At last, a finished quilt! How I’ve missed it. I love the satisfaction of zigzaging the binding on and then spreading the quilt out on the floor to take in the finished effect for the first time. A deep breath in and a deep exhale. A photoshoot. A cozy quilt.
Read MoreThis month I celebrate a decade of blogging at Stitched in Color. Wow! Join me for a snapshot review of each year, including my favorite quilts, important milestones, family moments and happenings in our community.
Read MoreDo you know what’s really fun to sew? A teapot. Oh, and teacups! But we haven’t gotten to those yet. Come see my third rendition of the Penny Sampler teapot block. It’s warm and toasty!
Read MoreSeptember of 2019, Aria (then 14) and Liam (then 12) started at the ISK, a publicly-funded program. The goal? To learn Dutch well enough to transition to regular Dutch schools at the level appropriate to their overall cognitive abilities.
Read MoreDo I have a treat for you! Especially if you’re making the Penny Sampler, you’re going to love, love, love this. Are you sitting? I think you should sit. One member of the Penny Sampler Pattern Club was inspired to make a garden-version.
Read MoreWelcome to March and the first step in Quilter’s Color Quest! Are your color swatches ready? I think so! I’ve been seeing lots of color chips swirling around Instagram. Let’s start today in Part 1, Understanding Color.
Read MoreWeaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of February, anticipating Quilter’s Color Quest and a beautiful work-in-progress from @DuringQuietTime.
Read MoreGuess what I started sewing today with scraps from my After the Rain quilt top? This block is going to be a bird, and it’s part of the March delivery for those in the Penny Sampler Pattern Club. I’m loving making it up in these dark and moody fabrics.
Read MoreThe Quilter’s Field Guide to Color has something quite special tucked in the back of each book. It’s a heavy weight paper rainbow of colors, 150 in all! Where do those colors come from and how can you cut them out? Let’s talk.
Read MoreEuropean quilting trends, effective quilting border treatments + a new border quilting pattern catalog.
Read MoreYou know how the world shines and sparkles, after the rain? When the sunshine bounces off wet branches, dark sidewalks and washed-clean walls? I like to think this quilt top is akin to that fresh moment. Such a sharp contrast.
Read MoreI have to admit that I find my February Penny Sampler blocks a little humdrum. They’ll serve the overall composition of the sampler quilt, but as stand alone blocks they’re just not that exciting. Which makes it even more fun is it to see yours!
Read MoreIt’s all too easy to page through a pretty book, but not take any action on it, right? You know me - I’m all about making stuff happen. Maybe I would have been a coach in another life? Anyhoo, I’m excited to help you exercise your colors.
Read MoreDo you own a copy of my book, The Quilter’s Field Guide to Color? Oh, that’s so cool! Well, friend, don’t let it sit on the shelf. Let’s unpack it together. You’re invited to join Quilter’s Color Quest. It’s time to take your field guide on an adventure.
Read MoreWhat inviting and cozy fabric groupings! Congratulations to the lucky winners, who will be receiving their mosaics in the cloth very soon.
Read MoreSometimes it’s hard to select fabrics when the parameters are so wide open. We were allowed to use any “fresh colors”, so I just let my scraps guide me. I started by choosing a few multi-colored scraps that I thought would be fun to us.
Read MoreWow! You did a fantastic job creating mosaics for our Evening Ember prompt. Take a moment to enjoy these fabric collections and vote for your very most favorite!
Read MoreDo you know that saying for when multi-tasking goes too far? You might have “too many irons in the fire.” Isn’t it an apt saying quilters? I know that lots of us struggle with too many works-in-progress (WIP). I find it helps to make a list!
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