Warning -- it's not always neat in here! I'm not always dressed well or made up with my hair done ---as always, enter at your own risk!
And just so you know, I sing to the radio ---you may want ear plugs!
When am I on?
Quilt-Cam is now streaming on Facebook Live and embedded after the fact into the blog posts archived below.
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Past Quilt-Cam Archives:
2021:
- 4/28.2021: Piecing a floral backing from scraps - Parts 1 & 2!
- 3/26/2021: Snail Trail blocks while checking in to say hello! (It's been a while!)
2020:
- March 19, 2020: Shoo fly Shoo quilt assembly!
- Jan 5,2020: Making cushion covers from cutter quilts. Includes a binding tutorial!
2019:
- 12/18/2019: And we are back! More Blossom Time blocks.
- 10/2/2019: Sharing some Crooked Courthouse Steps Love!
- 6/19/2019: First broadcast from the Quiltville Post Office! A bit blurry - but we are streaming! 1925 Singer 99 and Fancy Basket Quilt Assembly!
- 5/18/2019: Making some Blossom Time Blocks from the March/April Addicted to Scraps Column in Quiltmaker Magazine! 1950s Necchi Supernova Ultra.
- 4/6/2019: Quilt-Cam and a String Frenzy Blog Tour!
- 2/14/2019: The finishing of the blue 16-patches! What a fun way to spend a Valentine's Day!
- 1/13/2019: Stitching 16 patch blocks from leftover borders - vintage pink Atlas makes this girl extra happy!
- 1/1/2019: A Happy New Year view of projects in progress from the cabin!
- 12/3/2018: Impromptu Quilt-Cam! This girl just needed to SEW!
- 11/17/2018: Talking Color with HollyAnne Knight of String & Story!
- 10/19/2018: Back after a long hiatus! Chain & Hourglass blocks on Jeff's Singer 66.
- 7/30/2018: Impromptu with no warning! Robin's egg blue WHITE? Why not!
- 6/24/2018: Split Screen Scrappiness with HollyAnne Knight of String & Story!
- 5/29/2018: All about Busy Bags! (Give-away ends June 4, 2018)
- 4/11/2018: Our Diamond Tile Sew Along Blocks! 1950s Wizard Machine.
- 3/22/2018: Piecing those leftovers into a backing for Checkerboard Rails! Green "Southern Pride" Machine - 1950's, made in Japan.
- 2/26/2018: The LAST 10 red string blocks! Singer 227M treadle to the rescue.
- 2/11/2018: More String Blocks, Centennial Singer 66 gift from my son Jeff.
- 1/27/2018: String Blocks, Singer 301 and a close up "Webbing the block" demo!
- 1/7/2018: Neutral Strings and my 2018 Singer 127 Sphinx treadle!
- 12/21/2017: Trimming, trimming, trimming! The last quilt-cam of 2017!
- 10/17/2017: Never-ending Sugar Bowl Blocks, 1967 Wizard Citation machine!
- 10/5/2017: Sugar Bowl Blocks, so many more Sugar Bowl Blocks! (I need loads of these!)
- 9/17/2017: Sugar Bowl Blocks, Bindings and quilt finishes! Aqua/Cream best built machine made in Japan in the 1950s.
- 8/31/2017: Sugar Bowl Blocks! Just like potato chips, you can't make just one! 1960 Pink Atlas machine hard at work.
- 8/16/2017: Webbing the top! If you haven't grasped what webbing is yet, this is my on the floor demo! :)
- 7/19/2-17: Back on the string snowball production! I NEED MORE! Blue 1950s Wizard.
- 6/20/2017: Baby Quilt On Point! Still on that lovely 1913 66 red eye -- sweet machine!
- 6/8/2017: More String Snowballs and a new way to use the Simple Folded Corners ruler! I'm stitching on a 1913 Singer 66 Red Eye. Sew much fun!
- 5/3/2017: String Snowballs with the Simple Folded Corners ruler! EASY! 1950s green Southern Pride machine found in Alabama.
- 4/16/2017: The resurrection of the green "Southern Pride" Class 15 found in Alabama! This is a Quilt-Cam Quicky, only 7 minutes in length.
- 4/4/2017: Four in Nine blocks and a bit of binding! 1953 Black short bed 301 still going strong!
- 3/22/2017: Working on our Leader & Ender Hourglass Challenge! Black 1953 shortbed 301 - Black Betty at the ready!
- 3/6/2017: Square in a Square cutting demo using the Easy Center Square and Essential Triangle Tool rulers! Sewing on my black 1951 301A, Black Betty.
- 2/12/2017: Working on some square in a square units for my Straits of Mackinac Quilt, block found in Quiltmaker's 100 blocks vol 14. Singer 301 just a humming away!
