Fabric to Dye For author Frieda Anderson is tonight’s guest in the Digital Lounge at Wednesday Night Live!. Chat with a charter member of the Chicago School of Fusing, plus get some fabric dyeing tips. Starts at 6:00pm PT … Read More ...
Tip: Value trumps color in successful quilts
Wayne at Wayne Kollinger’s Sketch Book gives a lesson in color and value for quilters. He says,
… Read More ...Choosing fabric for a quilt isn’t just about picking colors you like. Color value is even more important than color in determining how
Blog tour: Fruitful Hands book
Jacquelynne from The Noble Wife launches a blog tour Aug 1st to celebrate the release of her new book, Fruitful Hands, by Kansas City Star. There will be giveaways (books, fabric, patterns) throughout the 5-day tour. Here’s the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Wonky Snowflake quilt block
Sunni from Love Affair With My Brother shows how she made a Wonky Snowflake block for her Modern Christmas Sampler quilt. She offers some helpful tips for new quilters. Go to the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: 1+2 quilt
Anorina from Samelia’s Mum shows how she made this twin sized bed quilt using the 1 + 2 method: 1 layer cake and 2 yards. It’s a perfect project for beginners. Get the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Quilted fabric postcards
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini has a new video tutorial out this week showing how to make quilted fabric postcards that can be posted in the mail. If you have not tried making one of these yet, she says they are … Read More ...
Tutorial: Wrapped binding with Laura
Laura from Artfabrik shares her favorite way to bind her small fused art quilts as part of her How to Tuesday series. She says it works for wavy edges and after you’re through, you don’t even need to make a … Read More ...
Technique: Join quilted blocks with strips
Melody from Fibermania tried a new technique that makes creating larger quilts more manageable. She explains,
… Read More ...I did the narrow connector strip method of sewing quilted blocks together and a WHOLE NEW WORLD has opened up to me now. I
Tool for selecting fabric
I saw a tip at Grosgrain today I had to try right away. She showed how to use a Color Palette Generator to get the colors from a digital photograph. Visit her post here. I tried it with a … Read More ...
Joel’s drawing gets the embroidery treatment
Wendi from Shiny Happy World guest blogs at Made by Joel with a tutorial showing how to stitch up one of his line drawings. She gives you design transfer tips and then provides links to four common embroidery stitch how-to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scrappy Tile block
Lynne from Lily’s Quilts shows how she got a scrappy tile look in her Rainbow Tree block, shown. This tree rocks! Click HERE to get the tutorial.… Read More ...
Newsy: Summer Sampler Quilt-Along
This Quilt-Along sounds like a lot fun and you’ll get fast results, just like a summer school class – over before you know it. Starting Monday, July 11th those who join this event over at Fresh Lemons will create three … Read More ...
Tip: Templates from magazines made easy
Melissa from Love Affair With My Brother shares her secret for cutting templates from a quilting magazine that she promises will make your life easier. It involves tape, card stock, and finally a rotary cutter. My, those twins are … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pieced fabric notebook cover
Lara from Chocolate Coated Patchwork blog shares how to make a fabric notebook cover. For the outside design, she encourages use of orphan blocks or improvisational piecing. Click here to view the tutorial and video.… Read More ...
Paint Chalk Pallet Re-mix challenge
Quilters have long gained design inspiration for their projects from paint chips. Well, why not get color inspiration from the hottest paint out lately – Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Maddie from Domestic Anarchy has created a Paint Chalk Pallet … Read More ...