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Amy from Amy Bradley Designs offers doggie fun with her free Baxter pattern. Go here to download.
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Free pattern: Baxter in pink
Tutorial: Values quilt
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Forget matching. Just randomly pull lights, mediums, and darks out of your stash to make a Values quilt. Katie from Willy Nilly blog offers a tutorial. Get the how-to here.
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Free pattern: Katie Jump Rope
Images from Free Spirit
Denyse Schmidt’s Katie Jump Rope fabric collection by Free Spirit is getting harder to find. I just bought a bit of D1679-130 at my local quilt shop, shown here, and that is the only style they … Read More ...
Free pattern: Chloe Bagpack
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Check out this fun quilted backpack bag designed by Heidi Pridemore for P & B Textiles. It features the Chloe fabric collection. Get the free pattern here.
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Create your own custom fabric
Cash on Couch photograph by Char
You design it, Karma Kraft prints it. Both Crafting a Green World and True Up are talking about it. I liked the idea of On Demand Fabric Printing so much so I decided to … Read More ...
Free designs
- Images from Briar Press
Think of the possiblities for applique and embroidery with these free designs from Briar Press. You do have to register in order to download their designs. Images are for non-commercial use only.
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I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Ellen Highsmith Silver’s book Floorquilts!. She shares her unique method of transforming fabric scraps into beautiful durable floor coverings. I can appreciate her motivation for coming … Read More ...
Thread selection chart
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Check out this handy thread selection chart at Superior Threads. Link to chart.
Via Golden Gate Quilts.
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Inchie Quilts book
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Inchie Quilts by Nadine Ruggles is now available!
Book Description:
Join the latest trend in quilting and make the tiniest quilts yet—only 1″ x 1″ square! Learn how to make these exquisite little gems from a … Read More ...
Quilting Keepsake Pillow “Stand by your man” Camo pillow
Images from Knit R Done
- Embroidery
Good on Alex from Knit R Done blog for making this wonderful heartfelt Log Cabin pieced pillow while working out some difficult emotions related to being left behind while her spouse is deployed overseas.… Read More ...
Book: Applique Outside the Lines
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Two of my all time favorite quilting teachers have a new book Applique Outside the Lines available for preorder at their Piece o Cake Web site. AlthoughI have several of their books/CDs on needle-turn … Read More ...
Inspiration: Quilt your veggies
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Laura of Quilting Diva blog found design inspiration while cooking up some colorful veggies one evening. Some of our best color schemes come from nature.
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Inspiration: Pink Artist Button
Monica of Girl Gone Thread Wild introduces this year’s Pink Artist button. Sandy of Art Tea Life is the maker of this wonderfully inspirational design. Go to Girl Gone Thread Wild to read the Pink Artist post. Go here to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cool Summer Days Calendar
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Check out this event calendar at Chocolate on My Cranium. Note: Only a small section of the calendar is shown here.
What you do is write a cool summer activity on a piece … Read More ...
African Folklore Embroidery
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Laura of Quilting Diva blog shows us her colorful and fun work in progress embroidery. I found this folksy lion at African Folklore Embroidery online store under category Embroidery
Quilt Blocks!
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