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Telecast Thursday - Reasons to Read the Youtube Description Area
It's Telecast Thursday! I know you watch my videos, but do you know that there is more information on my Youtube videos?
Watch the video below or on my Youtube channel to see what you may be missing out on if you aren't looking in the Description area of my videos.
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Creatively,
Celebrate with a Craftsy Sale!
It's Victoria Day this week-end in Canada and Craftsy is continuing their birthday celebration with 50% off member-favourite classes. Grab a class before the deal expires on Saturday, May 21!
Here are some of my favourite Craftsy classes - and they're on sale for the next few days.
P.S. I am a Craftsy affiliate and as such will receive a small compensation if you enroll by clicking through any of the links in this post. This helps me to continue to create videos and blogposts just for you. Thank you!
Long Arm Quilting Tips with Allison Spence
UPDATE: Allison is no longer at the Threaducation Centre, but is continuing to teach and accept customer orders for quilting at Meadow Rose Quilting. You can follow Allison's blog to keep up with her latest activities.
I was fortunate enough to have Allison Spence come out to my studio for a private lesson on my Handi Quilter Infinity. While I have been working on my machine for a few months, I really wanted some tips from a professional. Allison is one of the forces behind the Threaducation Centre here in Calgary, AB, Canada and I just knew that I would learn lots from her. I was right!
First I learned that I had my quilt top leader feeding off from the pole incorrectly. Duh! I always have problems with whether this leader feeds over the top of the pole or underneath the pole. Allison straightened me out on this right away - and I made notes and took pictures so I will always get it right!
Allison showed me 5 different free motion designs that can be applied to any quilt and I got to practise these until I had the feel of them. I also learned how to take these 5 designs and build on them to create more complex patterns.
She had some other tips that you can see in the video below about quilting area and stance at the machine.
I hope you found these tips helpful if you quilt on a long arm machine and just remember that you won't get better if you don't practice, practice, practice!
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Creatively,
Telecast Thursday - Your Quilting Space on the Handi Quilter Infinity
This Telecast Thursday I'm looking at the quilting space on my HQ Infinity. I want to avoid the look of linear quilting when I'm doing free motion quilting so working on one area at a time can resolve this issue.
Watch the video below or on my Youtube channel to learn about your quilting space and how to create a non-linear quilted quilt.
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Leave a comment below on how you define your quilting space.
Telecast Thursday - Couching with the Janome 8900
Welcome to the first Telecast Thursday of May! I've found another interesting foot for my Janome Horizon Memory Craft 8900 QCP - the Free Motion Couching Foot Set or as I call it, the couching foot.
With this foot you can apply yarn to your fabric projects to create interesting textures and effects. It takes a bit of trial and error with this foot, but stick with it and you can create some spectacular designs.
You can watch the video below or on my Youtube channel.
Have you ever tried the couching foot? Leave a comment below on the results you achieved.
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Creatively,
Welcome! I’m Kim Jamieson-Hirst of Chatterbox Quilts, a YouTube creator and host of The Quilter’s Way. I believe that quilting is more than just a 1/4” seam and that practice makes improvement and you are improving every day!
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