Looking for a quilt shop? There’s an app for that

Quilter’s Club of America and Fons and Porter have released a new app that helps you find quilt shops based on your location. I’ve tested it out around home and when I was on vacation last week and I love it. I used to spend time researching quilt shops on the Internet before going on […]

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12 Quilt Japan exhibit opens at the National Quilt Museum

The 12th Quilt Japan exhibit featuring award winning quilts, opened at the National Quilt Museum last month. The competition sponsored by the Japan Handicraft Instructors Association is open to quilters around the world, but the traveling exhibition features 32 quilts made exclusively by Japanese artists. The quilts traveling to U.S. Quilt Museums were curated by Pam Weeks, […]

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3 June, 2016

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Five hour bed quilt sneak peak

I’ve been working on a new pattern and wanted to share a sneak peak with you all today. The entire quilt top went together in five hours from start to finish. The speed is thanks to using a layer cake, which cuts down significantly on the prep time and a speedy construction technique. Plus since the […]

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1 April, 2015

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7 quilting notions you should try from Quilt Festival

There’s nothing more fun for a quilter than the vendor section of a quilt show. Especially when it is a large one like International Quilt Festival Chicago. There were vendors from all over the world at the show last weekend and I visited every booth to bring you the top seven notions you should try. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 April, 2016

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Straight Line Quilting on the Longarm Using Rulers!

We promised you a beginner level straight line quilting on the longarm tutorial and here it is! In today’s video I show you how I used rulers to create straight lines that are exactly one-inch apart and perfectly straight every time. I know some of you may be asking why I don’t just use channel […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 November, 2021

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10 Things I Do That the Quilt Police HATE!

This video might be triggering. LOL not really, but it may ruffle your feathers if you are die hard about pre-washing your fabric or pressing your seams to the dark side. Today we just have a fun video where I go through 10 things I do all the time that the Quilt Police would have […]

Stephanie Soebbing

2 June, 2022

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Virtual Shop Hop: Heartland Cottons, DeWitt, Iowa

Heartland Cottons is a quaint quilt shop in DeWitt, Iowa, that carries an impressive collection considering it is located in a town of just 5,000. The shop carries a line of paper-piecing patterns by a regional designer. The samples just make you want to knock out a couple wall hangings. Heartland Cottons also carries a […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 October, 2012

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3 Ways to Sew a Perfect Quarter-Inch Seam Every Time – FREE Beginner Quilting Videos and Pattern

Step two in making quilts that turn out like they are supposed to is sewing an accurate quarter-inch seam. This isn’t hard, once you have the right tools, or know how to set your sewing machine up properly to do it. For the first year-and-a-half I was a quilter I sewed an absolutely perfect 3/8-inch […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 June, 2018

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My Little Pony Chromies! The Most Fun Fail – Crafting with Kids

The Future Quilter is OBSESSED with My Little Pony. I don’t even want to know how many pony figurines we have in the house between the stuffed animals, plastic toys, squishy gel like like things with giant heads. It is a little out of control. But of course I had to add to the MLP […]

Stephanie Soebbing

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Top 9 Jelly Roll Patterns you can make in a weekend! National Sew a Jelly Roll Day 2022

Today is Jelly Roll, my basset hound’s birthday! This roly poly loveable tank joined me for our video on my top nine Jelly Roll patterns you can make in a day for National Sew a Jelly Roll Day on September 17, 2022. I’m giving you my top nine jelly roll patterns you can sew in […]

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26 August, 2022

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