Kate Spain of The Drawing Board published a post on her blog this evening called On Copyright and Tote Bags. In it she identifies herself as the designer whose attorney’s repeatedly threatened to sue Emily Cier of Carolina Patchworks … Read More ...
Giveaway: Sunday Morning Quilts
This much-anticipated book, Sunday Morning Quilts, by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison will be available *soon. Megan at StashBooks blog is giving away a copy to a lucky reader. Contest ends Sunday, March 18, 2012. Go HERE for … Read More ...
Book review: Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
Pam & Nicky Lintott, mother and daughter team from The Quilt Room, are co-authors of the book Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
. Out since May, 2011, I just rescued it from my book pile marked “need to review”.
Things … Read More ...
Quilters: Lark seeks submissons for book
Calling all quilters! Lark Crafts is currently accepting images of exceptional traditional quilts to be considered for publication in 500 Traditional Quilts, curated by Karey Bresenhan. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2012. Go HERE for details.… Read More ...
Suzuko Koseki interview
Julianna at Sewing Under Rainbow recently interviewed quilter, author and fabric designer, Suzuko Koseki, on her blog. Though wildly popular in Japan, she has fans from all over the world. I talked about her book Patchwork Style here. … Read More ...
Mimi’s Garden quilt pattern
I know it’s February but daffodils are blooming where I live making me think of Spring. This happy applique quilt does too. It’s Mimi’s Garden designed by Glenna Hailey of Hollyhock Quilts. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF … Read More ...
Giveaway: Kaye Wood’s Starmaker books
Terrye at Kaye’s Quilting Friends blog is hosting a contest for 5 sets of Volume 1 and Volume 2 Starmakers Ablaze by Kaye Wood. She is asking those who enter to tell which quilting newsletter they like best. Commenter Ray … Read More ...
Process: Piecing a Radiant Star
I am digging the fresh colors Jennifer from That Girl…That Quilt used in this work in progress (WIP). She’s making a Radiant Star, a traditionally difficult quilt pattern. But Jennifer tried a technique out of Eleanor Burns’ book Radiant Star … Read More ...
Hugs and Kisses mini quilt
Caroll from The Attic Window Quilt Shop is ready for Valentine’s Day in her shop with this adorable quilt. She said the pattern is from Kim Schaefer’s Calendar Quilts: 12 Months of Fun, Fusible Projects published by C&T Publishing. Go … Read More ...
Grab a cuppa: Word Play Quilts
Tonya Ricucci at Lazy Gal Quilting is the author of a nifty book Word Play Quilts. She invites anyone who has made a quilt with ‘unruly’ words to share it on her Word Play Quilts Flickr set. Grab a … Read More ...
Grab a cuppa: Modern Blocks pool
Fans of the book 99 Modern Block
s by Susanne Woods have a Flickr group to show off any blocks they’ve made from it. One of my favorite blocks from the book is Slot Machine, created by Angela Pingel from … Read More ...
Process: From watercolor to art quilt
Katie Pasquini Masopust – accomplished quilt artist and author – shares her method for creating an art quilt from a watercolor painting at Sewn Europe. See a list of her books here. Get the scoop on her design … Read More ...
On this quilter’s wish list
On my wish list for 2012 is this book, Denyse Schmidt: Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration: 20 New Designs with Historic Roots, by John Gruen. Publication date is April 2012, so it’s something to look forward to in the new … Read More ...
Giveaway: Transparency Quilts book
Lisa from C&T Publishing blog announced their latest contest. Get a chance to win a copy of Transparency Quilts by Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr. Go HERE to read more about the quilting book by these popular authors, plus see … Read More ...
Blog tour: Quilting From Little Things
Don’t miss Sarah Fielke’s American blog tour featuring her new book Quilting from Little Things:
Take a small idea and develop it into something wonderful. Participants include,
28 Nov: Fat Quarterly
28 Nov: Amy Ellis
29 Nov: Thomas Knauer… Read More ...