Quilting Bee #8: Getting Back into the Swing of Things

Hello again my quilting friends! I am excited to share all of my progress from the past few months- I have finishes and progress and always all the plans. Enjoy! Happy quilting!
~Laura
#quilting #quilt #quiltingtips #quilts #yokosaito #laundrybasketquilts #edytasitar #woolapplique #embroidery #applique #elizabethhartman #fabfarm

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

Love your videos and I don’t quilt anymore. I would listen to your love of fabric, color and creativity all day long! That scrappy quilt is amazing and so fun to look at.😊

[@CherylWissel]

You are my favorite! I enjoy watching your videos so much. Your giggles make me giggle and I love it! Quilting 4 life!!!

[@debramckenzie266]

Love how you plan your quilting palette. Your scrappy quilt is fabulous. Of course I love everything.

[@lindaskinner5887]

Beautiful squares. Thanks for sharing these awesome squares.

[@Dienabledstitcher]

This is an amazing episode, so inspiring, the farm quilt is so stinking cute!

[@kathierichards3531]

Wonderful -have sweet times! hugs

[@lauras846]

Awesome finishes and projects! Your color choices are over the top.

[@officialmermaidscove1376]

I love your Valentine projects! Thank you for sharing! ❤

[@joanneseeger5271]

Love your farm quilt! The redish horse is my favorite!

[@sonjadevenney2524]

OMG!!! Fab Farm is awesome. I kept wondering how it was going. I love it.

[@mj.crafty]

Wow Laura love the animal quilt. I’ve never quilted 😮 but would like to give it a go, don’t know where to start !😮. Thank you for sharing today Hope you have a wonderful evening ❤

[@CarinaStitches]

Loved seeing your quilty update! So many wonderful finishes and projects. Can't wait to see your Crabapple Hill tutorial 😊 Enjoy your company!!

[@susanbooth551]

Your quilts are amazing!!! And it makes me want to start one right NOW! I have material for three that are so calling to me, but aren’t as much fun as yours! I usually end up doing lap quilts or wall hangings or pillows… OK I will start one for our day bed downstairs in my craft room in March…by the 15th…!😊🎶 thank you!💕

[@ingridibBerland]

Oh, I have met Yoko Saito, spoken with her, transilator helped. She signed two of my books, and now I have been inspired to find them and start some prodjects. It was in 2010 I was in a course by the Norwegian Quilting Society. I went to school in Aalborg Denmark, so many people was interested in what I did in Denmark. Even danish quilting sosiety came to speak with me. They were observing the big event. Thank you so much show and tell. Loved the animal quilt and the one with colouring and stiching. Sorry about wrong spelling and sentenses. Im not using English very often theese days.

[@janinerosenke5463]

What a beautiful and talented lady. Love watching your Flosstube. This is my first foray into your quilting channel. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. Hugs from Canada. ❤❤❤

[@laurenroller887]

I love your videos! You inspired me to work on my languishing WIP quilt and I got a lot quilted. Thank you! I appreciate your joy and enthusiasm and also all of your projects are gorgeous.

[@emelinel7975]

Your farm quilt is soooo darling! Congratulation on getting it done, it looks amazing. And the horse is obviously grazing on somme blue grass that we can see peeking through, no mistakes here :p

[@julieinstitches16]

Thank you, thank you, thank you my friend for all these great "get started" resources, tips and tricks for starting on the quilting journey! OOOOO!!! Thin Mints is so beautiful!! Wow! Hi Grace 🙂 You are so beautiful! All of your projects are so gorgeous. Bird Pond sill be soooo pretty 😍😍😍

[@Stitchykiwigirl]

I’m not a quilter but love watching your quilting videos. Your finishes are truely beautiful… makes me want to try my hand at quilting… maybe something teeny weeny

[@sherrylesina7224]

WOW! beautiful Farm Quilt. I just LOVE the work you have done. First time seeing your videos, I will definitely back track.

