May
22

Alicia Thommas and Michele Mishler team up at Sew4Home with a project and tutorial for patchwork napkins showcasing the Vintage Modern fabric collection by Bonnie & Camille for Moda. Though these napkins are adorable made with these fabrics, any from your …
May
13
At one time or another most women will have a bridesmaid dress hanging in their closet. One they’ll never wear again, but is too pretty to get rid of just yet. Offered at UncommonGoods.com, you can have said dress …
May
11

Some background info before we get to the giveaway. Louise of I’m Feelin’ Crafty introduced us yesterday to Nathan of The Steel Quilt Company who makes quilt block inspired art from reclaimed barn tin. Shown here is his first piece, …
May
7
This is a Before and After project by Erin Walker who just won the first Bernina Challenge for her up-cycled wedding dress. While reading the announcement at Bernina’s blog, WeAllSew, I saw her redo of a baby rocker. I like …
May
2
Rachel of Craft is hosting a giveaway on her blog for a copy of the book, Reinvention: Sewing with Rescued Materials by Maya Donenfeld. Maya blogs at Maya*Made and you can see her post about her book blog tour here…
May
1
Linn of The Home Project shows off a potholder she just made from scraps she kept from her first quilt. Nicely done. She explains,
For the batting I used thermal batting and I used two layers, because is there anything
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Apr
30

We sewists/quilters know we are cool, but do button manufacturers? Not really. Sam of Hunter’s Design Studio decided to correct this injustice by creating this witty batch of buttons. My favorite is the one smack dab in the middle that …
Apr
28
I have a thing for tessellations and even own a copy of Jinny Beyer’s book Designing Tessellations : The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns. It’s well written and will help you create your own. If that’s not your thing, you …
Apr
25
This is a small section of Spring Colors, a quilt by Katie Grove. Her description:
found burlap dyed with soil, hand dyed muslin, silk, rayon, and cotton
That’s the first I’ve heard of using dug-up burlap, but I like …
Apr
22

These two La La Loopsy dolls are enjoying a picnic on this tiny quilt made by Vanessa at Punkin Patterns. She said she wants to focus her free motion quilting skills on small pieces of patchwork for now. Go …
Apr
16
Thanks to Kathrin of Annekata blog, I now know about the UK-based Slow Textiles Group formed in 2011 by Dr Emma Neuberg. Kathrin gives a nice overview of the organization in her post, Creating Islands of Slowness: Slow Textile Group…
Apr
6
This quilt by Me and My Sister Designs is called Crumbs. If you are new to quilting, crumbs are tiny scraps of fabric. I found this sweet confection at Connecting Threads for $5.00 USD. Click HERE to learn more.…
Apr
3
Cheryl of Sew Can Do is celebrating National Quilting Month with a project and tutorial for her nesting quilted fabric storage boxes. She explains,
The boxes use an ultra firm stabilizer so they are sturdy & hold their shape well.
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Feb
28
The chevron is everywhere now and we quilters are stitching the trend. Others are wearing it. This image is from Novella Royale; it’s a section of a pair of cotton black dog shorts. Wouldn’t it be cool to see a …
Feb
23
Feeling thrifty? Amber at A Little Bit Biased was in a frugal state of mind when she made this quilt using just the scraps from earlier projects. To a 16-Patch unit she added 8 half-square triangles (HSTs) to create the …









