Tag Archives: Machine Quilting

QN features award-winning quilts

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

Two Quilters Newsletter cover quilts won major awards at the Machine Quilters Expo East last week in Providence, Rhode Island. Our current April/May cover quilt, Flourish on the Vine by Kathy K. Wylie, won 2nd place in Wall Hanging Large-Traditional. … Continue reading →

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Joy of Quilting

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Kath Wagar Wright

Last year, when mom asked me to make something permanent to hang on her apartment door with this Count Your Blessings poem on it, I printed the quote on linen, included one of her cross-stitched flowers and designed and pieced … Continue reading →

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I wanna be free (motion quilting)…

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

A few months ago a representative from Singer Viking Pfaff came to our offices to demonstrate some new machines for us. She brought a machine from each line, and each was geared toward a different home sewer: the Singer Curvy … Continue reading →

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Inspiration is Everywhere

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Joli Hines Sayasane

Recently I took a trip to Florida to visit my family. While the reasons for the trip weren’t pleasant– I was sure that quilting would be the farthest thing from my mind– I found that some of the pictures I … Continue reading →

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SAQA’s Sightlines Exhibit Heads for Long Beach, CA

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Joli Hines Sayasane

  Today we took down the SAQA Sightlines exhibit. Quilters Newsletter was fortunate to be able to hang this show in our gallery. SAQA did not allow photography of the show, but I was able to snap a few pictures … Continue reading →

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More of your long-arm quilting questions answered

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Kelly M. Smith

Here is part two of our blog about Handi Quilters and long-arm machine quilting. Thanks for the awesome questions! Feel free to keep them coming on our blog or Facebook. Thank you to Brenda Groelz, Handi Quilter’s Director of Marketing … Continue reading →

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Your questions about long-arm quilting

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Kelly M. Smith

I spent the past week at Handi Quilter headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah attending two back-to-back long-arm quilting retreats. I was in a class of 16 and we each got our own HQ Avanté to practice on. The first … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Machine Quilting

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Kelly M. Smith

By the time you read this I will be in Salt Lake City, Utah attending the Handi Quilter Basics and Quilting Lines classes. I’ve never used a long-arm quilting machine before, so I’m looking forward to learning how they differ … Continue reading →

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