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How to Make the Air Castle Quilt Block
The Air Castle Quilt block uses half square triangles, three-quarter square triangles and the center is a square in a square block. It is a nine-patch layout. The different angles…
How to Make the Split Quarter Square Triangle Quilt Block
The Split Quarter Square Triangle Quilt Block is a variation of the Quarter Square Triangle, which is also referred to as the Hour Glass quilt block. What makes it the…
Spotlight: Michelle Wilkie, Textile Artist
Clean and simple lines along with colors that engage the viewer are bound to set textile artist Michelle Wilkie's quilts apart from the crowd. Achieving the seeming simplicity of minimalist…
Handmade Gift Ideas for Home
Make special gifts for friends and family in the colors and designs perfect for their homes. They'll think of you each time they use the item made just for them.…
Spotlight: Ann Feitelson, Quilt Artist
With formal training as a painter, quilt artist Ann Feitelson dedicated the first years of her art career using a paintbrush, creating landscapes and still lifes with vivid, expressive color.…
Spotlight: Jen Hewett, Print Maker, Surface Designer and Textile Artist
Jen Hewett is a successful print maker, surface designer and textile artist. She is also an advocate for women of color who enjoy expressing themselves with craft. Knowing that there…
How to Make the Ribbon Star Quilt Block
The Ribbon Star Quilt Block is a quick and easy quilt block using half square triangles and squares. It is generally made with three fabrics, two for the ribbons and…
How to Make the Variable Star Quilt Block
The Variable Star Quilt Block is a variation of the Ohio Star quilt block, using four (4) fabrics instead of just two (2) fabrics. It is a nine-patch layout quilt…
How to Make a Quarter Square Triangle Quilt Block
Quarter square triangles are a basic block you can use alone or combine with other blocks to form more intricate quilt designs. When using only two fabrics, the quilt block…
How to Make the Ohio Star Quilt Block
The Ohio Star Quilt Block is a basic nine patch quilt block made from quarter square triangles and squares. This quilt block is popular in both traditional and modern quilts.…
Handmade Gift Ideas for Babies and Children
Handmade gifts for children and babies recognize each little person's personality, so we gathered some ideas for creative giving. Browse through some of our favorite things that we think the…
Spotlight: Annabel Wrigley, Textile Artist, Designer and Author
Joyful, playful color is a common thread in textile artist, designer and author Annabel Wrigley's quilt designs. This busy mom designs quilts, writes books, publishes patterns, designs fabric and teaches…
Handmade Gift Guide
Handmade gifts - and gifts for hand makers - come from the heart. It's lovely to think about the recipient when putting our own hands to work on a unique…
Quilt Gift Guide
We've rounded up some of our favorite quilt gift ideas -- whether you quilt the projects to give as gifts, or give a little joy to the favorite quilters in…
Spotlight: David Hastings, Multidisciplinary Designer and Art Director
With a drive to create, Multidisciplinary Designer and Art Director David Hastings found encouragement from a young age to pursue art and design. Depending on the project, he may sharpen…
Spotlight: Kate McCully, Amigurumi Pattern Designer
From sock monsters to crocheted dolls, Amigurumi Pattern Designer Kate McCully's imagination has always been filled with creative ideas that she then simply had to make with her own hands.…
Spotlight Yvonne Fuchs, Modern Quilter and Designer
Most people fear rejection. Instead, Modern Quilter and Designer Yvonne Fuchs actively pursues it, pushing her skills to discover her strengths and the processes that best express her vision. The…
Spotlight: Karoline Dahrling Hughes, Sustainable Sewist and Crafter
Rules? What rules? For sustainable sewist and crafter Karoline Dahrling Hughes, the joy is in the making. Creating is above all a happy pursuit filled with embraceable imperfections that we…