Debby Brown Quilts
Quilter, Teacher, Designer, Author, Quilt Enabler
Thursday, May 01, 2025
Waiting for Baby!
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Abandoned BOM FINISHED!
I think this quilt dates from 2012 or thereabouts. I'm not really sure. It was designed by my local quilt shop and I finished eight blocks while it was being released before setting it aside for a decade.
I pulled out the blocks before a recent quilt retreat and made a smaller quilt out of the finished blocks with a plain center block.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
From Leftovers to Lovely!
Way back in 2020, there was a bright spot in a year to forget: I made a darling Jack Skellington Bull's Eye Quilt for my daughter. I recently pulled out the scraps and came up with a fun quilt.
I just added the over-my-shoulder machine quilting video for this quilt to my As the Bobbin Turns Subscriber-Only Videos. You can join monthly or annually to see what's going on in my quilting studio.
I show how I used my ABC Botanical Stencil to quilt in the white fabric. Echoing the continuous curve in the black and white checkerboards, I used a 1 1/2" Grid Stencil to help me stitch continuous curve in the border.
I keep a bag of finished quilts in the back of my car. When my sister saw this quilt, it disappeared from the back of my car. It's so odd how that keeps happening! (My sister is awesome and deserves every good thing in life.)
Do you challenge yourself to make new quilts with the leftovers from other quilts?
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Handi Quilter at Blue Hen Quilt Shop, Newark Delaware
Last weekend I had the pleasure of teaching at a new-to-me quilt shop in Newark Delaware -- The Blue Hen!
I met so many new friends there and am excited to see where their quilting journeys will take them.
We learned all about Handi Quilter Longarm Quilting Machines.
We learned all about computerized quilting with the Pro-Stitcher.
Folks near The Blue Hen have such a great quilt shop and machine quilting learning center in their area!
Monday, March 10, 2025
21 Days from Quilt Top to Quilted -- Day 18
WooHoo! I just finished writing Lesson 18 in 21 Days from Quilt Top to Quilted and it shows how I quilted my Blanket Fort Quilt using my walking foot on my home sewing machine. You can join this class for FREE while I am creating the class and you'll get to keep it forever; once the class is completed, it will cost $21 -- but not for you because you are smart and joined while it is free.
This technique is great to get a quilt finished simply and quickly.
Get my Blanket Fort Quilt Pattern, join my 21 Days from Quilt Top to Quilted class, and become more confident in finishing your own quilts on your home sewing machine.
Friday, March 07, 2025
Teaching Color Blocks at my Local Quilt Guild
Last weekend I had the joy of teaching a special Color Blocks Quilt at my Local Quilt Guild. I only teach this quilt at quilt guilds through 2027.
I designed "Henri the Flamingo" when visiting a friend in Florida last year.
It was a wonderful day of learning and fun.
Are you a member of a guild? Do you love your guild? Would you like me to teach Henri at your local quilt guild? I will hold this pattern as a guild exclusive through 2027.
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Teaching at Calico Gals in Syracuse NY
I recently had the joy of teaching at Calico Gals in Syracuse NY. I live only four hours away so we felt safe scheduling a Handi Quilter Longarm Quilting Event. In Syracuse, NY. In the winter. Happily ,the weather cooperated and I had a super-easy drive there and back. What happened in between the drives, though, was nothing but FUN!
We spent a whole day learning about the Pro-Stitcher, the computerized quilting system for the Handi Quilter machines.
We spent another day learning all about longarm quilting basics and quilting with rulers.
Did you know that you can quilt using rulers on the Handi Quilter stationary longarms?
I'm a "fiddler." If I'm talking (and I'm always talking), I usually have something in my hands that I'm fiddling with. Somehow, I ended up fiddling with this most impressive pair of scissors and had to be super careful about talking with my hands! I'm happy to report that no one was injured as I gestured and that I quickly found something safer to fiddle with!
Monday, February 17, 2025
Squared Away Cutie Quilt -- ABC Stencil
Since I'm in the mood to use my ABC Stencils lately, I decided to quilt this Squared Away using my Moon and Star ABC Stencil.
I completed this quilt so quickly that I was sad that I didn't get to quilt it longer!
Saturday, February 01, 2025
February Color Block Quilt -- Posy in my Pocket
This January felt like it was 72 weeks long, am I right?
I needed a little spring to get through the sub-zero temps, so I made a sweet springy baby quilt and named it Posy in my Pocket.
The February Color Block quilt is published, ready to download, and ready to stitch.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Color Blocks -- Hugs and Kisses Machine Quilting
When I machine quilted January's Color Block Quilt Hugs and Kisses, I knew I needed to quilt it with hugs and kisses! XOXOXOXO
I stitched continuous lines of Os (loops) and Xs (only four crosses of a snowflake) throughout the quilt. I used the seam lines to contain my quilting so that I didn't have to mark my quilt at all!
Go to Color Blocks vol. 5 and watch the machine quilting tutorial about how I quilted Xs and Os.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
ABC Alignable. Block. Collectible. Stencil Home Machine Quilting -- Primitive Gatherings Tilda Throw
I subscribe to the Primitive Gatherings Subscription Box. In October 2024, I received two packs of Tilda Creating Memories Charm Squares and a pattern for a throw.
I decided to quilt this using my ABC Graphic Circle stencil. This one small stencil made a great overall pattern!!!
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Found in My Sewing Room
I'm continuing to work on cleaning out my sewing room. I emptied a drawer that had a scrap project in it.
This was from years and Years and YEARS ago. These fabrics were leftover from a baby quilt I made.
