Cindy at Fluffy Sheep Quilting used a tutorial at Pink Penguin to make this fabric basket for her swap partner. A quilter, she said she joined this swap to force herself to try smaller projects. Smart! Click HERE to read … Read More ...
New quilt patterns and giveaway at Harding Hill
Jessie at Harding Hill Designs is celebrating the release of four new 2-1/2″ strip patterns with a giveaway on their blog. Click HERE to see all four designs and to enter the giveaway.… Read More ...
Tutorials: Projects to take along, while you wait
Benita at Victoriana Quilts hosted a week of guest posts – all tutorials about handwork. All meant to inspire you to take along a project with you while you wait. Waiting on your kids to come out of school for … Read More ...
Giveaway: BasicGrey Canvas Sampler by Twin Fibers
Jennifer and Jessica are hosting a BasicGrey Canvas Sampler giveaway on their blog, Twin Fibers. Read more about this new product HERE. Click HERE to see some finished canvas boards and to get contest details. Contest ends September … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sew Simple Star Pincushion
Kimber from Heirlooms by Ashton House shares her first project at the Moda Bake Shop. She created her pincushion pattern with a LeMoyne Star in mind. Click HERE to get the know-how.
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Tutorial: Chronicle quilt
Jenny at Craft Test Dummies shows how to make a Chronicle Quilt. It’s a style of quilt popular during the Great Depression. Learn how to piece fabric scraps to a newspaper foundation. Click HERE to get the tutorial.
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Giveaway: Four quilt patterns | Harding Hill Designs
Jesse at Harding Hill Designs is introducing readers to some of her new quilt patterns by hosting a giveaway. Enter a comment on her blog telling her which of the four patterns you would make first and get a chance … Read More ...
Tutorial: Favorite four patterns for quilting
Megan from Canoe Ridge Creations did a guest post at Sew Sweetness as part of her Sewing Back-to-School series. Her topic is machine quilting where she shares how to do four of her favorite all over quilting patterns. They … Read More ...
Tutorial: Hand basting a quilt Sharon’s way could be life changing
Thanks goes to Erin at One Piece at a Time for sharing links yesterday to Sharon Schamber’s video tutorials on hand basting a quilt. For large quilts, this part of making a quilt is back-breaking work and by the end … Read More ...
Freebie: Autumn Subway Art printable
Autumn Subway Art at Vintage Marigold. Click HERE to go to the download.
Tutorial: Scrappy Owl Block
Linda from Buzzing and Bumbling made these adorable pieced owl blocks. Of the project she says,
… Read More ...It is easy enough for a beginner to sew and can be used not only in quilts, but for pillows, bags, table runners, etc.
Ta Dah!: Color Wheel wall hanging | 1993
Check out this wonderful small art quilt. I’m crushing on the black and white center circle and the background echoing the same, plus all the colors spinning around. Ramona at Suture for a Living made it. Find out how she … Read More ...
Cosmo Cricket’s Circa 1934 Pattern Sheet costs a $1.50
Hmmmmm. Noticed a charge for this Pattern Sheet: a quilt pattern Circa 1934 by Cosmo Cricket for Moda Fabrics at the fat quarter Shop. This pattern is a modern take on a traditional Churn Dash block design. Though not … Read More ...
Twins play with canvas sampler boards
Now this is a great idea – canvas boards with a design printed on it ready to be embellished. Jennifer and Jessica at Twin Fibers did just that with some the company sent them. See left, they applied fabric rounds … Read More ...
Pat Sloan’s Farmer’s Market Quilt always fresh
I visited my local Farmer’s Market today and spied a lone vendor in the corner. He told me the only thing left in his garden to sell was okra. He had heaps of it so I bought some for my … Read More ...