You guys are so wonderful...I look forward to this all week long. Thank you for all you give to us.

Thank you for the pod casts. I am really enjoying them. I agree your voices are soothing and easily to listen to. I love your tips, the information you share, hearing your stories, and seeing the bond you share. It is so nice and refreshing. Your fabrics are beautiful. I would love to hear more details about the inspiration for your Balboa line. I was born in Panama so my ears perked up the first time I hear you all mention the name. Thanks again. Your time and commitment to the industry is immensely appreciated.

Congratulations all around about the American patchwork cover! Congratulations to Chelsea and congratulations to Sherri, what a proud mama moment! Just love listening to you guys

Congratulations to Chelsi for getting the Cover Quilt! Love seeing your mother/daughter relationship and business partner relationship,

I was SO HAPPY when I sat down to rest after vacuuming to find your new podcast I watch on KZread!!! I really love this and it seems with each new one you get better and better and very relaxed! I learned an important thing today about "low volume " fabrics in a quilt. Thank you! Also, your sharing of missing your Market Friends. It is like that for us too who are in a Guild or have small quilt- friend gatherings. Thank you for brightening our days in these times! God bless you! Congrats on the magazine article. Need to go buy it!

I love your tips. Sherri, on your blog sharing pics of your MODA Blockheads, I loved your tip about taking pictures of your blocks together as you make them, to see how your colors are working together. I’ve done that with quilt layouts, so I wouldn’t forget the block arrangement. Then I noticed the picture gave me a totally different perspective. Chelsi, congrats on making the magazine cover. I love your hearts at home quilt. I must say during this pandemic I’ve made many quilting discoveries. One day when I was on you tube, I noticed a video from FQS, and behind Kimberly was a gorgeous quilt, it was Sherri's Labor of Love Quilt Along quilt. I immediately went to FQS and ordered the fat quarter bundle of Balboa, and am so looking forward to making. Then I found your blog, and you tube videos. Also found other MODA designers thru the MODA blockheads. So many beautiful quilts and so much lovely fabric, I’m keeping the economy stimulated😋. Looking forward to your next You Tube video.

Chelsi I have a wool pressing mat that I LOVE. I use a folding TV tray, put a piece of fleece on it, then the wool mat. It sits right next to me at my sewing machine and I can quickly press seams.

Thanks for brightening my day! Your podcasts are a fun listen while working in my sewing room!

Chelsi...congrats on making the cover!!! love your quilt and your mother's, too.

Love your podcast! The two quilts behind you both are beautiful! You give me such inspiration to keep quilting!

Great vid, Ladies! My favorite quilt blocks are blocks that can be combined with other blocks; i.e., logcabins and stars, hourglass with stars or 16 patch, 9 patch and hourglass or stars, etc. Thanks for your inspiration! I'm an artist that has developed a SERIOUS PASSION for quilting❣

Hi girls. Love your podcasts! I always learn so much from you both. Chelsi , your pattern is beautiful and congratulations on gracing the cover of American Patchwork magazine! Sherri, I have followed your work for a long while now, and you always inspire me to take on new challenges in my quilting journey. I love star quilts also but I hope to take on grandmother’s flower garden as my next quilty challenge. I look forward to listening to your next podcast ladies! Until then, happy stitching! 🧵

Chelsi's tip for clearing your workspace after finishing a project is something I have done since starting to quilt and she's right: it *does* help me clear my mind and help me to organize my thoughts for the next project. I realize this is a comment a year after the original broadcast, but thank you so much for a really interesting conversation.

Great episode! Love your content! Love the log cabin with the hearts. I have a!so seen log cabins with stars!

I lovewatching both of you together and I Love that quilt behind you.

Love your podcast! Can’t wait for the next one!!!

enjoy your podcast thanks so much

I just saw the magazine today and love the cover quilt! Also found the star quilt right away, the colors and the quilting! Being a long arm quilter I notice the quilting right away. Well done ladies. Funny how I picked your quilts right away and loved them.

Beautiful stars quilt 🤩🤩

I really look forward to your podcasts and all the information you both share with your listeners. The “something new” is great during these pandemic times when it’s more difficult to actually shop in person in a fabric store !

