Leave a comment this week on any post at Sew, Mama, Sew! blog and get a chance to win some fabric scraps from her online store. Go here to read more about this contest.
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…Santa’s Cats table runner
Nina of Mrs Moen blog just finished this fun quilted project for one of her upcoming workshops. Go here to see the entire table runner.
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Molly’s Meadow UFO October finish
Joan of Quvrages d’une Acadienne(Projects of an Acadian) blog is focused on an October finish for this folksy quilt called Molly’s Meadow by Kim Dielh. Go here to see more about her UFO.
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Wonder-Fall Celebration!
In Stitches blog announces a Fall Sale at The Quilt Shoppe. Starts today!
Go here for details.
Book: Kaffe is romancing the quilt
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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…Bloggy break
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’s Ralli Quilts
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
Last chance 2009 classes at Quilt University
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…
Free pattern: Flower Pot Pillow
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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Free pattern: Windmill Wagga quilt
Giveaway: Meadowsweet Pear and Peach
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…
Free pattern using Holiday Magic fabric
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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Giveaway Roundup
Here are some of my favorite giveaways for this week:
- –Cathy at Pink Chalk Studio is giving away 24 Fig Tree patterns courtesy of Joanna from Fig Tree Quilts.
- –Judi of Green Fairy Quilts is giving away All Boxed In! and Layers of Love, two brand new…
Free pattern: Housework Whenever!
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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…Another small fabric shop gone
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…
Tips: Pressing seams in quilting
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.
- Press as you go
- Press instead of iron
- Set the seams
- Press seams to one side
Meet Volksfaden the “people’s thread”
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…
Sun Bonnet Sue wields a knife
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…
Ta dah!: Double stitched log cabin block
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,…