Rice Freeman-Zachery from Create Mixed Media shares her thoughts on the best ways to interact online saying she wants to see “a return to a sense of civility” among bloggers. Go to her well written opinion piece, A Little Online … Read More...
Free pattern: Just Dreamy quilt
Melissa from Life = Creativity celebrated the latest Quilter’s Home Freebie Friday by offering readers this free quilt pattern, Just Dreamy by Jina Barney. The mix of piecing and applique plus the colors make this quilt a must-sew. Go here … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Quilter’s Home June/July 2011
I am so excited to show you that I’m in the June/July issue of Quilter’s Home magazine. Look for the Bookmarked article under the Chat section. It’s on newsstands now, so be sure and get or borrow a copy … Read More...
A tute to cure UFO blues
Kelly from Blue Bird Sews shares her secret for getting a quilt top quilted quickly. She says,
… Read More...This is a quilting tutorial for continuous straight line quilting which can be easily done to finish a quilt top. Too often we
Ta Dah!: Scrappy basket quilt
Jolene from Blue Elephant Stitches finished this quilt in time to show it off at Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival. I love it – the funky scrappy baskets are so happy. So well done, I want one!
Tutorial: Diamonds Mini Quilt
Lindsay from Craft Buds shares how she made this beautiful, bright quilt. She describes the project,
… Read More...For this quilt, you can go bright with rainbow solids like I did, or focus on prints. Choose masculine colors, girly colors or whatever
Newsy: “Quilter’s Home” bookmarked me!
I have kept a secret from you, dear readers, but now I can dish. I’m in the current issue of Quilter’s Home magazine. One of their editors (Melissa) contacted me back in March for an interview for the feature … Read More...
Children at Play fabric line has 52 pieces
Absolutely darling is how I would describe Children at Play by Michael Miller. For Sarah Jane, it marks her very first fabric collection. With four colorways and themes and a total of 52 pieces there’s something to delight all … Read More...
Freebie: Stepping Stones Block pattern
Tacha Bruecher from Fat Quarterly shares her Stepping Stones Block pattern over at Sew, Mama, Sew!. You can use the block in a pillow, as shown here, or make multiples for a quilt. Get the free PDF Pattern … Read More...
Grab a cuppa: Quilt Festival Spring 2011
Grab a cup of tea, coffee or whatever suits, then check out the lovely quilts entered in Bloggers’ Quilt Festival – Spring 2011. Amy from Amy’s Creative Side hosts this biannual show. Visit the Festival and see all the … Read More...
Quilter newbies, learn from Laura Nownes
Don’t miss this evening’s Wednesday Night Live! webcast brought to you by C&T Publishing. Author and teacher Laura Nownes will teach a beginning class on creating a quilt block. Laura, along with Diana McClun, wrote the classic book Quilts! Quilts!! … Read More...
Free pattern: Floral Impressions quilt
Judy Best designed this quilt to highlight Rowan’s Flower Market collection. I love the watercolor look of these fabrics. Get the Floral Impressions quilt pattern at Fabric Trends project page. Go straight to the PDF.
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Spoonflower Black and White fabric contest
This week at Spoonflower, the Fabric of the Week contest theme is black and white. With 418 entries, you’ll be clicking through 24 pages to see them all. Go here to get started and here to see the entire … Read More...
Kweli’s African American fabrics
Kweli from African American Fabrics designs fabulous fabric with African American sensibilities. My favorite from her collection on Spoonflower is Bottle Tree, circled in the photo. She explains the folklore behind the bottle tree on her Post: Bottle Tree Fabric … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric postcards
This is an older post, but still worthy. In it Becky from Patchwork Posse teaches how to make fabric postcards from choosing stiffener to finishing. For quilters, postcards are a perfect way to use up scraps. Get the tute.
A call to play nicer – Mod v Trad revisited
Kristen from Sew, Mama, Sew! extends an olive branch (or should I say quilting needle) to Sandi Walton of Piecemeal Quilts. Sandi is the author of the now infamous blog post where she used the “D” word in reference … Read More...
Craft swap “Initially Yours” at Cherry World
It’s a Very Cherry World is hosting a craft swap Initially Yours. She describes it,
… Read More...Participants will be paired with another person and, what you will do is, make something for them using only their first initial. (ex., S
Tutorial: Ties for little guys
Have some stash you need to burn so you can buy more quilting fabric? Well I have an idea. Make a tie for the special little boy in your life. Go to the tutorial.
Sly Cat embroidery pattern for a song
Wendi from Shiny Happy World offers this downloadable Sly Cat embroidery pattern for the price of a digital song – $0.99. Or you can opt to get it for free – your choice. Go to her post for details.
Free project: Cherry a la Mode quilt
This quilt features the fabric line Sew Cherry by Lori Holt for Riley Blake. Get the free download. See other free projects here.