- 1/28/2017: Quilt-Cam Quickie! Only 8 1/2 minutes, sharing the 1960s Singer 500a that I just got up and running, and the cool card table that it fits in. Blue string blocks for the border of Dawn's Early Light in progress.
- 1/25/2017: Dawn's Early Light is getting string borders! 1957 short bed 301, light brown, oyster white, or in other words, the color of a "rootbeer float!"1/15/2017: Stitching binding strips and border string blocks on 1950s Best Built. Short cam, runs 40 minutes.
2016:
- 12/18/2016: Sewing on a 1960 Pink Atlas with ressurected Garlic Knots blocks!
- 12/4/2016: Facebook Live from Quilt Villa! Neutral strings on singer 301 long bed.
- 10/25/2016: My New-to-Me 1953 Bernina 117k. More string pumpkins..and who has quilted vests still in the closet??
- 10/16/2016: Our FIRST Facebook Live Session! Whoowhoo! String Pumpkins underway.
- 9/7/2016: Starting some Four in Nine blocks! Still on the green machine --sew much fun!
- 8/7/2016: It took two tries but we got it! 1950s Green Electro-Hygiene and string block assembly!
- 6/11/2016: Garlic Knots and talk about Quilting Addiction! 1950s Modern machine.
- 5/24/2016: More Garlic Knots Blocks! 1950s Bryson machine.
- 5/3/2016: Garlic Knots Blocks on a Singer 500a Rocketeer.
- 3/30/2016: Topsy Turvy Triangles and H blocks on Singer 201-2
- 3/2/2016: More String Blocks and thoughts on politics!
- 2/24/2016: Grey String Blocks
- 1/20/2016: Blue 1950s Home Mark Machine, and more grey string blocks.
- 1/14/2016 Aqua 1950s Necchi Supernova Ultra and Addicted to Scraps column basket blocks.
- 1/7/2016 Aqua 1050s Necchi Supernova Ultra and MORE basket blocks
- 12/16/2015 Making 4 patches on a blue 1950s Morse.
- 11/29/2015 Quilting at the cabin: Singer 301 and joining string blocks.
- 11/15/2015 Neutral String Sashings and a 1967 Wizard Citation.
- 10/2/2015 Last minute sample sewing, A Little Bit Hexie on the 1967 Wizard Citation.
- 9/13/2015 (Two parts, got booted off and started again!) Singer 15 and crumb star blocks.
- 8/25/2015 Singer 227M treadle and crumb star blocks.
- 8/11/2015 Singer 227M treadle and neutral strings for sashings.
- 7/22/2015 Singer 227M treadle and neutral strings for sashings.
- 7/9/2015 1950s pink "Modern" machine and making stepouts for online workshop.
- 6/13/2015 1950s pink "Modern" machine and framed 4 patch blocks
- 6/2/2015 1950s aqua White machine and more Lozenge quilt assembly
- 5/27/2015 1950s aqua White Machine and Lozenge quilt assembly
- 5/12/2015 1950s aqua White Machine and Lozenge quilt assembly
- 4/30/2015 1950s aqua White Machine and Lozenge quilt assembly
- 4/17/2015 1950s "Best Built" machine and framed 4 patch blocks
- 4/7/2015 1950s Singer 404 and Lozenge blocks
- 3/23/2015 1950s Singer 404 and H blocks
- 2/25/2015 1950s Singer 404 and small string blocks for star quilt
- 2/9/2015 1950s green Electro-Hygiene machine and sewing corners to 4 patch units
- 2/3/2015 1950s green Electro-Hygiene machine and sewing corners to 4 patch units
- 12/28/2104 1885 black Singer Improved Family treadle machine, foundation paper piecing kite strings for String Spider Web blocks
- 12/1/2014 1920s black Singer 127 treadle, Scrappy 9-patches getting flip and sew corners to become Dancing Nine Patch pattern
- 11/23/2014 Framing Scrappy 9-patches on pink Atlas for baby quilts
- 11/17/2014 Scrappy 9-patches on 1957 pink Atlas, quilted Carolina Crossroads.
- 11/12/2014 Pink Atlas, using Accuquilt and recycled shirts to build strip sets into 9-patches, need 2 baby quilts.
