These quilts span the gamut from modern to traditional. This time every one is quilted with an all-over design and several finished soft and cuddly. It’s good to realize that you don’t have to splurge on custom quilting or opt for dense quilting in order to achieve a beautiful finish.
Read MoreAnnouncing our 4 challengers for the Quilt Sandwich Solids Challenge! We can’t wait to see what you create with your seasonal solids bundles.
Read MoreThis fun, lighthearted challenge is your ticket to free fabric, a little fame and that self-induced creative high, which is of course the very best part. Quilt Sandwich Fabrics is sponsoring this Solids Challenge. What would YOU make?
Read MoreWhen you feel a bit down, do you turn to patchwork for comfort? I totally do. After we lost the bid for that graceful 1930’s house, I was dealing with a lot of negative emotions, so I decided to start something new.
Read MoreDo you feel it? The winds are changing. A new season is almost upon us. On my last evening walk I watched a flock of birds moving gracefully across the grey sky. Have you always wanted to make a flying geese quilt? I’m feeling geesey.
Read MorePotholders are a fun little gift to make. They’re always useful and easy to personalize with the right colors and fabrics. Enjoy this free machine paper piecing tutorial!
Read MoreWeaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of August, experimenting with hexagons + triangles, two very good books and an update on our house search.
Read MoreQuilter’s Color Quest invited you to deepen your relationship with color, based on my book The Quilter’s Field Guide to Color. Didn’t get a chance? I’m cataloging all the posts here, so you can work your way through when the time is right.
Read MoreSeptember is nearly upon us. I’m pondering sewing Rora a long-sleeve dress and dreaming about all that autumn could offer. I do so love the change of seasons! Here are two new blocks for Penny Sampler Pattern Club.
Read MoreA snapshot of community contributions for Inspiration + Stash via Quilter’s Color Quest. Plus, Spice up Your Stash with my custom curated fabric bundles, available at The Confident Stitch.
Read MoreWhat lovely and sophisticated fabric groupings! Congratulations to the lucky winners, who will be receiving their mosaics in the cloth very soon.
Read MorePlease cast your vote for your very most favorite fabric mosaic, created in response to the Gilded Age fabric contest. Congratulations to all of our finalists!
Read MoreNow I’m ready to see what I can do with the blocks I have made. There are three quilt arrangement ideas presented in the book for using the bear paw blocks. I’m going with Modular. Wishing you joy as you gather your blocks into a quilt top!
Read MoreHave you ever selected fabrics that match beautifully and yet something still seems so very off about the combination? Sometimes different fabric styles can create friction between fabrics, even when the colors delight.
Read MoreAs summer burns out in the northern hemisphere, are you longing for cool weather and the change of seasons that marks the unfolding of different days? Something more restrained, tempered and elegant than summer’s riot. Something gilded with promise anew.
Read MoreIt’s another sunny day in the quilting studio. In fact, The Netherlands is in the midst of a long heat wave. I started tending a customer’s quilt before 8 o’clock in my attic sewing room, with the goal of working as much as possible before it gets too hot up here.
Read MoreHello, friends! Ok are you ready to see the whole quilt? Today is big finish day. Yippee! I’m so glad to bring you my completed Seafarers quilt and the pattern too.
Read MoreDo you enjoy the final steps of quilt-making? Basting. Quilting. Binding. I used to dread attaching the binding on quilts. I tried hand-sewing, but it was too slow for my tastes. The next project beckoned!
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