Thanks so much for all your great comments on the Modern Bee quilt book giveaway. After reading each one, I know you are all my peeps. The majority of us – though we love to sew and quilt with … Read More ...
Legacy Tour for Brave New Quilts
I’ve been looking for a way to honor the memory of Kathreen Ricketson, so was pleased to learn about the Legacy Tour Stash Books launched this month for her new book, Brave New Quilt
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Like many of you who … Read More ...
Exciting quilt in Modern Neutrals
This quilt, In Motion, shows a clever use of half-square triangles. It’s from the book Modern Neutrals by Amy Ellis
, who admits on her blog this is a personal favorite.
I cannot wait to see other quilts in … Read More ...
Newsy: E White wins ‘Shots and Stripes’
Congratulations to the winner of my giveaway, E White (put a B in there and you’d have the author of Charlotte’s Web). But I digress. She’ll receive my review copy of Shots and Cottons by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior … Read More ...
Review: Shots and Stripes book
Kaffe Fassett and coauthor Liza Prior Lucy have a new book out this month, Kaffe Fassett Shots and Stripes
. Happily, I received a review copy from the publicist at STC Craft who allowed me to ask the authors a … Read More ...
Primitive quilt in moodier shades
The drama in this quilt comes from the contrasting values, not the colors which are on the subdued side. I found this beauty at Martingale’s online shop in the book “At Home with Country Quilts – 13 Patchwork Patterns” … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scrap Happy Bookends
Cute alert! Maddie of Badass Quilters Society shows on her blog how to make these scrappy book ends – love the red piping. How adorable for any sewing space and as the project title suggests, a great way to use … Read More ...
Marcelle Medallion + Instagram Quilt Along
Cindy of Hyacinth Quilt Designs shows us her progress on her Marcelle Medallion quilt block. I cannot wait to see more, I l-o-v-e her color and fabric choices. Have you seen this quilt block design on lots of blogs lately? … Read More ...
Patchwork hobo bag makes front cover
Malka of A Stitch in Dye talks about her excitement over her project – Half Moon Rising Hobo Bag – making it on the cover of an upcoming book by Tricia Waddell. The title, The Best of Stitch: Bags to … Read More ...
Tonya’s block for February BOM
Tonya of The Crafty Mummy made this quilt block for the February BOM from Craftsy. This is the second time Craftsy has offered a free BOM for quilters. This year, the teacher is a personal favorite, Laura Nownes, co-author with … Read More ...
Interview with Shots and Stripes authors
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 … Read More ...
Interview with quilting teacher Betty Alofs
This is a quilt made by well-known quilt teacher Betty Alofs from her book, Quilt Your Favorite Photos. New to using photos in quilts? She’s the subject of an interview at Craft Foxes where she talks about incorporating them … Read More ...
Giveaway: Quilt-y book at Auntie Pami’s
This is a new book, Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe inspired by us bloggers. And blogger Auntie Pami’s Quilting Adventures is giving away a copy. Visit the blog post to enter the contest by January 13, 2013.
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Pat Sloan Live Radio | 4 PM EST
Today at American Patchwork & Quilting Radio, host Pat Sloan talks with yet another talented group of guests. They include Barbara Jones of QuiltSoup who has a new book out (yay!), IQA president Stevii Graves who will give us her … Read More ...
Blog tour schedule for ’15 Minutes of Play’
Grab a cuppa, ’cause here’s the blog tour schedule for the book, 15 Minutes of Play by Victoria Findlay Wolfe.
Nov: 26: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Nov 27: Bonnie K Hunter
Nov 28: Alissa Haight Carlton
Nov 29: Pat Sloan
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