Blog Page 5 - Purple Daisies Quilting

How to Spin Your Seams - Video Tutorial

September 17, 2014 11 Comments

Hi Everyone!

I have a brand new video tutorial showing you how to manage the seams of a block by nesting and spinning the seams. By nesting and spinning your seams, you'll have a block that not only looks wonderful but is strong and will quilt easily.

Introducing my new Podcast!

August 26, 2014 2 Comments

I just recorded my very first podcast! I'm still figuring everything out, and have to get it approved by iTunes. Hopefully that process doesn't take too long.

Glue Basting Basics

July 15, 2014

Sew Much Like Mom has a new home!

July 05, 2014 1 Comment

Welcome to the brand new home of Sew Much Like Mom!!

Easy Steps to Join Binding Strips

June 04, 2014 1 Comment

Have you watched, and tried my mom's amazing binding technique? Whether you love or dislike (maybe dislike a lot) sewing the binding onto your finished quilt, my mom's technique is life changing. My favorite part is the simple way she joins the strips of binding. In essence, the technique she uses is a simple version of Paperless Paper Piecing.

QuiltCon 2015: I'm teaching and I can't wait!

May 06, 2014

QuiltCon 2013 was an incredible experience. It was nonstop fun and alive with energy. Returning for 2015 was definite for me, but this time will be a little different, in the best of ways.

10 years ago, I started my business, Purple Daisies, LLC. My mom's (Sharon Schamber) quilting career was growing larger by the day, and I knew that online exposure was the next step for her. I started selling her...

Scrappy Drunkard's Path: Piec-lique Tutorial

March 19, 2014

Hi Everyone!!

My friend Melissa(WeShallSew on Instagram) tagged me in a picture asking about a way to glue baste individual Drunkard's Path blocks. She is one of my biggest glue basting supporters, so of course I wanted to help. I started taking pics, thinking 2 or 3 might be enough, and I'd just post them on Instagram for her. Yeah, no. That didn't work out. Those 2-3 pics turned into 16, which...

Double Wedding Ring QAL: Sewing the Apple Core Units

March 14, 2014

A couple of months ago, I filmed the videos for the Double Wedding Ring QAL, along with several other video tutorials. When I played them back for editing, the videos were garbled and unusable. I was so frustrated (and may or may not have taken it out on my video camera). I had spent all of that time making videos for you, to only discover that I had been talking to myself.

I bought myself a new...

Safari Moon Blog Hop & Safari Cruise Quilt Preview

February 27, 2014

Hi! Welcome to my stop on the Safari Moon Blog Hop! I'm so happy you're here.

Safari Moon is a stunning, bright and bold new fabric line by designer Frances Newcombe, for Art Gallery Fabrics.

I had the pleasure of getting to know Frances at Spring Quilt Market, last year, in Portland. She was at Market to have a little fun, and to help wrap her mind around what Fall Market might be like for her....

Paperless Paper Piecing Tutorial: A Square in a Square, Squared

January 02, 2014

I'm so excited to share Paperless Paper Piecing with you! I almost don't know where to start. ;)

My mom, Sharon Schamber, developed the Paperless Paper Piecing technique more than 10 years ago. It is a simple technique, that allows you to "paper-piece" with precision, limitless possibilities, and no paper to tear out in the end. Once you wrap your mind around the technique, you'll discover the ease...

Happy New Year!!: Believing in My Importance

January 01, 2014

Happy New Year!!

I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve, and are discovering what's possible with this fresh new year.

New Year's resolutions aren't usually something I spend much time considering. Generally, I leave the idea alone, and go on with my day. I've never let myself wonder why I think this way, until recently.

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about the importance of me. It may sound...

Double Wedding Ring QAL: Sewing the Melon Units

December 26, 2013

Well, hello!!

I'm very sorry for not posting sooner. I enjoy blogging so so much, but when my businessgets busy, blogging keeps getting pushed down on my "to do" list. Being busy with all of my business stuff is not a bad problem to have. I'm very grateful. I just wish I had more hours in my day, or maybe an assistant, or a housekeeper. I'm going to keep on moving forward, and share with you as...

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