A surefire way to get quilting inspiration

Sometimes a girl just needs to buy some fabric!!

So I've been working on my version of our New Beginnings Block of the Month quilt all year, using a beautiful selection of batiks in white/cream, navy, turquoise/teal and orange/fucshia but this month I was having a little trouble getting inspired to make my block!!

I happened to be at Taylor Sewing Centre to drop off some quilt samples for the classes that I'm going to be teaching so I decided to see what new batiks had arrives.

I came home with a nice little selection that tied in beautifully with my other fabrics:

When I got home and added them to the fabrics that I've already been working with, I immediately wanted to get working on my October block!!

Nothing like some new fabric to get a girl inspired!!

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #6

Our last machine quilting class is today and although I'm happy that my students have made such progress, I'll be sad to see the end of our classes together. Today we will work on the students' own unfinished projects - I can't wait to see how they are all doing.

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #4

Our machine quilting class at Taylor Sewing Centre is going very well! We have the final two sets of new motifs to practice today, flowers, stars and suns, and also the nested designs. Next class the students will bring a small unfinished quilt top to class to get suggestions from their classmates on how to machine quilt it. Hopefully they are all starting to feel more confident of their machine quilting abilities. I know I can see the improvement!

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #3 (again)

My class is moving along so quickly, that I decided to give them the motifs for class #4 in the third class instead. next class they will do motifs #5 and #6. This way for the 5th and 6th classes we will be able to work on quilting some of their own projects!.

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #3

The students in my machine quilting class at Taylor Sewing Centre are moving right along and learning lots! The more practice they have the better they are getting at the quilting motifs that we are learning. Today is day 3 and we will be doing some snowflakes, swirls and water ripples. Maybe we'll try some echo quilting today too.

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #2

Today is day #2 for my machine quilting class at Taylor Sewing Centre. Hopefully my students have been practicing over the last 2 weeks, because today we are moving on to heart vines, stars and rectangles!

You Can Machine Quilt! - Class #1

Today is the first day of the machine quilting class that I am teaching at Taylor Sewing Centre. My students all seem very eager - I have talked to many of them on the phone or in the quilt shop and they can't wait to get going! Here is what we are going to practice today.