Hello !

 

I know our last two blocks in the Friendship Quilt Along have been crazy-scrap heavy so I'm so happy to give you this month's much easier Scrappy Pinwheel block! 

 

 

You're going to only use 16 scrappy squares to put this pinwheel together. It's super fast, super easy to piece and the best part is you can use this month to catch up on past blocks so you're ready for the summer with 6 blocks pieced and quilted!

 

I particularly love the massive amount of open space in this month's block. We'll be filling it up with beautiful walking foot quilting on the home machine and ruler foot quilting on the longarm.

 

Remember, the quilting videos come out the second and third Monday of the month, and our piecing video will be out this coming Monday.

 

Here's a quick reminder about our upcoming Quilt Fantastic seminar on June 22nd at the Meadowview Resort and Convention Center in Kingsport, TN.

Choose between a longarm quilting or home machine quilting seminar (or sign up for both if you wish) and learn more about free motion quilting and ruler foot quilting and tips on quilting a wide variety of quilts from baby quilts to throws to art quilts and more!

Click Here to contact Bob Bolton of Sewing and Longarm Quilting Center for more details and to sign up to attend.

Two weeks ago I started my first quilt on the Q-Zone Hoop frame and I learned a lot about getting started and quilting the first few rows of the quilt.

 

This past Friday I shared a second video on this patriotic baby quilt as I finished quilting the last few rows with Stippling.

 

I shot the entire quilting process for this quilt, so get ready for some fun time lapse Stippling fun!

 

As you can see from the picture at left, the greatest limitation of the Q-Zone Hoop Frame is going to be the size of your home machine.

 

But remember, you can always increase the amount of space you have to quilt in by getting a bigger machine. I plan to move my Grace Qnique 15-inch longarm to this frame soon so I have more space to play.

 

I originally set up the Q-Zone Hoop Frame in my dining room so I could shoot a clear tutorial on how to build it. Then I moved it into my upstairs office so it would be out of the way for Easter. But it really wasn’t working in front of the windows so this weekend, I moved it to the other side of the room.

 

The Q-Zone is so light and easy to move, it hasn't been a big deal to shift it to each new position. I have one more move planned to take the Q-Zone out to the Crafty Cottage sometime this summer.

In the video above, I shared another time lapse of breaking down the frame, then setting it back up and leveling the top. I also shared a sneak peek of the next quilt I'm going to quilt - a 44-inch Stack and Whack 4-Patch!

 

 

That's it for this week, . Don't forget to check out our new Pinwheel block in the Friendship Quilt Along.

 

You can join in at any time, and the videos will remain online forever so you can quilt at your own pace. I'd love to have you join us in this fun, scrappy, QAYG quilt along and Josh and I sincerely appreciate your support of our quilting tutorials and patterns.

 

Let's go quilt,

 

Leah Day