What do you get when you take Pebbling and replace the circles with squares? Cubing! This kind of reminds me...

So far I've created 2 hair designs. Kelp Forest was too big. Cornstalks was too small. With Goldilocks it's just right! I'm still not sure if this is the design I'll use in My Cup Runneth Over, but at least that quilt is finally basted up and ready to quilt! Click Here if the Video

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

I’m feeling much better today and ready to finally quilt my Super Quick Wholecloth quilt. I basted this big guy...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy to Paisley. Looking at yesterday's design, I couldn't help seeing the possibilities with the hook shape on the top of the number 2. So I've created another design using just the hook section! Here is

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

Wow! Super duper thank you to everyone who has commented or emailed me about the changes happening to the blog. While I may not post a design daily, I do plan to meet my goal of 365 quilting designs. Just today I sat down at my Juki and cranked out ten new ones without even

Every once and awhile I find myself asking weird questions like “What kind of texture does a paint squirt have?”...

I'm back to quilting today with a beautiful design called Echo Arches. This is making me think of cathedrals and flying buttresses! Lately I've been reading The Life of Elizabeth I by Allison Weir (affiliate link) and I'm fascinated with the elaborate designs and over-the-top gaudiness of that era. Back then royalty needed to look

I’m cheating a bit by releasing this design a bit early, but I want to get a jump on it...

This design was inspired by Swirling Water - one of my absolute favorites. I started wondering what it would look like if the water was to swirl around a particular shape, in this case circles, and had to stitch it out just to see what it would look like. Looking at the finished texture, I

From all the comments about Crocus Trail, I figured I needed to do a variation of this design. I call...

Spring is finally here and new green plants are shooting up everywhere! Even in my quilting room! Here's a new plant I'm calling Spiky Fern: WHOOOHOOO! It was 2 days of hard work but our taxes are DONE! Whew! Amazingly enough, once I actually got started working on the taxes, they're really not that bad.

Kids say the silliest things, and my son James is one of the silliest. He never says “I’ve got something...

Way back on Day 70 I threatened to start combining loads of my existing designs with pebbling to see what would happen. Today I'm making good on my threat! Here's a nice combination of Feathers and Pebbling which form Feather Flowers! I admit to being terrible at feathers up until very recently. Every book I

Today is a wet, rainy day here in NC, which means all James wants to do is go outside and...

Today's filler design is inspired by the very old, very well know Greek Key design so often used in architecture, graph design, and even wall paper! Inspiration - I believe the Greek Key pattern was one of the first graphic designs I ever tried to capture in stitches. This was way back when I was

It’s Totally Filler Tuesday and I’m playing with circles again today. Remember Bubble Path? Let’s see what happens when you...

One of the most common questions I get asked from quilters is “Where did you go to college and what...

I’ve been playing around with circles a lot lately and came up with this design: I know, I know it...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

Learn how to free motion quilt Moon Paisley on your home sewing machine with Leah Day. Find tips and tricks for quilting this fun quilting design!

Here’s a huge thank you! to everyone that commented yesterday about the Shadow Self quilt. I’ll post more about the...

This always seems to happen – as soon as I get out of a holiday or time of year, new...

The weather is finally turning chilly here in NC and of course, this is right around the time I start...

I’m still on a role playing with these hair designs! Yesterday we learned Kelp Forest, which ended up looking more...

I know yesterday’s Trilobite design might have been a bit over the top, so today I’m taking it down a...

Learn how to machine quilt Peppermint Candy in this quilting tutorial with Leah Day. Find a free video to watch to learn how to quilt this design!

It’s not a fire ball, it’s a Flower Ball! Great news on the kitchen remodel! Things are moving quickly, the...

Ah! Spring is most definitely here and flowers are already bursting into bloom! I decided to celebrate by trying to...

One of the most popular designs from the project is Swirling Petals. Let’s go back to that design and see...

Whoa! Is it day 199 already??? It seems like just yesterday I was launching this project and now we have...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

Learn how to quilt this Flame Flower quilting design. Find a free video tutorial on how to quilt Flame Flower on your home machine.

Learn how to quilt Fiery Comet, a beautiful free motion quilting filler design. Find a video on how to quilt this design on your home machine.

Let’s experiment with more Paisley type designs! Here’s a neat variation with a slightly different center that creates an entirely...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...

Do you love feathers? Do you love Paisley? Let’s try combining the two together to create Feather Fans! Whoo Hoo!...

Once upon a time I used to knit constantly. I hardly ever actually finished any of my knitted projects, but...

It’s Totally Filler Tuesday and I’m finally getting around to sharing this awesome design. It’s Snake Paisley! Yesterday I managed...

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy...