I thought I loved the first Storyboek fabric collection by Jay-Cyn Designs for Birch Fabrics, then I saw Storyboek 2, released in June. Shown here, is a swatch of Patchwork. I’ve fallen hard. This would be divine in a baby … Read More ...
Newsy: Mini Blog Tour starts Tuesday
Konda of Moose on the Porch Quilts shares the schedule for the upcoming Mini Blog Tour. It starts July 24, 2012. Visit her post to see the schedule.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Chip and quilt
Do you chip? I just did after entering a contest over at The Graphics Fairy. Karen features a Sherwin-Williams Chip It! tool that pulls a color palette from an image and translate it into color chips. Quilters already use … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Patchwork buckets
I love this bucket made from patchwork pieces by Chase of 1/4″ Mark. She made two others, all pretty, yet practical. Go HERE to see all her great photos and find out how she plans to use them.
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Butterfly quilts + free download
Marina Lynn of Quilt Inspiration gives readers a visual treat with her roundup of butterfly quilts. You’ll ooh and ahh and learn some things too. Interested in making one? Towards the bottom of her post, she shares a free download … Read More ...
A song for a very large hexie quilt
There are 153,000 hexagons in this quilt. The Singing Quilter sang a song about it at the shop where it resides, Sew Creative in Queensland, AU. Go HERE to read more.
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Quilters interviewed for series at Flax and Twine
Flax and Twine is hosting a Sew You’ve Always Wanted to Quilt series on her blog. Her first guest poster, Kathreen Ricketson of Whipup.net fame, took a moment to talk about the heritage of women as makers, quilts as the … Read More ...
Giveaway: Win a copy of GenQ magazine’s debut issue
Today’s stop on the Generation Q blog tour is Julie Herman’s Jaybird Quilts. In her post, she starts off by comparing the size of Gen Q to her iPad, almost identical. She shares she and her brother did most … Read More ...
Flag as headboard | Happy Fourth of July!
The vintage flag and crazy quilt combine to rock this bedroom. Click HERE to see more of Amy Azzarito’s Best of American Flags at Design Sponge.
Happy Fourth of July everyone!
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Newsy: Generation Q magazine blog tour
Melissa Peda of 100 Billion Stars talks about the premiere issue of Gen Q magazine today. Never mind her Love in the Afternoon quilt was featured in it, she obviously loves Generation Q. Every word of her review had me … Read More ...
Quilt-y inspiration from retail
I’m so glad I’m not the only quilter out there who finds inspiration from retail (Happy Zombie with IKEA wafers). I had to stop my shopping to click a few photos of this wall decor in the Starbucks … Read More ...
Quilt-y inspiration from a wafer
What does a bag of IKEA’s Godis Chokladran wafers have to do with quilting? Visit Monica of the Happy Zombie to learn more.
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Giveaway: Design to Stitch by Sandra Meech
Friendly Wendy of C&T Publishing Blog is hosting a giveaway for the book, Connecting Design to Stitch by Sandra Meech. She explains,
… Read More ...Part guide and part design class, the suggested lessons and projects offer exercises in refining and focusing design
Sew a rainbow mug rug like Anorina’s
Anorina of Samelia’s Mum is one of the talented crafters creating great blog posts at Sew We Create. There is a lot of rainbow quilt love happening over there lately, check out this roundup of rainbow quilts. So inspiring.… Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Patchwork tote for Yulia
Alicia of Alicia’s Hiding Place made this quirky patchwork tote as a gift for her sister, Yulia. Of the process of making it she explains,
… Read More ...I loved doing it, it was that kind of labor that makes you company in