What a pleasure to have the delightful Wendy Williams from Flying Fish Kits come back to Kimz for another wonderful wool felt applique work...

I would love to share with you all what we have been working on to get to this great event! Lots of hours late night & weekend stitching along with overnight shipping from our fabulous machin…

William Morris (1834 –1896) was an English textile designer associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. During his lifetime, Morris produc...

Hey gang – happy Winter! I am proud to say that I’m a part of an amazing group of designers who spread the joy of stitching! All of them are listed in the above header. We have been pos…

Recently I got to spend some time quilting on this lovely wool folk art quilt made by a customer. I just love it, and marveled at each and every block as I worked on it ~ so much so, I just had to share some photos :) The quilt maker, Margaret shared with me that it was a labor or love done in collaboration with her mother, Pat who did some of the embroidery and cotton fabric applique on it. What a special work of art :) You can see this lovely piece in person soon ~ Margaret says it will be shown at the Milltown Quilters Show April 27th thru 29th here in Columbia Maryland at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County. Information on the Quilt Show can be found Here on the Milltown website. ~ We'll be vending at the show too, so stop by and say Hi when you come!

Two more quilts from participating guild members shown at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival 2019. More coming each week! "Carolina Lily At Last"

A simple DIY quilted play mat tutorial! Transform the Fishing Net quilt pattern into a toddler play mat for cars.

Jacobean Wool Applique, Lititz Artisans' Porchwalk, Rose Clay, Three Sheep Studio

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about wool, texture, and embroidery with my guest, Sue Spargo. Fresh Cut by Sue Spargo. Sue is an internationally renowned designer, […]

As we look to bring in wool and more wool appliqué patterns and projects, I was delighted to discover this month's Featured Designer, Wendy Williams of Flying Fish Kits. Wendy works closely with Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession in Sydney, Australia and has a distinct style of her own with a bright, fresh take on

The following is my Finals Project for my Art Appreciation online class this semester with the University of Alaska Southeast with Professor Karen Meizner from Sitka/Haines. We were instructed t…

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner/Eating a Christmas pie/ He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum/ And said, “What a good boy am I.” Little Jack Horner from “Pocketful of Posie…

Inmiddels ben ik alweer twee weken thuis, alsof je nooit bent weggeweest eigenlijk! Grappig hoe dat toch gaat. Weer heerlijk aan het werk in S'Neerlands mooiste quiltwinkel over de IJssel. Lekker tussen de lappen, en druk met het versturen van de nodige blokken van de maand. Altijd weer een hele klus, en als de Post NL dan ook nog een storing heeft........ Maar ook 'vrije dagen' gevuld met allerlei leuks! Tijd voor het middenstuk van Ribbon Dance, dat lag al in delen klaar, maar ja daarmee is het nog niet AF! Lekkere zomerse kleurtjes. Zelf vond ik het wat kaal, vandaar dat er bij mij harten op zitten, of ik nu tevreden ben? Hmm straks toch nog maar eens naar kijken, ik heb nog een ideetje, maar of dat leuk is? In het midden een lekkere hexagon! Volgende maand gaat Tea Party deel 6 eruit! 4 grote koffie mokken. De ondergronden heb ik mee genomen naar Australie en daar ook zowaar in elkaar genaaid. Maar dan begint het pas! Op elke koffie mok komen 5 setjes van twee cirkels. De onderste vul ik niet, de bovenste wel, gewoon met een hobbs-je. Restjes zullen we allemaal wel hebben liggen. Cirkel op maat knippen, rijgen, hobbs op maat knippen, in de cirkel leggen, perfect cirkel erop, Dicht trekken, strijkboutje erop, even aan de bovenkant, en omdat je toch bezig bent, ook aan de 'onder kant'. Geen idee waarom ik dat doe hoor, gewoon voor 'de leuk' voor het 'getrut'. Er over bloggen gaat 100x sneller dan ze maken. Vier blokken, met elk 5 setjes van twee cirkels, zijn 40 cirkels in totaal....... Ik ben er een dag zoet mee geweest. Past precies! Zo grappig. Na het strijken, je cirkel even openmaken, plastic eruit, weer aantrekken en nog een keertje met het boutje erop. Nog weer later zijn alle cirkels vast genaaid, eerst het sier steekje om het vervolgens op de ondergrond te appliqueren. De mokjes zijn nog open, daar moeten nog eerst de bloemsteeltjes in verdwijnen voordat deze ook dicht genaaid worden. S'avonds is er bee! Mieke is ook een van de deelneemsters aan The Tea Party! Die geheel in eigen stijl bezig is, natuurlijk eigen stofjes toevoegen, dan wordt zo een blok van de maand JOUW blok van de maand. En cirkels op de cirkels? Waarom geen Hexagon? Eigen borduursteken, kortom; je kunt een blok van de maand ook helemaal naar je eigen hand zetten. Altijd leuk om te zien wat een ander ervan maakt. Hilariteit alom; deze dames zitten met Notion Lover Juud in een bee, het kan dan niet anders dat jezelf ook notions nodig hebt! Elly heeft 'the designmat' al, Mieke nog niet....... Hoelang dat nog duurt........ Tot blogs, Juud Remember; Better finished than perfect!

