Patterns, patchworks and projects
Vickie from Spun Sugar Quilts shows how to dress up purchased plain cotton placemats with stars made from fun red, white and blue fabrics. Get your patriotic on! Get the tutorial.
[tags]placemats, Fourth of July decor, tutorial, sewing[/tags]
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Scrap-savvy sewer at Blueberrymoon made this block to utilize bits of leftover fabric from one of her favorite lines, Mezzanine. Get the tutorial.
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Mandy from Sugar Bee shows how she transformed pegboard and dowels into a useful thread holder. Get the know-how.
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I love the fussy cut design atop gathers in this DIY pin cushion. It showcases the Flourish fabric line by Alisha Frost and is a free download from Studio eFabrics. Get it here.
[tags]pin cushion, free pattern, Flourish[/tags]
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That Crafty Gemini Vanessa has just posted her third block from her Black and White quilt along. Get the tute. Also, I just discovered she has her own channel on YouTube where she has tons of crafty video tutorials… Read More ...
Ben from Patchwork Quilting for Beginners shows how to make this folksy-cute coin purse. You’ll learn hand piecing and quilting, reverse and regular applique plus how to put in a zipper. Go to the tutorial.
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Vanessa from the Crafty Gemini shares the second block from her Black and White quilt-along. Go here for instructions.… Read More ...
Tracey from Traceyjay Quilts created the patterns for these two quilted tablerunners, both in a softly patriotic color scheme. She used fabric from the French General and Rural Jardin collections. Get instructions for both versions at the Moda Bake Shop… Read More ...
Vanessa of Crafty Gemini has crafted a video tutorial that shows how to make a simple quilt block into cute fabric coasters. Get the tutorial.
[tags]beginning patchwork, video tutorial, coasters, sewing[/tags]
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Anina from The Twiddletails Blog graciously shares how she makes her scrappy table runners. Get the tute.
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Claudia from Machen und Tun blog shares how she made this circle of geese quilting block – it’s a variation on the traditional flying geese pattern. She says, I made this tutorial because I had a hard time to … Read More ...
Vanessa from the Crafty Gemini created this nicely done video on how to use the floating technique to load a quilt onto a frame for machine quilting. She calls her longarm machine Gianaris. Go here to find out why and … Read More ...
Susanne Woods of stashBOOKS blog shows how to make this charming sewing tray. Get the tutorial.
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Amy from Park City Girl shares her method for getting the often elusive 1/4″ seam allowance preferred in quilting. She demonstrates with both a standard and a 1/4″ sewing machine foot. Get the tutorial.
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Don’t Look Now! is hosting a quilt-along for the pattern Joseph’s Coat. She provides a tutorial for each step in the process and turns needle turn applique on it’s head. Go here to read more.
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