Echoed Swirls are my new favorite free motion quilting stitch! The stitch is exactly like it sounds, a swirl with one or two echoes around it. But this simple stitch really elevates the look of the swirl, making any quilt you use it on look super fancy. Usually I use it as a background filler, […]

Pixelated Blooms is a very fun strip-pieced pattern that will allow you to bust your stash. Follow the color combinations in the pattern when selecting fat quarters to create a square flower, or pull 2 1/2-inch strips from your stash to make it super scrappy in any color combination. The techniques used are not hard, […]

It’s no secret that I love a custom quilted look, but I don’t always have time for a super involved quilting plan. That was the case this month, so I turned to an old favorite, the wavy line, and customized it to create a quilting stitch that fit my block perfectly. The block and background […]

Echoed Swirls are my new favorite free motion quilting stitch! The stitch is exactly like it sounds, a swirl with one or two echoes around it. But this simple stitch really elevates the look of the swirl, making any quilt you use it on look super fancy. Usually I use it as a background filler, […]

My goal whenever I quilt is to accentuate the fabric and the quilt design. With Modern Trip Around the World, I love to do that with a combination of the Slim and Archie Rulers designed by Angela Walters for Creative Grids. In the video I show you how to think through your quilt path before […]

It’s no secret that I love a custom quilted look, but I don’t always have time for a super involved quilting plan. That was the case this month, so I turned to an old favorite, the wavy line, and customized it to create a quilting stitch that fit my block perfectly. The block and background […]

Echoed Swirls are my new favorite free motion quilting stitch! The stitch is exactly like it sounds, a swirl with one or two echoes around it. But this simple stitch really elevates the look of the swirl, making any quilt you use it on look super fancy. Usually I use it as a background filler, […]

Pixelated Blooms is a very fun strip-pieced pattern that will allow you to bust your stash. Follow the color combinations in the pattern when selecting fat quarters to create a square flower, or pull 2 1/2-inch strips from your stash to make it super scrappy in any color combination. The techniques used are not hard, […]

It’s no secret that I love a custom quilted look, but I don’t always have time for a super involved quilting plan. That was the case this month, so I turned to an old favorite, the wavy line, and customized it to create a quilting stitch that fit my block perfectly. The block and background […]

I loved making the Adeline Crossbody bag by Sew Many Creations. It’s a versatile piece that can work as a crossbody or a handbag thanks to the adjustable handle. With an outer zippered pocket, twist lock flap closure and divided center pocket, I am looking forward to taking it with me all over the place […]

I hope you all are enjoying a great start to 2023! We though we’d kick it off by taking a look back at everything I made in 2022. The Quilt Addicts Anonymous team collectively made A LOT of stuff of quilty goodies last year, so we kept this video just to my work and personal […]

I fell in love with fashion backpacks when my family took a week-long trip to Chicago this summer. I knew I needed something to carry everything while having my hands free, so I picked up a small backpack from Target and was so glad I did. Even though it was a fraction the size of […]

#shorts I designed Zig Zag, our September 2022 Stashin’ with Stephanie pattern, to show off all of the Love Struck prints and separate the light values from the background for a clearly defined block. This is the first time we’ve featured Paintbrush Studios for our Stashin’ with Stephanie collection. The colors are soft and calming […]

Zig Zag is the perfect pattern to master half square triangles and use a fat quarter bundle with a lot of light value prints. The block is designed to feature light fabrics in half square triangles in the center diagonal, surrounded by medium value squares and finally dark half square triangles to provide a clear […]

Last fall we launched our Triangle Masterclass, a nine part video series that covers everything you need to know to improve your triangle piecing. We have dedicated videos for sewing half square triangles, quarter square triangles or hourglass units, double pinwheels, four-at-a-time no waste flying geese. Plus there are videos on how I sew the […]