Don’t get it wet or feed it after midnight

I have a few quilting rules, most of them regulate what I can and cannot attempt to sew after 10 p.m. Paper piecing is at the top of the do not attempt list. The results are similar to getting a Mogwai wet or feeding it after midnight. My sewing abilities turn into the quilting equivalent of […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 July, 2014

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Quilt retreat to-do list

If you ask my grandma, she thinks I sew all day long. Unfortunately that isn’t the case. The business end of running a quilting blog tends eat up more time than sewing and you’re usually more likely to find me in front of a computer than the sewing machine. But that is going to change […]

Stephanie Soebbing

19 October, 2015

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Check out the Wildflower Meadow fabric exchange top!

Congratulations to Theresa Anderberg the winner of the Wildflower Meadow fabric exchange gift card! This pattern was a labor of love. There were so many triangles, but the results are completely worth it. That border alone just sets the quilt beautifully. This quilt is available as a downloadable PDF. Just click here to get a […]

Stephanie Soebbing

22 August, 2016

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April Block of the Month

Welcome back to the Quilt Addicts Anonymous Block of the Month! This month we’re getting started on the first pieced border. There are 20 blocks, to make, but they’re easy and just 6-inches finished so the piecing goes fast. As always, I’m making the quilt in two colorways just in case the pinks and purples […]

Stephanie Soebbing

31 March, 2014

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Block a Day Challenge roundup – Week 14

Everyone must be inspired by spring, because the blocks and tops completed this week are all really bright and fun. This week we completed 57 blocks and three tops. I still haven’t had a chance to enter all the entries from March to choose a winner at random. I’m hoping to do that this weekend […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 April, 2012

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T-shirt quilt tutorial – Sewing the sashing part 2

Supplies: Sashing strips and sashing with cornerstones attached. (See how to cut and sew the sashing in the previous post.) T-shirt quilt blocks with fusible interfacing attached to the wrong side of the fabric Sewing machine Iron Applique pressing sheet Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts Attaching fusible interfacing Sewing the sashing – Part […]

Stephanie Soebbing

22 November, 2011

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Inspira Studio furniture designed by sewers for sewers

The world’s largest sewing machine company and ClosetMaid have teamed up to create a furniture collection designed just for sewers. SVP Worldwide, the makers of Singer, Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff sewing machines, created Inspira Studio to solve the frustrations of sewers making furniture work that was designed for general storage, not craft and sewing rooms, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 February, 2015

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Mini Block of the Month August 2016 tutorial

It feel so strange for me to be done with a block of the month just three months in, but here we are with the final tutorial for Cabin in the Clearing, the Quilt Addicts Anonymous Mini 2016 BOM. This block goes pretty quickly. We’re making four patches, a few flying geese and finishing up […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 August, 2016

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How to cut border fabric so the pattern is straight

If you’ve been quilting for any length of time, then you’ve probably come across a fabric that isn’t printed straight on the grain. For some fabrics, that doesn’t matter, for others, it can really look off when you cut it up to include it in a quilt. The effect of cutting a print that isn’t […]

Stephanie Soebbing

22 February, 2016

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Sneak peak

I pulled my 2014 BOM off the longarm earlier this week. There’s still a TON of work to do on it before the big reveal on here (binding, label, hiding threads). But I couldn’t resist showing you a sneak peak of the quilting. Before loading this quilt on the frame it had been a year […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 April, 2015

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