At Kootoyoo blog find out how to turn an 18′ x 22″ piece of fabric into a perfect square fat quarter. It even has pockets. This is not how I fold mine, but I’m going to try it the next … Read More ...
Another small fabric shop gone
This afternoon during a Sunday afternoon drive to Greenwood (population around 7000), I noticed this For Sale sign on what used to be a fabric store. I had visited there once and had admired the 1800s building that housed the … Read More ...
Meet Volksfaden the “people’s thread”
I have the best time browsing the Volksfaden Online shop not only because they carry great fabric, but for the artful way they display it. They use some of the fabric from within a category for the navigation button. Shown … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Double stitched log cabin block
Kelli from And Then There’s Rustic blog shares her first finished log cabin block using a double stitch technique. I hope she will share the finished quilt with us. Go here to visit this post.
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BOM: Sweet Nostalgia free!
Thanks to alert blogger Quilter Going Bananas, I just downloaded my very first Block of the Month (BOM) called Summer’s Gone, from Dorothy Baker Designs blog. The embroidery motif of school children approaching their big yellow school bus captures … Read More ...
Farmer’s Wife Sampler quilt BOM
This sampler quilt is from a new book The Farmer’s Wife: Letters from 1920s farm wives and the 111 blocks they inspired by Laurie Aaron Hird. If you join Homestead Hearth’s Farmer’s Wife Block of the Month (BOM) program you … Read More ...
Day 4 at Marie-Madeline Studio
The pretty women at Marie-Madeline online shop are celebrating Mama Long’s birthday this week with a daily special on selected items.
TODAY it’s 45% off Midwest Modern 2 by Amy Butler and all in stock black and white fabric!
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Cherry Picked Apron panel
This vintage feeling panel would make for an easy project. Available at Ruby Jane’s Retro Fabric online store. Original design by Stephanie Marriot. Go here to get details.
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Sneak peek: Nicey Jane fabric
Take a look at Heather Bailey’s new collection Nicey Jane for Free Spirit Fabrics. According to the Fat Quarter Shop, this line will be shipped to stores in January 2010.
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Video: Pop Garden scrap flowers
Don’t miss Heather Bailey’s live interview on NBC’s Studio 5 where she demonstrates how to make these pretty fabric flowers. Go here to view the video.
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Tutorial: Collage T-Shirt quilt
This is a nice variation on the typical grid layout for T-Shirt quilts. Get the instructions for this collage-style quilt at Craftzine. Original design by Michelle Kempner.
Video Tutorial – Easy Tie-Dye T-shirt Quilt
Swap: Disappearing 9 Patch
I found this nifty swap in the current listings at SwapDex. Swap host Jane of Jane Fabrics and Quilts blog shares the fabric choices of participant Terri at Sew Fantastic blog to give an idea of appropriate colors. How … Read More ...
Custom kits and a giveaway!
Cherry House Quilts pattern store is partnering with Seaside Quilting Supplies to offer custom kits for Cherry House Quilts patterns. To celebrate this new service, Cherri is hosting a giveaway. She explains there will be, one international, and one … Read More ...
Tutorial: Paper piecing a scrap basket
Dena of Threads To Fabric blog shares a wonderfully detailed tutorial on paper piecing. She includes a good tip on how to keep your blocks in shape too. Get the how-to.
Via Dena from Quilter Going Bananas
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Giveaway: Fox Cottage book pattern
This whimsically charming appliqued and stitched book center with a fox and bird on top of a cottage speaks to me. Just leave a comment on Lynette Anderson Designs blog and you get a chance to win the pattern Fox … Read More ...