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Image from connecting threads

Learn how to use your photographs (printed on fabric) as an equal partner to regular fabrics using techniques in Mary Ellen Kranz’s book Blending Photos with Fabric 2. It’s available at Connecting Threads online store at 40% off – you pay…

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Image from connecting threads

Authors Kay Connors & Karen Earlywine have put together a wonderful collection of 1930s patterns in their book Link to the ’30s. Pull out your reproduction fabric to create your very own inheritance worthy quilts. Via Connecting Threads where they are offering the book…
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Image from Baby's Breath Quilts

I love this bright happy quilt! It’s an original design by Jennifer Arey of Baby Breath’s Quilts blog. She uses one peiced block and rotates it four times for each row. Very clever.  Go here to download it for free.

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Image from pretty ditty

Showcase those large prints. Jamie from Pretty Ditty did it in this quilt by using a single block in the middle and going from there. She used the pattern Charming Log Cabin. Pretty!

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The sisters from Roots and Wings Co. blog show how to keep fingers warm when eating ice cream right out of the carton! So cute, get the how-to here.

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Image from YCQT

You Can Quilt This shows how to put your backing, batting, and quilt top together so it’s ready to quilt. Get it from quilting 101.

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Image from ecopractical

What do you do with 45 women’s socks? Esther and Angela answered that question in their blog Eco-Practical. First Esther cut them up and sewed them into a patchwork as in the photo shown here. Then, both turned the patchwork into a really…

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Image from a stitch in dye

Texas artist Malka Dubrawsky of a stitch in dye blog shares this colorful creation for this week’s Mini quilt Monday entry. In describing it, she said, “All the interior squares are dyed to mimic piecing with the technique that…

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Image from amyalamode

I’m a lone wolf when it comes to my immediate family and quilting. I think this is the case for many quilters so Amy’s post about her Family Quilts from Amy ala mode blog stood out. Amy is very lucky to have a…

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crazy-for-quilts-logoThe Alliance for American Quilts is throwing a Crazy for Quilts! contest to celebrate the wildly popular crazy quilt style. What is most notable about this year’s event is they now have two categories:

Ages 30 & Under and Ages Over 30

Both traditional and art styles are…

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Image from quilting.about.com

Janet Wickell of About Web site combines Pinwheel and Snowball blocks to create this exciting quilt. Get more information here.

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Image from Mairuru

Image from Mairuru

Furoshiki is a traditional japanese wrapping cloth. Mairuru of Mairuru blog shows how she makes a patchwork version. Get the how-to.

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New fabric designer Wilma Sanchez created At the Park collection for Benartex. Go here to download the free pattern.

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Image from IQSC

Recently, a friend took a business trip to Omaha, Nebraska U.S.A. and I told her whatever she did, she must drive to Lincoln to see the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.

She didn’t make it there, however I cannot…

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Image from Dread Pirate Rodgers Web site

Image from Dread Pirate

Many quilters wonder whether to use bias binding or straight-of-grain binding to finish a quilt. Shelley Rodgers of Dread Pirate Rodgers Web site has a definite opinion on the matter. After explaining her position (she favors the use of bias binding),…

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