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Two of my all time favorite quilting teachers have a new book Applique Outside the Lines available for preorder at their Piece o Cake Web site. AlthoughI have several of their books/CDs on needle-turn applique, I find…
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Go to Timeless Treasuresand download free pattern Taxi. Original design by Heidi Pridemore. Yellows and grays are great together!
Note: Pattern is available for free one year only, thereafter it is for sale.
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Laura of Quilting Diva blog found design inspiration while cooking up some colorful veggies one evening. Some of our best color schemes come from nature.
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Monica of Girl Gone Thread Wild introduces this year’s Pink Artist button. Sandy of Art Tea Life is the maker of this wonderfully inspirational design. Go to Girl Gone Thread Wild to read the Pink Artist post. Go here to see more art.
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Check out this event calendar at Chocolate on My Cranium. Note: Only a small section of the calendar is shown here.
What you do is write a cool summer activity on a piece of paper and stick it in the cone, and then…
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Laura of Quilting Diva blog shows us her colorful and fun work in progress embroidery. I found this folksy lion at African Folklore Embroidery online store under category Embroidery
Quilt Blocks!
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Go here to see more Quilt Block kits. Blocks measure 8″ x…
For over 22 years the Original Creative Festivals has offered a world class craft buyers market. Open to the public, the festivals feature the latest traditional supplies, hands on classes and hard to find gadgets in the sewing, quilting, needleworking, and…
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Look at how Kristen from Unraveled finished the back of this baby quilt. Great color combination, IKEA print, finished with a seersucker binding. Now, here’s a section of the front of the quilt.
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The circles look hard don’t they? According to Kristen,
These…
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Cats and quilters go together like peanut butter and jelly so when I saw these two cuties I had to share them. Think of ’em as an add-on to the baby quilt you just finished! Get the how-to here, offered at…
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I love, love, love this fabric collection, Lantern Bloom, by painter Laura Gunn. Right now it’s available to purchase at Elinor Peace Bailey online store. Go here to get some. You have to buy it in 1/2 yard…
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Make it easier for the borrower to return all your quilting books to you with these darling book tags from Paint in My Hair.
Go here for free download.
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I found this wonderfully folksy Block of the Month - BOM quilt at Sister’s Scraps online store.
BOM description:
This is a 10 month Block-of-the-Month and the price includes all wool applique pieces, fabric for blocks, sashing, borders and binding.
Price $12.95 USD…
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Look what I found at Grandma’s Attic online store.
Product description:
These darling redwork designs feature animals at play. There are 10 9″ blocks in the book–all of them are absolutely adorable, original artwork by Julie Mainwaring. They stitch up quick…
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The folks at the object project had this to say about the puzzle bib,
These puzzle patches are so simple and fun to make, you won’t be able to stop at just one!
Kind of like me and potato chips!…
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Amazon sellers list this out of print Barbara Brackman book 1 new from $195.93 and 9 used from $77.87. Here is what the author Barbara Brackman has to say about the high prices:
This book brings outrageous prices on the used book sites…
Australia’s Craft & Quilt Fair is coming to Sydney June 10-14, 2009. Full of inspiration, advice and shopping, the fair is a complete craft experience, bringing the world of craft to you. See it, touch it, buy it and find it,…
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Andover offers this free quilt pattern featuring the new fabric collection, Red Letter Day, by Lizzy House.
Go here to download the pattern.
Via Fabtalk.
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Freespirit offers this free quilt pattern featuring Joel Dewberry’s new fabric collection, Deer Valley. Go here to download the pattern.
Via Fabtalk.
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Amy Butler Design online offers this free quilt pattern featuring Amy’s Midwest Modern 2 fabrics. Go here to download the pattern.
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Get free patchwork and applique patterns such as Celtic Patch, shown here, from Block Crazy.