WhatLeslieMakes

Sherri Lynn Wood's Improv that Block Squad. January through June 2026.

6 months of improv quilting?!? Heck yeah!!
www.sherrilynnwood.com/improv-that-...
Also, Sherri Lynn Wood has a FREE one session improv scrap play coming up January 3rd. #quiltsky

Thank you! Lola is my “comfort manager” and checks every quilt for quality and coziness! 🤣

image of the most adorable and feisty tortie cat you have ever seen, sitting on a lap quilt at a sewing machine waiting for work to begin.

Guess it’s a quilting day today! #quiltsky #quiltingcats

Quiltfolk Adventure Workshop: Mysteries of England! Jenni & Kay are headed to the North Country to show us how to create a Sanderson Star pattern (no y-seams!) & to investigate a murder mystery! June 6-7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHZTivIJxF8

#quiltsky

The Best Baby Shower Gift EVER Newsletter: In The Studio With Leslie

I stole a few moments in my sewing studio to plan a baby gift. Now I need to steal more time to make it!

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A favorite binding technique that makes storing and using it so much easier! I do this for every project. #quiltsky

Book cover for the ultimate binding and efge finishing guide for quilting and sewing by deonn stott. you can buy it from bookshop.org

This is my go-to book for machine binding. The faux-piped binding is my favorite!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/ultimate-binding-and-edge-finishing-guide-for-quilting-and-sewing-more-than-16-different-techniques-from-basic-to-scalloped-scrappy-to-chenille-deonn-/19807794?ean=9781639810468&next=t

The right name for a pattern is what(ever) you call it. - Barbara Brackman, Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns

A quote from one of my favorite books for getting inspiration when designing quilt patterns.

Improv quilt piecing with a variety of fabrics. squares and rectangles. bright reds, tans, lavenders, and light earthy greens.

Using up fabric scraps with a little improv quilting! Learned this method from the Chris English segment of Quiltfolk's Break The Rules BOM last year. #QuiltfolkBoM #BreaktheRules

Let's Organize Fabric Scraps! Newsletter: Make It With Me Edition

Let's Organize Fabric Scraps! #quiltsky open.substack.com/pub/lesliedi...

Block is from The Quilting Experience by Victoria Findlay Wolfe

world map fabric cut in a circle to be sewn into the center of a pieced square quilt block that consists of blue, light blue, black, and white fabric.

3am quilting. Learned how to make inset circles. #quiltsky

#MQGSewAlong2025

MQG Sew Along: I'm In! sticker. Showcasing six non-traditional quilt blocks.

Modern Quilt Guild members: It's time for the 2025 sew-along.
I'm looking forward to some non-traditional quilting!
www.themodernquiltguild.com/resource/mqg...

One project rolls into the next! When I can’t find my sewing machine, only then is it time to tidy up!! 🤣🤣🤣

(ALT for video: "You know that feeling when you finish a quilt & your sewing room is all tidy? Me neither.")

#messysewingstudio #nevertidy #quilting #sewinghumor #quiltinghumor

Collage image of three photographs showing a street scene at sunset, a close up of brickwork, and a sunset view across the water with moored boats. Color palette of tangerine ff693a, pale yellow f5b166, blush beige ddae9c, dark gray 463b44.

One final color palette from Statia: A beautiful sunset! 🌅

#ColorScheme #ColorPalette #SintEustatius #Statia #DutchCaribbean #WhatLeslieMakes

What tips do you have for pressing seams when piecing blocks? 

#quilting #pressingseams #ironing #tailorsclapper #modernquilting

Cutting table with the quilting experience book and the start of two loops and lines blocks with a world map fabric background and dark blue fabric curved strips.

My Sewing Word 2025: Curves! I’ve begun my first foray into curved piecing with the Loops & Lines Block from Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s book “The Quilting Experience” & Quiltfolk’s Adventure Workshop: Made in Manhattan. So far, so good!

#quiltfolk #quiltsky #quiltingexperience #whatlesliemakes

I love the freedom of a scrappy-everything quilt. Load it up and play or just try something new ❤️❤️❤️

Black text on a white brick background that reads "Stop Scrolling. Start Quilting."

Stop doom scrolling. Take a deep breath. Put down your phone. Take a moment for yourself and go be creative. Clear your mind and come back refreshed. You got this. ❤️

I just took a moment to send a recording and add to this project. It was cathartic for sure.

www.elainelutherart.com/the-healing-...

Photo of window with white and teal shutters. House siding is an earthy red. Color palette is teal 91cccb, light gray dde1e8, red 852e31, and black 252a25.

More color inspiration from Sint Eustatius! ❤️

#ColorScheme #ColorPalette #SintEustatius #Statia #DutchCaribbean #WhatLeslieMakes

Tortie cat sleeping in sunshine

Cat asleep in sunshine streaming from the window in my longarm studio

Happiness is a sleeping cat in the sunshine. #quiltsky #quiltcats

Yes! I’m doing some rulerwork this week and the ruler base on my machine is massive. The extra inches aren’t even enough. Thankfully it’s just my own quilt on the frame.

Have you ever wondered why your longarmer insists that you include so much extra backing and batting??

#longarmquilting #quilts #modernquilting #computerizedquilting #prostitcher #handiquilter

Thank you so much!

Nothing is quite as satisfying as watching a pile of fabric transform into a beautiful quilt! It was a joy to use Tula Pink designed Free Spirit fabrics to create our Sawtooth Frenzy Quilt Pattern example. Shop the pattern at WhatLeslieMakes.com

Photograph of EZ Dresden Plate template, Omnigrid easy pointed Dresden template, and TG pieced flower templates.

Did anyone else choose a sewing word for 2025? As I was decluttering, I found several templates for curves. I’ve been quilting for 5+ years and have avoided this moment: it’s time for curves!

#quilting #dresdenblocks #curvedpiecing #flowerquiltblocks #drunkardspath #sewingword2025

Great! Thanks! I use scheduling software to help me stay organized, so I’ll see if it has that functionality 🙂