P.S. I also LOVE huge quilt blocks! The large pieces in the blocks allow me to get creative with the large pieces ( a bit of improve you might say). ❣

You gals are awesome! Love watching! You both inspire me!

Congrats Chelsi on the cover!!! Proud mom telling everybody. LOVE watching y’all. I am often bummed that I am caught up on these lol

Great show ladies!🥰🥰

Thank you so much for sharing!!

Love your tips and both of them will keep me on track. Going to organize and clean up my sewing room and thanks for Chelsi sharing her room.

Hi ! from Belgium Sherri & Chelsi, I have already seen every podcast and it is nice to see that you get better every time, you are more relaxed and the content is top, I see you at the next one 👋🏻😄

This is so cool. I am looking at the magazine as you talk about the quilts. Congrats on your success.

Hi there, I got behind a little on your podcast and listen to three today. I was able to plan to spend the day sewing and it was like you were here in my room with me. I so enjoy your chatting back and forth, the tips and tricks and information that you provide! Thanks for the inspiration. 💕

My new favorite quilt stars stars and ✨

I enjoy your podcasts so much!

Thank you again for another enjoyable and informative podcast!💕

I was happy to hear that you clean up after each project. I have always done that and felt a bit OCD but it truly helps to clear your mind and get ready for the next endeavor

Wool matt... me too! I thought I'd not use it much, but I use it ALL the time! Best buy ever.

Looking forward to seeing your new quilts Sherri! Those pens are too cute Chelsi!

I love your podcast!

Thank you Sherri and Chelsi. I can’t wait to see your new fabric range.

You inspire me every time. Thank you

WOW😳😀 how fun, proud and exciting👏👏👏👏👏 What an information packed episode! Such gorgeous work, you both do. I have a question: Ive seen people using different pins; maybe we could have a pin class?!?! I thought a pin was a pin🤔🤪 I’ve seen my whole life, but recently accomplished my 1st quilt 😀😀😀. Also I’m interested in the quilt you called Swoon?!?! Thank you so much for your sharing, it truly shows that God has blessed you and y’all are being a blessing to do many 🥰❤️😀

Love your podcasts, I never miss them!!! When u made your log cabin quilts, how did u decide how many different colors to use to get a nice balance? Is there a magic equation?:) I appreciate you both!!!

I clean up after every project just like Chelsi does. I don’t function well in clutter, and this way it forces me to keep up with organizing any left over fabric.

@lindsayschilling8707

4 жыл бұрын

Jane, I wish I had your organizational skills! I'm an artist; a messy artist of sorts😁 Believe it or not, scraps from a previous project can be inspirational for me. I work with LOTS of color; many times left over scraps from recent projects get incorporated into my newest quilt. Or, at least a previous scrap of color inspires me to add that (scrap) color to a new quilt that seems to be missing that "WOW Factor". Unfortunately, when I do get around to cleaning/reorganizing my art/sewing room, I need a backhoe!!! Yes, my style of working can be a curse, but the overall quilt results is exactly what I strive for. Sigh...it IS a curse 😂🤣😂🤣❣Lindsay, Sacramento.

@janelicata5328

4 жыл бұрын

Lindsay Schilling Lindsay, I wish I had your creative skills! Your quilts are undoubtedly gorgeous. I love quilts with a WOW factor. I think I need to work on taking more risks with my fabric choices. So much time and effort goes into making a quilt that I fear I won’t like the finished product if I do anything too far outside my comfort zone. Here’s to being brave! Jane, Buffalo

WooHoo Chelsi, exciting news about your new fall quilt on the mag cover (this is my fave mag, can’t wait to receive it!) - ‘Grats to you!

Such a special relationship, love it!

