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This quilt from the American Folk Art Museum is the earliest Log Cabin in their collection. Photo by Schecter Lee. Quilt description:

This quilt is constructed in a Barn Raising pattern in which light and dark fabrics are arranged to form concentric diamonds.…

Melissa from Polka Dot Chair blog shares how to make this chirpy pillow at the Moda Bake Shop. Go here for the how-to.

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Meet Skating Rosey. She’s one of nine whimsical embroidery patterns in a collection created by Jenny of Jenny of Elefantz blog. 

Product description: The Four Trees are all 6in x 10in finished; the Charms are 4in square and 3.5in x 5 in; Skating Rosey is 5 in x 7…

Michelle of Ey Embellishments blog made this Super Simple Stamps quilt using Fannie Carte’s method for creating stamps from scratch. Go here to give it a try. Go here to see the entire Stamps quilt and some closeups. Nice job.

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Lynda of The Great American Quilt Factory blog shows how to make clay buttons in a nifty slide show. She says, The buttons are very easy to do and add a one-of-a-kind embellishment to your work. 

Get the how-to here.

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SewCalGal wants you to mark your calendars for SAQA’s benefit auction starting Thursday, September 10th, 2009. She explains how the auction works and provides a preview of a dozen art quilts. Go here to see more. 

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Candy from Candied Fabrics blog took this inspiring photo of Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Go here to read more. As an aside, I’m a fan of anyone who has a blog post titled Chartreuse is the new neutral!. I’m not afraid of color…

Kathy Cano-Murillo of The Crafty Chica blog announces her 4th annual Crafty Chica Art Cruise. She said this about the event this week,

I’m delighted to share that we will have a special guest: Superstar podcaster and savvy crafter, Sister Diane of CraftyPod.com! She will…

The folks from Web store Blossom Quiltworks! got to spend some time with Moda fabric designer Lila Tueller during this May’s Quilt Market.  This Interview was in Blossom’s latest Newsletter. Go here to sign up so you get the scoop too.

Blossom:  Lila, what brought you…

Down by the River blogger just got news her entry (closeup of a section shown here) won the Celebrate Summer competition hosted by Patchwork and Quilting magazine. Congratulations! It’s so pretty. Go here for details.

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I love this new fabric line Housework Whenever!. Original design by Sharon Yenter for In The Beginning Fabrics.

Via Ruby Jane’s Retro Fabric. 

Go here to see the swatch gallery. It’s all stash worthy.

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Check out Jay McCarroll’s latest fabric line, Germania from Free Spirit. Go here to view the entire swatch gallery.

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This modern feeling applique block was created by Ann of Ann Champion’s Blog. She has a tutorial that shows her method for creating this Princess Feather pattern. Go here for the how-to.

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Laura of Adventures of a Quilting Diva blog shares her tips for prewashing fabric smaller than 1/2 yard to avoid tangles. Go here to read more.

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