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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Virtual Show and Tell: Ombre crib quilt

The ombre crib quilt is officially done and gifted. I almost didn’t think I’d get it done in time for the baby shower on Saturday, the quilting powers that be seemed to be against it happening. A friend of mine is have her second baby. We’re from the same town, went to junior high, high […]

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12 February, 2014

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Loopy Meander & Daisy Free Motion Quilting Combo – Quilting Blooming Star

I’m going to be totally honest, this isn’t my favorite quilting ever. But I think it’s important to show you when my sewing projects don’t go as planned so you know you’re not alone when it happens to you too. I wanted to do a swirl design in each and every diamond to help echo […]

Stephanie Soebbing

29 May, 2022

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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 […]

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12 June, 2018

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Why we’re not reopening our Brick & Mortar store …

It’s Small Business Saturday, so I thought I’d take a minute to chat about Quilt Addicts Anonymous, how we got to this point and why we’re going to focus on being an online store only going forward. Like everyone we’ve experienced a lot of changes in the last two years, and have spent a lot […]

Stephanie Soebbing

27 November, 2021

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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 […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 August, 2011

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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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Quilting Simple Wavy Lines that Accentuate the Piecing

I love quilting wavy lines. They are so versatile and can be customized to just about any shape you can imagine, and that’s exactly what I did for Zig Zag. I used wavy lines to follow the line of the piecing to create a zig zag with the quilting that matched the zig zag created […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 September, 2022

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Celestial: Strip-pieced, no Y-seam diamonds make this quilt fast!

This month’s new fat quarter friendly pattern is inspired by this month’s featured fabric, Zen by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks. Celestial is one of my favorite types of quilt designs, one that looks way more complicated than it actually is. The blocks are assembled using strip piecing and no Y-seams, so the quilt top comes […]

Stephanie Soebbing

28 April, 2023

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Sewing room organization tips

I have been on a de-cluttering, cleaning and organizing kick since I got back from holiday travels. This is really a must-do action when one has a toddler and said toddler makes out like a bandit at Christmas. So far I’ve made it through both bedrooms, two of three closets (one of which has now […]

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12 January, 2016

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