[@sarahpatedaniell619]

I loved every bit of this video, but Oh My Word the Fab Farm Quilt is so amazing and yes it just makes me happy to look at it. I just may have to make that one....always been a "traditional" quilter... 9 patch, log cabin...etc. But this is totally worth the immense work for this one. Bravo 🐓🐮🐴

[@cheryldevoe7100]

Delightful video as always! I loved that it was quilty awesomeness! Your video was just what my heart needed today. You’re videos are a joy to watch! Love, love all your finished pillows snd quilts and seeing wips! Thank you!!

[@gourmettexas]

You are sooo much fun to watch!!!! I’m pulling out my fabric today!!!

[@barbaraangier9967]

I always really enjoy you videos. Your spirit shines through. After watching your video…or should I say while watching your video…I order the Pillow book as well as the 100 modern quilt blocks…..loved them both. Thanks for sharing……I wish you lived next door…..

[@blacksheepenchanted]

This video was AWESOME! You are such a talented young woman Laura. I absolutely adored the farm animal quilt and could “literally” your excitement for it! Just gorgeous! Wow! Plus, I was completely wowed by all of your other pieces. I am not a quilter, yet, but, if I keep tuning in to your Quilting Bee Flosstubes, that won’t last long. I have a huge fabric stash from years of sewing apparel so I would only need to coordinate colors, styles and purchase backing batting and larger coordinating fabrics. Oh my. . . Jacque 🐑

[@LaladeeStitches]

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[@stitchingafterbedtime]

You could make a three hour plus video and I would love every minute. You always have a diverse group of projects. I am like you and have seemingly a thousand things going at one time. You never know when the mood will strike for one project or another.

[@gingertea5006]

I'm so happy to see another video from you, such a joy to watch. I just love all of your quilts, especially the log cabin quilt. I just ordered the magazine and will be making one just like it. ❤

[@cindys1875]

All of your quilts are gorgeous. I have loved seeing your Fab Farm quilt. After seeing the finished top, I immediately bought the pattern. I don’t know how you quilt those large quilts on a standard machine. I can barely manage a small baby quilt on my machine! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

[@dorothycountryman632]

Love your Crabapple Hill blocks 😍😍😍 I would love if you film a video when you do a block. Laura you are quite inspiring. I am mainly a quilter, but found you when I started cross stitching love all your quilts.

[@donnaramsey9122]

Sharon Schamber Perfect straight binding. I use plain Elmer’s school glue. Loved your quilts especially Log Cabin. Well especially all of them ❤️

[@iamastitchnerd2312]

I always feel inspired after your quilting videos. I have that pillow book…….somewhere 🤣🤣 Feeling like I’m going home to sew something!!!!

[@susanlamatrice6938]

I always love to see your projects, the farm quilt is so adorable!! I used to FMQ on my home machine but was never super happy with the result. Now I do smaller quilts with the special stitches on my machine and bigger things I send out because it’s too hard on my back to do them at home!

[@stavroulak.503]

Hello Laura, I really enjoyed this video! Your finished projects look gorgeous, all of them!!! The Fab Farm looks so amazing and the Gardener's alphabet one, along with the Enchanted Garden, so so beautiful, they stole my heart! I admire quilters creations and I've been flirting with the idea of trying it myself for a while now and watching your quilting bee videos has made me really eager. Maybe you should start on line quilting lessons for beginners? I know you say you are not a professional quilter, but you are very good one, and it looks to me that you have a lot of experience plus very good taste in combining colours, at least I like your choices a lot, (I am in love with some of your projects bags, especially the one you have the "in the library" project in), I mean the way you combine fabrics is just great. Think about it 😊 Have a very very good time and looking forward to watching your next video 🥰🧵🪡

[@deborahnewcomb683]

I enjoy all of your videos, but was blown away with your rainbow quilt blocks. On a future video, could you share your how you pick the specific fabrics for each block from the chart of fabrics you picked for this quilt. You’re incredibly talented and look forward to future quilt and cross stitch videos!

[@pate9004]

Yay quilts❤

[@welshie65clement19]

Love watching Al your videos. I wish I could quilt as good as you!!

