Roberta at Bobbi’s Blog by Roberta Cardew is giving away a copy of her just-released book From Spain with Love: 11 Quilts Celebrate Mediterranean Color. She’s a talented sewer and quilter and just happens to be the owner of … Read More ...
Project Modern: Challenge No. 1
The Modern Quilt Guild announces their first challenge for Project Modern. It is, make a quilt based on an inspiration of your choice. Entries are due by November 30, 2010. Go here for official rules.
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Sneak peek: Oh, Fransson!’s book
Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Frannson! fame is the author of the book The Practical Guide to Patchwork
, out this fall. Get a peek at some of the projects over at Stash Books.
Christmas block lottery a winner
Melinda from Melinda Quilts shares how members of her local quilt guild Allatoona make up blocks with a pre-selected Christmas fabric and turn them in for their annual Christmas Block Lottery. The lucky winners get a set of Christmas blocks.… Read More ...
American quilter Harriet Powers
Deborah from Art Threads takes a closer look at two pictorial quilts made by former slave Harriet Powers in the 1800’s. She says, Harriet’s two quilts that survive today are some of the earliest examples of American story quilts and … Read More ...
Baby clothes Quilt-Along
If you have a bag or two of your child’s baby clothes you cannot bring yourself to part with you might consider making a quilt from them. That’s what Bethany over at Vermillion Rules did for her first child Zak. … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: When young’ins sew, I smile
Meet Madison from “That’s so Quilt” who has been helped to operate the sewing machine by bottled water and an assortment of books. She is sewing together the layers of the pinwheel quilt she started this summer. Go here to … Read More ...
Launch of Project Modern
The Modern Quilt Guild wants you to know about a new challenge they are hosting called Project Modern starting in September 2010. All skill levels are welcome to participate. Oh my, you gotta check out one of the prizes (sigh, … Read More ...
Antique Sampler BOM a beauty
Sue from Sue Daley Designs shows off her finished Antique Sampler. It’s her new Block of the Month (BOM). Get more info here.
[tags]sampler quilt, antique, BOM, pattern[/tags]… Read More ...
I’m Just A Guy is destashing his quilting fabrics
Ryan from I’m Just A Guy Who Quilts is destashing from his own personal collection and many are OOP (Out of Print). Visit his Etsy shop to see what all he’s listed. I just bought a yard of OOP Erin … Read More ...
Taste of a quilt from a pillow
Clair from Tea and Bickies says she ran out of time on a gift quilt for her daughter, so she made this pillow out of one of the leftover blocks instead. I’ve been known to change the title of a … Read More ...
Donor a craftsman
Jo from Major Thoughts is showing off this beautiful quilt box donated by Dave Grunewald of Quilt Boxes to be raffled at a local Quilt Festival. Read more about it.
[tags]quilt themed wooden boxes, marquetry[/tags]… Read More ...
Squares on the design board
Cathy from Cabbage Quilts has been playing around with a design for her squares of fabric. She calls the square humble, but there is nothing humble about her fabric choices. She’s cutting it up with Philip Jacobs and Amy Butler. … Read More ...
Fiber collage online class
Susan R. Sorrell of Creative Chick Studios teaches a variety of online classes from embroidery to felt art, but this Fabric Collage Workshop is my pick. Visit her class list here.
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In Stitches eMagazine wowing downloaders
You’ll find videos embedded in the articles of Interweave’s latest media offering, Quilting Arts In Stitches eMagazine. Interactive interviews with the artists, tutorials on techniques, etc, is sure to impress. Get further details here.
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