How to Bind a Quilt by Machine

Teaching my Binding & Alternate Endings Lecture today at Garden of Quilts!  Join me today at noon in the gardens.  But if you can't, here's a quick little binding video I threw together.

Come to My Garden

Last September, I spent the most amazing weekend at the first annual Garden of Quilts at the lovely Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah.

Throughout the 55 acres of lush gardens and lovely meadows, there were around 800 quilts hanging in the gardens, including a few of my daughter's and my own.  

Kaleido-Medallion

Nicole's "Something's Fishy" 

Magic "Instant Blocks" quilt under the Garden Trellis

Nicole's "Cut Diamonds"

Nicole and I with my "Sheep Shape" in the trees

Visitors checking out my Carpenter's Wife quilt  - photo by Amy Smart

I got to work as a volunteer for those couple of days, assisting in Camille Roskelly's class (@thimbleblossoms) one morning, and as a quilt assistant with trunk shows for Amy Smart @diaryofaquilter, Stacy West @buttermilkbasin, Christopher Thompson @the_tattooed_quilter, and Heather Peterson @ankastreasures.

I was in heaven!  Even had a fun chat with my friend Jenny and her husband Ron between classes.  They had brought dozens of quilts from Missouri Star Quilt Co. to hang in the gardens too.  So lovely!

I've just received word that I'll be teaching a couple of classes at next September's Garden of Quilts event, and I am thrilled!  

I'll be teaching my new favorite quilt:  Iridescent Star, Thurs, Sept.17th, 2:00 to 5:00 pm. 

...and my ever-popular Binding & Alternate Endings Workshop on Friday, Sept. 18th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.  

UPDATE:  Click here for REGISTRATION for the 2021 Garden of Quilts event!  

 
Hope to see you there!

It's time for the annual Panguitch Quilt Walk Festival!

Looking forward to teaching these classes next week in Panguitch, Utah.  "Pecking Up the Pieces" is the theme of this year's show, and it's always a hoot!  Can't wait!  What a great way to kick off Summer!  If you are in the area, check out the classes and events at www.quiltwalk.org.

Laser-cut kits for the Owl quilt are available on my Website, and you can find the other patterns on Craftsy or Etsy.

I love small towns where quilting is a big deal.  The little town of Panguitch is one of my favorites.

Quiltscapades

Here is a look at some of my upcoming quilty events, or "Quiltscapades" as I call them.   Just doing my part to support National Quilting Day/Month/Year,  National Craft Month, Worldwide Quilting Day...  Ah, heck, who needs an excuse?     Registration is open for several of these events, if you'd like to attend.  For some of the other items, look for new tutorials and tips and patterns coming shortly!

American Quilting Retreat

"A Seam is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
Zermatt Resort, Midway, Utah

March 4th and 9th

Fairy Godmother Magical Moments:  Little Birdies #littlebirdiepincushions

Sewing Training Seminar for 4-H Leaders & FCS Teachers

Class:  Fancy Fleece Finishes

March 10-11

Penny Rose Wool Blog Tour

March 14-29

 (Join me on March 16th)

Simply Stitched Quilt Retreat

www.sewsimplystitched.com

Roosevelt, Utah

March 17-19

Heber Valley Quilters Retreat

www.hebervalleyquilters.com

Midway Community Center, Midway, Utah

March 25-26

Snappy Pouches & Temari Spheres (scissor fob)
with daughter, Lauren

www.blackfootquiltfest.com

Blackfoot, Idaho

April 8-9

Home Machine Quilting Show

www.hmqs.org

Sandy Expo Center, SLC, Utah

May 5-7

"Pecking Up the Pieces"

www.quiltwalk.org

Panguitch, Utah

June 8-11

If you'd like me to come teach at your next quilty event, give a holler!  deonn@quiltscapesqs.com :)  See some sample classes on my Quilt School page. How are you going to celebrate National Quilting Day?  Make it great! Happy Quilting!

A Sweet Little Flock of SHEEP!

Sheep Shape/Hexagami class at Heber Valley Quilters' annual Spring Retreat (featuring my little Hexie Meadow quilt from this month's Quiltmaker magazine).

Look at these adorable kits that the retreat committee put together using Riley Blake Designs' fabrics!  

I began with a Hexagami lesson, showing three types of dimensional hexagons.  Hexagami stars, dimensional hexagons folded from circles...

See the HEXAGAMI tutorial HERE

... and a 3-D Heat-n-Bond Hexie Butterfly.  (Tutorial coming soon)

We cut out pieces in just minutes with the new Half-Hexagon dies that AccuQuilt sent home with me from my trip to Paducah!

Sally and Melissa get rolling:

 Heatherly stacks 'em up:

Katie's pile:

Hexagami Demo Table: 

A piece of batting became my instant Design Wall, then sweet little sheep started to pop up everywhere!

↑↑  Kandy's, Laura's  ↓↓

Patty's:

Olivia's:

Laura gets her strips sewn:

I experimented with my blocks, while Cathy started to lay her's out.  Meanwhile, Michele scavenged through the trash cans and used everyone's scraps to cut out a cute mini!

Michele's:

Leah did the same!

 

We sewed, we laughed, we ate incredible feasts, snacked on treats to keep us sustained... we sewed some more and by the end of the day, we even had a few finished quilt tops!

Kandy's!

Patty's!

Laura's too!

Woohoo!  So proud of these girls!  What a fun day!

Quiltmaker magazine with the pattern is still available on newsstands, quilt shops, online HERE, or as a digital copy HERE.  See the original quilt story HERE, and over at the Blogger's Quilt Festival HERE.  Linking up with Quilt Story HERE.

Happy Quilting!