Janet from JMD Designs shows how she substituted embroidery floss in bright colors for regular quilting thread on several of her patchwork projects. Visit her POST to see more.… Read More ...
Inspiration du jour: Lily’s Bee Blocks
I found this Bee Blocks quilt block (aka eye candy) at Lily’s Quilts Flickr. I love her mad crazy skills at creating unique eye-catching modern quilt blocks. Go straight to the Bee Blocks slide show and be inspired.
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Free pattern: For the Habitat collection
I am mad about Jay McCarroll’s latest fabric collection Habitat for Free Spirit. Go see what I’m loving, visit the Free Spirit Habitat Swatch Gallery. But that’s not all, while you’re there you can download the Free Spirit quilt … Read More ...
Travel: Tour England with Joe the Quilter
Quilter and *author Joe Cunningham of Joe the Quilter is leading a tour in England August 6-14, 2011. Of the 8 days traipsing across the country he says, It is the most fun any quilter could have. I bet so. … Read More ...
4-Patch pincushions
These tiny pincushions are crazy cute. Creator Karen Barbé used a 4-patch design in happy colors. See her blog post Pincushions.
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Wednesday Night Live! digital lounge
Don’t miss this evening’s Wednesday Nights Live webcast brought to you by C&T Publishing. Enter the digital lounge and listen as C&T authors talk about the spring classes they are teaching at the Asilomar Conference Grounds. Ask questions and chat … Read More ...
Follow-up post for gadget peephole
Nikki at Nikki, In Stitches did a post a bit ago where a commenter talked about how she used a peephole to design quilts. This got everyone in the blogosphere talking about it. So Nikki did some research on the … Read More ...
Giveaway: Twelve by Twelve book
Diane from Twelve by Twelve announces a contest and talks about her entry in the book, Dandelion. Get a chance to win a copy of Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge. Go HERE for entry details.… Read More ...
Beetle Boy is little boy perfect
This is one of the cutest fabric lines I’ve seen lately for little boys. It’s Beetle Boy by Ellen Crimi-Trent for Clothworks Fabrics. Go to Beetle Boy Fat Quarter Bundle. The colors are nice and the bugs are perfectly … Read More ...
BOM for March: 4-Patch Club suits me
This is the latest 4-Patch Fun! Block of the Month (BOM) still going strong over at Victoriana Quilters. Clubs is one of 4 suits in playing cards. This block looks more complicated than it is so if you are
March madness sale at The Quilt Shoppe
All inventory is 50% off at The Quilt Shoppe. Go check it out.… Read More ...
Giveaway: Springy appliqued quilt panel
Margaret from Quilts and Thoughts is giving away this quilt top that measures roughly 16″ x 25″. You can either add to it or bind it and be done. Go to Giveaway for March for entry details.… Read More ...
Auction for Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative Auction begins today March 1 and runs through March 10. Go to AAQI to see what the initiative was all about, then jump to the Auction scroll down and look at some awesome art quilts.… Read More ...
Newsy: National Craft Month is here
March is National Craft Month and we editors at Craft Gossip are celebrating all month-long. Just so you know, the Craft Gossip Quilting Editor is hosting a giveaway for a one year (6 issues) subscription to a popular quilting magazine. … Read More ...
The aliens have landed fabric postcard
Chris from Trading Fabric Postcards has collected 1000 of these tiny works of art. Many she has received in swaps from participants from all over the world. She says this about the monthly swaps, We are a very good group … Read More ...