[@LaladeeStitches]

You are very kind- it's just oodles of practice! :)

[@cheryll8236]

Thoroughly enjoyed the video. We have a lot of the same tastes in sewing projects. I have made Yoko Saito's quilt blocks for her "Mystery Quilt", but still need to make them into a quilt. I love her work. I have some embroidery and some needle-turned applique blocks made too that I need to make into wall quilts. I love having several types of projects going. It provides some fun choices of "what do I want to work on today" moments when walking into my sewing/quilting room. I love it. You seem to love it as well. Happy stitching and I look forward to your next sewing video.

[@sallydiehm9327]

Doggone it Laura! I thought this was going to be a cross stitch video., Now you've inspired me to the point that I may have to pull out some of my long abandoned quiting projects. My free motion skills are pretty paltry but since finished is better than perfect, I may have to pull out some place mats and get going. Loved seeing all your work. Glad to have discovered your Quilting Bee series.

[@connieenevold1745]

Your fab farm is fabulous! If you want to ‘fix’ the tiny triangle in the pony block, you can appliqué another piece right on top of it. Alex Anderson does that when she finds a piece out of place after quilting!

[@honeythorpe]

Such beautiful projects. I did the Tula quilt as part of the 100 days 100 blocks challenge back in 2017. I made all kinds of crazy rules for myself including 100%tula fabrics, no solids and sticking to the same number of fabrics as the block in the book. My sewing machine blew up the day after i finished piecing them and I have never gone back and pieced it together. Maybe I should challenge myself to finish it while you stitch yours. I just went back and looked at my blocks on IG. It is funny and sometimes a little sad to re-read what I was thinking at the time. I did name some of my blocks. 'The octopus tank needs cleaning' was my favourite and once you see block 60 as a hotel bedside lamp, you'll never unsee it. 😂 Looking forward to seeing yours grow. Your finished scrap quilt is so beautiful too. So many fun prints. ❤

[@aimeeadams7163]

Thank you for taking time to share. I really enjoyed cross stitching along and it's inspired me to get some quilt WIPS out and work on them. The joy you shared on your complete quilt and quilt top was so good. They are beautiful. I am working on hand stitching Green Tea and Sweet Beans so PLEASE start that one, would love to share the journey! I am adding Yoko Saito to my wish list too, those spring quilts look so fun and small/doable. Hope you are having a fab holiday/visit and looking forward to seeing more quilting next time

[@LaladeeStitches]

Okay- I will start Sweet Tea if I must. 😉💕 I may wait until May for that though, life got busy!

[@aimeeadams7163]

@@LaladeeStitches just watched your latest flosstube and life sure did get busy! Hopefully you get to start Green Tea and Sweet Beans later this year 👍🏻

[@denisehenry3540]

So glad to see your smiling face back!! ❤ You are definitely an enabler for cross stitch and quilting!!! Love your videos!

[@isweariamstitching]

Yay! Quilting Bee! I had a giant quilt I needed to baste and no room at home. I happened to be going to a hotel alone so brought the quilt and my pins and the basting spray. Moved all the furniture in the hotel around and basted it there. Oh boy. The FUMES from the spray. Thought I might die in my sleep. 🤣 But it was a giant quilt full of sentimental hand embroidered (not by me) 5" squares, I wanted to baste and pin the hell out of it because I didn't want it to shift when I machine quilted it. I wont spray baste a giant quilt indoors ever again, lol. But the quilt came out great. Your finishes are beautiful! Hi grace! 🥰

[@helenlunn5254]

I have Green Tea and Sweet Beans kitted and started. Mmm maybe I will get back to it 🇦🇺

[@cherylhoffler162]

I did the Tula Pink book several years ago with blue fabrics all representing my son. This book was a healing journey for me. Plus it was a lot of fun doing all the blocks and naming them. My son took off, unannounced, at 21, and backpacked across the country-GA to CA. So each block became named for where he was, like which state, and "sleeping under the stars", "under a bridge" etc. When we heard from him, I would choose fabrics and a block from the book to sew. When I bought the book I had no idea how much it was going to mean for me. My son did make it home and he also treasures that quilt. He even won't let the dog sleep on it! Your beginnings are beautiful and you already sound like you are enjoying it. Take your time. It's the journey of collecting Tula fabric--isn't she great and creative? So are you!

