Warm and Natural giveaway winner

First I want to say thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway. I really enjoyed reading all your comments about what you’re working on now. I used Random.org to chose a winner. And the author of the 57th comment and winner of the Warm and Natural batting is Missy, who is working on a […]

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19 December, 2011

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New barn quilt book offers much more than quilt stories

Part travelogue, history lesson and love story, “Following the Barn Quilt Trail” by Suzi Parron offers much more to readers than stories of barn quilts and the farms they decorate. The second book on barn quilts from Parron, the book records not just the tales of the barn quilts, but the adventures Parron had as […]

Stephanie Soebbing

31 August, 2016

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Five tips for hexie organization

You guys just loved the video tutorial last week on English Paper Piecing. Click here to watch it if you missed it. I haven’t gotten so many comments on a tutorial in a while. But there were a few questions too, so I am going to do a party two blog post today with tips […]

Stephanie Soebbing

19 September, 2016

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The Block A Day Challenge has begun!

Ladies and gentlemen, start your sewing machines. The Block A Day Challenge has begun and this month’s prize is three spools Coats and Clark Multicolor mercerized cotton. Each spool has 1,200 yards of Egyptian cotton thread on it, which is perfect for finishing your quilts. I love it for free motion quilting  because the variegated thread helps […]

Stephanie Soebbing

2 January, 2012

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Virtual Shop Hop: Quilter’s Connection, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Quilters Connection is one of the biggest quilt shops you’ll find in Green Bay, Wisconsin. And in this case, big equals variety. You’ll find everything from reproduction prints and homespuns to batiks and bright, bold prints. There is one of the largest collections of Civil War reproductions I’ve seen. I picked up several double pinks […]

Stephanie Soebbing

19 August, 2013

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How to Make a Quilt Label + Washing your Quilt – FREE Beginner Quilting Videos and Pattern

You did it! You made your first quilt! Now it is time to talk about how to take care of it so it lasts as long as possible and how to make a label so that everyone knows you are the one who worked really hard to make it! First let’s talk about labels! It […]

Stephanie Soebbing

19 June, 2018

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Continuous Binding Tutorial + Mitered Corners – FREE Beginner Quilting Videos and Pattern

For years I was afraid of sewing continuous binding. The results are amazing. You can’t tell where you started or stopped your binding, which means now lumps or bumps where you tucked in extra fabric. But if you screw it up, OMG you have to start completely over. But when I tried it for the […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 June, 2018

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How to Sew a Split Nine Patch Quilt Block – FREE Beginner Quilting Videos and Pattern

Finally! We get to do some actual sewing! In today’s video we are going to be making the split nine patch quilt block. This is a really basic block that is very beginner-friendly, but it looks just fancy enough to wow people when you tell them this is your first quilt. Basically all quilt blocks […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 June, 2018

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How to make double pinwheels from squares

It’s time for another post in the Triangle Boot Camp series. This week you’ll learn how to make double pinwheels from squares. That’s right, there’s no sewing on a stretch bias, not cutting triangles, just perfect piecing every time. Using this method will give you two double pinwheels that are a mirror image of each […]

Stephanie Soebbing

1 August, 2013

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Quilted: Laura’s sunflowers

Some of you may recognize this pattern. It is a variation on Bonnie Hunter’s 2015 mystery. It was pieced by Laura Koppenhoefer, a woman I know from church who I’ve spent more than a few Saturdays making baptismal quilts with. I normally don’t quilt for others, but I made an exception for Laura. She has […]

Stephanie Soebbing

25 November, 2015

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