This quilt, Fish Baby Log Cabin, by Malka Dubrawsky made the Top 100 Tutorials of 2011 list at The Long Thread. Blog owner Ellen Luckett Baker (author of the book 1, 2, 3 Sew by Chronicle Books) organized … Read More ...
Sew Happy Mixed Sampler – Blocks 1 & 2
Jenna from Sew Happy Geek is hosting a Mixed Sampler Quilt Along on her blog. She explained she is starting out with simple blocks doing a couple a week, then will move on to more challenging blocks doing one a … Read More ...
Trends: We’re eating our veggies
Meet Michael Miller’s Urban Grit fabric collection. Kathy Miller, Michael Miller Fabrics co-owner, remarked on the gray and brown colorway in a recent interview at Sew, Mama, Sew! saying,
… Read More ...Years ago I said trying to sell gray or brown to
Sew Scraps Along at Pleasant Home
Jodi from Pleasant Home is hosting a 2012 Scraps {sew} Along on her blog. Go HERE to see the introduction post. As a generous kick-off gesture, Nanette from Freda’s Hive is giving away some of her own scraps and … Read More ...
Don’t miss 100 days of quilts
This event – 100 Days of Modern Quilting – just started at the Modern Quilt Guild blog. Each week brings with it a new theme and each day they will feature a quilt that supports that week’s theme. Click HERE … Read More ...
Grab a cuppa: Art quilts from IQA Houston
Some of the best photographs of quilts I’ve run across from this year’s IQA Houston International Quilt Festival is from Linda Teddlie Minton, blogger at Fiber Reflections. So grab something to sip and have yourself a look. To make … Read More ...
Color play at Design Seeds
I’ve found a new-to-me website for exploring color called Design Seeds. Besides the inspirational daily posts showing beautiful color combinations (see Alp Hues), you can search by color value or theme. I’ll be using this tool in my … Read More ...
Free pattern: Medallion at Boderie D’ Antan
Always in the New Year, my thoughts turn to my spiritual journey. I plan to do some slow cloth quilting this year. This embroidery pattern called Medallion from Broderie D’ Antan – stitched and placed in the center of a … Read More ...
Sew Along: Hearts and Butterflies quilt
Just in time for Valentine’s Day decorating, Cindy at Quilt Patterns from Seattle is hosting a Sew Along to make a quilt from this original 24″ quilt block. The kick-off is Wednesday January 4 where she will post initial instructions … Read More ...
Quilt rocks my socks off
Love this twist on a famous piece of American art by Luke Haynes. It’s The American Context #3: American Gothic. Found in his Etsy shop Entropies. His description states,
… Read More ...The figures are life-sized and the background quilt is
Ta Dah!: Blanket from ‘Crowing’
Heidi from Sewing Daisies coined the term crowing to describe this project where she mixed sewing and crochet. It’s a quilt-y feel-y blanket she made from 48 Kaffe Fassett charm squares edged with blanket stitches and bordered with crochet. So … Read More ...
Grab a cuppa: Portland Pairs
Found in Portland Pairs Flickr, this is Quilt Inspiration by Sewing Geek. She did a great job capturing these architectural design elements with her camera. Go HERE to see more.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Liberated quilt
This is gorgeous! It’s Liberated Amish Strings found over at Wishes, True and Kind.… Read More ...
Eclectic BOM at Craftsy – 2012
Did I read this right? Free online video classes at Craftsy every month, taught by Amy Gibson? Yes, I did. She used the word eclectic to describe her quilting style and this matches my own. Learn, make and share 20 … Read More ...
Night Watch for big boy room
My daughter saw this quilt on mommy blog Jellybean and Peanut and started screaming, “Come here Mom, you’ve got to see this.” Excited by her find, she plans to do her young son’s room in it as he moves away … Read More ...