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Hey all! On Monday June 1st, I’ll be chatting with Pat Sloan on American Patchwork & Quilting Radio. Follow this link to tune in to the show.  The show starts at 4pm Eastern and we’ll be talking live!

 

 

I hope you’ll listen in! (I’ll try not to say “um” too much. Gulp!)

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  1. ChristaQuilts says

    May 29, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    Yay! That's super exciting!!

  2. MoniqueB says

    May 31, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    I've got it set up to download straight to my podcast app. 🙂

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As a beginner quilter, you sometimes might be aski As a beginner quilter, you sometimes might be asking yourself when you are going to start feeling confident. 👇

And in all honesty, you’re not just going to wake up one day and start feeling confident. 

Most of the really talented quilters that you see on Pinterest and Instagram weren’t just automatically good at it, and I sure wasn’t either. 

For me, confidence wasn’t one big moment or a clear feeling one day. 

It comes project by project. And even now, every single quilt takes me on the same emotional roller coaster. 🎢

💭 “This is going to be beautiful.”
💭 “What was I thinking?”
💭 “I don’t think this is working.”
💭 “Wait... maybe this is working!”
💭 “Ahhhh... I love it.”

Sometimes confidence is trusting yourself enough to keep sewing anyway, and sometimes it looks like trusting yourself enough to walk away from a project that isn’t bringing you joy anymore.

Not every quilt has to be finished, and not every idea has to become your favorite, but every project teaches you something, whether it ends up on your bed, your wall, or back on the shelf.

So if you’re waiting to feel confident before you start your next quilt, just know that the confidence doesn’t come first. It comes from showing up, one project at a time, and just keep sewing. 😉

One thing that helped me build a lot of confidence is being around other quilters who can support you, cheer you on, and celebrate your wins with you, and that’s exactly why I started the Make Modern Triangles Club. 

Every year, we do a block of the month program together, month by month. There are always new members joining,  new projects starting, and others finishing. 

This year, we have TWO block of the month programs, but when you join the club, you get immediate access to the growing library of all of the previous block of the month quilts, along with tons of other resources, workshops, and patterns, so there’s always something to sew and build your confidence one project at a time. ✨

Comment ‘CLUB’ for details to join us. 💕

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I will never tell you that it is always going to b I will never tell you that it is always going to be easy, but I will tell you that it is always going to be worth it. ✨

Alchemy is my most challenging block of the month quilt yet, and I feel so lucky to see so many of them coming to life inside the Make Modern Triangles Club! 

We’re learning so much with this quilt, and It’s going to be worth every stitch in the end. 

If you’re on the hunt for a new hobby, something to do with your hands, a new skill to learn, or simply a way to get offline, take my free class and give quilting a try. 

Comment ‘FREE’ for the link to sign up. 💌

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I will never tell you that it is always going to b I will never tell you that it is always going to be easy, but I will tell you that it is always going to be worth it. ✨

Alchemy is my most challenging block of the month quilt yet, and I feel so lucky to see so many of them coming to life inside the Make Modern Triangles Club! 

We’re learning so much with this quilt, and It’s going to be worth every stitch in the end. 

If you’re on the hunt for a new hobby, something to do with your hands, a new skill to learn, or simply a way to get offline, take my free class and give quilting a try. 

Comment ‘FREE’ for the link to sign up. 💌

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I’ve made enough quilts to know that I am NOT the I’ve made enough quilts to know that I am NOT the only one who has been riding this roller coaster. It’s just part of the creative process that every quilter will go through. 😅

Every project starts with excitement, and then somewhere along the way I convince myself I’ve made terrible color choices, wonder if it’s ever going to come together, and seriously consider putting it back on the shelf. Then, almost without fail, there’s a moment where it all clicks, and the excitement returns. 

If you’ve ever felt this way, I hope you know you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re just making a quilt. 

Which part of the roller coaster are you on right now? Comment below! 👇

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
Month Three already... can you believe it? 😅 This Month Three already... can you believe it? 😅

This is usually the point in a block of the month program where things start to shift. 

The blocks aren’t just individual blocks anymore. You’re beginning to see the design of the quilt come to life, your confidence is growing with every block, and suddenly the project that you once questions was possible starts to feel completely doable.

That’s one of my favorite things about Block of the Month quilts.

You don’t have to tackle the whole quilt at once.

