I know a lot of wonderful quilters who make amazing quilt tops and then stop. The thought of quilting their own quilt paralyzes them but really it needn’t. With just the investment in a walking-foot for their machine basic and not so basic quilting can really be very easy and doable for everything from placemats to king sized quilts even on a basic domestic sewing machine.
Now don’t get me wrong I am not going to be giving my my longarm anytime soon but the truth is that you don’t need a long arm to be a quilter and Catherine Redford proves this every day and I am so excited that she has now put her teaching into DVD/ download form through a collaboration with Interweave. Modern Machine Quilting with Catherine Redford
For a lot less than you you will pay for a quilting class you can hang out in your jammies ( or heck watch naked, who am I to judge?) and learn how to harness your walking for to make quick work of those quilt tops you have piled up!
Catherine’s style shines through on this video and it really is just like taking a class with her when you are at a quilt show or retreat.
Clear up-close video work makes this an easy to follow and understand tutorial on how to approach each part of the process. Starting with straight line work…
to shaking things up with curves, spirals and other curvy treatments that scare a whole lot of quilters to death. Honestly after a spin through this video you will wonder why you were scared in the first place. Catherine makes the topic and execution so easy to understand and for the bits you might miss just “hit rewind” and watch again!
Of course I think all of this would be SO much more fun if I gave away from thread don’t you ??? After all if you are going to be quilting your own you need some thread to do it with!!
So leave a comment to be in the drawing. Tell me why you are quilting your own quilts and if you are not.. why not??? The winner will get a very sweet 4-pck of Aurifil big spools in a warm 
neutral colorway that will go with so many projects!
Keep on hopping!
Thursday 18th December: Maddie Kertay https://www.badassquilterssociety.com
Friday 19th December: Svetlana Sotak http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com
Saturday 20th December: Julia Wood http://thehexieblog.blogspot.com
Sunday 21st December: Laura Wasilowski http://artfabrik.com
Monday 22nd December: Pokey Bolton http://pokeysponderings.com
Tuesday 23rd December: Catherin Redford http://catherineredford.com
