ribbon!!
Sunflower Stars placed 1st in the Bed Quilt category at the Decatur Quilt Fest this weekend! I was absolutely thrilled! I really wasn’t expecting to win, but was grateful for […]
Vintage Pentagon Star Quilt – super-sized!
This was a unique project. The customer (Maria) had some vintage tops that had been passed down to her and which I had quilted for her. But this quilt was […]
Another minky
I did another small minky quilt. Feather wreaths and vines. I used Fil-Tec’s Premo Soft thread and loved it. In the brown border I used King Tut on top and […]
Batting
I recently made a trip to Kingsmen Quilting in Rochester, IL with a couple of quilting friends. Kingsmen is a large online provider of thread, rulers, batting and notions for […]
Custom Quilts of Joy 