The Ladies Art Company: A Fresh Take on Tradition
The Ladies Art Company was one of the first businesses to offer quilt block patterns by mail, thus revolutionizing the…
Perfect Flying Geese Blocks Every Time
A Charming Little Block What is it about Flying Geese Blocks? Adorable little rectangles with a triangle in the middle….
How to Sew the Nine-Patch Quilt Block
The vintage Nine-Patch quilt block, is simply nine squares of fabric sewn into a 3 x 3 grid. The layout…
The Quilt Design Trifecta
What Do I Mean by Quilt Design Trifecta? Have you noticed a trifecta trend? Lately, I’ve seen and heard the…
Pudding & Pie Quilt: perfect quilt for a jelly roll
The Pudding & Pie quilt is an easy and versatile Jelly Roll quilt. The blocks are made with 2 1/2″…
A perfect quilt for 1 Charm pack
The Vintage 4-Patch Quilt Block A perfect quilt for 1 Charm Pack. The vintage 4-patch block is made by sewing…
The Anatomy of a Quilt Journal
Do you keep a quilt journal? I do. It’s not what you might envision though. Mine is electronic. There are…
the Vintage Snowball Quilt Block: Simple But Stunning
I’ll be the first to admit it. I have not always been a fan of the Snowball Quilt block. I…
Crafting Love: Sewing a Simple Heart Block
Simple Foundation Paper Piecing Technique I know there are lots of ways to construct a heart block, but if you’re…
Color Value: The Essential Quilt Design Element
I’m going to make what you might think is an odd suggestion. Design your next quilt in black and white….
Quilt Design: How to Use a Warm/Cool Color Palette
Fabric Drives the Quilt Design This warm and cool color quilt came about because I was thinning out my fabric…
Easy Nine-Patch Quilt: Savannah Charms
I was working as a software consultant for a client in Macon, Georgia and everyone kept asking me, “Have you…
The Use-It-Up Layer Cake Hourglass Quilt
Use the Entire Layer Cake The Use-It-Up Layer Cake Hourglass Quilt puts all forty-two 10-inch squares to good use. You…
5 Reasons I Could Never Finish a Quilt
How do you finish a quilt? And by that I mean how do you stay motivated to see the process…
How to Fussy Cut Fabric for a Quilt Block in 3 Easy Steps
I completed the second block for my Destinations Quilt this week, and I wanted to share it with you. Chicago…
A Simple Guide to Printing an Image on Fabric
I chose to make the first block of my Destinations Quilt using the retro Florida Keys decal for an image….
Celebrate Your Travels with a Quilt
This week I stumbled across some retro travel stickers that I’ve been collecting. Those got me thinking about vacation of…
6 Reasons Why I Use Solid Fabrics to Back My Quilts
First, let me say that I have never made a quilt top entirely of solid fabrics. I’m working on one…
How I Created My Own Quilt Library
I love watching online quilting tutorials and Missouri Start Quilt Company is probably my favorite YouTube channel. I normally sew…
The Use-It-Up Layer Cake Snowball Quilt
Use the Entire Layer Cake That’s right. All you need for this easy little Layer Cake quilt is one layer…
Tonganoxie Nine-Patch Quilt Block
Tonganoxie Nine-Patch Quilt Block What is a Tonganoxie you might be thinking to yourself. This is a story of going…
Noonday Vintage Quilt Block
I love visiting antique stores. I especially love finding vintage quilts, orphaned quilt blocks, sewing machines, sewing boxes, etc. Specifically,…
Charm Pack – Quilter’s Quick and Easy Pre-Cut
A charm pack is what’s referred to as a pre-cut. Rather than buying fabric yardage and cutting it yourself, the…
Basic Quilting Skills | Nesting Seams
After sewing two fabric pieces together and pressing them open with seams to the darker fabric, follow the diagrams below…
10 Quilting Terms for Beginning Quilters
You will find that quilters have a language of their own. Trust me . . . there are more than…
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