Stripes quilt

Singular design, unexpected color combinations, and exacting craftsmanship are hallmarks of Denyse's sophisticated, modern quilts. Denyse's distinct and timeless aesthetic bridges old and new, and her work has inspired a new generation to discover this centuries' old craft. Let Denyse Schmidt create your heirloom quilt, one with a modern design sensibility – a handmade quilt, lovingly crafted from bits and pieces of re-purposed clothing or fabric scraps, can represent a lifetime of memories…

Do I need to change my name to Joz makes simple quilts? I might need to based on the number I seem to be making lately! I think I mentioned it in another post but I recently bought some nice pencils and dotted paper and love coming up with new simple designs, often times when I’m in a listening meet

Sarah Jolley on Instagram: “When you’ve been pondering the idea of making a quilt for a while and then the Purl Soho newsletter arrives in your inbox featuring a…”

If life imitates art, I hope that my life will soon start taking its cues…

It's been a year since the Crosscut Quilt-Along, and high time to host another. Oh and yeah, I've been getting some prodding about that...

I'm almost caught up on all my pre-Christmas sewing. I have one more quilt to share. I guess that means I need to get busy basting my quilt tops. This is a very simple quilt and came together pretty quickly. I wanted stripes and I wanted to use my solids. I love how it turned out. I've already given this one away, and forgot to measure anything, but I think the stripes are all 2 inches wide. I wanted to keep them all the same width for some uniformity, but it would probably look pretty cool…

I can finally share my latest baby quilt! This is yet another quilt, I made with the help of the lovely ladies of the Quilty Circle of Bees. The block we sewed is called the 'Rocky Mountain Puzzle' block and I picked turquoise, pink and curry/chartreuse as the main colours and white and black/white fabrics for the background. It's always a nice surprise when you open the envelopes from your bee mates and see what blocks they made since we sew with our own fabrics. It gives the quilt such a…

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After piecing up the Bars and Stripes quilt, I had lots of snips of fabric left over on my sewing table (and floor). I always save these an...