Welcome to the fifth installment of the Sew You Wanna Quilt? Series This post is designed to help you understand the mechanics of putting together a quilt and will discuss selecting your first project. Many people I talk to express a desire to make a quilt, but are afraid to start. I commonly hear this: [...]
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Sew You Wanna Quilt? – Books and Inspiration
Welcome to the the fourth installment of the Sew You Wanna Quilt? series. I am a book lover as you all know, so of course I have to include a post about quilting books! If you love books and you become a quilter, you will most likely begin collecting quilting books. I use my books [...]
Sew You Wanna Quilt? – Fabric Obsession
For this edition of Sew You Wanna Quilt? I am going to be talking about fabric – where to find it, how to select it, how much to buy, how to store it, and color and value. Readers are addicted to books and quilters are addicted to fabric. I don’t know one quilter who doesn’t [...]
Sew You Wanna Quilt? – Creating a Quilting Space
Welcome to Sew You Wanna Quilt? This is the second installment in the series. Quilting requires a little dedicated space. It does not have to be fancy. It can be an underused guest room in your home, a nook in your living room, a corner in your bedroom, or the dining room table. I spent [...]
Sew You Wanna Quilt? – Tools of the Trade
Welcome to Sew You Wanna Quilt? – a series of posts which I hope will help empower those individuals who long to make a quilt. Since this is the first post in the series, let me take a minute to explain my “vision.” I plan on posting once a week on Fridays (the exception is [...]
Sew You Wanna Quilt?
Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile have probably noticed more and more posts about quilting these days. It has become a passion for me – something that relaxes me, but also something that frees that creative part of myself. Many people have left comments that they wish they could make [...]
P2 Modern Quilt-A-Long Quilt
Remember this post? Well, that quilt is now completed! Many thanks to Charlie and Ryan who hosted the quilt-a-long at Patchwork Squared (their joint blog). I learned some new techniques and enjoyed seeing what the other participants choose for fabrics…also some of the original blocks they developed for the center block. This quilt is made [...]
Pure Bliss…
I decided to join a terrific quilt along which is being hosted by Anne Marie at Gen X Quilters, Lisa Marie at That Crazy Quilty Girl, Melissa at Lilac Lane, Heather and Megan at Quilt Story, and Jen at Reanna Lily Designs. Even though I am late to the party, I could not resist the [...]
A Little Quilting for Summer…
I finally found some time to sit down and work on some quilts. One of my most recent lap quilts is nearly completed (just need to hand stitch the binding) and I’ll be posting about that one soon. But, I also decided to join a group of like-minded quilters over on Flickr for a Summer [...]
Friendship Quilt Featured On Modern Day Quilts
Remember this quilt and the story that goes with it? Well, I am really excited and honored to tell you that it has been featured today on Modern Day Quilts which was recently named by Quilter’s Home as one of the 55 Best Quilting Blogs. The site’s motto is: One modern quilt a day. Searching [...]
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