Your videos are my new favorite to watch! Donna and Hannah make a great team. I'm anxiously waiting on the mail for my first order of kits and books from your shop. Can't wait! :)
Donna, love your videos. I have all your books. Any chance you could start doing actual fabric choosing, cutting and quilt construction videos. Love to see your patterns become quilts in real time.
Wow Donna, we started the same way and probably around the same time. Sewing our own clothes at about 10, then the kids clothes. I remember buying fabric for .50 a yard and making a little bib outfit. Then the suit for my husband. Then quilting. One thing about sheets for backing. I've always heard that judges will not approve of that, so if entering a competition, you might not want to do that. I adore Hannah. Love seeing her.
Can't wait for the fat quarter book. I have several stacks of them I just want to use. Almost finished my baseball (Checkmate) quilt and it is really cute. I have another focus fabric I want to use this Checkmate pattern for; fabrics I don't want to cut into little pieces and don't want to spend endless hours on. This pattern is perfect for that.
Donna can you do video's that use your great 3 yard quilt technique Making quilt. As you go I love the quilt as you go technique. Because there's less bulk underneath my sewing machine when, doing the quilting. But I love your three yard quilt technique also. I'm not sure how to incorporate both of them?
When I first started making quilts, I used sheets, but I was also tacking every 4 inches. That was 25 years ago. I can't sit on the floor like that anymore.
Awesome! I think you will love it! Watch our show Tuesday, March 16 at 4:00 central when we will have an overview of the Fat Quarter Quilting Fun! Donna
@@FabricCafe I will! I just finished piecing my first Checkmate quilt top and it was very easy. Turned out so cute! Can't wait to zip thru these stacks of far quarters.👍
Could you do a segment just for international orders?...eg.can you show .what size boxes/ packets you ship kits in..how many fit in each..or how many booklets &fabrics or best value for money or..what if i do an order how much more can fit in to fill up the box or packets.any othertips??. We dont expect free shipping but want full value!!
Great information! While watching this video, I am cutting. Do you recommend ironing the fabric before cutting and using Mary Ellen’s Best Press or is water okay? Thank you for these helpful videos!
I don't go with the theory that pressing open weakens the seam. If garments can take the strain of pressed-open seams (and we wear those clothes and wash them far more often than a quilt) then a quilt can certainly be pressed open without undue stress on the seams.
I think that theory came about during the time that most quilts were pieced by hand. It might have been true if large gaping stitches were used. I have one of the first quilts we made with 3-yards. It is well used, well loved and washed numerous times. The seems were pressed open and not one has ever broken in the 13 years I've used it. Thanks for commenting. Donna
Good question. We try to accomodate when we can, but due to the rapidity of some quilts selling, we might not have what you request.Also, prices vary from kit to kit, fabric to fabric so there might be an additional charge. Donna
