Sparrow Studioz Quilting Contest

Here’s the deal. When Sparrow Studioz Newsletter first launched, we included a bonus pattern. (It was a limited time offer but don’t worry, you can still get the Windowpanes pattern.) To qualify for the contest, you are going to need to make the Windowpanes quilt. You should also subscribe to this blog (email or reader [...]

Floating a Quilt Top and Batting on the Longarm Quilting Frame

I now float all my tops (ala Sue Patten). I don’t use the c-clamps to hold anything, I use them to mark where the inside border passes under the front roller(where the top would normally be rolled on to). I find I have far more control of how snug the top lays when it extends [...]

Floating your quilt vs. Pinning your quilt top to the leader

Question of the week… Hi Matt, I see you float all of your tops. Can you give me the pros and cons for doing that? I have never tried but I think I might like it. Thanks I can guarantee you’ll like it! If I can accomplish the exact same results without taking the time [...]

Loading a quilt with Leadergrips

What’s up my fellow thread jockeys? As requested by many of you then promised by me, I made several videos for your viewing enjoyment. These videos are based on actual events that take place in my Edmonton quilting studio almost daily. There is absolutely no guarantee that any of these techniques are correct in any [...]

Happy new year mother factors

As we moved swiftly into 2011 my studio doors are locked for the day the lights above my millennium falcon are turned off and my thread cupboard is closed. As you can see by the title of this post I am using MacSpeech voice recognition software. Some words it knows others it guesses.  I would [...]