Purl Soho charms with its pretty paint color in a historic building. This week’s nominee is located in New York City. It’s been fun to focus on the form (like a good summer read) when it comes to fabric shops. … Read More...
Pomegranate Heart art quilt and print
Bozena Wojtaszek shows us the pomegranate that inspired her latest art quilt. As a work in progress, she called it kitchen landscape. Now a finished textile, Bozena is making Pomegranate Heart available as a print. I have the perfect … Read More...
Quilts for granddaughter
This baby doll quilt is the sweet companion of a matching larger quilt, made by the talent behind A Maidenhair Fern. Both are gifts to her granddaughter. Visit her post, Chevron Doll Quilt, to learn more.
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Inspiration: Jude’s cat patch
This is one feline of many found in a nine patch series over at Spirit Cloth. Created by talented fabric artist Jude Hill, go see Cat in the Window and others, such as Safe.
Image credit: Spirit Cloth
Quilt Block a Day in July
Adrianne rocks the first week of her self-imposed challenge (Block a Day in July) with these six blocks. Only 25 more and she’ll be ready to sew them into a top. Visit On the Windy Side to learn more about … Read More...
Quilt sees the light of day
Lily of Block-A-Day celebrates finishing a 6 years in the making quilt by taking it outside and shooting it from all directions. Don’t miss her lovely napping quilt photo shoot. Enjoy!
Week 3: Best Fabric Shop Storefront
The Stitchin’ Post is my nominee for this week’s best fabric shop storefront contest. First, I love the architectural style of the building, with aged looking bricks. The canopied and lighted entrance invites you in. The flower boxes add warmth … Read More...
Celebrity Wife Swap at City Quilter
This just in from Dale Riehl, of The City Quilter and Gallery:
… Read More...ABC Television network’s CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP series shot a segment at our gallery and The City Quilter last March.
The program containing this premieres on ABC this Tuesday,
Week 1: Best Fabric Shop Storefront
Amy of Badskirt found this fabric shop during a road trip that took her through Fyansford, Victoria. I love this storefront so hard I’m inspired to start a new series here at Quilting at Craftgossip. Starting today, and once … Read More...
Cosmic Voyage finalists
Ceri Gwen’s Far Away Folk got her into the finals of the Spoonflower Design Challenge 2014. I love her Heidi-esque interpretation of the contest theme – Cosmic Voyage. Oh, and notice the maiden brings along her cat and dog … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Chippewa scrap quilt top
Allison of Cluck Cluck Sew made a pretty summer quilt top from fabric scraps, a portion shown here. The square shape will make it perfect for a table topper inside or on the patio, quilted or not. Follow this link … Read More...
Karen Nyberg’s quilt block
Astronaut and quilter, Karen Nyberg, is holding a quilt block she made in space. In this video, she invites all quilters who are attending this year’s International Quilt Festival in Houston to enter the Astronomical Quilts Block Challenge. … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Diamond Star towels
Diamond stars and edge stitching make these towels sing. Heather of Vintage Grey explains they got their start as flour sack tea towels. Humble beginnings she then embellished to vintage perfection.
Fat cat backpack
Anne of Peacock Hill shows some cat love with this make, a quilted backpack. It’s her entry in the Umbrella Prints Trimmings Challenge. Visit Anne’s blog to see more fabulous photos of her fab Fat Cat Backpack. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Set Sail block
Mary of Mollie Flanders Makerie wants her readers to know about liberated quilting, an approach to piecing first popularized by Gwen Marston. With this in mind, she created a summer quilt, part of it shown here. The sails are brightly … Read More...
Cindy’s tips for piecing curves
Sewing curves scares even confident quilters like Cindy of Hyacinth Quilt Designs. But with the help of generous quilters she’s embraced them. Visit her blog post, Gypsy Kisses, to find out what she’s learned from the experience.
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John Hopper explores pattern
To my delight, John Hopper’s post, A Celebration of Pattern and Creativity, appeared at the top my InoReader this morning. In it, he shows us five beautiful German surface pattern designs from the 30’s as a backdrop to discussing … Read More...
Free pattern: A late Spring quilt
This quilt showcases the fabric collection Blueprint Basics designed by Valori Wells for Robert Kaufman. Follow this link to download the free pattern, “Spring”.
Image credit: Robert Kaufman
Turn a quilt into a summertime tablecloth
Jillee of One Good Thing addressed a common issue with typical tablecloths used outside, edges flapping up in the wind. She used a store-bought quilt as the base fabric then modified it to fit a patio umbrella table. Learn how … Read More...
Midnight at the Oasis
I spied this quilt over at Jen Kingwell Designs. Thanks goes to Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts for introducing me to this quilt designer in her blog post, to market and back again.