Hillary of Designing Happy blog shares how she made this adorable 11″ x 17″ wall hanging using strips from a Jelly Roll. This doesn’t have to stay on a wall, it’s the perfect size for a dolly quilt. Either Go here for instructions.  

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Hillary of Designing Happy blog shares how to make a circular rug from a Jelly Roll. Go here for the fabulous tute.  

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A Year of Schnibbles challenge started September 1. Those joining will make a quilt every month from a Schnibble pattern by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. Go here to view patterns from her Schnibble collection.  

So just what is a Schnibble? In Rosie’s words,

Schnibble: noun  A scrap of fabric; a…

If you want to add selvages to your stash you can buy them at the Fabric Square Too Hip to be Square! online shop. 

Via Selvage Blog

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Find out how to straighten fabric on the grain at Wee Folk Art. Get the tute.

Jane Wickell from About.com: Quilting blog gives a good general explanation of fabric grain in her article Understanding Fabric Grain Improves Your Quiltmaking Skills. Go here to read it.

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This is one of Barbara Brackman’s (quilt historian and author) favorite patterns for showing off prints – notice the large squares that are not pieced. Size is 32″. Available for free download at Barbara Brackman Web site.

While on her site, be sure…

Belinda of Brown Dirt Cottage blog shares her Leaders and Enders project; saying it’s perfect for using up leftover fabric strips and strings. It’s based on a method taught by Bonnie of Quiltville. Get the tutorial.

Also on her blog, I found a tutorial for making stars out of scraps…

Subscribers of the Flea Market Fancy Freaks blog are hoping to convince Free Spirit Fabric to do another run of the Flea Market Fancy collection by Denyse Schmidt. They need all of us FMF lovers to help out. Go here to join the cause.    

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Australian quilt designer Kellie Wulfsohn made and gave away this beautiful wall hanging on her blog Don’t look now! After congratulating the winner she added,

For those of you who asked … yes Lilly Pilly will be released as a pattern … probably in October…

I love this fabric line – Canyon Flutter by Alexander Henry. You can get some at Phat Fabric online store.

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Get Anna Maria Horner’s Garden Wall quilt pattern from her blog. It’s free. Go here to download. 

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Susan from The Cranky Quilter blog shows off her pretty patchwork purse made from leftover string pieces. Go here to read more about it.

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