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I am often guilty of thinking that I have to drive or fly far away to find quality quilting education and inspiration and feel like a total dolt when it turns out it is practically in my own back yard. Today's Cover Quilter is an amazing example of that,  Sandi Suggs...

There are few things I love more than having such talented friends and one of mine is Bari J. Ackerman.  This girl is a kick-ass fabric and pattern designer and I always feel lucky when I get to work with her fabric or quilt for her. Her newest fabric line getting...

  Ah blue pen... how I love   hate   are terrified of thee... but I need you so! Anybody else in this boat?  You need to mark a quilt either a little or a lot and  chalk or pencil will not do the trick so your turn to the blue pen of  {possible} death. The whole...

Wow, do I love my Cover Quilters and today is no exception.  As the mother of 5 boys ( and a girl!) I love seeing more and more men as part of the changing scene of quilting making this art form an equal opportunity adventure for all.   Dusty Farrell exemplifies all...

  Today I make binding for 4-5 quilts - I like to do it all at once.  It is somewhat mindless so I can listen to a TedTalk or audio book when working.. quite nice really!  But with that in mind I thought I would share this with you - first published a year ago....

  Flower Bombed is finished! Holy moly this one has been a long but generally happy haul to the finish line!  I will have to check my books but I think I created the top in early January and then it sat around while I decided what to do with it.  Come March I had...

 Another week and another amazing quilter, this could get old if it were not so freaking awesome!  This week's cover quilter is the adorable Simon Henry and I could not be more excited to have him as one of our own!  Simon is no stranger to the world of fabric. Since...

  Everyone has there own style.. and some have style to spare! Yesterday I wrote about the whole feather issue and I promised a bit of footage about how I go about making my personal feathers since like most people's they are distinctive. Mine are big, somewhat...

  Oh feathers... so light, so pretty and such a source of controversy when it comes to quilting! Some people love them and some people hate them. For some people no quilt is complete without them and others think they are practically the calling card of the old...

  You know how you just know you are going to like someone from the moment they open their mouth?  Well that is how I felt about this week's cover quilter. She is a dynamic ball of fire blessed with such talent and so much joy that it makes me happy just knowing...

  At heart I am a practical girl who likes order wrapped up in a bit of pretty and these Scrap Happy Bookends do just that. I have more sewing books than is seemly for a girl my age (ahem!) and given that many of them are of the paper bound variety they tend to...

  Spring might be just around the corner but it does not mean that it is too late for a fast and easy SnowBall Quilt.  I was reminded of this pattern as I was reshuffling my quilts, packing away the Fall and Winter colored quilts in exchange for the lighter and...

Trapunto is the amazing process of adding extra physical texture and visual relief to a fabric surface by either  stuffing or   pre-quilting selected areas of a quilt top in order to gain this lift. There are multiple ways to do it and even a couple of ways to fake...

When it comes to quilting most of us are sewing with cotton fabric but at times we might be sewing with something odd and it is good to know how to treat that fabric for best results. Today the industry uses their own form of communication on the matter and I like to...

Circles are very popular right now in the sewing and quilting world but they can be sort of bear to make unless you know this little tip. This version makes a tidy finished edge circle that is just right for quilting, crafting and sewing in general. You Will Need-...