A blog about quilts, quilting, fabric postcards, and other crafty adventures.
A blog about quilts, quilting, fabric postcards, and other crafty adventures.
Come September I will be heading off to Europe again and will be doing classes at Cotton n Color - Switzerland I will have 3 classes Friday 7th September - Technique day with a selection from Little Things Saturday 8th...
What do you do with bits and pieces of vintage linens when you want to make hexagons that are bigger than your really cool little left over embroidery and lace scraps? Here are about 35 pictures me…
My sewing room hasn't seen much of me this week as I've been out-and-about attending various quilting activities. Last Tuesday, our C...
Floral motifs have played a prominent role in embroidery design for centuries. Over 2,000 years ago, China’s textile artists stitched rich and colourful
The icecream man cometh — or at least today for the first time I heard the music from his truck. He must have been in the cul-du-sac behind me since I don’t normally hear him from the …
Make beautiful bubble painting Hydrangea flowers! Fun DIY dish soap paint recipe. Great kids art activity & easy beginner watercolor ideas!
Hello, thanks for visiting Quilting It. I’m excited to share with you one of the quilts I had the privilege of quilting earlier this year. It’s an amazing one!
I started a project a few years ago when I was pregnant with my second child. He's about to turn 4! Am I done? Not even close, but I knew starting it would take me
English Paper piecing hearts made by jewels
Full disclosure here: I like to paper-piece (I know not everyone does). I love the way you can get perfect, pointy points, tiny accurate pieces, and consistent blocks. My 1/4˝ seams are not always 1/4, but with paper-piecing, I can still be perfect.In her book, Amy Garro, Paper Pieced Modern, giving you visual step-by-step paper-piecing basics, so anyone and everyone can use this technique. Projects range from easy to more challenging—there’s sure to be something for your skill level.My fave is Icy Waters.It is such a wonderful design and it uses just 2 different block patterns—everything else is just color placement—brilliant! Diamonds and Emeralds II is another of my favoritesAmy is a master at using negative space, and this quilt with its contrast of color and shape, uses negative space so effectively.You know how hard it can be to find a quilt for a guy, look no further than The Bachelor.Masculine and sophisticated, it’s perfect for any man in your life. Change up the colors, and you still have the elegance and sophistication—a special gift for anyone or for yourself. And to show you just a bit on Amy’s versatility, take a look at Faceted Jewels II. If you’re an experienced paper-piecer, dive into Amy’s distinctive projects. If you are a beginner, hesitate no more and let Amy show you how.
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Fold a piece of paper or letter into an envelope with these foldable letter step by step instructions and a free printable
Easy DIY Happy Mother's Day card with beautiful big pop up flower: tutorial, video & free printable templates for handmade version & Cricut print and cut!
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FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG PART 8This week we have some fun with crazy patchwork. Crazy Patchwork has been around for centuries, it’s the process of joining small scraps of fabric together to make 1 complete textile piece.This crazy flower block would look fantastic as a scrappy repetitive design in a quilt!If you’re joining in with our FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG you will need to make 2.We now have 20 blocks made for our FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG. Here are my blocks so far in no particular orde
My Do. Good Stitches Asterisk quilt is done! This quilt is a little different—a bit more improvisational—than what I usually do, but I totally love how it turned out.
