Scrap-Happy Stash-Busting Quilts: Scrappy Quilt Patterns
I love scraps. To me, they are the comfort food of quilts. My first contact with quilts was not the ornate Baltimore Album quilts or the intricately hand quilted whole...
Quilting
Get quiltingly creative with fresh inspiration from experts who guide you from which quilting tools and rulers give you an accurate first cut to finishing your creation with free motion quilting, whether you use a long arm or do your machine quilting on your home sewing machine.
Free your imagination with improv quilting or embrace the slow stitch movement with hand quilting. There are so many quilting patterns to choose from (or design yourself), there’s no end to the whimsy you can create!
Quilting Fun
Best Tools for Quilting Projects
Quilting is about taking a good piece of fabric and cutting it up to make something amazing! Whether you make traditional quilts, modern quilts, art quilts or just starting to...
Best Fabric and Thread Storage Ideas: Organize Your Stash
Ready for your MSM (Master of Stash Management) degree? I love seeing the innovative ways creative people store and organize their fabric. But the solutions are not one-size-fits-all. What works...
Traditional Quilt Inspiration
Spotlight: Barbara Brackman, Quilt Historian
Was it fate that Barbara Brackman would become a central figure in quiltmaking? An accidental find of a drawer full of vintage quilt blocks ignited Barbara's curiosity, and since then...
Spotlight: Philippa Naylor, Textile Artist
Always up for the next challenge, Philippa Naylor takes on anything she needs to do to challenge her skills, grow as an artist and help others to grow, as well....
Spotlight: Sue Nickels, Quilter, Author and Teacher
Meticulous attention to detail is a hallmark of Sue Nickels' quilts. Inspired by traditional quilts, Sue, often collaborating with her sister, Pat Holly, freshens the designs with nods to current...
Modern Quilt Inspiration
More Modern Quilts
Spotlight: Paula Steel, Modern Quilter
Distinct shapes, clean lines and clear colors reflect the modern quilt esthetic in Paula Steel's designs. Now designing and quilting full time, Paula's use of line and form to create...
Spotlight: Carole Lyles Shaw, Modern Quilter
As a modern quilter, Carole Lyles Shaw focuses on a set of tried and true design principles, resulting in work that is a bold combination of planning and improvisation. Eager...
Spotlight: Audrey Esarey, Modern Quilter
Like many creatives, Audrey Esarey dabbled in many artful activities while growing up. But it wasn't until she went to a quilting class with a woman who would later become...
Art Quilt Inspiration
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Spotlight: Laura Wasilowski, Textile Artist
When you see a Laura Wasilowski quilt, you can't help but smile. Her whimsical pictorial art quilts use wool, as well as her own hand-dyed fabrics and threads, to depict...
Spotlight: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Quilt Artist
An icon in the quilting world, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry paved the way for lovers of machine quilting and bold design. She created quite a stir in the quilt world when...
Spotlight: Frieda Anderson, Fiber Artist
Frieda Andersen is a self proclaimed "Investigator of Ideas". With a formal education in Art History, she has always been interested in making things - using her hands and mind...
More Quilting
Spotlight: Sidnee Snell, Contemporary Textile Artist
Sidnee Snell has always enjoyed making stuff, but it took others' input before she embraced the title of an artist. Her unique approach to quilting challenges traditional norms, inviting and…
Spotlight: Fuzzy Mall, Textile Artist
A cold winter was all it took for Fuzzy Mall to become a self-taught quilter - fibers don't freeze. Using one-off fabrics sourced from thrift stores, Fuzzy works in a…
Spotlight: Holly Cole, Fiber Artist
Follow along with Holly Cole as she creates hand drawn and painted whole cloth quilts that often focus on the intersection of animal-human relationships and issues. She applies her breadth of…
Complete List of Common Quilt Terms; a Guide for Beginners
Yes, quilters do have their own language. Do you ever think "What are quilters talking about?". We've rounded up some of the quilt terms and phrases that you hear frequently…
Spotlight: Lisa Lackey, Fabric and Paper Collage Artist
Lisa Lackey memorializes simple moments in our lives creating collage art with fabric, paper and thread. What do you do differently? What is your signature that makes your work stand…
Spotlight: Lyn Crump, Quilter
Lyn Crump started quilting when she bought a King size bed and couldn't find anything she liked as a cover. She is now an award winning quilter who creates unique…
Spotlight: Laura Stangel Schmidt, Textle Artist
Laura Stangel Schmidt is a visual artist and poet. The drawn, painted, stitched, and written lines in her work are equivalent forms of expression—improvisational explorations of her own interior landscape.…
Popular Quilt Patterns and Blocks; Ideas for Quilts
There are an infinite number of quilt patterns. Some are more popular than others. Maybe it's because they are easy, maybe they have been around for hundreds of years, maybe…