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KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING

KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING

Quilt designer, teacher, artist, dreamer

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where do you buy your fabric?

First, I’d like to say that I rarely buy fabric with a purpose in mind.  I buy fabric that catches my eye or I can see making something cool.  Someday.

I love to go to my Local Quilt Shops.  Always support your local business if you can.  The LQS’s in my area that I love the most are:

  • Village Creek, Lodi
  • Mill House Quilts, Waunakee
  • Stitcher’s Crossing, Madison

With my three little girls I don’t get to quilt shops as often as I would like, though, so I do some of my fabric shopping online.  Here are a list (in no particular order) of the online quilt shops I frequent the most:

  • Fat Quarter Shop – top of the line, great customer service, so much selection
  • Fabric.com – lots of fabric on sale, great for stocking up on the ‘basics’
  • FabricFascination – stunning selection of batiks, fantastic customer service, low shipping, great specials
  • SpiceBerryCottage – huge selection, fabulous whimsical prints, great customer service
  • Hawthorne Threads – love fabric choices, fun lines, great service, their newsletter is addicting.

I’m always shopping for more fabric.  If you have a shop yourself or one that you like to frequent – please share it here.

Do you give lectures or teach classes?

YES!  I love to! Please check out my current lecture and workshop offerings here!

Who quilts your quilts?

Most of my large quilts are quilted by my aunt-in-law, Barb Raisbeck of Quilts by Barb.

I have also had some of my quilts free motion long arm quilted by Marcia Wachuta of Marcia’s Crafty Sewing and Quilting.

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My smaller quilts and some of my medium quilts are most likely quilted by myself, either on my Janome 6600, Janome 1600P or my Bernina 750.

Helpful Quilting Links

Here are a few links that will help you on future quilting projects and photographing those projects. Please share with me any links/tutorials you think should be added to this list! I’ll continue to update as I receive more input from you all!

Beginning Quilting and Further:
  • The 3 B’s – Borders, Backing and Binding
  • Easy Peasy Machine Binding
  • Blocking Quilts
  • Matching Seams
  • Quilt Spacer Border Calculations
  • How to Bind Inside Corners
  • Learn How to Paper Piece
  • How to Bury Knots when Machine Quilting
Free Motion Quilting
  • Gallery of Free Motion Quilting Designs from Leah Day
Photography
  • Get to Know your Camera
  • Setting up a Mini Studio on a Budget
Miscellaneous
  • Judy Martin’s Classroom
  • April Tips
  • Fun Stuff for Quilters
  • How to Make a Texture Background for your Quilt
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