Beaquilter

I'm an avid quilter, designer, teacher, Accuquilt expert" I've been published in several quilt magazines and write patterns for Accuquilt and Beaquilter.com (I'm also an affiliate for several companies so if you click on a link and buy something I get a small percentage, which is always appreciated)

color picker with photoshop and EQ7

Yesterday we went to the zoo and today we are recooperating from the trip 🙂 I finally found my photoshop CD and got it installed on my laptop because I wanted to play with it and make little “palettes” using the color picker and then transfer those to EQ7. which was harder than it looks. …

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Blog Tag

Oh oh! I’ve been TAGGED by traveling quilter I’ve seen these on blog recently. should be fun! here’s Debbie’s questions for me 1. What is your favorite part of making a quilt?  Hmm, I don’t think there’s a part I DON’T like. I like to design a quilt in EQ, pick out fabrics, cut the …

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Fall block swap top done and more wonky housese

I received another wonky house in the mail the other day it’s really cute 🙂 I also got the brown fabrics for this fall leaf block swap I was part of maybe 2 yrs ago, these blocks are HUGE….I think we all got 24, but I used 18 which is more than enough. I first …

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four seasons quilt and tutorial on binding

I figured I’d show how I finish off binding on my quilts 🙂 I make 2 1/2″ strips and sew about 3/8″ from the edge- it’s the center stitch setting on my sewing machine and the edge of the foot (so about 1/3 of the folded width) I start about 5″ or so from the …

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more videos and batik quilt done and march collage

Here’s a collage of my projects from march, some are mine, some are customer quilts or blocks I’ve won here’s the customer quilt I started friday. quilted feathers and swirls here’s the back of the Dr seuss quilt a little peek at the front a video of how I quilted a loopy meandering the quilt …

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Youtube videos and quilted some more

I finally downloaded windows movie maker and it works great at compressing my movies. (I’ve been filming my long arm quilting but the files were HUGE, so I had to figure out what to do without having to upload a file overnight) Here’s a leaf vine I made on the border with the SLR on! …

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paper piecing palm trees and quilting

I decided to make this little quilt. I cut out all the papers and today I started on the palm tree blocks (since they are the hardest) here’s the pieces all cut out and ready to sew, I actually finished all the block parts now and have to trim and take off the papers. This …

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it’s a hoot again – don’t look Rhonda

I did do a little today 🙂 I made the backing and binding for McCall’s #2 quilt AND for the blog hop winner (don’t look Rhonda!!) I made her prize and mailed it off (I need to make more of these for our school’s craft show on may 5th) here’s HOOTIE! I had this matching …

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