Fabrics Pictured Field Suede - Alma - By Alexia Abegg Butterscotch - Spark - Melody Miller Cactus - Add it Up - By Alexia Abegg Add it Up - By Alexia Abegg Cotton Couture Solid in Quartz Pale Peach - Brushed - By Sarah Watts Sweetheart - Grunge - By Basic Grey Cotton Couture Solid in Gold Bleu - Grunge - By Basic Grey I'm working on a new quilt pattern. ...
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All About Scrappy Quilts
Next Wednesday, I'm releasing my first set of scrappy patterns called Scrappy Pattern Pack. With that pattern you get three limited quilt patterns: Trippy, Migration, and Tea Time. In preparation, I thought I'd post all about what a scrappy quilt is. I have found this is surprisingly different depending on who you talk to, but what I think we can all agree on is that it's a quilt ...
Exploring the Many Ways of Binding A Quilt
We all have a method of binding that we like best and that we think is the "best" way. What happens when you no longer love your binding method? What if it this really trusty method you've been using for oh, about eleven years makes you shake your head and say no more. That's the experience I've been having. Binding is such a preference thing. There is no wrong way, but there is a ...
An Interview with Shelly from Havel’s Sewing + My favorite Havel’s products
We start the Little Miss Sawtooth quilt along in 8 days! I hope you are ready! The quilt along is free provided by our sponsor, Havel's Sewing. It'll take place over on their blog. That is where you'll find the main post and all the patterns throughout the quilt along. You can sign up for the quilt along and in doing so receive an email each time a pattern releases pointing you to ...
A Guide for the Beginner Quilter + Tips from Experienced Quilters
With the release of my Patchwork + Make class this week I'm on the topic of the beginner quilter. I get quite a bit of questions in my inbox from beginners and it's almost always the same ones, so I thought I'd take a moment today and just answer a few basic questions and then move on to the tips I've been collecting. I won't be teaching anything today, just pointing you into the ...
A Scrappy Low Volume Background Guide
This is a topic that I get asked about on a weekly basis and I thought it was high time I posted about it. I've often told you about my love of low volume fabrics, I told you what low volume fabric was in this post, but I've never detailed how I choose the fabrics I use in the background, and with the Bad Girl quilt along coming up, it felt like a good time to do ...
The Great Big Scrap Discussion – Part 3 – Tips + Patterns
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. What is a scrappy quilt? Let's settle that first! A scrappy quilt is any quilt that you use bits of fabric in and doesn't have a set number of ...
The Great BIG Scrap Discussion – Part 2- Cutting + Storing
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. We are at the second part of this series and the focus today is cutting and storing. I feel like the way you handle your scraps is very personal. You will be the one using them after ...
The Great BIG Scrap Discussion – Part 1- What is a fabric scrap?
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. I've been working on this post for weeks, and I'm so very glad to get this out to you today! It's my favorite topic! Many of you who have been around here for a while know that I am completely ...
A Quilter’s Fabric Stash – Sorting and Storage
For some time now I have been researching fabric stashes. Any why not? Fabric seems to be one of the most important thoughts in making a quilt. Without fabric there is no quilt. Fabric excites us, inspires us and if you are like me it can literally make you drool. I am not alone when I say that I am thoroughly obsessed with fabric. There's an army of quilters that feel the same ...
