Bridget’s Truth

When my great aunt passed away it was amazing to go through her house and find treasure’s.   Amongst all the treasures, we found old quilts.  Of course from the many years of sitting and being stored in an old farmhouse the colors eventually turned.  We found a solution to restore the priceless family heilooms.

1 Gallon Water
1 Quart Buttermilk
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Soak the quilt in the mixture then wash in mild detergent.  The colors returned to their original brilliance.

If you have any tips you would like to share we would love to hear them.  Until next time….Happy Quilting!

Hello everybody.  I know it’s been a while since I last shared a tip with you.  For that I apologize.  I know how you all love them.  After a much needed vacation I am back into the groove of things.  
Last week while traveling and of course shopping I came across a few vendors with fabric in my ports of call.  Yes I was on a cruise.  However, I shipped my fabric back to the US instead of carrying it onboard with me.  Less to carry and less to declare with Customs.  So next time you travel keep this in mind.
Until next time….Happy Quilting!

I have several baby showers and birthday’s coming up that I have been working on quilts for.  Of course because I have been cutting so much my blade has been getting dull on my rotary cutter.  I have found that if I fold a piece of silver foil up so I have several layers and run my rotary cutter through it several time’s it resharpens the blade. 

I love hearing your quilting tips so please share.  Until next time…Happy Quilting!

Several of you just came back from a cruise with Eleanor Burns.  What a woman she is.  She’s funny, energetic and smart to say the least.  She absolutely amazes me at what she does.  If you haven’t had a chance to work with her please do.  In fact we have another trip coming up with her for next year.  If your interested in going with Eleanor to Germany, Austria and Bavaria next September please let us know.  It is selling fast.

I thought I would share a few words of encouragment with you from her about a less than perfect quilt. 

“You will never notice from a galloping horse.”
“Hang it high and keep it moving.”
“Drive past it at 20 miles an hour and see if it looks good.”
“You will never notice it from a moving train.”
“You meant to do it that way.”

Please feel free to share your tips, no matter how silly they may be.  We love reading them.  Until next time…Happy Quilting!

Ok so I had somebody call me just yesterday and asked if I live in the sticks with an outhouse out back.  Of course I do not.  They were asking because I quilt on my dining room table and not in my quilt room.  I don’t mean to sound like a redneck, hick from a county and city that only my cousins, brothers, in-laws know about but with a husband that has hunting, fishing and sports gear in the extra space in my house there just isn’t enough room for my itty bitty sewing machine.  So I really don’t mind spreading out on the dining room table.

However, this person did have a tip for me and I thought I might share it with you.  She suggested I added on to my home.  Of course with a husband that likes to hunt, fish and play sports all of his extra money and time goes for that.   She suggested I light a couple of candles, dim the lights, put on some Marvin Gaye music and a little something.  She assured me this would work.  I’m not quite so sure but maybe it’s worth a try.  So if any of you out there have the same dilemma as me and want to try this little quilting tip please let me know how it works.  So until next time…Happy Quilting!

Staying organized when quilting is very important to since my quilt space is in a high traffic area of my home, otherwise known as my dining room table.  So for those of you who are like me and do not have a quilt room in your home organize your project on individual hangers.   That way pieces and strips stay nice, neat and pressed.  Until next time…Happy Quilting!

I have a small work area for working on quilts.  OK really its my dining room table.  So it’s really important to keep everything neat and tidy in case I have to move it quickly.  I usually keep an empty tissue box on the table so I can put scraps, threads and anything that I want to throw away in a nice little confined area.  Hope you can use my little tip to keep your area as organized.  Until next time, Happy Quilting!

It always seems I will stick myself with a pin at sometime when making a quilt.  There is nothing I hate more than bleeding on the fabric.   I have found that dipping a cotton ball in hydrogen peroxide and rubbing it on the spot will make it vanish.   I’m still love getting all of your quilting tips.  So don’t be afraid to share them with us.  Until till next time, Happy Quilting!

We all hate them.  They are our enemy.  They are not cute and cuddly.  They even cause allergies.  They are dust bunnies. 

Use small pieces of left over batting to do your dusting.  Batting  picks up dust and holds onto it.  You can even cut it to fit your Swiffer. 

Please let me know what your tips are.   We love to hear them.  Happy Quilting!

I hate having to deal with loose threads when quilting.  They annoy me to no end.  I have found that using a lint roller, the sticky kind, on your work surface will keep the area thread and lint free.