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The Empire Quilt Guild of NYC invites you to participate in their 2009-2010 BOM. Organizers promise lots of fresh new ideas. Instructions for making the Sugar Stick block available here. I heart this quilt, shown here, made from this BOM. Via Attic Window Quilt Shop.
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Anita Grossman Solomon of Make it Simpler fame shares her secret to accurate piecing. Starch and iron fabric before cutting and sewing. Go to Creating with the Experts to read more.
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Go to Westminster Fabrics to get this free pattern featuring fabric from the Poinsettias and Holly collection by Martha Negley. The pinwheels are made using paper-piecing. Click here to download.
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Go to Westminster Fabrics to get this free pattern featuring fabric from the Poinsettias and Holly collection by Martha Negley. The pinwheels are made using paper-piecing. Click here to download. [tags]quilting, free pattern, Christmas, poinsettias, holly, Cactus Flowers, quilt, … Read More...
The next time you order some delectable fabric from Purlsoho online store, don’t miss their bonus pattern featuring the Carla Miller Plume Collection. Since the pattern is not in a down-loadable format, it must be shipped to a physical address. Go here to add…
V and Co. created a pattern for these sweet little pincushions and shares how to make them at the Moda Bake Shop. Get the tutorial.
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V and Co. created a pattern for these sweet little pincushions and shares how to make them at the Moda Bake Shop. Get the tutorial.
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I just discovered Helene Knott’s Garden Patch Cats series. Podcats is the latest, see the entire collection at Story Quilts online store. My favorite is Kitt’ney Bean. Let me know yours.
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Dana of The Quilted Librarian blog made a crazy-pieced quilted apron (closeup shown here) to please the Apron Goddeesses. Learn more about this event here. See all of Dana’s apron with her in it!
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Andrea of Millions of Thoughts Trapped in my Head blog shares her ”sideways” method of machine quilting that works so well Park City Girl gave her a shout out on her blog today and even provided a link to her video demonstration.…
Ever since Pottery Barn began selling Denyse Schmidt’s Single Girl quilts I’ve wanted one. But at $349.00 for a Full/Queen my acquisition would have to wait. Happily, Denyse is selling the Single Girl quilt pattern so I can make one. I just checked, and Sew Mama Sew has sold…
Ever since Pottery Barn began selling Denyse Schmidt’s Single Girl quilts I’ve wanted one. But at $349.00 for a Full/Queen my acquisition would have to wait. Happily, Denyse is selling the Single Girl quilt pattern so I can make … Read More... 
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Denyse Schmidt Quilts online store has a section called Quilt Care where she explains the best way to care for the quilts she sales. To clean them, she said,
We recommend Engleside’s All American Quilt Wash, available through our…
Denyse Schmidt Quilts online store has a section called Quilt Care where she explains the best way to care for the quilts she sales. To clean them, she said,
We recommend Engleside’s All American Quilt Wash, available through our friends … Read More...
Diva Quilts celebrated Canada Day by making herself this beautifully executed pinwheel quilt, called Strawberry Sundae. Time spent on this was her reward for having worked completely from her stash lately and only on UFO’s (unfinished objects). I admire her self discipline and…
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Free Spirit offers this free pattern Wrench It Up! featuring fabric line Be a Man. Original quilt design by Scott Hansen. Click here to download.
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Artist Douglas Day created this modern and manly fabric for FreeSpirit. See the entire line of Be a Man at Shiisa Quilts.
Go on over to Tried & True blog to see how the mother of a young son made this great looking kid-friendly quilt. Get the tutorial.
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Deborah Raymond of Wonder Woman Creations blog shares how she and her friends made this quilt to gift a mutual friend who was about to move. Get the tutorial.
