Sew Sweetness invites you to join her in creating an oven mitt for Thanksgiving. Her Challenge Badge, shown, is of a patchwork oven mitt, but she said you can use any pattern or style you like. Click HERE for further … Read More ...
Patchwork turtle illustration inspiring
Grab a cuppa: See quilts from Pacific IQF
Lisa Fulmer (maven at C&T Publishing) just posted some photos of quilts she was lucky enough to see at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (IQF). So grab a cuppa and head on over to her PIQF Flickr group and … Read More ...
Lily quilted a chair
Lily Boot at block-a-day took an abandoned chair and created a patchwork cover for it. It’s so cute, and I am loving the prairie points. Click here to read more.
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Freebie: October desktop calendar
If you fly solo when quilting, try having a friend over and sew the night away. Share a beer; hopefully a nice home-brew like the one on this desktop calendar. Get the free download at digginfood.
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Mamaka gets noticed at Quilt Inspiration
Alix at Mamaka Mills got a writeup this week at Quilt Inspiration. If you are unfamiliar with her work, go here to find out more.
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Family Tree fabric panel of Children at Play
I just spied this at the fat quarter Shop. It’s Children at Play Family Tree Panel
by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller Fabrics. This could be the start of a very nice present. Click HERE to see more.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Clock gears and cogs mandala
I like this mandala at Don’t Eat the Paste. She has many other nice ones on her blog. She shows one in color and one drawn, ready for you to color. Click HERE to see more.… Read More ...
Freebie: Draw a Rooster
Free download at The Vintage Moth – Draw a Rooster. Cute. Click HERE to go to the free download.
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Freebie: Black Cat with Moon at Graphics Fairy
Karen at The Graphics Fairy commented on the border surrounding this Halloween-themed cat and moon graphic. She calls it checkerboard, I call it patchwork, only ’cause I’m a quilter and could see this as a darling wall hanging or table … Read More ...
Creativ Festival in Toronto this fall
I wanna go, I wanna go. Fairy God Mother can you pay my way to the Creativ Festival coming up October 21,22, and 23? Probably not, she already said NO to Houston IQF, a mere 10 hr car drive. … Read More ...
Process: Leather Feathers art quilt
The artist behind Ferret Fabrications created this art quilt; she calls it Leather Feathers. I call it amazing. Click HERE to read about Ferret’s design process for this quilt and others.… Read More ...
October theme is dresses at Piece Bee
Gone Aussie Quilting made this block for the Piece Bee With You quilting bee. The theme this month is dresses; she pieced together a little girl on a swing. I recognize the fabric she’s sitting on, I have some in … Read More ...
First Quilt: Leah does crazy blocks on point
Edna at Needling Things shares on her blog how her granddaughter Leah approached her this past summer with an interest in learning to quilt. With Edna’s help Leah created her very first quilt. See left, the quilt in progress, just … Read More ...
SNURK doing urban chic bedding and pillows
Many crafts people I’ve met in the blogosphere have started out selling their wares (quilts, crochet throws, pillows, and purses, for instance) then find it more profitable to sell the patterns for said objects. That’s just being smart since there … Read More ...