How I Machine Quilted Tracy Mooney's Heart Pop! Quilt on my Home Sewing Machine

It all started with a pile of purple fabric in my stash.  My sister loves anything purple so in my mind, that fabric was meant to be made into a quilt for her.  When I saw Tracy Mooney's Heart Pop! quilt pattern, it was all over but the cutting, piecing, and stitching.  (Tracy filmed a tutorial on how to piece this quilt.)  I love when everything falls into place!

Most of the machine quilting happened during the New York Blizzard of 2026, when snow was piling up outside my sewing room window and I knew I had nothing to do but quilt until the roads were clear. My soundtrack was the hum of my sewing machine and the roar of my husband's snow blower.  Snowstorms are much more fun when someone else is dealing with the mountain of snow!

To lean into the heart theme, I decided to machine quilt columns of hearts down the quilt using my  home sewing machine, my ABC Circle Heart Stencil, a pounce pad, and some yummy Omni-V and DecoBob threads.  Watching those heart shapes emerge row by row was pure joy.

Honestly, is there anything better than snow-day sewing? While I didn't get to skip school and chose to not go outside to play, I gave myself permission to spend hours doing I what I loved.  

I filmed while I was quilting, so head on over to YouTube to watch how I quilted this beautiful quilt!

Color Blocks Catch Up -- Grandma's Album (vol. 2)

I just finished machine quilting Grandma's Album, an adorable little quilt from Color Blocks: Volume 2.  

Rather than using scraps, I made this quilt with a collection of fabric:  Stag & Thistle from Natural Born Quilter (Brett Lewis) for Northcott Fabrics.  The fabric is out of print now so I treasure the dress, tablecloth, cloth napkins, and other items I've made with this gorgeous fabric.

I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent at my home sewing machine finishing this quilt with continuous curve and ribbon candy:

free-motion feathers:

and free-motion background stitching around the monogram:

Color Blocks: Volume 2 is free until I finish all of the content.  If you enroll now, Grandma's Album and all other patterns and tutorials will be yours forever; only new enrollments will have a cost attached.  

Links for this tutorial:

Lavender Tutti 50-weight cotton thread
Dove Grey DecoBob 80-weight polyester thread
Navy Konfetti 50-weight cotton thread
Navy DecoBob 80-weight polyester thread
Super Threads "Thread Estimate Chart"
Batt scooters
Blue Clover Marker

Thread Bundle: Debby's Favorite Quilting Threads -- spool Thread Bundle: Debby's Favorite Quilting Threads -- cones

Machine Quilted Feathers online class First Steps to Machine Quilting

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*While I'm not running a new Color Blocks scrap quilting class for 2026, I am taking this year to finish the content that is sporadically missing from Color Blocks: volumes 1-5.

How I Machine Quilted Honeybloom Quilt: Feathered Border Secrets EXPOSED!

When I saw the quilt Lisa Bongean designed using Honeybloom fabrics by 3 Sisters for Moda, I had to buy the quilt IMMEDIATELY! I finally got to quilt it and decided to share my Feathered Border Secrets with EVERYONE on YouTube!

First, let's take a moment to adore the gorgeous quilt:

My daughter-in-law claimed this quilt to give to her niece for graduation.  Congratulations Maddie!

I wanted to pet this quilt A LOT, so I decided to custom quilt it.  I quilted continuous curve in the blocks and cornerstones with ribbon candy in the sashing (naturally).

I decided  to quilt yummy feathers in the border:

I filmed a long YouTube video showing all of this, including how to make those feathers fit in any size border!  

January Project Round Up

 Lemon Bars Cutie Quilt

An I Spy Quilt

Floor Tile Placemats:

A newborn Baby Bear Bonnet