DIY industry’s biggest names team up to create ‘The Sewing Party’

Spurred by a lack of sewing education in the schools, several of the biggest names in the DIY industries are teaming up to create The Sewing Party. The Party is a day-long event on Saturday, November 8, featuring more than 30 interactive sewing classes taught by some of the top sewing and quilting bloggers. The […]

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6 November, 2014

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Free Block of the Month – October

Join the FREE Block of the Month pattern from Quilt Addicts Anonymous. Each month you’ll learn a new tips, tricks and efficiencies that will improve your quilting and give you the chance to try new blocks you might not want to make an entire quilt from. For fabric requirements, cutting instructions and free printable instructions, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

3 November, 2014

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October Block of the Month

Sorry I am so late getting the pattern out this month. I’ve been battling a nasty cold and I still haven’t mastered getting anything accomplished on weeknights now that I’m a working mom. I still haven’t managed to get the video together, but you can download the pattern now. This is one of my favorite […]

Stephanie Soebbing

9 October, 2014

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The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting provides comprehensive in-depth instuctions

If you’ve been admiring art quilts and wondering where to start, “The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting” is a must have. Written by Linda Seward, the author of “The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Applique,” which as sold more than a quarter-million copies, her latest release contains more than 1,000 instructions and illustrations on art […]

Stephanie Soebbing

1 October, 2014

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Free Block of the Month – September

Join the FREE Block of the Month pattern from Quilt Addicts Anonymous. Each month you’ll learn a new tips, tricks and efficiencies that will improve your quilting and give you the chance to try new blocks you might not want to make an entire quilt from. For fabric requirements, cutting instructions and free printable instructions, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 September, 2014

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September Block of the Month

This month’s block is made fast and easy thanks to some time saving techniques. We’re making more half square triangles. You all should be experts at making them by now. Then we’re going to use strip piecing to make the four patch units. It works by sewing long strips together first and then cutting them […]

Stephanie Soebbing

4 September, 2014

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Quilts of Love giveaway!

The Quilts of Love series from Abingdon Press features 25 books, each by a different author and written across multiple genres. The two things they have in common are each story has a quilt is woven through each tale, and they are faith-based. Abingdon Press is giving away three of its latest releases. To enter, leave a comment […]

Stephanie Soebbing

4 September, 2014

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Quilting, crime and Christian lit come together in ‘Hidden in the Stars’

Following a brutal attack that killed her mother and stole her voice, Sophia Montgomery begins to unravel a mystery about her mother’s past and a discovers a quilt that holds the key to catching her mother’s killers before they return for her. “Hidden in the Stars” by Robin Caroll opens with Sophia waking up in […]

Stephanie Soebbing

3 September, 2014

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Quilts of Love spins stories with quilts

Quilters yearning for a good story about their craft have a new series to line their bookshelves with. The Quilts of Love series from Abingdon Press features 25 books, each by a different author and written across multiple genres. The two things they have in common are each story has a quilt is woven through each […]

Stephanie Soebbing

2 September, 2014

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Little girls, their dolls and dresses

http://instagram.com/p/llKlITP4R8/?modal=true When I was a little girl my American Girl doll and I both had matching dresses. That outfit was my absolute favorite, mostly because with thick bangs and dark brown hair, the Samantha doll looked like a mini me. So when I saw this pattern and fabric during a trip to Hancock Fabrics for […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 August, 2014

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