With Emma (my daughter’s beautiful Calico cat) on my lap helping me blog, I just found this Furry Purry Audience fabric line in the Grey colorway at eQuilter.com. These kitties’ expressions are authentic, and the neutral palette is as … Read More ...
Brazilian baby quilt from stacked coins
Mama of Mama Spark’s World is using this Crazy Mom Quilts tutorial from the Moda Bake Shop to make a Stacked Coins quilt for a friend living in Brazil. The friend is expecting a little girl soon. For the quilt … Read More ...
Tutorial: Broken Breakfast wall hanging
Hillary of Designing Happy blog shares how she made this adorable 11″ x 17″ wall hanging using strips from a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics). This doesn’t have to stay on a wall, it’s the perfect size for a dolly quilt. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Jelly Roll circular rug
Hillary of Designing Happy blog shares how to make a circular rug from a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics). Go here for the fabulous tute.
Rag rugs are perfect for boho or Farmhouse style decor, it seems a little time … Read More ...
Giveaway: Christmas Bake Shop Box
Sew Fabulous Quilt Shop is giving away this Christmas Bake Shop Box. Includes 2 Mini Fabric Honey Buns and the directions for the Secret Santa Stocking. Go here to find out how to enter. Winner announced October 1.
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Just buy selvages
If you want to add selvages to your stash you can buy them at the Fabric Square Too Hip to be Square! online shop.
Via Selvage Blog
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Tutorial & article: Fabric grain
Find out how to straighten fabric on the grain at Wee Folk Art. Get the tute.
Jane Wickell from About.com: Quilting blog gives a good general explanation of fabric grain in her article Understanding Fabric Grain Improves Your … Read More ...
Two tutes: Leaders/Enders and Stars
Belinda of Brown Dirt Cottage blog shares her Leaders and Enders project; saying it’s perfect for using up leftover fabric strips and strings. It’s based on a method taught by Bonnie of Quiltville. Get the tutorial.
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Give us more Flea Market Fancy
Subscribers of the Flea Market Fancy Freaks blog are hoping to convince Free Spirit Fabric to do another run of the Flea Market Fancy collection by Denyse Schmidt. They need all of us FMF lovers to help out. Go here … Read More ...
Lilly Pilly wall hanging
Australian quilt designer Kellie Wulfsohn made and gave away this beautiful wall hanging on her blog Don’t look now! After congratulating the winner she added,
For those of you who asked … yes Lilly Pilly will be released as a … Read More ...
Fabric: Canyon Flutter
I love this fabric line – Canyon Flutter by Alexander Henry. You can get some at Phat Fabric online store.
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From scraps to patchwork purse
Susan from The Cranky Quilter blog shows off her pretty patchwork purse made from leftover string pieces. Go here to read more about it.
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Meet Maddie
Maddie is my lovely niece who is making her first quilt. Not missing a beat (stitch), I invited her to come up for a visit to my house. I promised to take her on a field trip to The Rabbit’s … Read More ...
Technique: Fussy cut to perfection
I trolled the web looking for fussy cut fabric motifs. I found this wonderful example – a mermaid in a Dresden plate block by Rita from Free Falling blog.
Over the Labor Day weekend, my daughter fussy cut this … Read More ...
Tutorial: Rag quilt letters
Jessica of Happy Together blog shares how to make these ragged edge fabric letters – great for using up fabric scraps and quilt batting remnants. Go here to learn how.
Via C & T Pub
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