Preserving college memories with a T-shirt quilt

I haven’t worn my sorority T-shirts since I graduated from Augustana College in the spring of 2007. While they made up my everyday wardrobe in college, somehow it just didn’t seem appropriate to wear shirts commemorating awesome parties, homecoming and rush in the real world. So they sat in a storage box under the bed […]
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Master Half Square Triangles HSTs with this Fat Quarter Pattern! Tropical Grove

I was inspired by the pineapple quilt block for this month’s Stashin’ with Stephanie design. The bucket list quilt block is a challenging one, usually made with foundation paper piecing and features pointed strips of fabric radiating out from a square center, many times in a fade of fabric. Join Stashin’ with Stephanie: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/stashin-with-stephanie-2/ At […]
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How to make a barn quilt

Learn how to make a barn quilt. The barn quilts in this tutorial are 2-feet square and 1-foot square. They’re the perfect size to hang on a house, garage or shed. Half-inch plywood and high gloss paint were used to create this quilt. For a full supply list, visit http://www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com

Virtual shop hop: Susan’s Calico Creations

Don’t let a traditional term like “calico” in the quilt shop name scare you modern quilters away from from Susan’s Calico Creations at 1108 4th St., Fulton, Ill. The shop carries more than 5,000 bolts of fabric in just about every style from the historical reproduction prints to contemporary batiks and Asian prints. The trademark […]

2013 will be the year of the UFO

One of my biggest issues with quilt addiction is my constant need to start something new. I call it Quilters ADD, but my joke is becoming a problem. I just can’t seem to finish anything. The problem isn’t a lack of skills, or even time. I just prefer to work on something new than finish […]

Ditching a quilt

No, I’m not throwing out a quilt, I’m stitching in the ditch. This was one of the first quilt finishing techniques I learned and quickly gave up when I started free motion quilting. But sometimes you just can’t get away with skipping this step, and that’s the case with my 2014 Block of the Month […]