Just in time for holiday gift making, Pat Sloan posted this lovely table runner pattern Wishing Well on her website. She shows three versions, my favorite is this one made from the Red Rose Farm fabric collection. It’s so shabby … Read More ...
Ugly fabric ideas and a contest
Marilyn from Stash Manicure has some fresh ideas for what to do with ugly fabric. She uses some here in her garden to combat weeds. Go to the post for a good laugh. Next if you are feeling industrious this … Read More ...
Gotta have some City Weekend fabric
Long known for exceptional patterns, Oliver + S now has a fabric line – City Weekend by Moda. I love it. Quiltjane from Want it, Need it, Quilt it! has it. Visit the Oliver + S City Weekend Flickr group… 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 ...
Stitched Layers by Gaignat
This is Stitched Layers, a journal quilt by Patricia Gaignat. From a canvas base she added gesso, fabric, and paint. Wonderful. It is one of the five memory quilt projects in Interweave’s Making Memory Quilts and Personalized Quilts:5 Memory Quilt … Read More ...
Hexie quilt block by one of the twins
Jessica at Twin Fibers is creating this awesome quilt block as part of a quilting bee. She explains, It’s based upon the hexagon pillow by Tacha that’s in the first issue of Fat Quarterly. Check out the lovely Hexed … Read More ...
Tutorial: EZ Zig Zag quilt block
Joanna from Applique Today shares her method for making zig zag blocks to go into a quilt. For the blocks shown here, she used lots of scraps and a Kona Chocolate solid. Get the know-how.
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The sewing table behind the artist
Mary from Sewing Saves Sanity is a talented sewer and quilter who talks about her experience showing some of her creations at the New Hope Arts Center. She even gives us a glimpse of her sewing table – it’s all … Read More ...
Urban Circus fat quarter giveaway
Hurry, you only have a few days left to get a chance to win this Urban Circus fat quarter set over at Scarlet Fig. Laurie Wisbrun is curious what you have made or might make of her fabric line. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Chocolates & Cherries quilt
Yummy is what I call this quilt Chocolates and Cherries. An original design by Nikki from Nikki, In Stitches, she strip pieced the top then used ribbon to embellish the surface. On top of that she shares how she … Read More ...
Watch Me Grow growth chart will travel
Vanessa from The Crafty Gemini just made it to the Moda Bake Shop with this clever Watch Me Grow growth chart. She said she came up with the idea after watching the season finale of Desperate Housewives. I love it.… Read More ...
Halloween Cats quilt pattern
All dressed up in Halloween finery these applique cats are adorable. It’s a free pattern I found over at Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces. Go here to download the pattern.
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Tutorial: Wonky table runner
Jennifer from My Two Butterflies wants to help you add a little color to your table. She shares this nicely done tutorial for an easy quilted table runner. She says of the pattern, “it can be adapted to any color … Read More ...
Skulls Quilt out of a new book
Spike Gillespie, author of a new book Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas and Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters, got inspiration from one of the quilts in the book. Here’s her interpretation of the Skulls quilt contributed by Boo Davis of … Read More ...
Strawberry Thief star of collection
Barbara Brackman from Material Culture introduces us to her third William Morris fabric collection A Morris Tapestry by sharing the signature print Strawberry Thief, shown. It’s just extraordinary and thankfully I can get some in stores soon. Visit her post… Read More ...