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, oh cotton why are you so high?
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 ...
Ta Dah!: Amelia’s Log Cabin pillow
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 ...
Fat quarter diagram – cut your own
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 ...
Quilt kit: Sandy Toes
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 ...
Newsy: Textile design contest
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 ...
Tutorial: Rounded, not mitered corners for quilts
Nettie over at A Quilt is Nice made this sweet baby quilt with rounded edges: see more photos of it on her post My Neighborhood Baby Quilt. She admits this quilt binding method is becoming a habit since finishing … Read More ...
Tammis Keefe reproduction fabric
Fans of Mid Century Modern will want to check out this reproduction fabric collection called A Tammis Keefe Tribute by Michael Miller Fabrics. Curious about Tammis Keefe? Read about her on posts at Fuzzylizzie Vintage Clothing and True Up. … Read More ...
Free pattern: For the Habitat collection
I am mad about Jay McCarroll’s latest fabric collection Habitat for Free Spirit. Go see what I’m loving, visit the Free Spirit Habitat Swatch Gallery. But that’s not all, while you’re there you can download the Free Spirit quilt … Read More ...
Beetle Boy is little boy perfect
This is one of the cutest fabric lines I’ve seen lately for little boys. It’s Beetle Boy by Ellen Crimi-Trent for Clothworks Fabrics. Go to Beetle Boy Fat Quarter Bundle. The colors are nice and the bugs are perfectly … Read More ...
March madness sale at The Quilt Shoppe
All inventory is 50% off at The Quilt Shoppe. Go check it out.… Read More ...
Book review: Jump-Start your Quilting
Precut fans, this one’s for you. I received an evaluation copy of this patchwork inspired projects book Jump-Start your Quilting
edited by Jeanne Stauffer. The Publisher is House of White Birches with a release date of April 1, 2011.… Read More ...
Single Girl Quilt-Along and template tip
Holly from Bijou Lovely joined the Single Girl Quilt-Along, see their Flickr group. She shares a cash saver tip today on her blog. Instead of using expensive Myler plastic sheets she made her Single Girl ring templates from … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Heartz inspired chair decor
I spied this pretty pink chair at my local quilt shop Just For Fun Fabrics today. 
Here’s a top down look at the patchwork seat. The talented crew used the Stargazey Quilts Heartz pattern by Pat Mullen to make the … Read More ...
Give me Liberty prints
Now where in the United States can you get a selection of Liberty of London prints like this? Nowhere that I know of, but if you are in Australia you are fortunate. You can visit Patchwork on Central Park who … Read More ...