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 ...
Newsy: Pretty in Patchwork: Holidays
John Adams from Quilt Dad is celebrating the release of his book Pretty in Patchwork:Holidays
by Lark Crafts. Check out his Christmas in the City quilt shown in his announcement post. Plus, he lists all the contributors for the book; … Read More ...
Deal alert: 50% off at Martingale
Thanks to Generation Q Magazine‘s notice on their Facebook page, I just ordered these three awesome quilting books and got them 50% off. Score! Not a quilter. Well, they have knitting/crochet, sewing, general craft books and gift items. … Read More ...
Pat Sloan interviews Little Bits author and hosts giveaway
Pat Sloan interviewed Kathreen Ricketson from WhipUp.net as part of the Little Bits blog tour. Pat gives us a peek inside Kathreen’s home and asks things we want to know, like how she got started sewing. Go HERE to read … Read More ...
Gift idea: Signed copy Malka’s latest quilt book
Textile artists, quilters, and any lover of beautiful fabric this post is for you. Order this book straight from the author and she’ll sign it for you. In case you’ve been absent, this is Malka Dubrawsky’s latest book Fresh Quilting: … Read More ...
Last day doll quilt contest | Sew, Mama, Sew!
Heads up. Today is the last day to enter Sew, Mama, Sew’s Doll Quilt Contest. The contest is part of the kick-off activities surrounding the release of the book, Pretty in Patchwork:Doll Quilts by Cathy Gaubert for Lark Crafts. Go … Read More ...
Book: ‘Everyone Can Quilt’ by Kaye Wood
Kaye in her intro to Everyone Can quilt with Kaye Wood
: 100+ Tips, Techniques, Templates & Projects divides quilters into two camps, the pointed and the pointless. According to Amazon, the first sentence of the book is,
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Maria Elkins’ art quilts
Alright, you need to visit Melinda Quilts ETC to see some of Maria Elkins art quilts. She’s a phenomenal artist and author of several quilt books published by Interweave. Go to Melinda’s post to see some eye candy.
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LittleBook’s Dutch Windmills quilt
This is a Dutch Windmills quilt made by LittleBook Notes. It’s her entry in this year’s Bloggers’ Quilt Festival at Amy’s Creative Side. Love her quilt and the story behind the fabric she used in it. It involves some … Read More ...
Sidewalk Two proves quilting makes the quilt
This is Pippa Patchwork‘s second Sidewalk Quilt, see the first one HERE in an earlier post. This time she changed the look of the quilt by quilting an overall pattern instead of focusing her stitches in each … Read More ...