I leave for Quilt Market tomorrow and I really wanted to get this post done before I left. It’s almost midnight and I just finished my last two quilts, got them quilted and the binding sewn …

Deborah Louie sets herself apart in the quilting world by taking advantage of all of those stitches on your sewing machine.

Last month I had the pleasure of working on Jo's quilt. She blogs at Riddle and Whimsy. I think Jo made the most adventurous centre block out of all of us. She just made an arrow, and the really brave thing was, that it wasn't set in a square, it was a rectangle! I've just realised that no one has added a traditional 4 sided border to Jo's quilt. Everyone has just added to either one or two sides of her quilt. When I received it from Alice it looked like this: Alice had just added the teepees and triangles down the left hand side of the quilt. When we met for the quilt handover, Alice suggested that I might want to add something down the right hand side. That would turn it more into a square, and centre the arrows and the target more. I thought that was a good idea, but as you can see from the above photo, Jo's quilt had got a bit wonky as it traveled around the group. Carla, another member of Possum Magic, wrote a blog post about wonky round robin quilts just a few weeks ago. You can read it here. In Carla's case she had Rebecca's quilt and it had a bubble in the middle, that Carla described as a bra B cup. When I looked at Jo's quilt above I thought it looked like a corset - wider at the top and bottom and nipped in at the waist (maybe I've been watching too much Poldark). Anyway, we both likened the quilts to ladies underwear. The fact that the quilt has got out of kilter is no one person's fault. All these diagonal cuts mean that the fabrics can stretch quite a bit. Often the deadlines are looming when people have been attaching their borders, so they've just quickly sewn on the borders and posted it off. Fortunately I had the quilt early and had some time available to work on it. I knew my own border was going to be quite simple, so I thought I should try to straighten it up. I thought of all the work that Carla and Serena had put into fixing Rebecca's quilt, and thought I couldn't just sew my border on and expect Carla and Serena to fix Jo's quilt too. So I was very brave and unpicked three of the borders, removed some of the excess fabric, and sewed it all back together. Once it was sitting flat and was all squared up, I sewed my own border on. I deliberately left quite wide margins around the diamonds - nothing worse then cutting the points off. It will be easy for Jo to take my long border off and move the diamonds closer to the centre if she wishes. I used some of Jo's favourite Anna Maria Horner and Tula Pink fabrics in my borders. Once again I purchased the low volume background because you know I don't have any in my house. Here's how it looks now. This quilt is going straight back to Perth. Carla, Serena and Jo will collectively finish it off for Jo. It's almost square which means that they could continue the small half square triangles right around if they wish. I think that would look good. I've got one final Possum Magic quilt left to work on and it's Sharon's. It's amazing - so colourful and so much detail. I'll show it to you soon. Last thing - To Bella Quilts - I'd love to email you back but you show up as a 'no reply blogger'. I've tried to track you down but really can't find how to contact you. Can you email me directly at wendysquiltsandmore at gmail dot com please? I'd love to be able to reply to your kind comments. Thank you.

This is LeAnne’s beautiful Retro Farmhouse quilt that was a BOM from Fig Tree & Co. It is all wool applique, hand stitched, on a grey linen background, so many wonderful textures! LeAnne asked for

The Oriole Mill - This is a close up of one of the mill’s matelasse coverlets. Although it looks quilted, the fabric is actually woven in this design. The top and bottom layers of fabric are made of...

New at the Attic Window Quilt Shop ! CutRite™ Heavy-Duty Freezer Paper. Since I always use the freezer paper method when doing appliqué ...

