Kaffe Book cover Shots Stripes

I received an advance copy of the book, Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes written by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. Their publicist (thank you!) allowed me to ask the authors a few questions and I’m going to share …

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french chairsMy design approach is to pick a fabric that inspires me and go from there. This one qualifies. The red, white and French blue would make a wonderful color palette for a quilt. It’s from the ‘Kiss the Cook’ collection by …

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FilmInTheFridgeValentinesDayQuilt

Ashley of Film in the Fridge made this pink, red, and purple quilt [top] for Valentine’s Day. It’s a lovely exploration of rectangles and solids with a little fabric surprise sewn in. Go HERE to learn more.

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Giveaway and burnoutAngela of Quilting Is My Therapy shares her thoughts on burnout as part of her Business of Quilting series. She offers four steps she says helps her move through it. In addition to the great tips, she is giving away …

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2 While they snooze second quiltSarah of While They Snooze is celebrating finishing her second quilt ever – the first she gave away to a lucky sister. Glad she’s keeping this one. The design is a string, which she admits gave her some trouble when …

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Terry Grant of And Sew it Goes gives advice on how to live well this year and it’s not what we’ve all been reading. Her steps to not getting all that much done and enjoying the hell out of life

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It’s time for tea! Teresa Down Under used improvisational patchwork and simple embroidery to create this reversible tray cover. Find out how to make it, get the tutorial and pattern.

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Melody Crust talks on her blog about the importance of selecting the right quilting pattern to make the most impact on your quilt top. Calling straight line quilting elegant, click HERE to learn more.

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This is a must-Pin if you want to learn quilt making. Leila of Sewn by Leila shares links to 36 tutorials for quilt blocks plus an intro to the basics of cutting out fabric and sewing. The early quilt blocks …

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Tonya of The Crafty Mummy said she tried something new (sewing the binding on both the front and back) and something tried and true (using striped fabric for the binding) on this quilt. One of her readers gave a great …

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Don’t miss Pat Sloan’s interview with the October Designer of the month Amanda Woodward-Jennings at Aurifil Buzz. It’s a great read. Besides getting your hands on Amanda’s adorable Halloween-themed embroidery pattern, you’ll get to know her. Things like where …

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Users of self-healing mats, listen up. Carol of FunThreads shares a tip for getting rid of the fuzzy remnants that get stuck in the mat after lots of cutting with a rotary cutter. Shown is the *Olfa brand mat. She …

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Amy at Badskirt says she’s been frustrated with her sewing. Seems things have not been matching up right. Smartly, she took time out to test her rulers and self healing mat. Go to her blog post to see what she …

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Wendy of Late to Create shares some quilting tips on her blog after readers sent her lots of questions. I don’t want to share any here, so get on over to her blog to see what she has to say. …

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Leah Day of the Free Motion Quilting Project is determined to finish some UFOs this year and invites you to join her every Sunday to share yours. Go HERE to learn more.…

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