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5 Fabric Flower Ideas for Your Next Quilt

Flowers are a fun way to add some 3-dimensional interest to any quilt. Whether you are looking for ideas for your next art quilt or you are looking for the... View Content

Organizing Your Sewing Room Part 2: Fabric

Have you ever looked around your sewing area and thought, “There has to be a better way!” Personally, I’ve been struggling with a bit of fabric disorganization as of late.... View Content

Add Excitement to Your Quilt Top by Breaking the Rules

Have you ever looked through a quilt magazine and wondered why your quilts don't have that extra something like the ones on the magazine pages? The odds are pretty good... View Content

15 Reasons to Buy More Fabric

“I don’t think I need any more fabric; I’ve got all that I need”… said no one ever! In case you need any motivation to go out and buy more... View Content

Quilting Fabric Quality: Is More Expensive Always Better?

Photo by Hank Hession Most beginning quilters have one of two competing mindsets about fabric: either they want to be frugal (like our quilting ancestors) and plan to use the... View Content

Quilted Jewelry Part 2: Creating the Gemstones

In Part 1 of this project, we talked about how quilted jewelry can be a great project for using up all those wonderful fabric scraps we tend to have lying... View Content

Quilted Jewelry Part 1: From Scraps to Gemstones

Do you stifle the urge to part with lovely leftover fabrics, but unsure of how to use them? Many of us save cut-offs and tid-bits, tossing them into containers to... View Content

Make Your Own Gift Bags, Tags, and Greeting Cards

Are you tired of buying wrapping paper and gift bags year after year only to have them be thrown away as soon as the gift is opened? Why not make... View Content

Can I Mix Old and New Fabrics?

I have inherited some hand piecing work from my mom. They were probably pieced during the 1920s or 30s. I’m thinking of making borders from new fabric (with an older,... View Content

Where Should I Place My Ruler?

In terms of measuring, I have often wondered: should the line on a ruler sit ON the edge or BESIDE the edge of the fabric? I know it might only... View Content

6 Waste-Free Ways to Use Quilt Scraps

Wander into any quilt store today and you’ll see aisles and aisles bursting with a rainbow of fabrics – and the hardest part will be deciding which prints to bring... View Content

Quilting with Old Blankets

I think it would be a fun idea to make a quilt out of old blankets, but I read somewhere that maybe that’s not the greatest idea. What do you... View Content

Storing Quilt Fabric and Thread

How is it that I see everyone storing their fabric and thread so it’s visible on open shelves and open storage boxes? The florescent lighting and sunlight would fade mine... View Content

Everyone Needs a Buddy

If you are anything like me, you have so much fabric in your stash that it’s hard to keep it all straight! But, as we all know, new fabrics are... View Content