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2 Cool Ideas for Halloween and Fall quilts

By Denise Russell

2 Cool Ideas for Halloween and Fall quilts

These 2 Cool Ideas for Halloween and Fall quilts will jazz up your home decor or make a friend happy as they are great gifts! They are my latest finishes and I am so happy to see how they turned out. This is Witches Party, the Halloween pattern I designed with my favorite Moda Fabrics collection for Halloween: Ghouls and Goodies. This is the third quilt I made with this collection (here are the other two), and I am not quite sure it will be the last. Why? Because of the bright colors, the … [Read more...] about 2 Cool Ideas for Halloween and Fall quilts

Filed Under: quilt patterns Tagged With: fall decor, fall quilts, free motion quilting, Halloween decor, Halloween quilts, long-arm quilting, machine applique, orphan blocks, sampler quilt

Hanging Kitchen Towel Easy Tutorial

By Denise Russell

Hanging Kitchen Towel Easy Tutorial

Check out this Hanging Kitchen Towel Easy Tutorial and make a few in one afternoon. Jazz up your kitchen decor or gift them to family and friends! I love kitchen towels made with flour sacks - they are very absorbent, easy to clean, and very durable. Some of the ones I use have been in my kitchen for decades! I have a bunch of these sacks just waiting to be made into cute towels and yesterday I spent a couple of hours making this one. Do you like it or do you love it? I took some photos … [Read more...] about Hanging Kitchen Towel Easy Tutorial

Filed Under: crafts, Tutorials Tagged With: christmas, craft tutorial, flour sacks, gift ideas, handmade Christmas gifts, handmade gifts, hanging hand towel, hanging kitchen towel, housewarming gift, kitchen decor, kitchen towel, photo tutorial, sewing projects, sewing tutorial

Make these Sewing Gifts for Mother’s Day

By Denise Russell

sewing gifts for Mother's Day

Are you looking to make sewing gifts for Mother's Day? Check out these ideas which you may want to make for yourself and friends, too. They are easy and fast to make - they will be ready way before Sunday! This Drawstring Sewing Pouch is perfect for handwork projects. It will hold needles, buttons, thread, pins, and other trims you need. It has eight pockets and a pincushion large enough for all your pins. The bottom is flat and stable - the pouch won't wobble as you are trying to find or … [Read more...] about Make these Sewing Gifts for Mother’s Day

Filed Under: crafts Tagged With: drawstring pouch, handmade gifts, laptop case, Mother's Day, placemats, ric-rac, sewing gifts, sewing projects, sewing tutorial

Make this quilt pattern with floral fabrics

By Denise Russell

Make this quilt pattern with floral fabrics

Make this quilt pattern with floral fabrics in one weekend! This beginner quilt will add pizzazz to your home decor or make a friend happy! "In the Sunroom" is my newest pattern released and was designed with the Scented Garden collection by Northcott Fabrics. It measures 58" x 70" and the blocks finish at 12". It is perfect to showcase your favorite prints, yet this collection with gorgeous flowers and butterflies gives In the Sunroom a romantic look, don't you think? No special … [Read more...] about Make this quilt pattern with floral fabrics

Filed Under: Machine Appliqué, quilt patterns Tagged With: floral fabrics, floral quilt, home decor, machine applique, patchwork, quilt pattern, quilting, spring decor

Vintage Jewel Block of the Month quilt

By Denise Russell

Vintage Jewel Block of the Month quilt

Don't miss the sign-up at your local quilt store for the Vintage Jewel Block of the Month quilt that I designed for Blank Quilting. Must-make! Here is Vintage Jewel right before I delivered it to Melissa from Sew Shabby Quilting for quilting. I designed it for and made it with the Jot Dot collection by Blank Quilting. How do you like the bright colors I chose? Vintage Jewel measures 72" x 86" with blocks that are very easy to make. Follow the monthly program and put together a few … [Read more...] about Vintage Jewel Block of the Month quilt

Filed Under: quilt patterns Tagged With: Block of the Month, BOM, bright colors, machine piecing, modern quilts, patchwork, sampler quilt, solid colors

Modern quilt with Christmas ornaments and trees

By Denise Russell

Modern quilt with Christmas ornaments and trees

Get this free quilt pattern and make a modern quilt with Christmas ornaments and trees. Work with the fabrics I did or your favorite or Christmas fabrics! I can't believe I forgot to write a post about the quilt Deck the Halls that I designed for Dear Stella Fabrics. I worked with their collection Sparkle All the Way but it would look great with any of their Holiday fabric lines (I love "Baby it's Cold Outside". No, wait... so many options!). Deck the Halls measures 53-1/2" x 64" - a … [Read more...] about Modern quilt with Christmas ornaments and trees

Filed Under: free quilt pattern Tagged With: Christmas decor, Christmas fabric, Christmas ornaments, christmas projects, christmas quilts, holiday decor, holiday projects, modern quilt pattern, modern quilts, Paper piecing, paper piecing tutorial

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