Wedding Rose My plan for today’s post was to share with you a couple new fabric lines that caught my eye at my local quilt shop recently....

(Or, Attempting That HUGE Leap From Cute Sketch to Marketable Pattern) Do you remember those paper-pieced holiday blocks I designed last...

Earlier this summer, I shared photos of a quilt top I had made during my annual quilting getaway with buddies Joen Wolfrom and Alex...

Live from NYC: Anita Grossman Solomon’s quilt featured in Times Square–photographed by Dale Riehl of The City Quilter. Meet Anita sharing...

Happy Friday! The weather here in Northern California is lovely, and the sunflowers are dancing in the garden. Is it possible to look...

Here’s one of Peg Conley’s watercolor inspirations for her Clothworks fabric line. Remember our See How We Sew exhibit at Quilting in the...

Since we launched See How We Sew back in the spring of 2011, many quilt- and sewing-related companies and individuals have been extremely...

The popular Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts Update #1: One of the quilts that inspired my recent two-part post (April 9 and April...

Cue the fanfare:  Another quilt finished!  (That’s cherry #1.) It’s the wedding gift for my niece/goddaughter. I gave you a preview in...

I have always considered myself a “product” person. I have a goal or deadline in mind and work to meet it within a certain time frame....

This quilting thing? It’s utter madness. I’m not alone, though; I know you share this insanity. You finish a quilt, give it away, and in...

Verna in her studio; photo courtesy Gregory Case Since taking her first quilt class in 1996, Verna–in her own words–was hooked. “I knew...

For the past 2 years, I have had the pleasure of working with Richard Quint of Quint Measuring Systems to develop a new line of rulers...

An exemplar seam ripper–it bears an uncanny resemblance to my mother’s snapped-off, 1970s-era model because hers is exactly that short. I...

Darra’s 3″ x 5″ collage, Snip-It!, with a pair of her (well-used) favorites, a gift from friend Chris Porter No one knows for certain...

I enjoy being on the other side of the table and learning new skills that I can add to my toolbox for future projects. Every so often I...

A springtime posy of magenta anemones, bicolor tulips, freesia, ranunculus, grape hyacinth, and alyssum. Remember my Year of Finishing...

Just in case you want to know why we celebrate February 14 with representations of affection, I’ve excerpted this bio of St. Valentine...

–Eleanor Levie, from the intro to her book, Quilt Blocks Go Wild! Drunkards Off the Path pillows on the cover (20″ x 20″), designed and...

Starburst (variant) Made by Amanda Dubois (for Andrew Dubois) 1878. Asheville, NC. Wools. As a newbie quilter in the early 80s, I clearly...