Amy Freyn is one of only TWO longarm quilters in the entire country of Equador! She's a professor by day, and an avid quilter by night.She credits quilting with saving her life - twice! Her story of change and pivot and taking chances is truly remarkable.Amy's also the #dancingquilter. Take up her challenge and post your own videos with the hashtag. Let your happiness show ❤️You can find Amy and her dancing REELs on Instagram as @quitoquilts.Want to try free motion quilting but don't know whe...

Amy Freyn - Quilting in Quito, Equador

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#machinequilting #artquilting #grafitti Over 10 years ago Karlee Porter invented and made wildly popular her signature style of quilting - Grafitti Quilting. Machine quilting has never looked so gorgeous!Basically, it's a mashup of all kinds of unexpected designs in the same quilted area. But that's not all. Oh no! It also involves breaking lots of quilting "rules" to achieve a very unique, and extremely personalized look.In the first edition of her book "Grafitti Quilting", first publis...

Karlee Porter - the Queen of Grafitti Quilting

Carly Brush and Lydia Kao are representing WHATNOT, which is a community marketplace all wrapped up in an app.They are both so excited to be building the Quilting and Sewing category of WHATNOT, and it is growing at a tremendous rate. It has been designed to serve small business owners, with simplicity and convenience and, really, it's a virtual store front for small businesses and individuals. You'll hear some really creative ways that crafters are getting involved.Carly and Lydia weren't ab...

Carly and Lydia - The Shopping Channel Reimagined

Adria Good has been quilting for a very long time! She's quilted through getting married...kids...homeshooling...basketball coaching...all the things.Her story is one of learning and growing.New idea?  Research and learn.New upgrade?  Practice, and expand capabilities.New challenge? Take it one step at a time. You CAN do the hard things.Listen to hear all these stories and more.  Adria has grown from sewing simple plush toys with her first sewing machine to working at an indust...

Adria Good - the growth of a longarm quilter

Today I'm talking about a slightly uncomfortable topic - what to do when everything’s just going wrong.Just last week, I received a schooling in this! I regularly live stream quilting a project on YouTube and Facebook. I’ve dubbed it Live & Unscripted, and sometimes Quilting’s First Reality Show because it’s just that - real time process without any edits or “cleaning up”. I’ve always included the rough bits, like thread or needle breaks, or second-guessing design decisions, because my go...

Amy Freyn - Quilting in Quito, Equador

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