Refraction video tutorial and pattern
I make a lot of quilts. It is part of the job of being a pattern designer. I like them all, but I love Refraction. The quilt is deceptively simple. It uses strip piecing and a 60-degree ruler to create the the diamond shapes you see here. The quilt is made with a jelly roll […]
How to Chain Piece Quilt Blocks – FREE Beginner Quilting Videos and Pattern
Once you get the hang of it, sewing and quilting is very relaxing and enjoyable. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want to speed up the process. After all, how are you going to make all the quilts that you are dreaming of in your head if each one takes forever to piece? That is […]
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This quilt is made with just ONE Jellyroll! Refraction in Kaffe Fassett
Refraction is one of the first quilts I designed and I still love it to this day. It uses just one 2 1/2-inch strip roll to create the center star. The triangles are strip pieced and then cut apart using an equilateral triangle ruler. Then everything is sewn together into large triangles and assembled using […]
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Slow-Mo Quilt Drop Whirligig #SHORTS
#SHORTS Learn more about Stashin’ with Stephanie here: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/stashin-with-stephanie-2/ Watch the full length piecing tutorial here: https://youtu.be/srRnef0vsBo Watch the full length quilting tutorial here: https://youtu.be/5ZulEFgTvGw
Virtual shop hop: Willow Creek in Kalona, Iowa
If you find yourself in Kalona, Iowa, you must visit Willow Creek Quilting and Gifts on 418 B Avenue. This shop has hundreds of bolts of fabric that are all neatly organized so that shoppers won’t get overwhelmed. The shop has the largest supply of Civil War and 1930 reproduction prints that I’ve ever seen in […]
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 […]
Pfaff releases new machine for sewers on the go
Pfaff has released a new sewing machine with the sewer on the go in mind. The lightweight Passport 3.0 is an update of the Passport 2.0, new features include 30 additional decorative stitches for a total of 100, and a thread cutter that cuts the needle and bobbin thread with the press of a button. […]
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 […]
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Easy & Fast Radiating Wavy Lines for a Custom Quilting Look – Burst Revisited
We got the fabric for this month’s quilt VERY late … just thank international shipping delays. So I had one week to design the pattern, sew the top, quilt it and release it to all of you! That meant I needed a fast and easy quilting design that would still look fabulous. So I went […]