- By dear fii Etsy
What a sweet little brooch dear fii has stitched up for us. Available to purchase at her Etsy shop.
[tags]dear fii, brooch, grandmother’s flower garden, sewing, patchwork[/tags]
… Read More ... On sale: Sugar Sack Quilts book
I found Sugar Sack Quilts at Connecting Threads online store. It’s affordable at $12.64 USD.
Book description:
In the early 20th century, colorful textile feedsacks offered an economical way for women to brighten their lives. Quilters scrambled to the … Read More ...
Pastel Party
- Image from Piece O’ Cake
The best bloggers are generous folks who share with us great finds like this: Pastel Party by Judy Twitter. Piece O’ Cake blog clued me in to this patchwork beauty that was part of the
C&T photography services for quilters
While reading today’s C&T Publishing blog post Still Awed by Amazing Quilts I found out they offer their photography services to anyone who wants a professional quality picture taken of their quilts. Go here for details.
[tags]photography services, C&T … Read More ...
Free pattern: Quilted Tote Bag
I found these fun quilted totes at Phyllis Dobbs blog. They showcase her fabric line “It’s a Dog’s Life“. Go here to download the free pattern. Both fabric and pattern are an original design of Phyllis Dobbs. … Read More ...
Book: Pretty Little Potholders
- Image from Amazon
Rumi at Lucky Frog blog clued me in to Pretty Little Potholders by Lark Books. Visit Rumi’s post to see her yo yo potholders.
[tags]potholders, yo yo, patchwork, Pretty Little[/tags]
… Read More ... Technique: Portable hand sewing
The beauty of this pictorial tutorial is you don’t need to understand French to get it. Simone Struss of the Quilting Studio blog shares her hand sewing technique in 26 photos making what she calls a Grandmother’s Flower Garden design. … Read More ...
Free: 7 Quilted Bag Patterns
Image from Quilting Arts Web site
If you join the Quilting Arts Community you get this free download 7 Quilted Bag Patterns. Go here to sign up. They promise to not sell your email address.
[tags]quilted bags, Quilting … Read More ...
Video: Make a 3D Flying Geese block
- Ricky Tims’ Flying Geese
At the Quilt Show blog Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson show how to make a dimensional Flying Geese block. Based On A True Story blog shared the link. Her post describing all the trouble she had
Quilting myths
When I hear a statement like the Apollo missions with men walking on the moon was faked, never happened, I go to Snopes Rumor Has It and see if they have anything on it.
Do you ever wonder … Read More ...
eBook: Shadow Trapunto
Geta Grama of Geta’s Quilting Studio blog specializes in the Trapunto style of quilting. Her bio caught my attention. I am a passionate quilter living in Romania. Unfortunately, here quilting is an unknown craft for most of the people. I
Pattern: Frame This
Image from YCQT
I’m always on the look out for a pattern to showcase large prints. I found this one titled Frame This at You Can Quilt This online store. I can imagine the middle of this done in trapunto.
Tutorial: Quilt As You Go
Julia of Julia’s Place blog shares her method for quilting as you go. Go here for the tutorial.
[tags]tutorial, quilt as you go, quilting on home machine, bulk[/tags]… Read More ...
Pattern picks: Water themes
- Sail Away Baby Bib by Quilt Artist Debby Masten
- Lighthouses By the Sea by Jim Shore
- Ripples by Two Sisters at Squirrel Hollow
[tags]patterns, lighthouses, ocean, sea, water, ripples, baby bib, sail boat, pillow, quilt, quilting[/tags]
… Read More ... Snazzy Bag No. 19 by Lila Tueller
This Snazzy Bag is made from the Soiree fabric line, using Honeybun precut strips.
Designer Lila Tueller gave away 7400 of these patterns (downloads) in early 2009.
Now, if you missed her generous giveaway like I did, you can still … Read More ...