The Downton Abbey Garden Party quilt, named for the fabric line and the quilt pattern by Laura Heine. You’ve seen the pattern, the one made of bright colors in a 20+ inch quilt block? I bough…
Ghost Party!!! Quilt pattern release sharing all the info about the pattern and a handful of Ghost Party!!! blocks and quilts to be inspired by.
As soon as I saw Elizabeth Hartman's latest pattern, Penguin Party, popping up on my Instagram feed, I knew that I would have to make it...
Want to teach students how to turn fractions to percentages…while also engaging them? In this blog, I’ll show you how you can use an art quilt lesson to help your students with fractions and converting to percentages.
I feel this quilt deserves its own post. At a whopping 80″ x 100″, it is definitely the largest quilt I have made to date and I love it! The above photo gives you an idea of its immensi…
Quilting 101 Basics - free tutorial how to choose batting, baste and stitch the layers of a quilt together. Hand quilting vs. Machine quilting options.
You may have heard of chain piecing quilt blocks, but have you chain piecing quilt rows? This technique will save you time and keep you organized!
Well Hello! Come in, sit down.... more than enough room for everyone... Today is our Paper Piecing Link-Up What have you been up to this week? Let's see - loads of commissions being done - at last... I know... This is a cute one - a Robin Red Breast - 10" Easy level I made this for a friend who was feeling a little nostalgic - it turned out sooo cute that I'll add it to my Craftsy pattern shop Joan even sent me a photo of her finished block - wow, its so lovely! So let me see - what have you made that's new? Link it up and let's all have our fill Thanks!! An InLinkz Link-up Have a Lovely Week end! Visit My Pattern Shop https://www.facebook.com/QuiltArtDesigns
Great gift ideas for retreats and quilting friends. Browse through this round-up of fun ideas to give your quilting friends (or yourself)!
Hello! You may have found me while doing a search for a Minecraft quilt block or the whole quilt - welcome! On this page I am combining all previous posts
It's time to link up once again and show how our McTavishing is improving. I am certain that everyone here has been learning more about free motion quilting and this design during this series, includi
Bird Quilt Pattern Tutorial 2 Styles Technique: Quilt Skill Level: Intermediate Darling little birds flutter across the surface of this beautiful quilt, making it perfect...
[back from Low Definition 2 ] Over the last few weeks, I have been trying to pay more attention to the other side of the quilt--the quilt back! I have been perusing instagram, flickr, and quilt blogs, and thought it would be fun to put together a collection of inspiring pieced quilt backs.I ne
Riley Blake had a fantastic wall of minis at Quilt Markter to highlight their new Hashtag collection. The following quilts show off the Confetti Cottons wonderfully. Color Play Berry Sweet Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet has brought forth her characteristic cuteness and designed Sewing Scissors. Moda had some fun collections. You may remember Thicket by Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber (which is having an amazing Black Friday sale). Get ready for some holiday spirit with her Merrily collection. Sugar Pie by Lella Boutique is too sweet! Spring Bunny Fun by Stacy Iest Hsu is completely adorable, and even has a panel to make bunny dolls. Brigitte Heitland unveiled True Blue, a denim-shaded modern collection. Sweetwater's latest is Treehouse Club. Jen Kingwell had a booth chock-full of scrappy beauties. Her Long Time Gone sampler was particularly eye-catching. Up for grabs today is a heap load of mini charms from Moda's yet-to-be-released collections and a pair of cute snippers. I'll pick a winner Nov. 30. I have a few stipulations for this one: 1. Follow the Quilting Mod blog (Bloglovin', Feedly, E-mail, etc.). 2. Tell me how you follow in a comment below. 3. Have a U.S. mailing address. Sorry, but shipping can be scary for lumpy things going overseas. Update: Donna is the winner! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Thanksgiving. SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
Recently I shared a tutorial on spray basting using a design wall. Today’s tutorial shows how to modify the spray basting process using a table instead. Note that my pictures are all taken ou…
No longer are you stuck with boring simple baby quilt kits. Continue reading for 10 modern patchwork quilts you can start this weekend!
Your Laser or Inkjet Printer Can Produce Wonderful Results! With so many beautiful fabrics to choose from at the quilt store, it’s hard to imagine why you’d want to print your own. However, your printed designs can add truly special touches to a quilt. For example, photos are often printed on fabric and added to …
Polaroid Party - Polaroid Picture Pattern Show off your favorite fabric with this fun and easy Polaroid paper pieced block. With four different Polaroid pictures (each measuring 6in by 6in finished or 12in by 12in combined) you have tons of options! Piece them together or use them individually. This pattern is perfect for fussy cutting! Check out the pictures below for a sneak peak of the finished paper pieced Polaroids! Piece this block alone or with my In A Snap Camera Pattern to make your own unique photo themed quilt or mini! This pattern assumes the user has experience with foundation paper piecing. If you're new to paper piecing and looking for a good pattern to start with, this is beginner friendly. How to access your new PDF Pattern: This is a listing for a digital PDF pattern. If you purchase this pattern you will get an email from Etsy that includes a link to download. You can also go to https://www.etsy.com/your/purchases to find a link to download it directly from Etsy.
Sunflower Patch is a modern quilt pattern with a vintage feel. In four sizes, each with a single-color version (good for yardage) and multi-color version (great for using those fat quarters) it's the perfect stash buster. Sizes: Baby (36" x 36") Small throw (54" x 54") Large throw (68" x 68") Twin (68" x 80") Recommended for intermediate level quilters or confident beginners. Fabrics in the first two photos are from the Ruby Star Society Meadow Star collection by Alexia Marcelle Abegg. Skills: Straight line sewing, HSTs (step by step instructions and diagrams included) Fabric requirements: Please see images Included: 13-page printable PDF Copyright Patch and Dot 2023
Free motion quilting tips- tips that make your free motion quilting easier and fun.
