Jan of Be*mused attended the 2011 Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival and took photos she is now sharing on her Flickr group. Go see some eye candy and blame Jan for not getting anything else done for the next hour. … Read More...
Tool: Manage your virtual quilting life
Michele, one of the guest bloggers for the Sewing Spaces Focus series held at 13 Woodhouse Road, wrote a piece on managing the digital part of the quilting experience. Here’s her post. To help her stay organized whilst … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Heartz inspired chair decor
I spied this pretty pink chair at my local quilt shop Just For Fun Fabrics today. 
Here’s a top down look at the patchwork seat. The talented crew used the Stargazey Quilts Heartz pattern by Pat Mullen to make the … Read More...
Squares in a fat quarter plus giveaway
Melissa of Love Affair With My Brother wants you to know how many squares (various sizes) you can get out of a fat quarter. Get the chart on her post. Her husband thinks she’s a hoarder, but hey she’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Rounded Quilt Corners
Jennifer from That Girl…That Quilt shows how to make rounded corners on a quilt. The secret is cutting the binding on the bias, something she knows a new quilter might not know. She also claims a particular tool helps her … Read More...
Pink and blue clouds for twin’s quilts
Erica at The Polka-dot Umbrella used the tutorial Rainbow Bunting Baby Quilt by Cheryl at A Pretty Cool Life to make two baby quilts but put her own spin on them. She followed the tute to make the bunting but … Read More...
Giveaway: Twelve by Twelve book
Oh happy day, Twelve by Twelve is finally out. The book celebrates the work of 12 quilt artists who chronicled their creative goings on via blogging at Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge. Here’s how Amazon describes … Read More...
Free block: Dry in the Shade
This quilt is an exercise in pairing solids and prints. Cherri from Cherry House Quilts created it using a single block repeated throughout. She calls the block Dry in the Shade and is generously sharing it with us. Go to … Read More...
Newsy: Red and white quilt exhibit in NYC
Amy from the Angry Chicken is “freaking out” over the upcoming quilt exhibit Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. Visit her post where she links to an amazing photo of red and white quilts from the National … Read More...
Science and Art of thread selection
Liz from Sew4Home offers up some tips on thread selection breaking down the discussion under science and art. Topics include weight, tensile strength, dye lots and consistency, color and style. She also includes the most common thread types and a … Read More...
Leah Day’s Transformation Challenge
Leah from Day Style Designs is hosting a contest called The Transformation Challenge. Each entrant must create a 9″ x 12 ” quilt and use at least 5 designs from Leah’s Free Motion Quilting Project. Go to Day … Read More...
BOM: Butterfly Garden starting soon
Isn’t’ this fresh? One of my favorite quilt shops The Rabbit’s Lair is hosting a new BOM program starting March 1, 2011. Shown is one of the 18″ blocks that make up the finished 64″ x 64″ quilt aptly named … Read More...
Gnome and Lil Fox patterns on sale
I am so digging this gnome and fox. These and more downloadable paper piecing patterns are on sale at Artisania through the end of February. Visit the New Pattern Shop for details.
Raffle: Vintage Stars quilt
Vikki from Field Trips in Fiber is handling the raffling of this beautiful 75″ x 84″ Vintage Stars quilt. Talented members of her local guild Country School Quilters made the quilt with proceeds going to the Virginia Quilt Museum. … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric gift box
Michele from Michele Made Me shows how she made this completely adorable fabric gift box. She promises this project will not only make you a gift giving maven, but it will help you perfect your free motion quilting skills. Go … Read More...
Product review: Lapel Stick for quilters
A tool that makes the process of quilting easier often gets a permanent spot in my sewing basket. I just tried out a new product that shows promise to take up residence there. It’s a fabric marker called Lapel Stick… Read More...
Event: A Geoclectic Extravaganza
If you live or work close to Dover New Hampshire, be sure and check out ongoing art exhibit A Geoclectic Extravaganza held through March 4, 2011 at The Washington Street Mills Business and Cultural Center.
One of the featured … Read More...
Newsy: Apple App for Quilt Lovers
The Alliance for American Quilts announces Quilt Index To Go, a new Apple app compatible with iPhone, iPod, and iPad. You get a quilt a day accompanied by bits of history right on your device. The quilts are pulled from … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork spiral pillow
Ekaterina from Katrinshine shows how she made this Patchwork spiral pillow. The front is a quilt block she calls spiral and we in the states refer to as crazy. Whatever you call it, I call it pretty. Go to the… Read More...
Tutorial: Tiny wonky star block
Emily from Mommy’s Nap Time loves all things small but gets frustrated with the limited resources available for piecing tiny blocks. She shares how to make a tiny 2″ star block adapted from a 12″ block. This size block is … Read More...