You simply keep showing up, one month at a time, one block at a time, and one sewing session at a time, and you’ll have my tutorials and resources to guide you every stitch of the way.

Before you know it, you’ll have created your very own beautiful quilt! I can’t wait to see all of the Alchemy quilts being made inside the Make Modern Triangles Club keep coming to life. ✨

Comment ‘ALCHEMY’ if you want to make this beautiful quilt with us! 💌

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In the beginning, it can be so frustrating as a ne In the beginning, it can be so frustrating as a new quilter. 👇

There is more to learn than you imagined, things seem to take way longer than you expect, and let’s not even talk about how bad my fingers hurt from ripping paper bits out of my seams. 

I had gotten to a point where I just wanted to give up. I wasn’t enjoying quilting anymore. 

But I stayed the course and got introduced to freezer paper piecing. It saved me so much time and made life so much easier. 

It honestly made me fall in love with quilting again, and now I teach it to thousands of quilters, of all skill levels and experience. 

Comment ‘FREE’ to take my free class. 💕

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As a beginner quilter, you sometimes might be aski As a beginner quilter, you sometimes might be asking yourself when you are going to start feeling confident. 👇

And in all honesty, you’re not just going to wake up one day and start feeling confident. 

Most of the really talented quilters that you see on Pinterest and Instagram weren’t just automatically good at it, and I sure wasn’t either. 

For me, confidence wasn’t one big moment or a clear feeling one day. 

It comes project by project. And even now, every single quilt takes me on the same emotional roller coaster. 🎢

💭 “This is going to be beautiful.”
💭 “What was I thinking?”
💭 “I don’t think this is working.”
💭 “Wait... maybe this is working!”
💭 “Ahhhh... I love it.”

Sometimes confidence is trusting yourself enough to keep sewing anyway, and sometimes it looks like trusting yourself enough to walk away from a project that isn’t bringing you joy anymore.

Not every quilt has to be finished, and not every idea has to become your favorite, but every project teaches you something, whether it ends up on your bed, your wall, or back on the shelf.

So if you’re waiting to feel confident before you start your next quilt, just know that the confidence doesn’t come first. It comes from showing up, one project at a time, and just keep sewing. 😉

One thing that helped me build a lot of confidence is being around other quilters who can support you, cheer you on, and celebrate your wins with you, and that’s exactly why I started the Make Modern Triangles Club. 

Every year, we do a block of the month program together, month by month. There are always new members joining,  new projects starting, and others finishing. 

This year, we have TWO block of the month programs, but when you join the club, you get immediate access to the growing library of all of the previous block of the month quilts, along with tons of other resources, workshops, and patterns, so there’s always something to sew and build your confidence one project at a time. ✨

Comment ‘CLUB’ for details to join us. 💕

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I will never tell you that it is always going to b I will never tell you that it is always going to be easy, but I will tell you that it is always going to be worth it. ✨

Alchemy is my most challenging block of the month quilt yet, and I feel so lucky to see so many of them coming to life inside the Make Modern Triangles Club! 

We’re learning so much with this quilt, and It’s going to be worth every stitch in the end. 

If you’re on the hunt for a new hobby, something to do with your hands, a new skill to learn, or simply a way to get offline, take my free class and give quilting a try. 

Comment ‘FREE’ for the link to sign up. 💌

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I will never tell you that it is always going to b I will never tell you that it is always going to be easy, but I will tell you that it is always going to be worth it. ✨

Alchemy is my most challenging block of the month quilt yet, and I feel so lucky to see so many of them coming to life inside the Make Modern Triangles Club! 

We’re learning so much with this quilt, and It’s going to be worth every stitch in the end. 

If you’re on the hunt for a new hobby, something to do with your hands, a new skill to learn, or simply a way to get offline, take my free class and give quilting a try. 

Comment ‘FREE’ for the link to sign up. 💌

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I’ve made enough quilts to know that I am NOT the I’ve made enough quilts to know that I am NOT the only one who has been riding this roller coaster. It’s just part of the creative process that every quilter will go through. 😅

Every project starts with excitement, and then somewhere along the way I convince myself I’ve made terrible color choices, wonder if it’s ever going to come together, and seriously consider putting it back on the shelf. Then, almost without fail, there’s a moment where it all clicks, and the excitement returns. 

If you’ve ever felt this way, I hope you know you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re just making a quilt. 

Which part of the roller coaster are you on right now? Comment below! 👇

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
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