Flourish on the Vine was chosen as the 2013 CQA Best of Show! I receive a lot of questions about this quilt, so I thought I would share some of the more common ones with you here.

This is one of the questions I am asked most frequently. It is such a big subject, I have decided to tackle the subject over the coming weeks in a new blog series on machine quilting.

Here is the story behind why I tried some completely different threads in my current quilt project.

I am often asked what kind of thread I use for machine quilting. This week, I will share what I look for in machine quilting threads and what I have enjoyed using in the past.

Why have I spent close to 15 hours marking quilting designs on my current quilt project? Especially when I usually go to great lengths to avoid marking? Find out what goes into the big decision: to mark or not to mark.

You would be surprised how often people ask me this question. Especially considering that it isn’t what they really want to know. Find out the answers to both questions.