Jenna from Sew Happy Geek made this pretty patchwork mug rug, she calls smug, using the flying geese block. This large creation concludes a successful mug rug swap and marks the start of a new one. Read more about swaps, … Read More ...
Quilter newbies, learn from Laura Nownes
Don’t miss this evening’s Wednesday Night Live! webcast brought to you by C&T Publishing. Author and teacher Laura Nownes will teach a beginning class on creating a quilt block. Laura, along with Diana McClun, wrote the classic book Quilts! Quilts!! … Read More ...
Free pattern: Floral Impressions quilt
Judy Best designed this quilt to highlight Rowan’s Flower Market collection. I love the watercolor look of these fabrics. Get the Floral Impressions quilt pattern at Fabric Trends project page. Go straight to the PDF.
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Spoonflower Black and White fabric contest
This week at Spoonflower, the Fabric of the Week contest theme is black and white. With 418 entries, you’ll be clicking through 24 pages to see them all. Go here to get started and here to see the entire … Read More ...
Kweli’s African American fabrics
Kweli from African American Fabrics designs fabulous fabric with African American sensibilities. My favorite from her collection on Spoonflower is Bottle Tree, circled in the photo. She explains the folklore behind the bottle tree on her Post: Bottle Tree Fabric … Read More ...
Tutorial: Fabric postcards
This is an older post, but still worthy. In it Becky from Patchwork Posse teaches how to make fabric postcards from choosing stiffener to finishing. For quilters, postcards are a perfect way to use up scraps. Get the tute.… Read More ...
A call to play nicer – Mod v Trad revisited
Kristen from Sew, Mama, Sew! extends an olive branch (or should I say quilting needle) to Sandi Walton of Piecemeal Quilts. Sandi is the author of the now infamous blog post where she used the “D” word in reference … Read More ...
Craft swap “Initially Yours” at Cherry World
It’s a Very Cherry World is hosting a craft swap Initially Yours. She describes it,
… Read More ...Participants will be paired with another person and, what you will do is, make something for them using only their first initial. (ex., S
Tutorial: Ties for little guys
Have some stash you need to burn so you can buy more quilting fabric? Well I have an idea. Make a tie for the special little boy in your life. Go to the tutorial.… Read More ...
Sly Cat embroidery pattern for a song
Wendi from Shiny Happy World offers this downloadable Sly Cat embroidery pattern for the price of a digital song – $0.99. Or you can opt to get it for free – your choice. Go to her post for details.… Read More ...
Free project: Cherry a la Mode quilt
This quilt features the fabric line Sew Cherry by Lori Holt for Riley Blake. Get the free download. See other free projects here.… Read More ...
A pair of eye candy charm packs
Here’s some eye candy for you from the Fat Quarter Shop. Both of these are contemporary prints and both so lovely. See Just Wing It by Momo and Sprinkles From Little Things by Sarah Fielke.… Read More ...
BOM for May: 4-Patch Spade
This is the latest in the series 4-Patch Fun! Block of the Month (BOM) hosted over at Victoriana Quilters. And this month, you get a peek at the finished quilt. Visit her post to receive May’s BOM instructions (only … Read More ...
Sneak peek: Sew Cherry fabric line
Lori Holt from Bee in my Bonnet gives her readers a sneak peek of projects made from her very first fabric line Sew Cherry. I am smitten with the fabric and the quilt. See more projects on her blog … Read More ...
Newsy: Just make it in May event
I have a folder on my desktop called Things to Try, don’t you? Well so do Amy from Ameroonie Designs and Gwen from Gwenny Penny. They are celebrating their mutual birth month of May by committing to get some … Read More ...
