True Threads Quilting

The Just 12 Fat Quarters pattern by is Just My Vibe these days. This was a personal quilt for my daughter’s BFF with fabric and from and

Busy stitching away in the studio these days… Loved this quilt from a new client with Twist Tie by

THIS is why even beginner quilters should consider using a longarmer to finish their quilts. When I started out, I quilted my own things on my domestic machine, and despite having a background in garments and bags and sewing for lots and lots of years, I just wasn’t happy with my finished quilts. Quilting is a different skill set than piecing. This is my cousin’s SECOND quilt, the piecing was not perfect, but the results after longarming are STUNNING!!!! It’s absolutely galaxies away from how my second quilt looked…. Gorgeous 😍

Happy Friday-yay! Finished some charity stitching for on this lovely quilt!!! Quilting Design is Celosia from

Back to School means Back to Quilting!! Resuming the standard 3 week turnaround for quilts - book your quilt and drop it off at the PHXMQG meeting this Saturday!!

Time for Summer Hours!!! We take it a little slower this time of year, so here’s what you can expect for turnaround times: Quilts received by 5/15 will be returned before 5/25, June quilts will be returned in July (specific dates TBA), and July quilts will be returned in August! I hope you have a summer full of fun ☀️🍉⛱️🧵🪡✂️

We’re taking a break from your regularly scheduled quilty content for some I’m wearing this I made several years ago today. I went overboard with the Extra details, using a ladder hand stitch on the side seams for pattern matching and no allowances on the inside, and it’s lined with the most buttery of lyocells. It’s super cute and versatile to wear and I’ve gotten tons of compliments today!! I haven’t sewn a garment stitch since this kick (summer 2020?) but I think it’s time to get back to it.

This quilt was on my frame the other day and it was simply gorgeous. Sometimes less is more! Panto is Baptist Sunrise by and Quilt is by

I was on a podcast!! and I got to talking at QuiltCon this year, and she invited me on the show. Our episode dropped today! Give it a listen to hear about all things Panto Shop and some general musings on quilting.

It ain't sexy, but it works! My fabric is stored in these numbered bins, and then I have a spreadsheet that tells me what is where! For the garment fabric, there's an additional barcode on the fabric that corresponds with the record because black bamboo knit looks like black cotton knit looks like.... Right now I probably have 6 garment bins, 4 quilting, and some misc. specialty bins. They stack six high pretty easily, ask me how I know ;)

This was probably the scrappiest I ever got - a deep dive for a class did for our guild and it's probably my favorite quilt to date because of all of the memories in the fabric. Usually I'm the kind of quilter who has to control/program the random.... But I'm trying to relax a little. I ALWAYS wish I collected more low volumes in my stash but never remember to actually buy them 🤪

Advice: find a seam ripper you like, buy a new one every year, and label it so you know how old (or sharp) it is. Ideally I'd throw it away after the year, butttt.... It still works. Just not as good. This is my personal fave!