Vanessa from The Crafty Gemini just made it to the Moda Bake Shop with this clever Watch Me Grow growth chart. She said she came up with the idea after watching the season finale of Desperate Housewives. I love it.… Read More...
Halloween Cats quilt pattern
All dressed up in Halloween finery these applique cats are adorable. It’s a free pattern I found over at Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces. Go here to download the pattern.
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Tutorial: Wonky table runner
Jennifer from My Two Butterflies wants to help you add a little color to your table. She shares this nicely done tutorial for an easy quilted table runner. She says of the pattern, “it can be adapted to any color … Read More...
Skulls Quilt out of a new book
Spike Gillespie, author of a new book Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas and Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters, got inspiration from one of the quilts in the book. Here’s her interpretation of the Skulls quilt contributed by Boo Davis of … Read More...
Strawberry Thief star of collection
Barbara Brackman from Material Culture introduces us to her third William Morris fabric collection A Morris Tapestry by sharing the signature print Strawberry Thief, shown. It’s just extraordinary and thankfully I can get some in stores soon. Visit her post… Read More...
Giveaway at Graphics Fairy
Karen from The Graphics Fairy is giving away this Queen of Halloween bamboo floor mat. It features one of her graphics with Gina Galvin at Peacock Park Design as the creator of this fun decorative item. Go to the post … Read More...
Halloween ornaments from fabric
Make a mess and have some fun with this no-sew home decor project created by Jera from Quilting in the Rain. Featured in the Moda Bake Shop, Jera hopes others will make a Christmas version of these Halloween inspired ornaments.… Read More...
T-shirt Quilt – Quick and Easy
Jerilynn from Jerisew(s) shares her secret for making T-shirt quilts fast and beautiful. She skips the usual method where you apply interfacing for stabilizing the stretchy fabric for sewing the blocks together. Find out how she makes, I mean prevents … Read More...
Quilt from Quilterie
I’m glad Liz from Quilterie makes time to quilt amidst a demanding domestic life. Today, she is showing off a few of her quilts, my favorite of the group shown. Visit her blog to see all of them.
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A study in blue
Today Valentina from Valentina’s Corner is celebrating all things blue. She shares many photos – where she grew up, her first quilt and her current quilt, shown here. Be sure and visit her blog to see all of them. In … Read More...
Rainbow Around the Block stunning stats
October for author and fabric designer Anna Maria Horner is all about sewing together the blocks quilters sent in to support her project Rainbow Around the Block to comfort the 2010 flood victims of Tennessee, USA. She said, we’ve … Read More...
Happy Scrappy quilt giveaway
Every fall the smart and pretty women at Marie- Madeline Studio host a Happy Scrappy quilt giveaway. It’s that time of year. Get a chance to win the quilt shown here. Visit blog post to enter.
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Giveaway: Snippet Sensations
I’m intrigued by this book Snippet Sensations: Fast Fusible Fabric Art by Cindy Walter. We have a local quilter (retired engineer) who creates realistic quilt art of say a house from tiny bits of fabric. I love his work and … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy gift tags
I never throw away fabric scraps yet what to do with them. Katie from Katie Jean has a clue and shares how she turns bits of fabric left over from quilting projects into gift tags. Get the know-how.
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Quilt Index to go global with grant
The American focused Quilt Index announced this week they are about to fulfill a dream of going international with their digital quilt collection. To get them started on this ambitious project the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded … Read More...
Meet a vegan vampire
onja, a pattern maker with a blog called Artisania has a talented husband who originally drew up this nifty Halloween block on a Denny’s napkin. The idea behind it was a comment one of their children made. From this … Read More...
Amy Butler challenge: Time to tell
Fix the no-comment reply in Blogger
If you use Blogger in your crafty blogland adventures Quilt Nut Creations shares a tip to ensure you can be contacted by email when you leave a comment on a post. Hey, you could be the lucky winner of a … Read More...
Innocent Crush in Potpourri
From Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush fabric line check out Slow Dance in Vintage. I spied it at Hawthorne Threads. See the entire Potpourri Palette.
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Dharma dye kit giveaway
Judi at Approachable Art and Dharma have teamed up for a giveaway – a dye kit. Go here to see what’s in it and for entry details.
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