Jan of Be*mused attended the 2011 Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival and took photos she is now sharing on her Flickr group. Go see some eye candy and blame Jan for not getting anything else done for the next hour. … Read More ...
Tool: Manage your virtual quilting life
Michele, one of the guest bloggers for the Sewing Spaces Focus series held at 13 Woodhouse Road, wrote a piece on managing the digital part of the quilting experience. Here’s her post. To help her stay organized whilst … 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 ...
Squares in a fat quarter plus giveaway
Melissa of Love Affair With My Brother wants you to know how many squares (various sizes) you can get out of a fat quarter. Get the chart on her post. Her husband thinks she’s a hoarder, but hey she’s … Read More ...
Tutorial: Rounded Quilt Corners
Jennifer from That Girl…That Quilt shows how to make rounded corners on a quilt. The secret is cutting the binding on the bias, something she knows a new quilter might not know. She also claims a particular tool helps her … Read More ...
Pink and blue clouds for twin’s quilts
Erica at The Polka-dot Umbrella used the tutorial Rainbow Bunting Baby Quilt by Cheryl at A Pretty Cool Life to make two baby quilts but put her own spin on them. She followed the tute to make the bunting but … Read More ...
Giveaway: Twelve by Twelve book
Oh happy day, Twelve by Twelve is finally out. The book celebrates the work of 12 quilt artists who chronicled their creative goings on via blogging at Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge. Here’s how Amazon describes … Read More ...
Free block: Dry in the Shade
This quilt is an exercise in pairing solids and prints. Cherri from Cherry House Quilts created it using a single block repeated throughout. She calls the block Dry in the Shade and is generously sharing it with us. Go to … Read More ...
Newsy: Red and white quilt exhibit in NYC
Amy from the Angry Chicken is “freaking out” over the upcoming quilt exhibit Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. Visit her post where she links to an amazing photo of red and white quilts from the National … Read More ...
Tutorial: Bunting quilt using cutter
Christina from A Few Scraps shares how she made this bunting quilt using the Accuquilt GO! fabric cutter. Go to the tute.… Read More ...
Science and Art of thread selection
Liz from Sew4Home offers up some tips on thread selection breaking down the discussion under science and art. Topics include weight, tensile strength, dye lots and consistency, color and style. She also includes the most common thread types and a … Read More ...
Leah Day’s Transformation Challenge
Leah from Day Style Designs is hosting a contest called The Transformation Challenge. Each entrant must create a 9″ x 12 ” quilt and use at least 5 designs from Leah’s Free Motion Quilting Project. Go to Day … Read More ...
BOM: Butterfly Garden starting soon
Isn’t’ this fresh? One of my favorite quilt shops The Rabbit’s Lair is hosting a new BOM program starting March 1, 2011. Shown is one of the 18″ blocks that make up the finished 64″ x 64″ quilt aptly named … Read More ...
Gnome and Lil Fox patterns on sale
I am so digging this gnome and fox. These and more downloadable paper piecing patterns are on sale at Artisania through the end of February. Visit the New Pattern Shop for details.… Read More ...
Free download: Woodland Faeries
Natalie from Cinderberry Stitches gave this pattern out at the Houston Quilt Market in October of last year. Called Woodland Faeries, she designed the project for Lecien to showcase COSMO embroidery threads and the Flower Sugar fabric line. You … Read More ...