February 2013

Multi-sized Block Layout

Each month, Barb Vlack coordinates a design challenge at www.doyoueq.com. This is an Electric Quilt software project, and each month’s challenge is designed to require the designer to learn a different feature of the software. This month’s challenge is to design a quilt using blocks of different sizes.  This requires not only choosing blocks that …

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Heavy Cross Block

Aurifil Thread’s Designer of the Month BOM for February is Marie-Claude Picon-Iperti of France. In this interesting block of the month, each designer’s block must be inspired by a rock music song. Marie-Claude’s block is called “Heavy Cross” and was inspired by the song of the same name performed by the rock band “Gossip.” If you are not familiar with the …

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In Love With This Machine!

  When I was at Quilt Festival in Houston in November, I made the jump and upgraded my sewing machine to this beauty, Bernina’s 750QE. I upgraded from my 25-year-old Bernina 1010, which has been an absolute workhorse, to this computerized marvel. A nine millimeter stitch, dual feed, built-in walking foot, 12 inch harp, stitch …

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