Red Pepper Quilts used a few of these soft solids from Australian company A Day in the Country to make a quilt called Bayou she just finished and placed in her Etsy Shop. But even better than this announcement, … Read More ...
Elves quilted wall hanging
The craftster behind My Patchwork made this elvish wall hanging using an embroidery freebie from All Sorts on Craftzine. Get project ingredients here. So cute!… Read More ...
DIY: Four ways to insert a zipper
One of the things on my project “to do” list is to make a patchwork bag with vintage fabrics. I want to put a zipper in it and this stops me cold. Pat Bravo of Art Gallery Fabrics understands the … Read More ...
Ezine review: Fat Quartlery Fussy Cutting
Fussy Cut is the term for cutting out fabric to highlight a motif. It’s a hugely popular technique in sewing and quilting. Lucky for us, it’s the theme for the third issue of Fat Quarterly eZine out this month. Every … Read More ...
Organize your “Happy Place” with mini bolts
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shares how she organizes her fabrics to the greatest advantage for inducing creativity. She says, It’s easy and inexpensive. Her secret for creating mini bolts is an unexpected use of a product. … Read More ...
DIY: Day for painting finished quilts
Leah from Day Style Designs shares how to paint on a finished quilt using Shiva Paintstiks. If you are never quite satisfied with the colors in a quilt, be sure and check out this video tutorial and the book where … Read More ...
Candy’s Sew-Scraps-Along quilt
Candy from Quilt Vine made this quilt using only green, brown, purple and orange fabric scraps. It’s modern and cozy all at once. Setting a limit such as a specific color palette can spur creativity. Visit the post to see … Read More ...
Tutorial: Tulip Stitch by Laura
Embellish your next quilting project with beautiful stitched tulips. Laura of Artfabrik shows you how. Go to Thread-u-cation Thursday: Tulip Stitch.… Read More ...
Book giveaway: Picture Piecing
This week the generous folks at Kaye’s Quilting Friends will be giving away this book Picture Piecing: Creating Dynamic Pictorial Quilts by Cynthia England. Burn some scraps and get a photographic look to your quilts to boot. Appropriate for all … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Baby quilt with points
Liz of Quilterie made this oh so sweet baby quilt. I love the funky pastel blocks finished on the edges with prairie points – 109 prairie points for a 36″ x 46″ quilt. Visit her post to see her first … Read More ...
Tutorial: Girl on a Tree Swing
Aneela shares how she made this modern mini quilt Girl on a Tree Swing at her blog Comfortstitching. Isn’t it magical? I spent a magical day Friday going to two craft fairs in Northwest Arkansas, USA. I tagged along … Read More ...
T-shirt Quilt – Quick and Easy
Jerilynn from Jerisew(s) shares her secret for making T-shirt quilts fast and beautiful. She skips the usual method where you apply interfacing for stabilizing the stretchy fabric for sewing the blocks together. Find out how she makes, I mean prevents … Read More ...
Giveaway: Snippet Sensations
I’m intrigued by this book Snippet Sensations: Fast Fusible Fabric Art by Cindy Walter. We have a local quilter (retired engineer) who creates realistic quilt art of say a house from tiny bits of fabric. I love his work and … Read More ...
Meet a vegan vampire
onja, a pattern maker with a blog called Artisania has a talented husband who originally drew up this nifty Halloween block on a Denny’s napkin. The idea behind it was a comment one of their children made. From this … Read More ...
Tutorial: Dresden Plate quilt block
That Crafty Gemini Vanessa is at it again – generously sharing her know-how. This time it’s Dresden Plate blocks. Get the downloadable tutorial here.
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