It's the season of giving, and all good quilters are busy racking their brains to come up with their signature hand made gifts to make...

If I didn’t tell you otherwise, you might think that we at SHWS coordinate our posts so that there is a theme running from one week to...

A few weeks back, I traveled to my home town in Iowa to attend an annual fundraiser for my old high school. I get to spend 2 full days of...

Here’s the block, now let’s get started. Tumbling Diamonds quilt block. If you missed my previous post and would like to follow...

Hello Readers, In my last post, I included  a short video that Pati and I recently made.  In the video I suggest to Pati that we share...

Pati and I are excited to share with you our first, of hopefully many video tutorials. In keeping with our blog name, we want you to...

I absolutely love adapting curves to the improvisational piecing that I have been experimenting with lately. Now that we have discussed...

Several of our readers have asked for a tutorial on cutting and sewing curves without using a pattern. We have made a video tutorial...

Earlier this week, I wrote in my post, A Little Happiness with Cotton Couture Solids, about the latest project I have been playing...

Since many of you have requested instructions on making the Memory Board Game I made in a previous post, I’ve decided to write a short...

This week it’s my turn to share my contribution to our Quilt-Along project, Blackbirds and Blossoms, Oh-La-La! If you have been following...

It’s no surprise that my daughters know the difference between good fabric and the not-so good stuff. When my daughter Molly was ordering...

As you might imagine, with less than four months to go before the first of two big weddings, I find myself knee deep in projects. Please...

Remember this package from my Tuesday post? Well, if you recall, I promised to reveal the contents in today’s posting. But first a little...

Ahh, I’m seeing gift baskets everywhere these days. ‘Tis the season! I both enjoy giving and receiving them as they often contain some...

My herb garden is overflowing this fall. I tried planting a few new types of herbs last spring, mostly mints for making herbal tea. They...

A sign posted on the window of “Quint Measuring Systems.” After working with Jennifer on her challenges with the beautiful tree skirt she...

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...

Unknown, quilter. Variable Star. 1870. From Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives, The Heritage Quilt Project of New...

Interested in adding circles and curves to your quilts? Let me share a few simple and helpful tips to make the process a bit less...