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If you are new to quilting you may think you’ve found your way into a world of fabric snobs, the way we go on and on about the delicious fabric from Quilt Stores. It’s not just good design … Read More ...
Fabric: Go for the best
Free pattern: Patchwork Posies
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Go to Free Quilting and download free pattern Patchwork Posies. Go here to download. Original design by Judith Sandstrom.
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Pattern: Surf’s Up lap quilt
Image from Hot Possum
Check out this fun beachy lap quilt from Hot Possum online store. Description:
Our new lap quilt is a delight for teenage boys – and don’t forget those surfin chicks too.
20.00 AUD Go here to … Read More ...
Free pattern: Hotflash Brick quilt
Image from Free Spirit
This quilt was designed to echo a Mondrian-style painting. It showcases Free Spirit’s fabric line Hotflash. Download free pattern. Available in Fuchsia or Chestnut colorway, designed by Luella Doss.
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Pattern: Alphabet-Go-Round quilt
This scrabble looking quilt featuring the English alphabet in upper and lower case is available for 1/2 price at the Fat Quarter Shop. While supplies last. Go here to get one.
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Tutorial: Fireworks table runner
Image from Make it Do
Calli of Make it Do blog shows how to make this festive quilted table runner to celebrate the Fourth of July. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Add a line drawing to a quilt
Image from True Up
Modern quilter Kristin La Flamme integrates patchwork, embroidery, and kaleidoscopes better than anyone in her One Block Wonder quilt. She used Erin Michael’s Lush, Sky colorway to piece the top and lamented losing some of … Read More ...
Free pattern: Bejeweled tree skirt
Image from P&B Textiles
Another great find at P&B Textiles – this Christmas tree skirt showcases Susie M. Robbins’ Metallic Accent fabric collection. Go here to download.
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Free pattern: Painted Posies
Image from Andover Fabrics
Go to Andover Fabrics and download free pattern Painted Posies. Original design by Erinn Kennedy.
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Technique: Basting a quilt
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Graciously responding to many requests, Red Pepper Quilts shares her method for basting quilts. Go here to find out how she does it.
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Applique art quilt
Image from Marty's Fiber Musings
Marty of Marty’s Fiber Musings used one of my favorite color schemes in this pretty art quilt. Softer shades of red, yellow, and green always make me feel sunny inside and Marty may agree, saying … Read More ...
Free pattern: June Flowers Redwork
Image from Attic Window
I found this darling redwork embroidery pattern at Attic Window Quilt Shop. Go here to download it for free.
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Inspiration: Quilting makes the quilt
Image from Runway Ranch LAQS
If you have never seen Sherry Rogers-Harrison’s quilting you are in for a treat. It’s sublime. See her gallery here.
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Technique: Eva’s way to launder quilts
Scarlett Burroughs "Mamaw's quilt"
Anyone who owns a quilt will at some point wonder “How do I clean this thing”? Advice runs the gamut, from “only wash a quilt in a bathtub” to “throw ’em in the washing machine” to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Intertwined circles border
Image from Ronda's Creative Quilter
Longarm quilter Ronda Beyer of Ronda’s Creative Quilter blog shares her secret for quilting intertwined circles on quilt borders. She points to Sherry Rogers-Harrison’s book Formal Feathers 101 for the idea. Get the book at … Read More ...