This podcast is the best ever. Your affection for each other just beams from your faces. Love the tip of the day! Also, I read the same article yesterday on Google about Laura Ingalls Wilder. She is one of the reasons I wanted to sew as a child. There were no prairie dresses available and I wanted to dress like her. My grandma made me a bonnet. I did a bunch of dresses with a couple of pinafore. I even wore my hair in braids. Both of my grandmothers quilted and my cousin has an autograph quilt with both my grandmas' names on it, it should be mine as I am the only quilter in the family. They lived in a VERY small town and quilted at the church. I used to sleep under the frame in a bedroom in my maternal Grandma's house. I did not start quilting until about 10 years ago, but I wish I would have known so I could have quilted with them and asked questions. That's one of my favorite things about Lori Holt, she lived the dream. I started sewing clothes at 10. My mom took me to the mall all summer to the Singer store for progressive classes as she does no crafts at all, I'm adopted so i got it through my grandmothers. I made most of my clothes in high school and so did my best friend so we'd share patterns. Mine were all in black, hers were all tan and blue. I've sewed costumes, Home Dec, worked on plays at the school, sewn on my husband's patches on his Navy uniform, etc. But, I began to live when I took up quilting. I would love to know how far apart you guys live and how often you see each other. My mom has lived with me for three years, she's almost 89, and my dad passed away a couple of years ago after they moved in. Also, could you please do a feature on your iron with the tank? I've tried to look it up, but I have been unsuccessful. Thank you for all that you do in your videos and your podcast and your blogs. Your love for quilting is infectious. You would not believe the number of precuts I have from Summer Sweet and I just finished Bloom-Topia which was my first kit. I bought your new book, so I'm all set to start another one.

@sherrimcconnell4094

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We live just about 5 miles away and see each other about once a week :) Also, there is a direct link to my iron from my sewing room tour blog post here: www.aquiltinglife.com/2020/06/sewing-room-tour-with-video-a-quilting-life-at-home.html/

@TheLhester1965

4 жыл бұрын

@@sherrimcconnell4094 thank you!!!

@rachelburgener819

4 жыл бұрын

Omgoodness that is such a wonderful share🥰 Thank you, I was smiling the whole time I was reading ❤️😀

@TheLhester1965

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachelburgener819 thank you. I love all the family legacy aspects of quilting. History and generous aren't just names on a family tree, it's the hobbies and collections that are passed down. Time spent with a relative on a passion gives so much richer memories. My grandmother taught me to crochet right handed, from the nursing home. She had a stroke that paralyzed her right side, so she used her left to teach me when I was about 5 or 6. She was a 4H teacher, and uber talented. I have her 1928 Singer treadle machine next to my Juki. My husband totally restored it. The only part he didn't was the flywheel. He didn't want to mess it up, because that was the part she would have touched so much. He's not normally that sentimental. But I guarantee you. I cried like a baby. It was a very precious gift. I also have his great- grandmother's 1880's (we think) machine that he got for me when his mom went into assisted living, along with an amazing cathedral window quilt that was the last thing sewed on the machine. I'm a very lucky lady.

@rachelburgener819

4 жыл бұрын

Linda Hester Lucky, Lived and Blessed 🥰❤️😀

what a nice touch....adding the heart to this pattern

Love the hearts on the quilt.

Another great show, being a UK subscriber l am glad you are on you tube and look forward to watching. I loved the quilts on today’s show they are so lovely l am going straight to the Etsy shop now! I have a question for next time if that’s ok? Do you get as much enjoyment and pleasure from making a quilt to meet a work related deadline as you do from making one just for yourself? Look forward to next time!

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

Such a great question...thank you!

What size is the mini quilt with 4 blocks in 1 1/2" honey bun. Love it and love log cabin. have all your books and use them often. Your fabric color selections are fabulous!💙💚💛

Congratulations on making the cover.

I love listening to your podcast! I love how y’all feed off of each other. How do you get your inspiration for your fabric lines?

Sherri, I missed the name of the pattern of your quilt made with the Balboa line that was in the American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. I would love to know! Also, I just went to that magazine and subscribed!!! You guys are great. This is my first podcast, and I really enjoyed you all so much.

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

Starstruck!

@charlottewalker6862

3 жыл бұрын

Sherri McConnell I didn’t see the Starstruck pattern in your Etsy shop. Did I just skim past it?

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlottewalker6862 It will be available next month when the fabrics arrive :) Thank you!

I’ve bought Summer Sweet 3 times trying to get the blanket you made in Magazine. 🤦‍♀️

Another lovely episode! Thank you, enjoyed it a great deal! Sherri, it would be great to see your Great Grandmother's quilt you spoke about. Maybe in an upcoming episode?

