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Episode 39 – That Perfect Stitch Review

pq — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:30:20 +0000

Today I talked about this awesome book:

And I gushed over my love of Pinterest. You have to check it out!

Thanks for listening – click here to play!

ps – full disclosure: the link for the book is an affiliate link and if you purchase via this link I will earn a small commission.

Hand Quilted Quilt

pq — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:43:02 +0000

It has come to my attention that I have never posted a picture of a quilt that I hand-quilted on this blog. What!? I’m the pioneer quilter, always going on about hand this and hand that. And here I’ve got no hand quilting on the site?

So here it is. I made this for The Girl. It was supposed to be a transition-to-big-kid-bed quilt when she turned 2. It wasn’t finished and I think I gave it to her when she was 4.

And for all the time it took – hardly any of the quilting is visible because I did most of it in the ditch. I will never do that again. Also I’ll never hand quilt a flannel-backed quilt again, either!

It has been awhile since I’ve done any hand quilting. I really miss it. Sometime soon!

The name of this quilt was Black-eyed Susan and it was one of the last patterns I followed. It was supposedly a “quick” pieced quilt but it took me forever to get pieced. I can’t remember now what book the pattern was from – The Girl is 7 now so it has been probably 5 or more years since I saw that book. I wonder what I did with it! She sleeps with it on her bed in the winter time and Duke (the dog) has chewed some holes in it. Sigh.

The reason I noticed that I have never posted a picture of a hand-quilted quilt is because I wanted to contribute to the Hand Quilting Celebration over at Michigan Quilts.

Run on over and check it out!

I’m a slow poke quilter!

pq — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:38:02 +0000

I joined up with the Slow Poke Quilters over on Momma Made This. I am pretty slow, after all! Ha ha! Check out the new button in the sidebar. You just finished reading I'm a slow poke quilter!! Consider leaving … Continue reading →

Episode 27 – the Virginia Quilt Museum

pq — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:26:06 +0000

On vacation I had the thrill of getting to spend a little time at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Me at the Virginia Quilt Museum

Going inside - wee! Sorry, no pics allowed indoors.

It was *fabulous*! I saw some amazing examples of historic quilts.

You can check out the book I bought from the museum here at Amazon.

Other places we visited – Luray Caverns – Sandy Point State Park – Massanutten Resort.

Thank you for listening!

Episode #1

pq — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:48:02 +0000

Pioneer Quilter – episode 1: intro

Hello all you pioneer quilters out there! This marks the beginning of my jump into podcasting. I’m really excited to bring a spotlight to my favorite aspect of quilting: handwork! In this episode I talk a little bit about my goals for the program, as well as the types of things I’d like to talk about and the format I’d like to use on the show.

In this episode, I mentioned the book that I initially learned quilting from, Fons and Porter’s Quilter Complete Guide. I still use it and it has sadly fallen apart. They have a hard-cover version for sale on their website for only $20. I think it is well worth the price.

If you’d like to send me some email, my address is kelley at pioneerquilter dot com. I hope you enjoyed my first show!