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Spotlight: Jenny Rushmore, Pattern Designer
Challenged to find stylish clothes that fit and flattered her shape, body positive activist and pattern designer Jenny Rushmore decided to take back the power of fashion and develop a…
Spotlight: Melanie Tuazon, Fiber Artist
When her children were young, fiber artist Melanie Tuazon started quilting as a way to explore creativity while making practical, useful things. The making of utilitarian objects has grown into…
Snail Trail Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial
The Snail Trail Quilt Pattern is generally made with two fabrics. I've seen some designs that are quite impactful that use four fabrics, each spiraling around one center patch. The…
How to Make Swamp Angel Quilt Block: Free Pattern
The Swamp Angel quilt block is a nine patch format made from half square triangles, quarter square triangles and a square center unit. This is a perfect block for beginners…
How to Make the Card Trick Quilt Block Pattern
The Card Trick Quilt Pattern is a nine patch quilt block format that uses half square triangles, split quarter square triangles, and a center quarter square triangle unit. It is…
Big Stitch Hand Quilting: How-To Technique Tutorial
Add visual and textural interest to your quilt with big stitch quilting! It's a stunning form of hand quilting. No longer do you need perfect small and even stitches that…
How to Tie a Knot in Thread for Hand Sewing
Learn how to tie a knot in thread with our simple step-by-step directions. In this article, I've covered three different ways to make a knot for your sewing projects -…
Spotlight: Laura Hartrich, Quilt Artist
Have a seat because quilt artist Laura Hartrich may exhaust you! While raising her kids, working and pursuing a degree, Laura still finds time to create original, innovative quilt designs.…
Spotlight: Megan Brown, Sewist and Entrepreneur
Finding her stitch mojo early on, garment sewist and entrepreneur Megan Brown had family role models to inspire her. Now she makes a business out of her sewing and embroidery…
Spotlight: Julia Wachs, Modern Quilter and Designer
Modern quilter and designer Julia Wachs' engineering roots are evident in her precisely conceived modern quilts. Noted for crisp lines and sharp angles, Julia's quilts sing with color. Foundation paper…
How to Cut and Make Bias Strips from Fabric, Two Ways
Bias strips make custom bias binding, as well as to finish the inside of a handmade fashion garment seams (and more sewing projects!). There are different ways to make bias.…
How to Make the Spool Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial
The Spool Quilt Pattern is a nine patch layout made from square and half square triangle units. It's a perfect quilt block and pattern for beginners and popular with quilters…
How to Make the Virginia Worm Fence Quilt Block
The Virginia Worm Fence quilt block is a nine-patch format made from two fabrics. It is a perfect quilt block for beginners to learn how to strip piece and sew…
How to Make the Eccentric Star Quilt Block: 5 Sizes
The Eccentric Star quilt block is a nine patch format using only half square triangles and a center square unit. It is a great block for beginners to practice half…
Attic Window Quilt Pattern – Easy Block Tutorial
The Attic Window quilt pattern is a traditional quilt pattern that creates a three-dimensional window-like quilt design. A square made from half square triangles and two rectangles are arranged around…
How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block – Free Tutorial
Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of heart quilt patterns from paper patterns, to traditional piecing and patchwork to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern…
Spotlight: Susan Lumsden, Fiber Artist
Fiber artist Susan Lumsden has downsized her studio space, but her creative output remains prolific, proving that it is the artist, not their surroundings, shaping the depth and breadth of…
Spotlight: Ron Isaacson, Artist and Sculptor
Filling multiple roles in his creative life, artist, sculptor and wordsmith Ron Isaacson has most recently sculpted creatures that inhabit a world of his own making. An early adopter of the…