Independent craft blog since 2007
New book alert! Kaffe Fassett’s Quilt Romance: 20 Designs from Rowan for Patchwork and Quilting is just out. Go to Amazon to get details. His books are just lovely.
Via Exuberant Color
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I’ll be away from my PC and blogging for a few days to move to a new place – in the same town. You didn’t think this photo was where I was moving to did you? It’s the Leland Stanford Mansion…
Rayela of Fiber Focus blog is selling a few of her Ralli quilts in her Etsy shop. Go here to see all six and see what she says about them.
Technorati Tags: Ralli quilts, Sindhi women, Southern Pakistan, Vintage, fiber, collectible, textiles
Rayela of Fiber Focus blog is selling a few of her Ralli quilts in her Etsy shop. Go here to see all six and see what she says about them.
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From the Quilt University student newsletter, here are the listings of 2009 classes still available – last start date is October 30. Note: These are all online classes. Be sure you know you will have time to participate before you join…
From the Quilt University student newsletter, here are the listings of 2009 classes still available – last start date is October 30. Note: These are all online classes. Be sure you know you will have time to participate before you … Read More...
I’m bewitched by these vintage looking panels from the Fat Quarter Shop. They belong to the fabric line Witching Hour.
Product description:
The witching hour approaches – be ready! Black cats sit atop a picket fence, spelling out Halloween Greetings ….
Check out the Witching…
I’m bewitched by these vintage looking panels from the fat quarterr Shop. They belong to the fabric line Witching Hour.
Product description:
The witching hour approaches – be ready! Black cats sit atop a picket fence, spelling out Halloween … Read More...
This cheery pillow is a free bonus project made from a block in Cindy Lammon’s new book Flower Pots. Get the pillow pattern at Hyacinth Quilt Designs. You can get the book at Connecting Threads.
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Exciting news this week at Portabellopixie blog. Sandi Henderson’s new fabric line Meadowsweet is coming out in November. And today there’s even better news, we get a chance to win some Meadowsweet fat quarters. Go here for details on how to enter. But hurry, winners will be…
This is not a quilt project however, the fabric in this free download certainly should be! It’s Holiday Magic by Studio efabrics. Original design by Dena Thompson. Check out some of the fabric below.
Click here to see the rest of this fabric line.
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Here are some of my favorite giveaways for this week:
This free pattern features the cute retro Housework Whenever! fabric line created by Sharon Yenter for In The Beginning fabrics. The quilt is an original design by Jason Yenter. Go here to download.
Via fabtalk
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At Kootoyoo blog find out how to turn an 18′ x 22″ piece of fabric into a perfect square fat quarter. It even has pockets. This is not how I fold mine, but I’m going to try it the next time I gift a fat…
At Kootoyoo blog find out how to turn an 18′ x 22″ piece of fabric into a perfect square fat quarter. It even has pockets. This is not how I fold mine, but I’m going to try it the next … Read More...
This afternoon during a Sunday afternoon drive to Greenwood (population around 7000), I noticed this For Sale sign on what used to be a fabric store. I had visited there once and had admired the 1800s building that housed the shop.
I stopped the car and snapped some photos. Check out…
An iron is an essential tool in producing quality quilts. The Tech Editors at C&T Publishing blog share how to correctly approach seams as you are piecing a quilt top.
I have the best time browsing the Volksfaden Online shop not only because they carry great fabric, but for the artful way they display it. They use some of the fabric from within a category for the navigation button. Shown here is the…
Dawn of Spring Water Designs blog posted some of her favorite quilts from the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza. This one made me laugh so hard - each block is a scene from a movie. Called Sun Bonnet Sue Does Hollywood, Sue shows up…
