Debbie Wendt - Wendt Quilting

I Love Notions

Debbie is a home economics teacher by profession. She began quilting in 1986 after taking a Continuing Education class. Growing up she was enthralled with her grandmothers and their abilities as seamstresses. When fitting clothes took the fun out of the sewing, she turned to quilting. It was a great way to collect fabric and continue using her sewing skills.

Her quilting passion grew when she moved to Egypt. With her friends, she began a quilting group that was later named “Quilters in deNile”. Now a resident of Massachusetts, Debbie continues in many quilting endeavors. She designed the tool “Brilliant Bindings”. In 1999, a dear quilting friend Lil Griffin showed her a binding ending technique so the seam was the same as all others in a continuous binding. She made her own template to simplify the process and used it to teach others for years. She was encouraged to put the idea into form and had Brilliant Bindings made in 2007.
Her Brilliant Bindings tool shape, a trapezoid, proved to be a great jumping off point for many unique quilt patterns. Any of her patterns with "Brilliant" or "Tool" in the title uses Brilliant Bindings as a cutting template to make the quilt.

In 2017, Hex-a-ma-jig was created. A 3 1/2" half hexie shape template with more lines for more cutting options - Half Hexie, Full Hexie, Partial Hexie. The Hexie family grew in 2018 with Hex-a-ma-jig Jr. for 2 1/2" strips and Hex-a-Mini for 2" strips was introduced in 2021.

Her self-published books include:

Construction and Production – Making and Binding a Quilt on a Longarm, Midarm or Shortarm

Chenille Made Easy on a Longarm

Hexie Speak - Say it with Hexies A Design Workbook