[@Byerlyn]

Watching with my daughter. She's laughing saying she is jealous. She wants unicorns in space. Lol. How fun this quilt is.

[@candier2122]

I am always excited to see you have a new video out, cross stitch or quilting. You are one of my very favorites. Your enthusiasm is wonderful!! I love everything you do and enjoy how you have such joy doing your crafts. Enjoy your trip, can't wait until April!!

[@tinagast5340]

I was soooooo excited seeing a new quilting bee video from you! I love them and missed seeing and hearing about all your projects 💕 Thank you 💕

[@katiec.1999]

Your enthusiasm is so infectious!!! I love the Tula Pink modern blocks and can't wait to see that one come together. I also have A Gardner's Alphabet. I started it but didn't like the way my coloring turned out so - please, please do that video showing your process. Also do you pre-wash the fabric before coloring on it? Have fun with your guests in March. Looking forward to your next video.

[@seejillstitch]

I'm so glad to see you back with another quilting video! I've got so much to comment on in all your videos I'm just going to have to type as I go along! Your Fab Farm looks so good! I just love it. That black sheep is the cutest. I have that Tula book and I have been tempted to start the blocks with the Tula fabric I hoard but cutting into the fabric gives me the anxiety. It's just too pretty to cut. Your gorgeous rainbow color palate is tempting me to dive in. I love a happy rainbow. And Tula prints were just made for fussy cutting. It's the best! I'm working on a EPP quilt with fussy cut Tula and grunge fabric. Your Enchanted Garden quilt is going to be incredible. That pattern is stunning. It looks like a very long term project! Needleturn applique is something I've always wanted to try but it's a little bit intimidating to me. I've never seen the Bird Pond quilt pattern before but it is so fun! I think I'm going to have to find a copy. Your bin of Art Gallery fabrics are absolutely gorgeous! I feel the same way about colors- I normally gravitate to a bright rainbow of color but those muted colors are so pleasing to the eye. I can't wait to see your finished quilt! Thanks for all the quilty joy and enabling!

[@FrallaKnits]

Your Fab Farm s fantastic! I love all of the animals’ personalities. Your videos are always so inspiring and make me want to work on all the things haha. I was scrolling through the Crabapple Hill website while watching…I have such a love of all of the humongous projects in all of my hobbies but I need to find some focus or else I’ll never finish anything.

[@taustin3794]

I 💕💕 💕 the farm animal quilt!! It makes me happy too and I’m a 👵🏻.😁😁. I like the goats, pigs and ponies… well they’re all cute☺️ !! I’d love to give free motion quilting a try. I’m a lap quilter method by Georgia Bonesteele, straight lines only or I tie it with embroidery floss. 😊 I will purchase a free motion quilting book for beginners and give it a try✅ 👋🏻

[@deniseshearer1107]

Love your enthusiasm and your sheer joy when showing your beautiful projects. Thank you for sharing 💕

[@kellibishop]

Great book recs! My two go-tos right now are 180 Doodle Quilting Designs (there are 2 books, the second is 180 more) by Karen Burns. I love good resource books for free motion ideas, even better if they show how you can adapt to fit a border, corner or block.

[@LauraStevens-xc9dz]

love your episodes. The last fabric you showed, the warm art gallery fabrics are so pretty. Melanie Traynor at Meander and Make puts out lots of lines in those colors (usually) and her fabrics are spectacular. I made the Inner Beauty quilt with the Grand Place line and the Fernweh quilt with another line and both of them are beautiful. I tend to go for the bright colors, but her fabric is gorgeous. You might want to look her up!

[@LaladeeStitches]

Googling now.... 😊

[@lizthibodeaux2496]

I was recently invited to join a weekly sewing group that meets at a local park. I have been twice and love it! Even though I am old, they call me the baby of the group since I am the youngest. lol. My dilemma is getting my trolley cart in and out of the car; I have autoimmune and have lost down from 125 lbs to 110 lbs recently, so my muscle mass has been quite diminished. I mentioned to my husband that a sewing machine bag might be a little easier for me. Thursday we went to a fabric store and he found the wall of By Annie patterns. Of course I bought one with his encouragement. It brought me so much joy pulling fabrics from my stash to make it! I keep my pre-kitted projects in plastic art bin containers; it was so fun going through them and petting the beautiful fabrics! I can tell from your video that you share the same fabric fetish. lol. Stitch on, sister!

