There are a few skills I wish I had when it comes to quilting; mostly though I console myself designing patterns and using bright fabrics 🙂 Seriously though, there are so many techniques in quilting that when I first started I tried a lot of them out.

I tried english paper piecing, foundation piecing, hand quilting, and like them all but don’t have the time. I have done a bit of foundation piecing lately, but prefer patchwork.

I love applique but have never tried needle turn. I love Pat Sloan’s applique and usually machine applique when I do this technique.

This is one of my favourite applique quilts I made. It was a Pat Sloan Mad Hatter’s Tea Party challenge. My quilt actually got to hang at the local public school at a Grade 8 graduation when the theme was Alice in Wonderland!

I wish I could figure out cutting triangles so I could make some of Edyta Sitar’s beautiful star quilts.

I wish I could just try a new technique and be good at it, right away! Oh well, looks like I’m still human 🙂

Oh, and I’m not sure it’s a skill (and really not sure I want it!) but how do quilters only work on one quilt at a time and FINISH it before starting another!?!

What quilting skill do you wish you had?

With Joy,

Sarah V.