This quilt has been set aside for many years for my daughter for when she becomes a parent. At this time, the quilt is slated to be transferred to her in June!
Anyway, I made one block with the scraps to make another baby quilt. The pattern called for all half-square triangles. I think that is the theme of my year as every quilt I touch is full of HSTs. My current quilt requires 1,000 of them!
I don't love this quilt so the one finished block went into my orphan block basket, the fabrics went into my scrap bin, and the finished HSTs became pinwheels for my orphan block basket.
That emptied drawer is now filled with fabrics for the upcoming Unity Quilt Along at Primitive Gatherings.
Monday, January 06, 2025
Squared Away Cutie Quilt -- Machine Quilting on a Home Sewing Machine
Squared Away is the very first Cutie Pattern I designed!
This quilt is quick and easy to piece using 16 fat eighths and very fun to quilt. I used Figo Treehouse fabrics and these woodland fabrics were just what the baby's momma wanted!
I stitched only the background and used wool batting. The contrast between quilted and unquilted and the loft of the batting make the quilting POP!
Watch how I stitched this quilt:
Blanket Fort Quilt Along -- Mystery Solved
Four clues over three hours yielded some beautiful quilts! Here's one of mine:
If you'd like to get the pattern for this fun quilt, click HERE.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
Ongoing Resolution
It's not exactly new, but I'm continuing to clean out my sewing room. I am sorting through my baskets and boxes and buckets of quilting "stuff" and deciding what to do with each one.
If it's worth finishing, I set it aside to finish.... someday.
If it's not worth finishing, I have to decide what to do with it.
These scraps were leftovers from a Gudrun Erla quilt project from 2020 or so. I'm not sure why I set them aside or what I had planned for them.
I cut my scraps into 1 1/2" strips and 5" squares. I regularly use 1 1/2" strips in Cutie Patterns like Freeze Frame, Big Cheese, Sweet Tooth, and Picnic Patch. I'm saving 5" squares for the upcoming Primitive Gatherings Unity Quilt Along.
My sewing room is 1 bag of fabric lighter now.
Friday, January 03, 2025
Color Blocks -- Hugs and Kisses
January's Color Block quilt is Hugs and Kisses.
2025 will be a year of baby quilts; this small, simple quilt is quick to piece, quilt, and give away!
I pulled out some gray and blue Color Blocks from my stack and had this quilt pieced in no time!
Grab a few of your Color Blocks (or make some new ones), download the pattern, and stitch this sweet baby quilt.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Blanket Fort: Free One-Day Mystery Quilt Along Jan 4, 2025
Are you up for a fun, free, one-day mystery quilt along? Then sign up for Blanket Fort!
Materials needed
Fabric 1 1 yard
Fabric 2 1 yard
Fabric 3 1/2 yard
Fabric 4 3/4 yard
Fabric 5 1 yard
Binding 5/8 yard
Backing 64"x64" (3 3/4 yards)
Choosing Your Fabrics
I plan to make two quilts and have arranged my two selections of fabric.
This second range of fabric uses a novelty print. If you want to use a focus fabric, Fabric 5 will show it off best.
How to participate
Sign up HERE now!
On Saturday, Jan 4 at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm NY time, Watch my live videos on Facebook or YouTube then download the next step from the Blanket Fort class.
Sew along at your own pace and enjoy your finished quilt top
What to do next
Sign up for my 21 Days from Quilt Top to Quilted class. This class will start on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
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Friday, December 27, 2024
Trim the Tree -- Color Block December 2024
I had sew much fun machine quilting Trim the Tree, December's Color Block quilt.
Monday, December 23, 2024
By Request
A church friend of mine volunteers to help give my quilts away for me. I bring in a bag a finished quilts and she helps find people that might like them. I love finishing quilts and moving them out of the house; the help is very much appreciated!
A few weeks ago this friend asked if I had any Christmas quilts to give away. She wanted one for her guest bed for when her granddaughter came to visit. Well, I didn't have any but I did have a huge stack of Color Blocks. I quickly pieced a quilt, quilted it up, and gifted it to her yesterday just in time for her granddaughter to sleep under it last night! After over 18 months of being sick and feeling useless, it's a wonderful feeling to know that someone wants a quilt from me. I love feeling useful and helpful once again. I thanked her for the opportunity and she was confused thinking that I did a favor for her. If you're a quilter, you know that she actually did the favor for me.
I love to stitch continuous curve in Color Blocks; it's relaxing to me and it looked great on this quilt.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
ABC Graphic Circle Stencil -- Ho! Ho! Ho ! Holiday Quilt by Primitive Gatherings
While I was in the hospital in 2023 struggling with severe COVID, I promised myself that I'd start doing the things that I always wanted to do. That December, I went to Wisconsin to the Naughty or Nice? Retreat at Primitive Gatherings. It was everything I hoped it would be and more.
One of the quilts I made there was Ho! Ho! Ho! Holiday and I just finished quilting it to use for this Christmas.
My goal was to make the quilting look like other ornaments or garland around the ornament on the tree. I pulled out my ABC Graphic Circle stencil and stitched lines of swirls with switchback quilting in between.I LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT!!!!
Watch how I quilted this on my home sewing machine:
Monday, December 09, 2024
Color Blocks -- Trim the Tree
December's Color Block Scrap Quilt Along pattern is Trim the Tree.
This is a small, simple quilt you can quickly piece for a last minute gift or home decoration.
When you need a few minutes of "Me" time during this busy month, gather your scraps, download the pattern, and stitch this sweet seasonal quilt.