A Year of Schnibbles challenge started September 1. Those joining will make a quilt every month from a Schnibble pattern by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. Go here to view patterns from her Schnibble collection.  

So just what is a Schnibble? In Rosie’s words,

Schnibble: noun  A scrap of fabric; a…

If you want to add selvages to your stash you can buy them at the Fabric Square Too Hip to be Square! online shop. 

Via Selvage Blog

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Find out how to straighten fabric on the grain at Wee Folk Art. Get the tute.

Jane Wickell from About.com: Quilting blog gives a good general explanation of fabric grain in her article Understanding Fabric Grain Improves Your Quiltmaking Skills. Go here to read it.

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This is one of Barbara Brackman’s (quilt historian and author) favorite patterns for showing off prints – notice the large squares that are not pieced. Size is 32″. Available for free download at Barbara Brackman Web site.

While on her site, be sure…

Belinda of Brown Dirt Cottage blog shares her Leaders and Enders project; saying it’s perfect for using up leftover fabric strips and strings. It’s based on a method taught by Bonnie of Quiltville. Get the tutorial.

Also on her blog, I found a tutorial for making stars out of scraps…

Subscribers of the Flea Market Fancy Freaks blog are hoping to convince Free Spirit Fabric to do another run of the Flea Market Fancy collection by Denyse Schmidt. They need all of us FMF lovers to help out. Go here to join the cause.    

Here is a look…

Australian quilt designer Kellie Wulfsohn made and gave away this beautiful wall hanging on her blog Don’t look now! After congratulating the winner she added,

For those of you who asked … yes Lilly Pilly will be released as a pattern … probably in October…

I love this fabric line – Canyon Flutter by Alexander Henry. You can get some at Phat Fabric online store.

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Get Anna Maria Horner’s Garden Wall quilt pattern from her blog. It’s free. Go here to download. 

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Susan from The Cranky Quilter blog shows off her pretty patchwork purse made from leftover string pieces. Go here to read more about it.

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Maddie is my lovely niece who is making her first quilt. Not missing a beat (stitch), I invited her to come up for a visit to my house. I promised to take her on a field trip to The Rabbit’s Lair shop and let her pick out…

I trolled the web looking for fussy cut fabric motifs. I found this wonderful example – a mermaid in a Dresden plate block by Rita from Free Falling blog.

Over the Labor Day weekend, my daughter Brittany fussy cut this quilt block. It’s another good example. Be sure and share…

Jessica of Happy Together blog shares how to make these ragged edge fabric letters – great for using up fabric scraps and quilt batting remnants. Go here to learn how.  

Via C & T Pub Blog

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Lynette of Lynette Anderson Designs blog shares her two-step method of making a blanket stitch that will not slip under your fabric shape. Go here to see the tutorial.

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