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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dresden Plate block with vintage flair
Megs from Monkey Beans made her very first Dresden Plate block incorporating some bits of vintage fabrics. Yeah! Visit her February Bee Block post to see a close up of the 16 1/2″ block plus get a link to the … 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 ...
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 ...
Tutorial: Button Jars quilt
Midnight Creations made this mini wall hanging for her sewing room. Deck out your creative space. Go to her post Quilted Button Jars to get the DIY. Via Craftgawker.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Fabric gift box
Michele from Michele Made Me shows how she made this completely adorable fabric gift box. She promises this project will not only make you a gift giving maven, but it will help you perfect your free motion quilting skills. Go … Read More ...
Tutorial: Block for monochromatic quilt sampler
Margaret from Konstant Kaos shares how she made this “building block” styled block to go into her monochromatic themed sampler quilt. By the way, the Modern Quilt Guild’s second challenge is to create a mono quilt so Margaret’s timing of … Read More ...
Quilted wall pocket from orphan block
Millie from Sewing and Growing made this quilted wall pocket from a single block that she had left over from a quilting project. Get the know-how.… Read More ...
Find a Pair of Mittens quilt
The talent behind From the Strawberry Patch created this quilt pattern to showcase her growing collection of pieced mitten blocks. The wording on the quilt says, Mittens, mittens everywhere…but can you find a pair? She’s challenging herself to make a … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Cheerful and cozy quilted purse
Joanna from Applique Today shows off her latest creation, this cheerful and cozy quilted purse. I especially like the echo stitching around the appliqued leaves. Go to her post to learn what part of the purse she likes best.… Read More ...
Panel: Giddy in Surf
The heart-shaped vase holding flowers and hearts is adorable in this Sandy Gervais 100 % cotton fabric panel. It’s from the Giddy fabric collection in the Surf colorway for Moda. Go to Fabric.com while it’s still in stock.… Read More ...
A home for your stork scissors
Shelly from Ac-quilt-sition made this adorable keeper to store a small pair of scissors. I love the tiny yo-yos. I still have my first pair of stork embroidery scissors – a gift from my brother. Visit her post to see … Read More ...
Newsy: Issue 4 Fat Quarterly
It’s almost here. The Fat Quarterly Issue 4 – Solids eZine is out Thursday Jan 27th. Woo hoo! You can preview some sample pages before committing to buy. It’s $8.00 for a single issue and $28.00 for a one year … Read More ...