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This week I've been cleaning out the Crafty Cottage which has become filled with random quilt projects I'd planned to shoot videos on, but never got around to. One of the quilts in that pile was this unfinished wholecloth, pictured at right.

This quilt was actually a test for Duchess Reigns to see if my idea for dyeing the quilt in the middle of the quilting process would work. I really should have finished this mini quilt and maybe I wouldn't have spent two years fighting with Duchess Reigns.

Just in case you're curious: dyeing an entire quilt after it's been basted and outline quilted isn't a good idea.

This little wholecloth turned out too pretty to chuck in the trash, but I've never had much time to finish it.

Now that I have these Sit Down Quilting Sunday videos to share, I figure I can also use this as an opportunity to share projects like this and further test the limits of my Grace Qnique machine.

If you've never tried wholecloth quilting you really should give it a go. Wholecloth quilts provide a marvelous way to build new skills for machine quilting and design. If you quilt with contrasting thread, it will dramatically improve your ability to quilt any design, travel stitch, and echo because you'll be able to clearly see what you're doing.

Learn more about wholecloth quilting by taking a workshop with me.

Click Here to check out the Heart & Feather Wholecloth Workshop. 

For this week only, you can add this workshop to your digital library for only $18.99 -- six dollars off the usual price of $24.99!

It's time to quilt the third block for the Machine Quilting Block Party and this month's block includes many beautiful designs. We're going to learn how to quilt Swirling Water, one my my all time favorite quilting designs, Pebbling, more feathers, and try a bit more ruler foot quilting.