Folk art quilter and teacher Sue Spargo talks about her recent trip to quilt shops The Rabbit’s Lair and Yellowbird Art where she taught her Altered Texture class. Go here to see some student work. The quilt shown here is … Read More ...
Gift idea: Wooden paper piecing iron
I found these handmade beauties at Digi Tech Designs online store. Wouldn’t one of these be a unique and thoughtful gift? I know I want one. They are on sale for 5.25 USD a piece thru Nov 3rd. Regular price … Read More ...
New fabric: Rouenneries
New fabric collection Rouenneries is splendidly sophisticated and beautiful – I must have some. It’s available at Sew Fabulous Quilt Shop by the yard, or in a variety of specialty cuts. Link to Rouenneries collection.
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Sneak peek: Gypsy Garden
Rosie at The Fabric Shopper online shop introduces her readers to fabric designer Genevieve Gail who has created the Gypsy Garden fabric line for Windham Fabrics coming out next spring. Take a look. Two colorways – gold and blue. Go … Read More ...
Save the Date for The Gathering in Rogers
Mary Elizabeth of The Rabbit’s Lair store had this snippet in her latest newsletter. I cannot wait to hear more about this 2010 event. I’ll keep you posted as more information is available. Link to newsletters.
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Graduated giveaway from a magazine hoarder
Quilter and quilt magazine collector from Soggy Bottom Flats Quilting blog is asking for help in how to manage her stacks of periodicals cramping her sewing room. Give her the best answer to her predicament and you win. The prize … Read More ...
Video tutorial: Hiding threads
Leah Day of 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs blog shares her nifty technique for hiding your quilting threads so even a judge cannot tell where you started and ended. Go here to see her video.
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Quilted birthday banner
Jean from the Quilted Cupcake Blog shows us this sweet idea – a quilt devoted to celebrating a birthday. Visit her post if you are interested in getting this pattern.
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Giveaway: Seven Kati Cupcake patterns
Get a chance to win this adorable Kati Cupcake quilt pattern and six more, including one mystery pattern, at V and Co. blog. Vanessa even gives you the back-story of how Kati Cupcake got into the fabric and pattern … Read More ...
Giveaway: Bird pillow and puppets
Not one, but two. John over at Quilt Dad blog is offering all of us a chance to win a sparrow pillow and five finger puppets both by DwellStudio from the All Modern online store. Go here to see the … Read More ...
Allie gets an “A” for Poppy
Allison Ann Aller of Allie’s in Stitches blog shows us step-by-step how to make the Poppy flower from the book A-Z of Silk Ribbon Flowers by Ann Cox. Don’t you love her base block? Nicely done. Go here to see … Read More ...
From vintage plate to mini quilt
Janet from A Quilter’s Journal blog was inspired to make this mini quilt from a 1960’s J&G Meakin plate. Go here to read more.
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Amy Butler Love collection
Just in from Kristin at Sew Mama Sew. She has the entire fabric line Love by Amy Butler. Go here to see it all.
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BooDilly’s new fabric
From The Silly BooDilly blog, check out her latest original fabric ordered from Spoonflower she calls Moroccan Medley.
Lucky for us, BooDilly is revamping her vintage de-stashing Etsy shop to stock her original fabric designs. Visit here to get … Read More ...
Tutorial: Plates for Your Table
Thanks to my morning coffee and alert blogger at Cotton Cocktails I discovered this Moda Bake Shop tutorial created by Kim Walus. Using the traditional Dresden Plate quilt pattern, Kim shows us how to make this beautifully executed table runner … Read More ...