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It’s Easy Enough for Beginners! Simple quilts can be so beautiful and this is a striking example. The gorgeous color palette sets it apart and takes full advantage of the quilt’s simplicity. Each colorful strip is centered between two black (or gray) prints in easy Rail Fence blocks. The wide variety of prints gives the …

It Will be Great in Any Color Theme! Jelly rolls from your favorite fabric line will be wonderful in this quilt. Choose a background, such as the white used in the examples, to set off the prints you choose. Or, cut strips from fabric in your stash. A wide variety will produce a lovely scrappy …

Excellent Tutorials for Using Decorative Machine Stitches to Secure Bindings! The beautiful machine embroidery stitch used to secure the binding of a lovely quilt got us to thinking about bindings. The standard approach is to stitch them down by hand or machine, making the stitching as invisible as possible. Some quilters will stitch down a …

Add More Blocks for a Larger Quilt! Choose a favorite combination of 2 1/2″ jelly roll strips for this charming quilt. It’s a quick project that’s easy to make, even for beginners. The finished quilt is baby or lap quilt size. However, it will be easy to make a quilt of any size. Add more …

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Quilting - Make a Jelly Roll Rail Fence: Use Jelly Roll strips to piece this reversible quilt-as-you-go project. Designed by Fiona Law, made by Sally Stevens and Sadie Yeomans, from an article on http://www.popularpatchwork.com/ Materials Note that the requirements are based on fabrics w…

Pictures - Tulip quilt-Done! - I designed this quilt last year using Lori Holts tulip block from her book Quilty Fun. I started the quilt long before her book came out when she offered the patterns for free on her blog. Of course I had to have the book anyway just because it's so darn cute. The piano key border has a

Hello there, I know that like me, many of you are big, big Tilda fans. Some of my lovely readers first heard of the beautiful world of Tilda through Shabby Art Boutique and I’m thrilled that I was able to share that with you. Soooo…. I’m especially excited to share some fabulous Tilda news with you today! The lovely people at Tilda have offered up the last 3 Tilda quilts as free patterns on their website… in collaboration with Linda Clements, who has put together the instructions in English…

How to create a valentines log cabin style quilted pillow using a ready made pillow cover. Piece the quilt block and applique it down. Much easier than sewing it from scratch

Just Stitch The Finished Hexies Together for a Completed Project! Some quilters like making hexies and some don’t. They’re fiddly and require precision. Plus, once they’re made you need to applique them down to a background or carefully stitch them together into a quilt top. These quilt-as-you-go hexies still require precision, but once they’re done …

I made this Hollyhock quilt for a mini quilt swap. My partner liked yo-yos and the colour orange so hollyhocks immediately popped to mind! I started off making the yo-yos because I just love making y

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Achieve Flat, Smooth Borders Every Time! Do you find yourself rushing through the borders just to have a quilt top done? Don’t. After all the time you’ve put into creating the top, it pays to spend a little extra time to achieve flat, smooth borders. Sherri, from A Quilting Life, has written an excellent article …

This is one of my favorite scrap quilt patterns lately...I have another quilt top just like this one I need to finish. The squares are cut 2.5 x 4.5 inches, so my scrap bin had much to contribute to this quilt. Nothing makes me happier than using up scraps. I think this pattern appeals to me because it is random, but somewhat organized scrappy. I was inspired by this quilt I found on Pinterest several years ago, but there are many tutorials out there similar to it. For the binding I used up…

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