Flower Power-A Free, Free Motion Quilt Tutorial
Good Morning, Quilters! Welcome to another addition of Tuesday Tutorials. For more than one year–The Inbox Jaunt has been offering free-free motion quilt tutorials. You can access all the tutorials...
View ArticleThe Quilt Notebook: The Skills Inventory
THE QUILT NOTEBOOK: AN ORGANIZER AND MORE Over the last several weeks of our Quilt Notebook series, we have concentrated on organization. We started a Quilt Notebook HERE to hold all of the...
View ArticleOpen Line Friday-Quilt Abbreviations
Would you believe that when I began blogging (August 2012), I didn’t know what FMQ stood for-and I had to ask another blogger? How’s that for embarrassing! Just last week I learned what LAQ stands...
View ArticleGiveaway! American Quilter Magazine
THANK YOU, HILARY AND PEGGY! Good Morning, Quilters! I hope you all had a lovely Easter filled with family, friends, fun and of course, JELLY BEANS! Last week was busy at The Inbox Jaunt! Two...
View ArticleAt the Window – A Paper Piecing Pattern
A BIG WELCOME We would like to offer a big welcome to all of the many new followers of The Inbox Jaunt. It seems many of you found us as a result of the HUGE Sulky Giveaway–and WE ARE … Continue...
View ArticleFree Motion Quilting-The Patriot’s Challenge
WORKING IN SERIES Last year for the Fourth of July, I made The Anchor Quilt… I intended to stitch a few more Americana quilts that were swirling in my head, but summer slipped away… This year, I...
View ArticleOpen Line Friday–The $75 Quilt Room Challenge
Welcome back to Open Line Friday…Last week we discussed books that have inspired us. Thank you to all who recommended books. I ordered several books and can’t wait to read YOUR favorites! As you...
View ArticleThe Best Way to Improve Your Free Motion Quilting
I know I say this a lot, but one of the best things you can do to improve your quilting is to DOODLE! Doodling helps build the muscle memory for free motion quilting. When you sit down at the sewing …...
View ArticleBuild a Rock Solid Routine for FMQ-Supply List
Most quilting and most art is done by ordinary people with busy lives. Masterpieces are painted by people who work full time jobs. Quilts are stitched in snippets of time. Most artists and quilters...
View ArticleBuild A Rock Solid Routine-Be Ready
When inspiration strikes are YOU ready? You may have only 20 minutes…. If everything is ready, 20 minutes is enough...but ONLY if you are organized… Do you have a quilt sandwich ready? Today’s...
View ArticleSewing Safely-An Update
This week marks the one year anniversary of My Sewing Accident. Those of you who were around then will remember I stitched through my nail while sewing a Tuesday Tutorial. (Yes, I finished the...
View ArticleI’m in the Dog House
Ruby and Roxie are MAD! Seems my two Australian Shepherds, Ruby and Roxie have been reading The Inbox Jaunt and saw the free motion quilt tutorial on cats… NOT COOL! Neither dog will even look at me!...
View ArticleSewing Doodles
Better Late than Never? I know this is unusually late to add a posting… I have been working away on some exciting new projects. I CAN’T WAIT to tell you about them… But I have to be patient…(not my...
View ArticleOpen Line Friday-Impulse Shopping
Good Morning, Quilters! It feels like Spring here in Minnesota and I feel like singing like a bird…(you’re lucky there’s no microphone on my computer…) I LOVED hearing everyone’s “First Quilt” stories...
View ArticleThe Log Cabin Quilt and More
Good Morning Quilters and Doodlers! NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE BLOGGER I received this very kind note yesterday: Lori, just thought I should let you know that I nominated you for the Best Overall Blogger...
View ArticleDoodle Thursday
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! (and by now All quilters who read The Inbox Jaunt are Doodlers, right?) Sometimes we just need a prompt to get the doodles flowing. And what better prompt than a...
View ArticleThe One Shape Every Doodler Must Learn
Good Morning, Quilter/Doodlers! Welcome back to Lesson 9 in Better Quilting Through Doodling First…a little blog update–The Free Motion Quilting Tutorial Page on the header has been updated. All of...
View ArticleDoodle Thursday–Negative Space
Good Morning, Quilters! I hate to be negative, however sometimes it’s unavoidable. Today we are doodling Negative Spaces! For this exercise, begin small. Draw several small squares. The squares shown...
View ArticleDoodling: Curls to Spirals
Good Morning, Quilters, Doodlers and Quilt-Doodlers! I have a BIG CRAFTSY announcement tomorrow…but first…. Today in our series “Better Quilting through Doodling” we are doodling theUpward Curl that...
View ArticleDoodling Wavy Lines
Good Morning, Quilters, Doodlers, Pie Makers and Pie Eaters! ( I think Pumpkin Pie may have been the winner with cherry pie a close second.) It’s Thursday, time for a little doodle exercise. (See the...
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