Patterns, patchworks and projects
Australian textile artist India Flint of The Textile Blog shares her natural dyeing techniques in her first book Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles
by Interweave Press. Read more about it at Amazon where Booklist reviewer Barbara Jacobs has
Malka Dubrawsky spoke with Pokey Bolton of Quilting Arts TV about her latest book Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration
. . Visit Malka’s blog A Stitch in Dye.… Read More ...
Pat Bravo at Art Gallery Fabrics shares how to make a fabric flower rosette. She says,
Have you found yourself trying to make a beautiful flower to decorate your handbag, tunic or quilt, and you simply CAN’ T make it… Read More ...
Laura at Artfabrik created this lovely art quilt using a Zen doodling technique. Visit her POST to learn more.… Read More ...
Alert blogger JellieBean has news of a fabric giveaway sponsored by Jojo’s Quilt Shoppe. As pictured you get a chance to win this Sweetwater fat quarter bundle (40 fat quarters) over at Everything Etsy. Go to GIVEAWAY.… Read More ...
Wendy from Ivory Spring is celebrating National Quilting Day (March 19, 2011) with a book giveaway, Jump-Start Your Quilting. She has three lovely projects in the book. See photos of her projects and get entry details for the giveaway … Read More ...
Liz at Sew4Home is kicking off their Gypsy Romance Series with instructions for how to make this lovely patchwork throw. Of the series she says look for seven bright, bohemian projects created from Pillow & Maxfield’s wonderful Gypsy Bandana fabric … Read More ...
Jo Leichte at Bernina Blog has this to say about selecting the thread color for quilting, It can make or break your quilt. She discusses what colors look best on low and high contrast color schemes and on to … Read More ...
Make a Quilts of Valor quilt or pillowcase with fabrics from the American Valor collection by Jo Morton for Andover Fabrics. Visit Andover’s Free Quilt Patterns page.… Read More ...
Mary at The Rabbit’s Lair wants quilters everywhere to know they are now an official quilt shop with Quilts of Valor. To kick things off, today Friday March 11, she is hosting a Quilts of Valor workshop led by … Read More ...
Cotton prices are rising. It’s bad news. I wrote a post about it back in October, visit Raw cotton prices sky-high; may lead to hoarding. With all the lovely new fabric lines coming out we can expect to pay … Read More ...
This patchwork pillow is a wholly agreeable companion piece to a Log Cabin quilt Anna of Noodlehead made to welcome a friend’s baby Amelia. Lucky girl! See and read more about it. Go to Baby Pillow post or to Log … Read More ...
Curious about fat quarters? Janet of About.comQuilting explains fats through this visual. Go to POST. She plots the fat quarter on a standard yard of quilting fabric (plus see a fat eighth). Directly below see the skinny quarter yard … Read More ...
Patricia Bravo of The Creative Blog was thinking beachy thoughts whilst creating this quilt she calls Sandy Toes. It’s lovely. You can have one of your very own. Go to the quilt kit, offered exclusively at Hawthorne Threads.… Read More ...
Do you have a secret wish to design fabric? If so, you may want to enter Project Selvage, a textile design contest being put on by Spoonflower and Michael Miller Fabrics. Click the photo or go HERE for … Read More ...