[@annieann99]

Alex Anderson midnight quilter KZbin “show” is wonderful . I splurged on a mid arm. Your farm quilt is darling. I bought two Elizabeth Hartman books- the forest friends one and the Dino one. Pray for me😂all those pieces. That makes four quilt WIPS. In addition to my cross stitch.

[@helensutcliffe7078]

You always make me smile, love your quilts and pleased you have more time to spend on your projects. 😊

[@margomcintosh763]

It’s so fun to see you in my feed this morning. I love all your projects. Your finished quilt is lovely and your barn quilt is so cute! Thanks for showing us all this.

[@kimcannon1075]

Love seeing your beautiful pillows and quilts. They are just perfect and you should be so proud of yourself. I’ve enjoyed seeing your cross stitch beauties and now your quilting. Well done!

[@laurievottero9676]

The Fab Farm quilt top is AMAZING! You should be so proud!

[@fiberartsamy2654]

Your finishes are all amazing. Your joy in what you create comes through so clearly and I love it! It’s lovely to see someone else who finds so much joy in the things we create. ❤

[@SNNGS]

So glad to see you’re feeling better !! Your projects and color choices are really special! They look amazing Laura!

[@jacquelineleibfried4691]

This podcast was sew inspiring and cheerful. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing the next episode the end of April. Enjoy your company.

[@needleworknovice]

Congratulations on your farm quilt! I loved watching the progress! 🐐

[@thaliapatricio9964]

Thank you for the inspiration. Your quilts are beautiful.

[@carolinefortheloveofcrochet]

Oh I am so glad you talked about free motion quilting and those pillows look awesome.......still watching

[@CrossStitchtheGlobe]

🌎🌎🌎

[@quiltcavequilter6952]

I think you and I could be twins…except I’m a bit older. 🤭Lol. I have the Fab Farm book to make for my new & first grand baby (girl) but was only planning on making the baby size. I have been a quilter since 2001, which eventually lead into me getting a long arm and starting a long arm business. I also worked at my local quilt shop for 13 years but never brought home a paycheck🤷🏼‍♀️ lol… I only ventured back into handwork in November 2020 after a very unexpected seven hour surgery that had a long recovery period which meant I could no longer work at the quilt shop or do my client longarm quilting. So I picked cross stitching back up. I did it as a teenager, then stopped when I had my son who is now 30 and now I am slightly obsessed with Cross-stitch. I did also teach myself how to crochet ( but only granny squares), so I have a ton of UFOs and wips that I am slowly getting done. I also have always done done redwork/hand embroidery as well as wool appliqué… We do have lots of similar tastes in patterns and fabrics.

[@LaladeeStitches]

How wonderful! I wish we could meet up and chat at a shop. It sounds as though we would have a grand time!

[@melissac_rustyhingestitchery]

Your farm is SO ADORABLE! I haven’t even started mine yet. Sometime this year I will. What stitch length do you use for free motion? I usually do straight line or meander, depending on the quilt pattern.

[@CharleneTaylor-kz8lz]

You have nice dog

[@xstitchinglibrarian]

Hi Laura, I love your beautiful quilts and upcoming projects. Would you ever consider teaching and leading a beginner quilting sal?

[@LaladeeStitches]

That is an interesting idea- let me stew on it and see what I can come up with. :)

[@patquiltb77]

Dear Laura, your quilts are absolutely amazing and lovely. Do you use an Accuquilter?

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! No I am fully manual over here. lol. I have considered getting a circuit or something for repeated shapes... but have never pulled the trigger. Just scissors and fabric. It works for me, and I actually really enjoy the prepping process.

[@patquiltb77]

Thank you, Laura♥️🌹

[@debmonger6637]

Your pillows are beautiful. May I ask where you get your inserts for them?

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! I get my inserts at Ikea. :)

[@DeviSisk]

💛🐇🖤🪡❤️🧵💛🐰🖤☕️❤️

[@andrewilliams1954]

🪡👍🏽