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Mandy Gilliam Bates

Each quilt tells its own story and is unique with its own characteristics but where does the inspiration come from to make a quilt? Over the next few weeks I'm going to give you a number of ways to find inspiration for quilting. Each post will be divided into a category group. In most points I will include my own perso

For the past 2+ weeks, I’ve been working on a new Dresden quilt, custom ordered.  I LOOOOOOOVVVVE Dresden quilts, but man oh, man, are they time consuming to make.  Even so, watching these beauties comes together might be prettier to me than any other quilt taking shape. I was given a list of colors by...

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Thanks Sharon S. for the seven adorable quilts we received from you! The first three were made from Sharon's own fabrics , and the remainin...

The history of large barn paintings in Appalachia. How to make your own and what some of the images mean

Get ready for a stunning quilt🥀Easy patchwork for beginnersHow to make a stunningly beautiful quilt made from colorful squares and stripes of fabricpatchwor...

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Back in February I started a quilting class with my Ma'am and my Mom and it has been a BLAST! We are working on a sampler quilt at a little...

This is a quick process video to show you how I paint the colors onto the wooden star barn quilt. Many people like to paint the small cedar wood pieces befo...

May all your ups and downs be with a needle and thread.

Ripples quilt made from a jelly roll, bright vibrant colours and pattern.

I'm not sure how many blocks to make... I was thinking 4 but now I think maybe 9 is better?

Bits and Pieces of my life

I have had a couple of questions about the machine quilting of Dear Jane so I thought I would answer them here. 1) What kind of thread d...

Our local quilt group was asked to make a raffle quilt to benefit the township's historical society's projects. Several of our group had already learned about a nice block called the "Disappearing Four Patch." I combined this block set on point and another pattern by Lori Smith called "Autumn Trails". This is the quilt we…