Let the folks at HGTV show you how to turn your T-shirts into a keepsake quilt. Go here to print out the tutorial.
Video Tutorial – Easy Tie-Dye T-shirt Quilt
Free patterns: American Girl doll quilts
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You get more than a free doll quilt pattern at Womenfolk, you get the history surrounding the pattern.
Whether it’s Addy, Kristen, Molly, Emily, Samantha, Nellie, Felicity or Elizabeth who needs a covering, go here for a quilt pattern and history lesson.
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Tutorial: Sew a perfect one quarter seam
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The Tech Editors at C&T Publishing blog show you how to make your seams consistently 1/4″ when piecing a quilt top. Go here to learn how.
Free pattern: Baby Bargello
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For a limited time, Timeless Treasures Fabrics offers this wonderful free pattern Baby Bargello by designer Karen Montgomery. Go here to download.
Art quilter Sue Benner likes molecules
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Sue Benner’s art quilt CELLULAR STRUCTURE V shown here is a visual feast and is available to purchase at the Jane Sauer Gallery.
Description:
Art Quilt; dye and paint on fabric (silk, cotton, polyester, commercial and found fabrics), fused, mono-printed, machine…
Free pattern: Salt Water Taffy quilt
Inspiration: Finding time to quilt
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First off, I love Diane’s blog name Dyed Quilting and her funny noirish double entendre. Second, it’s refreshing to hear a fellow quilter lament distractions in finding time to quilt. She said this top is nearly complete. I’m proud of her for sharing her progress with…
Free pattern: Lotus Beauty quilt
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I always wonder what to do with my beautiful Asian print fabrics. Cutting them into smaller pieces is not always the best option. This free pattern from Kona Bay Fabrics is a good example of how to display the larger elements. Go here to download…
Give-a-way: Quilt Top
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Cathy of Quilting on Turtle Hill is giving away this very cute quilt top, closeup shown here. Go here to see how to make it yours.
Tutorial: Flower Garden pillow
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Kellie from Don’t Look Now! offers a great tutorial for this applique flower garden pillow. Get the tute here.
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On sale: Katie Jump Rope
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Sew Mama Sew has Denyse Schmidt’s Katie Jump Rope fabric line on sale right now. A few are already sold out so hurry to get your favorite. Mine is Ribbon Flower. Go here to shop.
…Tool: Measurement Converter
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Nowadays buyers and sellers are from all across the globe so this free online Measurement Converter could be a great help. It takes you from yards to meters and from meters to yards. Go here to get the tool.
Visit Sew Fancy here.
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Retro: Six fleur applique designs
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Aren’t these the cutest applique patterns ever? Designer Kelly Fletcher of materialistic blog made them into six pillows/cushions. According to Kelly,
They’re all the same size, so would also work well as an appliqué quilt – using one, two or all six of the…
How can a longarm quilter help you?
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Helen Mary of Caledonia Quilter blog answers the question How can a longarm quilter help you? She goes beyond the obvious which is of course to quilt a top for you. My personal favorite is:
5) Help you finish tops that were started but…
Free pattern: Fast No-Match Stars
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The Quilt Pattern Shoppe came up with this clever technique for a local quilt shop’s warrior quilts project. Forget matching those picky points. Go here to download the free pattern.
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Humor: Spring cleaning with a quilt top
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Quilter Going Bananas shares this cute cartoon with her readers. My reaction: Love it!
Free pattern: Garden Tea Party quilt
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Check out this free downloadable quilt pattern made from Bari J’s debut fabric collection Full Bloom. Available in stores June 1, 2009.
Go here to download.
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Sneak Peek: Bari Ackerman Full Bloom
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Bari Ackerman is a new fabric designer with a new fabric line called Full Bloom - available in stores June 1, 2009. Go here to see more swatches.
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…Free pattern: Straight and Narrow
Image from Robert Kaufman
Go here to download this striking Robert Kaufman quilt pattern.
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Discombobulated Log Cabin block
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Christina from The Sometimes Crafter may have felt discombobulated after her dream, but her Log Cabin block, shown here, turned out just fine. Go here to see where she got some of the fabric.
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