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Sep 8, 20213 min read

The Pattern and the Process

Do you enjoy following patterns or prefer creating your own designs? Having taught thousands of students over my 30-plus years of...

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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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Our Top 10 Tips for Quilt Designs with Solid Fabrics

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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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100 Blocks in 50 Days! – Jigsaw Landscape block

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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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Tumbling Diamonds Block – Improvisational (Re)Design – Part 3

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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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Tips for Constructing a Tumbling Diamonds Quilt Block – Part 2

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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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Shortcuts! A few quick tricks for a fast, fun quilt.

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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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Don’t You Just Love it When Quilt Blocks Fit Together?

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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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He’s Here, He’s Here (Again): It’s Christmas in July at SHWS!

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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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Quilt-Along Panel 2 for Blackbirds & Blossoms Oh-La-La!

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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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Quilting Wisdom: Collected Thoughts from See How We Sew

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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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Improvisational Scrap Busting – French Style

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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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I like it/I don’t . . . I like it/I don’t . . . Tackling The Quilt-Making Seesaw

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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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2013 Craftsy BOM: A Year in Designing (+ 3 FREE Book Offers)

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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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New York Beauty Quilts – Finding Inspiration in our Past

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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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Laura Nownes

Pati Fried

Kirsten Hosemann

Julia McLeod