Kelli from And Then There’s Rustic blog shares her first finished log cabin block using a double stitch technique. I hope she will share the finished quilt with us. Go here to visit this post.
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BOM: Sweet Nostalgia free!
Thanks to alert blogger Quilter Going Bananas, I just downloaded my very first Block of the Month (BOM) called Summer’s Gone, from Dorothy Baker Designs blog. The embroidery motif of school children approaching their big yellow school bus captures the excitement of going back to school.
Oh,…
Flower Bed Threads left behind available
I found Flower Bed Threads at Pat Sloan’s Web Store. She had some preorders of this book that were not picked up, so is now offering them to her customers. My favorite project is the Long pillow. See closeup below.
Go here to see more photos and to see…
Farmer’s Wife Sampler quilt BOM
This sampler quilt is from a new book The Farmer’s Wife: Letters from 1920s farm wives and the 111 blocks they inspired by Laurie Aaron Hird. If you join Homestead Hearth’s Farmer’s Wife Block of the Month (BOM) program you will get a discount on the book. If…
Day 4 at Marie-Madeline Studio
The pretty women at Marie-Madeline online shop are celebrating Mama Long’s birthday this week with a daily special on selected items.
TODAY it’s 45% off Midwest Modern 2 by Amy Butler and all in stock black and white fabric!
Go to Marie-Madeline Studio.
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Cherry Picked Apron panel
This vintage feeling panel would make for an easy project. Available at Ruby Jane’s Retro Fabric online store. Original design by Stephanie Marriot. Go here to get details.
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Sneak peek: Nicey Jane fabric
Take a look at Heather Bailey’s new collection Nicey Jane for Free Spirit Fabrics. According to the Fat Quarter Shop, this line will be shipped to stores in January 2010.
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Video: Pop Garden scrap flowers
Don’t miss Heather Bailey’s live interview on NBC’s Studio 5 where she demonstrates how to make these pretty fabric flowers. Go here to view the video.
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Video: Pop Garden scrap flowers
Don’t miss Heather Bailey’s live interview on NBC’s Studio 5 where she demonstrates how to make these pretty fabric flowers. Go here to view the video.
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Tutorial: Collage T-Shirt quilt
This is a nice variation on the typical grid layout for T-Shirt quilts. Get the instructions for this collage-style quilt at Craftzine. Original design by Michelle Kempner.
Video Tutorial – Easy Tie-Dye T-shirt Quilt
Tutorial: Collage T-Shirt quilt
This is a nice variation on the typical grid layout for T-Shirt quilts. Get the instructions for this collage style quilt at Craftzine. Original design by Michelle Kempner.
Via Someday Crafts
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Swap: Disappearing 9 Patch
I found this nifty swap in the current listings at SwapDex. Swap host Jane of Jane Fabrics and Quilts blog shares the fabric choices of participant Terri at Sew Fantastic blog to give an idea of appropriate colors. How can you go wrong with seussical aqua and red? Visit Terri’s post for tips, more photos, and even…
9 designers, 1 new blog, 9 giveaways
Nine Australian designers are celebrating their new blog Among The Gum Trees by hosting giveaways on each of their individual blogs.
Go here for designer list and links.
Via Espritpatch
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Custom kits and a giveaway!
Cherry House Quilts pattern store is partnering with Seaside Quilting Supplies to offer custom kits for Cherry House Quilts patterns. To celebrate this new service, Cherri is hosting a giveaway. She explains there will be, one international, and one stateside. The prize? A little fabric, a little…
Tutorial: Paper piecing a scrap basket
Dena of Threads To Fabric blog shares a wonderfully detailed tutorial on paper piecing. She includes a good tip on how to keep your blocks in shape too. Get the how-to.
Via Dena from Quilter Going Bananas
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Tutorial: Paper piecing a scrap basket
Dena of Threads To Fabric blog shares a wonderfully detailed tutorial on paper piecing. She includes a good tip on how to keep your blocks in shape too. Get the how-to.
Via Dena from Quilter Going Bananas
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Giveaway: Fox Cottage book pattern
This whimsically charming appliqued and stitched book center with a fox and bird on top of a cottage speaks to me. Just leave a comment on Lynette Anderson Designs blog and you get a chance to win the pattern Fox … Read More...
Giveaway: Fox Cottage book pattern
This whimsically charming appliqued and stitched book center with a fox and bird on top of a cottage speaks to me. Just leave a comment on Lynette Anderson Designs blog and you get a chance to win the pattern Fox Cottage. She used fabric…
Fabric: Cats
With Emma (my daughter’s beautiful Calico cat) on my lap helping me blog, I just found this Furry Purry Audience fabric line in the Grey colorway at eQuilter.com. These kitties’ expressions are authentic, and the neutral palette is as calming as a cat’s…
Brazilian baby quilt from stacked coins
Mama of Mama Spark’s World is using this Crazy Mom Quilts tutorial from the Moda Bake Shop to make a Stacked Coins quilt for a friend living in Brazil. The friend is expecting a little girl soon. For the quilt fabric she selected Allspice Tapestry by Fig Tree. Here are a few swatches from…