This pattern is for the Northcott 10th Anniversary Block Party International Contest. Visit the url below for all the information, rules and stores participating in the contest.http://northcott.net/resource_details.aspx?resourceid=3135&resourceCatId=9 Designed by Karen Donnelly of Fabric Smart in Gulfport, Florida.This is a asymmetrical improvisational design, using Northcott's newest collection, Stonehenge Solstice, inspired by the Seminole patchwork of the Florida Seminole Indian Tribe. Plea
Learn How to Make a Sawtooth Star Quilt Block with these simple tutorial instructions. This block is a great skill building and looks beautiful in a quilt.
Do I need to change my name to Joz makes simple quilts? I might need to based on the number I seem to be making lately! I think I mentioned it in another post but I recently bought some nice pencils and dotted paper and love coming up with new simple designs, often times when I’m in a listening meet
Today's post is the last of the McTavishing Monday series. I will continue with these link parties each Monday as "Free Motion Monday Quilt-along" I finished my McTavishing sampler and shot another video. Yes, another video. On McTavishing. Is that overkill? I did this McTavishing a bit different by making it smaller. I started off with the big swooshy lines at the same scale I had been doing, but then filled in with "micro-mctavishing". Now I can add the sampler to my pile of "needs to be bound" projects. It will be part of my FMQ classes from now on. All the quilting done in my favorite Glide thread. [Edited to remove older obsolete content.] I'm also giving my Free Motion Quilting Reference Guide to 3 folks who left comments that indicated they were beginners at FMQ. This is a handout I created for my classes on free motion quilting. It's laminated and the back side is mostly blank so you can doodle designs on it with a dry-erase marker. It's a list of tips and ideas for FMQ that is easy to keep right at your machine. It's still a work in progress so I'd appreciate some feedback from those who get it. If you've been wondering if we'll ever get to Spring, you'll enjoy our new design. I wanted to do something that is approachable for both beginners and those that are more advanced. So let's explore ways to make flowers that work well as a filler and also as an all-over design. I've got a few other ideas and possible giveaways to coordinate with the other designs that I mentioned last week. So a little extra time to plan that will be needed. So next week I'll post a tutorial on the design and some examples. Then you'll have a week to link up, if you wish, with drawings or your own quilted versions. I hope you've had a chance to do some McTavishing this week and are ready to link up your post featuring your work on this great design. Feel free to post a drawing if you are new to this design: drawing the design really helps! Post a sample piece or even a finished work. Treat last week as a base line and see if you've improved! If this is your first McTavishing Monday, you can find the first of this series at Week One. [Older obsolete content removed] Don't forget to bookmark this blog, follow, or sign it up in your favorite feed reader. Like the facebook page (I do post some short things on it pretty regularly), or even check out my Pinterest boards. I'll be visiting you too!
This month we've pieced and quilted our 9th block for the Machine Quilting Block Party which means three rows of the Sunshine Surprise quilt can be connected together Quilt-As-You-Go style! I love see
How to Machine Quilt with the Serpentine Stitch
a cat and heart themed quilt to wrap up some love
Today is Friday Friday means - Party! Its our Friday Paper Piecing Party! What have you been working on, designing, frustrate...
Meet my new and improved Union Jack Quilt Pattern: Regent Street by Amy Smart. These Union Jack quilt blocks are great for Fat Quarters.
Rulers for quilting can be tricky! There are so many out there. Really. There are a lot!!! I sometimes get all caught up on the quilt ruler hype and then end up with these piles
I haven't joined many quilt-a-long's in the past but I have to say I'm beyond excited for the Spell It With Fabric blog hop by Moda! If you haven't heard about it before, Sandy Klop and Moda have released an alphabet quilt pattern that showcases her story of designing American Jane fabric collections through the years. Throughout the bog hop from the 17th - 28th Feb you can collect the alphabet letter patterns to make the quilt! Yay! along with interviews and prizes. I had so much fun making the first A, B, C, I whipped up the rest of he letters in no time! I'm planning on making the full alphabet quilt, which finishes up at 64" x 93" (using the original version, which you can see here). I know some people are planning on mini's with just their initial - I want a 'J' mini on my sewing wall too! :-) This is going to be a baby quilt for someone very special! >.< so I'm going for an American Jane/schoolhouse'y look using lots of bright primary colour's and cute 1930's novelty fabric for the letters and a mix of Kona Snow and low volume fabrics for the background. I'm so inspired by Sandy Klop aka American Jane. She produces some amazing patterns I would love to try someday, I love the sampler quilts she creates using rich primary colour's - like this and this. Here's the link to the complete blog line-up, where you can find the patterns as they become available. You can also follow along on Instagram using the hashtag #spellitwithmoda - that's where I'm posting mine. Right, I'm off to print out the new letters and get sewing! Are you joining? Follow my blog with Bloglovin
Here is a page full of ideas for games and activities that you can do at your quilt guild meeting. Your quilting group will have fun!
Top US quilting blogger, Seams Like a Dream Quilt Designs, features all the info you need to know about the 9 Patch Block. Click here now!!
Today is Friday Friday means - Party! Its our Friday Paper Piecing Party! What have you been working on, designing, frustrated with, threw it one side, picked it up again, now its at last done, thinking about making???? Let's all have a look.... This week I was making a few designs of cars and bikes for different people - and as I finish their instructions etc I will be adding them to my shop too. Vintage Cars - Now I just have to make a Beetle (old and new one) too.... Motor Bike - Muscle Cars - Link your blocks and designs, Visit a few, Have some fun Have an amazing week-end! Visit My Pattern Shop https://www.facebook.com/QuiltArtDesigns An InLinkz Link-up
