Swatch from Lanie Jane

I think I’ll have a summer fling with Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass for Michael Miller. Visit online shop Lanie Jane to see the rest of the fabric in this terrific new line. 

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Image from bw quilt challenge

Check out Quilt Diva Julie’s entry in the Black and White Quilt Challenge. She named it Dave & Friends since the law firm she works for now has 12 partners. Read more about it here.  

The host of the…

Image from Amy Bradley Designs

Amy from Amy Bradley Designs offers doggie fun with her free Baxter pattern. Go here to download. 

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Image from Willy Nilly

Forget matching. Just randomly pull lights, mediums, and darks out of your stash to make a Values quilt. Katie from Willy Nilly blog offers a tutorial. Get the how-to here.

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Images from Free Spirit

Denyse Schmidt’s Katie Jump Rope fabric collection by Free Spirit is getting harder to find. I just bought a bit of D1679-130 at my local quilt shop, shown here, and that is the only style they had left.

So…

Image from pbtex

Check out this fun quilted backpack bag designed by Heidi Pridemore for P & B Textiles. It features the Chloe fabric collection.   Get the free pattern here.

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Cash on Couch photograph by Char

You design it, Karma Kraft prints it. Both Crafting a Green World and True Up are talking about it. I liked the idea of On Demand Fabric Printing so much so I decided to try it. After all, Karma Kraft’s Web site says you can do this…

Image from Amazon

I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Ellen Highsmith Silver’s book Floorquilts!. She shares her unique method of transforming fabric scraps into beautiful durable floor coverings. I can appreciate her motivation for coming up with this idea.

About the Author:

She invented Floorquilts…

Image from Superior Threads

Check out this handy thread selection chart at Superior Threads. Link to chart.

Via Golden Gate Quilts.

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Inchie Quilts by Nadine Ruggles is now available! 

Book Description:

Join the latest trend in quilting and make the tiniest quilts yet—only 1″ x 1″ square! Learn how to make these exquisite little gems from a master.Go here to order.

Nadine of…

Images from Knit R Done

Embroidery

Good on Alex from Knit R Done blog for making this wonderful heartfelt Log Cabin pieced pillow while working out some difficult emotions related to being left behind while her spouse is deployed overseas.

Here is Alex’s description of her project…

Image from Piece O' Cake

Two of my all time favorite quilting teachers have a new book Applique Outside the Lines available for preorder at their Piece o Cake Web site. AlthoughI have several of their books/CDs on needle-turn applique, I find…

Image from Timeless Treasures

Go to Timeless Treasuresand download free pattern Taxi. Original design by Heidi Pridemore. Yellows and grays are great together!

Note: Pattern is available for free one year only, thereafter it is for sale.

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Laura of Quilting Diva blog found design inspiration while cooking up some colorful veggies one evening. Some of our best color schemes come from nature.

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Monica of Girl Gone Thread Wild introduces this year’s Pink Artist button. Sandy of Art Tea Life is the maker of this wonderfully inspirational design. Go to Girl Gone Thread Wild to read the Pink Artist post. Go here to see more art.

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Check out this event calendar at Chocolate on My Cranium. Note: Only a small section of the calendar is shown here. 

What you do is write a cool summer activity on a piece of paper and stick it in the cone, and then…