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Hello My Quilting Friends! Today I have a great interview with April Wells, the longarm quilter behind Sew Darn Cute Quilting.

Sharp Stippling is one of my favorite quilting designs because it's so easy to quilt and creates a beautiful flame-like texture on your quilts. If you're feeling bored with regular Stippling, this design is kind of like it's younger, hotter brother. Funky!

Click Here to watch a video on quilting sharp stippling on the Grace. April is a professional longarm quilter and can cover quilts of all shapes and sizes with beautiful quilting. She offers multiple levels of quilting to fit any budget. Check out April's longarm pricing here.

However, April didn't start out as a longarm quilter. She wanted to make a quilt for her son and learned the basics making that baby quilt. She was a stay at home mom and quilting made her feel good and was something she could do while taking care of her children.

The turning point for machine quilting came with Cindy Needham's Design It Quilt It class on Craftsy which helped her master free motion quilting. She had lots of quilt tops to quilt so she bought her first frame, a small Grace wooden quilting frame from Craig's List and a Brother 1500.

Wait, is this a tutorial for quilting under the stairs, or a new machine quilting design Under the Stairs?
I actually have a little Harry Potter style closet under the stairs in my house. It's a cute little space and I think I could cram a sewing machine inside if Josh didn't use it for all of his fish tank equipment. Instead of trying to quilt under the stairs, let's learn how to quilt the new design Under the Stairs.

Click Here to learn how to free motion quilt Under the Stairs.

Difficulty Level - Beginner. This design is very easy because you're just quilting zigzaggy lines. However, a few times I caught myself going in the wrong direction. Partly that's from trying to talk and quilt at the same time, but sometimes I'd just forget what I was doing.

So as you're quilting just repeat the steps of the design - up, over, up, over, travel back, and if you make it a chant as you quilt, you won't forget what you're doing.

So that's it for this week! Remember, we go into July next week, which means Block 7 of the Machine Quilting Block Party will be available this Saturday.

Check out a sneak peek below: