Amanda from Lark Crafts shares the pattern for this Shoo Fly quilt featured on the front cover of the book Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric by Malka Dubrawsky. Go to the post, then … Read More ...
Book giveaway: Picture Piecing
This week the generous folks at Kaye’s Quilting Friends will be giving away this book Picture Piecing: Creating Dynamic Pictorial Quilts by Cynthia England. Burn some scraps and get a photographic look to your quilts to boot. Appropriate for all … Read More ...
Free month-to-month calendar
Janet from JMD Designs does some amazing applique and needlework. She then quilts and photographs her lovelies and turns them into a calendar. This is November 2010. Visit her post to see more of her stitched sea horses and to … Read More ...
Blogger’s Quilt Festival starts today
The Fall 2010 Blogger’s Quilt Festival starts today and runs through November 5th.
Visit Amy’s Creative Side (formerly Park City Girl) and scroll down to see all the beauties. But before you do, check out all the hot deals from … Read More ...
Castle Treasury quilt pattern
I found this lovely quilt over at Magpie patterns. It’s a Lizzy House design showcasing her Castle Peeps fabric line. Get the pattern and create your own wealth. $14.95 USD… Read More ...
CG Giveaway: Simplify quilt book
We have closed this giveaway, winners announced here. My copy of Simplify: Quilts for the Modern Home came in the mail this week. Author Camille Roskelley extols the virtues of the quilting life but keeps it simple for modern … Read More ...
Tutorial: Little Letter Needle Book
Rosie from The Fabric Shopper found this Little Letter Needle Book Tutorial as an idea for handmade gifts. It’s by Kelly from Em ay Kay ee. {make}. Get the tute.… Read More ...
From seam ripper to proud purse
Lily from Block-A-Day created this funky fun purse. I’m crushing on the patchwork inspired fabric, cane handles and embroidered doily. Go to her post to see more photos and hear how she owes the success of this project to her … Read More ...
Charitable: Last week for pink sale
You have a few more days to order pink fabric at The Twiddletails Store where $1 for every yard sold will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. All their pink fabric is 10% off. Go to Pink.… Read More ...
Sewing Fairy vintage image
Any sewing room would benefit from having this lovely pink fairy with a needle in hand adorn the wall. Quite inspiring. Karen of The Graphics Fairy has it in her Sewing category. See this one and more sewing themed graphic … Read More ...
Free download: Fish Skeleton print
I always enjoy a trip to The Graphics Fairy because she always has interesting vintage images to share. Case in point, check out this vintage Fish Skeleton print. Imagine it printed out on fabric and quilted as a mini. Go … Read More ...
Art quilts “New from Old” auctioned on eBay
This week begins the Alliance for American Quilts largest annual fundraiser – an eBay auction of 118 16″ x 16″ art quilts. Get the auction schedule here.
Here’s one of the quilts being auctioned. 
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Newsy: Twitter party with Denyse Schmidt
Three of the Fat Quarterly Team, Katy, (aka I’m a Ginger Monkey), Brioni (aka FlossyBlossy) & John (aka Quilt Dad), will be attending Quilt Market later this week and Denyse Schmidt has agreed to spend a … Read More ...
Inspiration from Singapore
The quilter at One Little Thread took a walk through her city of Singapore and snapped up these lovely pictures. Visit her post and click on the photos to see them larger. Like her, while the weather is mild we … Read More ...
Raw cotton prices sky-high; may lead to hoarding
The most desirable fiber content for quilting fabric is 100% cotton. Traditionally, cotton fabric is less expensive than sewing and decorating fabrics. But when I read quilt historian Barbara Brackman’s Material Culture’s blog post Uh-Oh! I wonder if this might … Read More ...