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Dec 3, 20162 min read
Quick and Easy Holiday Table Topper
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...
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May 2, 20161 min read
Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour
The issue hits newsstands May 3, or you can purchase right now as a print or digital issue in the Quiltmaker’s shop. You will find...
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Dec 16, 20153 min read
Our Top 10 Tips for Quilt Designs with Solid Fabrics
1. Laura’s Jigsaw Landscape released on 11/9/15 2. Laura’s Squared Block to be released on 12/16/15 3. Pati’s Two Blocks from One,...
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Nov 8, 20151 min read
100 Blocks in 50 Days! – Jigsaw Landscape block
Pati and I are finally able to share with you the first of the four blocks we made for the 100 Blocks in 50 Days challenge sponsored by...
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Nov 2, 20152 min read
100 Quilt Blocks in 50 Days!
Janome and Michael Miller Fabrics have teamed up with a really fun project we would like to share with you. 100 Blocks in 50 Days. Laura...
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Oct 20, 20152 min read
Tumbling Diamonds Block – Improvisational (Re)Design – Part 3
Before getting started – can we just take a moment to appreciate Laura’s knowledge and instruction in her posts the past 2 weeks? I...
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Oct 10, 20152 min read
Tips for Constructing a Tumbling Diamonds Quilt Block – Part 2
Here’s the block, now let’s get started. Tumbling Diamonds quilt block. If you missed my previous post and would like to follow...
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Jan 16, 20152 min read
Shortcuts! A few quick tricks for a fast, fun quilt.
A while back, I kept hearing about quick and fun ways to make blocks using unusual construction techniques. I would hear about one, then...
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Oct 21, 20143 min read
Don’t You Just Love it When Quilt Blocks Fit Together?
Theme and border fabrics for baby hexie quilt: Wee Wander by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller Fabrics. (click image to visit Sarah Jane)...
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Jul 25, 20142 min read
He’s Here, He’s Here (Again): It’s Christmas in July at SHWS!
Yes! It’s time to get started. As I was super late delivering the Santa Smiles Tree Skirt pattern last year, I thought I’d throw this out...
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Jul 8, 20141 min read
Quilt-Along Panel 2 for Blackbirds & Blossoms Oh-La-La!
We are halfway done with round 2 of our Quilt-Along, Blackbirds & Blossoms Oh-La-La! I hope you are having as much fun as we are with...
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Mar 18, 20144 min read
Quilting Wisdom: Collected Thoughts from See How We Sew
Probably one of the nicest aspects of sewing arts is our tradition of sharing knowledge and expertise. As we absolutely love to spread...
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Feb 14, 20142 min read
Improvisational Scrap Busting – French Style
I have spent the past two months finishing all the forgotten quilt projects I can possibly manage. This has been great for clearing my...
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Jan 31, 20143 min read
I like it/I don’t . . . I like it/I don’t . . . Tackling The Quilt-Making Seesaw
What a coincidence, I’m using a Carolyn Friedlander stripe in my quilt. Despite fighting the flu, I did start 2014 in a fever (ha-ha) of...
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Nov 5, 20133 min read
2013 Craftsy BOM: A Year in Designing (+ 3 FREE Book Offers)
When I was asked to teach the Craftsy class, my goal was to include a variety of beginning to intermediate techniques while demonstrating...
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Nov 1, 20133 min read
A California Quilter Crosses the Pond: Part 2–A Feast of Stitching Inspiration (+ Giveaway)
Off to London, via Paddington Station! Of course, we took tons of photos, including the expected . . . The gates of Buckingham Palace Big...
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Oct 18, 20132 min read
The (Not So) Humble 9-Patch
I have been clearing out a few projects in my sewing room the past few months. A lot of them have to do with leftover blocks from block...
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Sep 17, 20131 min read
New York Beauty Quilts – Finding Inspiration in our Past
As always, I am in awe of what the quilters of yesteryear accomplished without the tools we have today. Thank you, Bill, for inspiring...
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Sep 3, 20133 min read
The Bumpy, Rocky, Twisty Road of Quilt-Pattern Design–Giveaway Today!
(Or, Attempting That HUGE Leap From Cute Sketch to Marketable Pattern) Do you remember those paper-pieced holiday blocks I designed last...
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