Laura of Adventures of a Quilting Diva blog shares her tips for prewashing fabric smaller than 1/2 yard to avoid tangles. Go here to read more.
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Mystery BOM: A few spots left
Barbara from Quilt Soup shop wants you to know there are only a few spots left in the Mystery Block of the Month (BOM) event that starts in September. The Bubblegum Basics fabric collection is the fabric choice, but the … Read More ...
Panel: Sheri Berry Holiday
I found this cheery panel with a retro feel under New Arrivals at The Quilted Bear online store. Go here to see the entire Sheri Berry Holiday fabric line.
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Tutorials: Quilting design walls
Karen of Sew Many Ways blog shows how to make two different but equally useful design walls. If you are new to quilting, quilters use design walls to audition fabrics for use in a quilt project.
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Tutorial: Blooms
Natalie of Natalie Ross in Stitches blog shows how to make this pretty fabric flower. What a fun embellishment idea for your next patchwork project. Get the tutorial.
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Third Denyse Schmidt fabric collection coming soon
Woo Hoo! True Up blog made my day by showing Denyse Schmidt’s upcoming fabric collection, Hope Valley. Go here to see it. Again, Denyse has done it. She creates vintage looking fabric that is wholly modern. I’m swooning.
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Ta Dah!: Moddy’s selvage postcard
Anya from Hills Creek Quilter blog made this postcard from fabric selvages. It’s a birthday gift for Moddy. Read more here.
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Birthday bash starts today!
The Quilt Shoppe is throwing a party to celebrate two years in business. Starting today August 14 and running through August 22 we can get 25% off entire store. Go here for sale guidelines. Happy Shopping!
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Free pattern: Little Gems
Anina of The Twiddletails Blog made this adorable quilt she calls Little Gems out of leftover half square triangles from an abandoned project. Go here to read more and get her free pattern.
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Quilter’s Connection Magazine – New!
Canada has a new magazine coming out in September. It’s called Quilter’s Connection: the Magazine for Canadian Quilters. Visit the Quilter’s Connection blog to get details.
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Yeah baby Groovy!
Ginny and Roni from What’s New at the Quilt Shop made this quilt Lava Lamp to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. They used a Tumbling Blocks pattern with lots of Kaffe Fassett fabric. Lucky for locals, they are adding … Read More ...
Free pattern: Square Dance quilt
This quilt pattern from P & B Textiles is in a popular colorway for this fall with lots of orange and brown. Fabric from the Pop Parade 2 collection. Quilt original design by Heidi Pridemore. Click here to download.… Read More ...
Green Fairy’s deal of the week
Don’t miss this week’s deal at Green Fairy Quilts. Buy two quilt patterns and get one free. Their current best seller is Strip this Quilt!. Go here to see all their patterns.
Via I Have a Notion
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“Gobble Gobble” giveaway
You don’t want to miss this fat quarter fabric giveaway hosted by Pieces of Work blog. It’s from the Gobble Collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda. Go here for entry details.
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Iraqi Bundles of Love
In case you haven’t heard it through Twitter or Facebook let me tell you what IBOL Guy is doing. He’s heading up a project called Iraqi Bundles of Love (IBOL) to send fabric and sewing items to Iraq before his … Read More ...