Book Review and Giveaway!

Hello Everyone,I was recently asked to review a brand new book that was created specifically for making quilts with your AccuQuilt Go!! Of course, I jumped at the chance being an owner of the Go! and the Studio Cutter.The book is entitled Mix & Match Quilts with the AccuQuilt Go! You can purchase this book by clicking here. It is quite comprehensive and has 12 quilts that can be made using your GO!The set up of the book is great and they have a Fabric Reference Chart. This chart is a very handy reference which shows you how to get...

It's a GO!.... Project and Winner!

Hello Everyone,First, I would like to thank all of you who took the time to enter my GO! giveaway and become new followers of my blog. I am still busy visiting all the new blogs to me!! Very much fun!! I hope that you will all enjoy my blog too and keep coming back for good quilty inspiration. Anyway, last time I showed you the braid tutorial using the chisel shape from the GO! cutter. I finished the project. Well, just the top. So technically it isn't quite done yet. I need to quilt it. So I would like to...

It's a GO!.... Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,As I have been saying in this post, this post and this post, I was planning on giving away a GO! This is all courtesy of the good folks at AccuQuilt. So if you would love to win this, read on, here are the rules:This giveaway will be open through midnight Eastern Time on August 26.You MUST have a way for me to contact you in the event that you win. Please leave an e-mail address if you do not have a blog or e-mail enabled profile.You can get multiple entries by completing more than one of the following:1....

Learn To Chisel With The GO! Would You Like One Too?

Hello Everyone,Since my last post on the Chisel shape using the awesome AccuQuilt Go Cutter, I had a special request from Pat. She wanted to see exactly how the braid went together. So I definitely felt I should oblige this request. If you can stay with me through to the end of this post, I will give you some details on how you can win one of these wonderful GO! Cutters from little old me. So strap yourselves in for the Chisel Tutorial...First you have your piles of left and right chisels. The method for making left and rights was...

So Here is What I Was Thinking...

Hello Everyone,Remember my last post on the AccuQuilt Go! I was working with the Chisel Shape. Here is what I have started, a braid! I am enjoying the process and the easy piecing of this braid. But there is a little trick when using your Go!Look how nicely they all match up. The die cutting makes this a breeze, but when die cutting these shapes to make a braid you must do it two ways. I will explain...You will notice, in the photo above, I have stacked my fabric right sides down on the die. In my last post they...

The Chisel Shape

Hello Everyone,One of the things in all my years of quilting that has intrigued me the most is the variety of shapes that we can use and the multitude of designs that they can make! So when Carolyn, from AccuQuilt contacted me and asked if I would like to try the GO! cutter, I could not refuse. Now many of you know that I have the BIG version of this the AccuQuilt Studio and absolutely love it. But I though it might be nice to try the portable one.In thinking of what shapes that I would like to try, that...

Just Playin'

Hello Everyone,I hope that you are all having a great week! I do want to say that all my thoughts and prayers go out to all of you in Australia. Please stay safe.I know many of you are getting ready for Valentine's Day and so am I. A little more low key here though. Cards and gifts were made. All done! I have also been playing with a new die that I received for my AccuQuilt. I just love this one, it has nice gentle curves and gives a fantastic result. Here is what I have done.First, I chose black and...

It's a Paisley Party

Hello Everyone,I wanted to share with you my latest creation. I used Terri Atkinsons latest fabric line called Paisley Party and the free pattern download from the Red Rooster website. This entire quilt was cut on my Accuquilt in just a little over a half an hour!!!!The first pictures shows the nicely cut and stacked piles of squares and rectangles.The four patches were originally 2.5 inch strips (cut on the AccuQuilt). I then strip pieced and subcut them to create the 4 patches. Here is half of the quilt already pieced. I have to say it was truly a dream to...