An essay on neglected quilts and houses

Everyone has heard a tale or two about a quilt that was found at a garage sale. The owners just didn’t appreciate the quilt or know how to properly care for it. So the quilt spent a few decades neglected in the attic or being used to keep the garage floor clean when it was […]

Stephanie Soebbing

4 February, 2012

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10 Hacks for Better Quilting Part 10! Trim your blocks to size … #SHORTS

#SHORTS Check out Stephanie’s Top 10 Hacks for Better Quilting! You’ll be sure to improve your accuracy on your next project. Comment below to let us know your favorite quilting hacks! Also be sure to check out our completely FREE Beginner Quilting video tutorial series! It’s more than 5 hours of FREE video lessons + […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 July, 2021

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Join the first Quilt Addicts Anonymous fabric exchange!

I’ve been working on something fun behind the scenes and I’m finally ready to reveal it today! Quilt Addicts Anonymous will host its first fabric exchange! If you all like it, I’ll do more, but here is the what sets the QAA Fabric Exchange apart from others you may participate in: I have designed an […]

Stephanie Soebbing

27 September, 2015

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Nap time quilting

http://instagram.com/p/qCYGpOP4aY/?modal=true Nap time quilting.  It’s a popular pastime among quilting moms, there are even entire blogs dedicated to it. And now I’m one of the nap time quilters cramming as much into nap times as possible. It’s amazing what you can get done when you know there’s only and hour, maybe two to finish it in. Last […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 July, 2014

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You might have a quilting addiction if …

A sign you may have a quilting addiction: You successfully hide your sewing activities from family and friends. Example: At the end of a long day spent with family over Labor Day weekend, my dad said, “I’m proud of you.” “Why?” I replied. “You didn’t do any sewing today.” No, I just spent three hours […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 September, 2015

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‘Sonoma Rose’ characters haunted Chiaverini

Rosa Diaz Barclay and Lars Jorgensen haunted Jennifer Chiaverini since she wrote “The Quilter’s Homecoming” five years ago. The couple had been presumed dead until it was revealed they had fled the Arboles Valley, taken on aliases and were running a successful vineyard in California. No longer in need of the farm Rosa abandoned, she […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 February, 2012

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National Quilt Museum, Quilts of Valor honor veterans

The National Quilt Museum and Quilts of Valor honored veterans earlier this week by giving the patriotic quilts that made up the To Honor and Comfort exhibit to 34 veterans of war. The exhibit at the Paducah, Kentucky museum featured premium examples of patriotic quilts made for the Quilts of Valor organization, which seeks to provide […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 November, 2015

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How to sew a perfect quarter-inch seam every time

Learn three different ways to set up your machine and presser feet to sew a perfect quarter-inch seam every time. For more tutorials, visit http://www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/tutorials/

Stephanie Soebbing

27 April, 2015

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10 Hacks for Better Quilting Part 5! Pin where it matters …

#SHORTS Check out Stephanie’s Top 10 Hacks for Better Quilting! You’ll be sure to improve your accuracy on your next project. Comment below to let us know your favorite quilting hacks! Also be sure to check out our completely FREE Beginner Quilting video tutorial series! It’s more than 5 hours of FREE video lessons + […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 July, 2021

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T-shirt quilt tutorial – How to piece the quilt top

What you’ll need: The T-shirt quilt blocks with sashing and cornerstones attached that we made in the previous videos. Sewing machine Thread Iron Ironing board Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts Attaching fusible interfacing Sewing the sashing – Part 1 Sewing the sashing – Part 2 Laying out the quilt

Stephanie Soebbing

16 December, 2011

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