Jojo’s online quilt shop is having a sale through May 15 – you get a free fat quarter with every purchase. But something else that does not expire – they have a drawing every month for a $50 shopping spree. … Read More ...
Book: One Line at a Time
Lily from Block-a-Day grabbed this *book off her shelf to help her with her quilting stitches on the machine. Go here to see how it helped.
*One Line at a Time: 24 Geometric Machine-Quilting Designs Made Easy by Charlotte … Read More ...
Free pattern: Baker’s Dozen by Pat Sloan
Check out this wonderful quilt pattern I found over at Pat Sloan’s Website: A Place for Fun. It showcases her Georgia Fabric line. Go to her free pattern page to download Baker’s Dozen.
[tags]Pat Sloan, Georgia, free quilt … Read More ...
Pick a color palette
Holly from Bijou Lovely shares one tried and true way she’s found to select colors for her fabric designs. She looks outside her arena, in this case a bridal website, The Inspired Bride. Visit her post Lovely Inspiration: Color … Read More ...
Music for Moms
NPR.org has created a musical mix of tunes just for mothers. Go here to listen. Click on Listen to the Live Stream. Enjoy!
[tags]Mother’s Day, gift of music, NPR[/tags]… Read More ...
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt-Along
It’s not too late to join the Jelly Roll (precut fabrics) quilt-along hosted by Konda at Moose on the Porch Quilts. Instructions are posted for 5 blocks, with 7 to go.
Here’s a peek at the first one. Go … Read More ...
Aimee got it! Pretty Little Mini Quilts
Thanks for sharing your experiences celebrating Cinco de Mayo to enter my very first Craft Gossip giveaway. I visited RANDOM.ORG and we have a winner. Aimee from Maryland will receive a copy of Pretty Little Mini Quilts. Congratulations Aimee! … Read More ...
Guest Post and Giveaway: Kaffe Fassett’s Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Thank you for entering. Link to winner.
Editors Note: We at CraftGossip are honored to have Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy present their list of top quilting blogs for inspiration. In celebration of … Read More ...
Twelve by Twelve quilt mosaics
If you get a chance to see the art quilts in the Twelve by Twelve collaborative in person you should. What you’ll get is a look at the mosaic quilts formed when twelve artists all work on a single theme. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Strippy Table Runner
Anina from The Twiddletails Blog graciously shares how she makes her scrappy table runners. Get the tute.
[tags]table runner, quilted, fabric strips, tutorial[/tags]… Read More ...
Tutorial: Circle of Geese
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 ...
Ta Dah!: Mod handbag from patchwork
Jennifer Ladd made this nifty handbag using the patchwork looking fabric Echino Ni-co by Etsuko Furuya Plane Pink. I found some Red at Fabricworm.
Via CraftGossip.com Crafty Reviews
[tags]patchwork, purses, handbags, ta dah, airplanes, contemporary, modern[/tags]… Read More ...
Book: Rule-Breaking Quilts
Kathryn Schmidt of Quirks, LTD wants to help you escape the quilt police and become your own designer. That’s how she describes her new book Rule-Breaking Quilts published in Feb 2010 by the American Quilter’s Society – AQS. I bought … Read More ...
Giveaway: Log Cabins for Everyone
Vintage lovers, check out this 1996 quilting book Log Cabins for Everyone by Sandra Hatch. Go on over to Kay Wood Inc. to get a chance to win a copy.
[tags]log cabin quilts, giveaway, book, Log Cabins for Everyone[/tags]… Read More ...
CG Giveaway: Pretty Little Mini Quilts
I’m honoring the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo this week by hosting a giveaway. The prize is this lovely little book Pretty Little Mini Quilts by Ray Hemachandra. Entering is simple. Just leave a comment on this post letting me … Read More ...