Is anyone else obsessed with the Orange Peel design right now? I have been dreaming of Orange Peel wall paper for my dining room, I just free motion quilted an Orange Peel design on my recently finished Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt (pictures coming soon) and I just started this Orange Peel mini quilt last week! I'm obsessed! Obsessed I tell ya! So when my boss at Just Sew asked me if I wanted to be in charge of the mini quilt of the month for August and she handed me the book 101 Fabulous Small Quilts by That Patchwork Place and I spied an Orange Peel quilt in it - I knew I just had to make it! I've always wanted to make one and this was the perfect opportunity. I decided to do a low-volume, scrappy background with bright fabrics for the leaves. I've been loving that combo for a while now so I'm pretty excited about finally doing it. (I had a little helper helping me plan my scrappiness. She's pretty cute, eh?) Because I'm on a deadline (this has to be appliqued, pieced, quilted and bound by the end of the month) I've set a goal to applique 8 leaves (or 1 row) every day. I figure each leaf takes about 10 minutes to applique so it's just over an hour out of my day that I'm dedicating to this project for the next week or so. I'm already half way done and I'm really loving seeing it come together! I've posted more pictures of this project on Instagram. Feel free to follow along if you'd like. My username is gigis_thimble. When I first posted about this project on IG, my friend Jodi Nelson of the blog, Pleasant Home showed some interest in the pattern so I roped her into making an Orange Peel quilt with me. Be sure to stop by her blog if you haven't already. She's posting about her Orange Peel quilt today too! We thought it would be fun to start an Orange Peel Quilt Along but after a little research we found out that Jessica from the blog, Quilty Habit has one going on as we speak! So Jodi and I are just going to sit back and enjoy the Orange Peel Quilt Along ride! We hope you'll join us! Jessica's got great pattern suggestions, applique tutorials, a schedule and there will even be some great prizes given away at the end! You can click HERE for all the details. Since someone on IG asked for it, I am going to do a tutorial on my favorite method of applique (the same method I'm using on this project). So be sure to check back next week if you're interested in that. So...Orange Peel - are you feelin' it? Yes or no? ~ Amber

Within the world of quilting, an entire genre is thought of as folk art quilts (see Pinterest ). Sometimes these quilts have a primitive c...

Last week in the comments on one of the Bears in the Hills work-in-progress posts, someone asked if they could see it finished. How did I never post a photo of the finished piece? That's crazy! But it's true. :-P I shared it in the newsletter, but I never posted a photo here. So I'm

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With a few simple steps and some advice from the experts, you can take the stress out of fusible appliqué and enjoy happy stitching.

All 12 quilt patterns, as well as articles and techniques, from the 4300 series of Love of Quilting.

Finally, I can share this FAB-U-LOUS quilt with everyone. This Block of the Month 2017 is now available in book form so I can share the photos of one that I quilted. Lots of photos, click to enlarge. Very few words are necessary. ENJOY and savor the stitch work that KB did on this amazing treasure. Few stitch as good as her. KB worked on this all year, did not waver, and had it finished in time to take to a Sue Spargo retreat. How terrific. Keep the quilting simple, dense and make sure to quilt over the seams. Wool shifts and moves, and when that happens, you can get bumps or ridges along the seam lines. I did a small paisley motif in black thread over the whole background. Minimal stitching on or around the blocks using monopoly thread. OK I know that was a lot of photos, but how could I not share every single one with you. I got to see every stitch up close when I quilted it. I hope you enjoyed seeing this lovely jewel of hand crafted loveliness. Keep stitching, Sharon

A beautiful applique quilt seen at the Arizona State Fair, this detail view and the previous close-up show just a bit of the glory created in fabric. I was most impressed by the buttonhole stitch used to fix down the patches of fabric. Well done! This entry is by Gerlinde Hruzek, in the class for CC/S Seniors, Age 65 and Over, Class 183 Pictoral. She won a First Place prize for this quilt.

Whoa Nelly! Pre-cut wool applique kit Whoa Nelly! My name is Hannah , I am 10 years old and Nelly is my pony. She is very lovely. She never bites or kicks. When I am doing my chores, she spends her time in the meadow munching on wild flowers. This kit has everything you need (with the exception of scissors) to finish this project. Kit includes PRE-CUT wooly pieces, two black wool felt background mats, needle, thread, instructions, stitch diagrams and helpful hints. Finished size is 11 1/2" x 8". Each wool piece is sew with the blanket stitch. This kit features the Fringe stitch. Also known as Turkey Work or Turkey stitch. This stitch is very easy. You can watch how to stitch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2j1dm0gj_0 As with all my kits, I use some vintage wools, as well as some new wools. Your kit may not have the same wools as shown in the sample, but be assured, you will get equal wonderful wooly pieces. I put each kit together myself to assure you get the quality you deserve. PLEASE NOTE >>>> I use a high end wool blend felt for my black background mats. I buy it by the bolt, direct from the factory. I use a wool blend felt on purpose! It is sturdier and much easier to handle and stitch on then 100% wool. If this is not to your liking, please don't buy these kits!<<<<<<<< Thank you Su for the photo of your dining room table!