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Simple Sewing and Sweetness

Posted on: December 14th, 2018 by Lorna McMahon

Photo Creds @austin1144 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! And making this sweet set of quilt and matching toddler pillowcase was so much fun!   Photo Creds @austin1144 The bird print is Robin in the Hood by Michael Miller Fabrics. The leafy green print for the accent is from the Hopscotch collection by Jamie […]

Hillside Houses QAL finish

Posted on: June 26th, 2015 by Lorna McMahon

After all these weeks of piecing the blocks… And fixing a few last minute mistakes… Hillside Houses is finished! I lucked out when looking for what to use for the backing. Wanting to use some of my older stashed fabrics, I found a few yards of this pretty clam shell print called Yoshiko from Blank […]

Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Quilting with your Walking Foot

Posted on: January 5th, 2015 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Quilting with your Walking Foot. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Quilting with your Walking Foot: You have completed your latest quilt top!  Yes!  What an accomplishment. Now what? Lots of quilters shy away from […]

The Butterfly Quilt

Posted on: November 21st, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Cuddly, cozy, fun and bright – The Butterfly Quilt!  I am so happy with this finish! Last week a few photos of my Butterfly quilt blocks were shown in this post.  I said, “I am already eager to start on another Butterfly Quilt using only solids!  Or maybe using a single fabric collection…..”  But now […]

Tuesday Tips with Amanda of The Cozy Pumpkin

Posted on: November 11th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

My good friend Amanda of The Cozy Pumpkin is featuring 8 weeks of fantastic tips and techniques from different quilting bloggers.  I was flattered when she asked if I would share a fave tip of my own! Have you ever wondered how to start and stop your quilting stitches when you don’t quilt from edge […]

Pretty in Plaid – St. Louis 16 Patch finish!

Posted on: September 26th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Fall winds and cooler temps are here again.  It seems that summer gets shorter and shorter every year.  This week I took advantage of the opportunity to have one more outdoor photo shoot on the old hay wagon. While working on my weekly posts for the Top 10 Tips for New Quilters series, I was […]

Fox & Friends {redo} Friday Finish

Posted on: September 19th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to TGIFF!  I am so happy to be your hostess this week.  And look forward to seeing all your fabulous finishes! In preparation for the new teaching position at my LQS, my finish for this week is a redo of my Fox & Friends triangle quilt.  As this is my all time best selling […]

Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Fabric & Thread

Posted on: August 19th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Introducing Week 1 of the Top 10 Tips for new Quilters –  Fabric & Thread For the complete line up of tips, please see this page. Quality Cotton Quilting Fabric: Three elements are used to determine the quality of cotton quilting fabric: the thread count, the quality of the threads/yarns used, and the finishing processes. […]

Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Introduction

Posted on: August 12th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

I spent quite a few hours this past week densely quilting a runner with organic wavy lines.  During these hours, I contemplated how much experience I have gained along the way in my quilting journey.  How many little tips and tricks I have managed to learn.  And I decided there is nothing I wanted more […]

Boxes-N-Bows

Posted on: August 8th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

In spite of a power outage, I managed to get these Christmas table runners quilted and bound in two days.  The quilting is quite dense and was a little time consuming, but sew worth it!  This first runner finished at 14″ x 49″ after quilting. The second runner finished at 14″ x 70″.  Both are […]