- 10/21/2014 1950s Pink Atlas, assembling String Spider Web units
- 10/1/2014 1950s Wizard, made by Brother in Japan, Sticky seam guides, binding, hanging sleeve, label on red and white quilt Copper & forest green metallic HOUSEHOLD machine, circa 1950s. String Spider Webs
- 9/8/2014 Box Kite Blocks with 1950's Brother machine
- 8/18/2014 Blue 1950’s Brother machine, Carolina Chain blocks
- 7/30/2014 1948 black Singer 201-2 in cabinet, String Spider Web
- 7/22/2014 1948 black Singer 201-2 in cabinet, String Spider Web
- 7/15/2014 Joe Cool 'Wizard' by Brother, sold in the USA through Western Auto stores and catalogues in the 1950s, early 1960s. Drafting yellow kites for String Spider Web
- 7/2/2014 1950s pink Necchi Supernova Ultra and more String Spider Webs, foundation paper pieced
- 6/18/2014 String Star revamp ramps up with 50's 'Best Built' machine
- 6/2/2014 String Spider Web comes forward from 'time out' to be stitched on 'Best Built' aqua blue and cream 50's machine
- 5/15/2014 Late 50's aqua blue and cream 'Best Built' straight stitch machine, using an Accuquilt cutter, red and white four patches
- 4/23/2014 Necchi green and white Supernova Ultra, new small ironing station, 4.5" diagonal blocks from recycled shirt strings
- 4/2/2014 1957 pink Atlas machine, binding the Wonky Wishes quilt
- 3/25/2014 pink Atlas machine, 4.5" diagonal recycled shirt strings for Cheddar Sampler Quilt
- 3/3/2014 1920's Singer 27 or 127? also shown 12/1 episode. (Sphinx/Winged Victory?) treadle, Neutral string sashing for Wonky Wishes Stars
- 2/6/2014 Jamestown Landing 'Step Outs' for taping of the Quilt Show, diagonal shirt fabric strings
- 1/27/2014 1955 black Singer 99, Wonky Wishes Star blocks, rare Singer penguin walking foot
- 1/13/2014 Light green Japanese style 15 Electro-Hygiene, Wonky Wishes Star blocks
- 12/28/2013 Green Electro Hygiene machine, Wonky Wishes blocks made from Maverick Stars Two parts, #1 26 minutes, #2 1 hour.
- 12/18/2013 Singer 201-2 AH843591 which dates her to 1948. Cheddar Sampler rows webbed and ready for assembly
- 12/4/2013 short bed mocha 301, cornerstones for Cheddar Sampler
- 11/16/2013 Cheddar Sampler progress on Japanese blue model 15 Morse
- 11/11/2013 Singer mocha 227M. Foundation paper pieced 2.5" recycled fabric sashings
- 10/31/2013 1950s pink MODERN machine, Boxy Stars progress
- 10/22/2013 1950s pink MODERN machine, building Boxy Stars using Scrap Users system 2.5" strips
- 10/14/2013 Serata hand-crank machine, black and scrappy square in a squares foundation paper piecing
- 9/30/2013 Singer Improved Family, a fiddle base machine with a coffin top in a smaller table. Using plastic tubing for treadle belt. String pieced sashing for the Cheddar Sampler
- 9/24/2013 Late 40's/Early 50's Viking Husqvarna Nordic model 12! in green. Foundation paper pieced square in a square for Cheddar Sampler.
- 9/14/2013 Green Japanese 15 model (?). Foundation paper piecing square in a square corner stones for the all things orange blocks.
- 8/28/2013 Singer mocha and brown treadle (?model #) making crumb strips into big crumb blocks
- 8/14/2013 Japanese light green Electro Hygiene machine, Crumb strips, tips for 2013 leader ender project Split Nine Patches
- 7/17/2013 Japanese blue model 15 Morse. Real life with no eyebrows :) Crumb blocks and strips.
- 7/2/2013 Singer 15-30 Treadle, diagonal string blocks, 47 minutes.
- 6/23/2013 Mocha and Cream Singer 301A, assembling Crumb blocks
- 5/29/2013 Foundation paper piecing tips with Crumbs and strips on Singer Red Eye treadle
- 5/24/2013 1953 mocha Singer 227M short shank, sewing bindings for the two Dancing Nine Patch baby quilts including how to do Triangle labels
- 5/14/2013 Singer Treadle (?model) using scrap user system to make strip sets for quick 9-patches, inner border for Dancing Nine Patch baby quilt
- (two parts, #1 35 minutes, #2 1 hour)
- 5/7/2013 Pink Atlas, more progress on Dancing Nine Patches, setting ideas for simple blocks.
- 4/23/2013 Pink Atlas, plaid and stripe 9-patchs well on the way to being Dancing Nine Patch babyquilt
- 4/17/2013 Pink Atas, leader ender plaids and stripes growing into baby quilt project
- 4/6/2013 Pink Atlas, how to web blocks
- 3/27/2013 Singer treadle, (?model) Sisters Choice
- 3/18/2013 Singer treadle, Sisters Choice -How to cut stripes for direction, Bonus triangles
- 3/15/2013 1958 Necchi Super Nova green/white, Defining neutrals, Sisters Choice remake