Fans of art quilter Sue Bleiweiss, listen up. She’s teaching an online class in June –
Watercolor Explorations for the Fiber Artist. Click the class title to find out more about it and to register.
[Image via Sue… Read More...Newsy: “Quilter’s Home” bookmarked me!
I have kept a secret from you, dear readers, but now I can dish. I’m in the current issue of Quilter’s Home magazine. One of their editors (Melissa) contacted me back in March for an interview for the feature … Read More...
Children at Play fabric line has 52 pieces
Absolutely darling is how I would describe Children at Play by Michael Miller. For Sarah Jane, it marks her very first fabric collection. With four colorways and themes and a total of 52 pieces there’s something to delight all … Read More...
Freebie: Stepping Stones Block pattern
Tacha Bruecher from Fat Quarterly shares her Stepping Stones Block pattern over at Sew, Mama, Sew!. You can use the block in a pillow, as shown here, or make multiples for a quilt. Get the free PDF Pattern … Read More...
Grab a cuppa: Quilt Festival Spring 2011
Grab a cup of tea, coffee or whatever suits, then check out the lovely quilts entered in Bloggers’ Quilt Festival – Spring 2011. Amy from Amy’s Creative Side hosts this biannual show. Visit the Festival and see all the … Read More...
Quilt Market Best Booths – Salt Lake City
Quilt enthusiasts, go HERE to see the Best Booth Award winners at Spring Quilt Market 2011. Categories include Creativity, Merchandising, New Exhibitor, and Single/Double/ Multiple Booth.
DIY: Upcycled Art Quilt
Marianne known as Trucdart at Instructables wants you to “start thinking outside of the sewing box!” She says making an art quilt is easy with paper, fabric, and items you already have around the house. Get the tute.
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Mad Tea Party Set – quilted goodness
Check it out. Technoplastique made this tea party set with fabric, then quilted it for a dimensional look. Any little girl could put on a proper English tea with this pretty set. She shows you how to make it at … Read More...
FACFE: Eco Quilts show and contest
Fiber Art Calls for Entry (FACFE) announce a new juried show and contest, Eco Quilts: Art quilts featuring Recycled Material. They describe the event:
… Read More...The TACtile Textile Arts Center invites contemporary quilt artists from [sic] to submit art quilts
Smug Rug DIY, the end and beginning of swaps
Jenna from Sew Happy Geek made this pretty patchwork mug rug, she calls smug, using the flying geese block. This large creation concludes a successful mug rug swap and marks the start of a new one. Read more about swaps, … Read More...
Inspiration: Keep Calm and Shoot Stuff
Photographer and textile designer Luzia Pimpinella created wall art for her bedroom, a few shown here. She wrapped fabric around embroidery hoops then used applique and/or embroidery to embellish them. So lovely. Visit her blog to see more.
Quilter newbies, learn from Laura Nownes
Don’t miss this evening’s Wednesday Night Live! webcast brought to you by C&T Publishing. Author and teacher Laura Nownes will teach a beginning class on creating a quilt block. Laura, along with Diana McClun, wrote the classic book Quilts! Quilts!! … Read More...
TAP™ Transfer Artist Paper is winner
Lesley Riley’s Transfer Artist Paper
is a winner of the 2011 Craft & Hobby Association – Winter Innovations Showcase. Has anyone tried this yet? If so do share your experience with it. I found this browsing over at C&T. Here … Read More...
Free pattern: Floral Impressions quilt
Judy Best designed this quilt to highlight Rowan’s Flower Market collection. I love the watercolor look of these fabrics. Get the Floral Impressions quilt pattern at Fabric Trends project page. Go straight to the PDF.
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Moda May Giveaways
Announcing the Moda May Giveaway Week One over at Kim’s Everything Etsy. You have until midnight tonight EST to enter. Go here for details. And if you missed this one, there will be more giveaways each week in May!
Spoonflower Black and White fabric contest
This week at Spoonflower, the Fabric of the Week contest theme is black and white. With 418 entries, you’ll be clicking through 24 pages to see them all. Go here to get started and here to see the entire … Read More...
Time to sign up for fabric swap
Karen from Sew many Ways is hosting anther fabric swap. This time around her focus is on red and white. You’ll trade 5-inch squares of your chosen fabric with however many people sign up to swap. You have until May … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork Pillow 101
Blair from Wise Craft provides simple step-by-step instructions for making this patchwork pillow. Along with gorgeous photos, she shares a technique she swears changed her life. Go to the tute.
Tutorial: Sewing case with removable pouches
Linda from Buzzing and Bumbling shows how she made this pretty and practical roll-up travel case to hold quilting supplies on the go. The pouches are detachable, so you only take out what you need right then. Brilliant! Get the … Read More...
Kweli’s African American fabrics
Kweli from African American Fabrics designs fabulous fabric with African American sensibilities. My favorite from her collection on Spoonflower is Bottle Tree, circled in the photo. She explains the folklore behind the bottle tree on her Post: Bottle Tree Fabric … Read More...