Im looking forward to getting back to sewing quilts and starting a new process in quilting. I've upgraded my longarm To a Regalia with a pro stitcher which I know nothing about. I lost my husband of 46 years in April to brain cancer. From the time he was diagnosed til passing was 11 months. I've moved back home to Mi. With my children. My son is making me a quilt room and bedroom and bathroom all on one level. I miss all of my old quilting friends in Ky. My life has truly been turned upside down . I just need to sew

@sandikae7682

4 жыл бұрын

Teresa, So sorry for your loss, but quilting is a great healer. God Bless💗. Sandi

@rachelburgener819

4 жыл бұрын

Theresa: Love, Hugs and Prayers for you and your family. I’m glad you were able to relocate although it’s hard, I’m sure it will all work out in the end. Keep up with your Ky friends, as they will miss you just as much. Gather a good support team😀. I’m sure you’ll be cutting and stitching through fears and tears. God’s blessings to you and your family ❤️😀

I feel the public people are the same with the quilts shows like you are with quilt market, They love seeing the same vendors and talking over problems and getting help from them. Sherri when you open the Sampler box from FQS and I saw the pins I hopped on it and called my quilt shop to see if they had the longer ones and the twin pins, she had just got them in so put them on hold for me. I use the blue ones already, and love it so knew the longer ones and the twins would be great to have. I'm a mini quilt junky so will be looking into the log cabin one from Chelsi pattern. Never have done a log cabin so thought I would start small and work up to the bigger one and I will have both in one pattern. Thanks again for the PODCST today. Stay Safe till the next time Once in my life I'm glad for a five MONDAYS in the month get to hear you three times. Chelsi like the Bunny pen saw them at our TARGET too and pick up a set to have myself LOL

love love love the Hearts at Home! what skill level would you label this? thanks sooo much

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

Confident beginner. If your 1/4" seam allowance is accurate, you can make this one!

I started A grandmothers garden last week. Having so much fun with it

It was interesting to hear a bit about quilt market from you both! With fall market being cancelled, do you know when the next will be? And has virtual been considered? Also, as just a consumer of quilting/sewing goods, is market only for fabric sales for designers and by shops to place orders to sell the consumer?

What size quilt do you make most often? Mini, lap, bed size?

Will there be a reprint of the fabric line Summer Sweet collection? I’m having trouble finding this fabric to make the Pick of the Patch quilt featured on the cover of “American Patchwork Quilting”. Thank you!

Ditto to Chelsi!!!

I have a wool pressing mat ( I think it looks thicker) I set it on my cutting mat, which was next to my sewing machine, the heat from the iron caused steam which warped my cutting mat. Wonder if that is typical. I have seen other people use it like that

@bethkoch11

4 жыл бұрын

I also have a wool pressing mat (which I love). I have a separate table that I use as a pressing station, and I noticed that the wool really conducts heat, which was causing my table to get very hot, and I was afraid it would warp the wood. I bought an inexpensive travel ironing pressing mat which is just a little larger than the wool one. I put it underneath the wool mat and it protects my table very well. It might work for you, to protect your cutting mat.

@Kitchensurprise

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much..I ruined a new cutting mat, not thinking about the steam

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

yes, the wool mats retain a lot of heat, so shouldn't be placed near a cutting mat. I'm always surprised at how much heat it generates if I move it after ironing for awhile.

what is the name of your fabric in the quilt behind you. And where can I purchase it at, and how much for the quilt to purchase. It is beautiful

Does the hearts at home pattern come in different sizes? Or is it easy to down size it?

Where can we purchase your fabrics?

@sherrimcconnell4094

3 жыл бұрын

They are available in my Etsy shop, in many quilt shops, and also at Fat Quarter Shop and from many Etsy sellers. If you have a favorite shop, you can ask them to order it from Moda.

I recently bought one of the wool pressing mats and used it for a very detailed combo style quilt which required a lot of starch and ironing. The mat began to smell like a goat corral before I finished. I ended up getting my old stained “ cut and press “to finish the quilt. I was heartbroken.

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