How about a quilt with floral fabrics as an indoor garden? Spring is a yearlong season when you are surrounded by flowers at home! If you do not have a green thumb like yours truly, cultivating flowers of the textile type can be a fantastic alternative! Garden Gate, my newest quilt, just published in the June 2023 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting, might convince you to try my gardening tip! Garden Gate was made with the Sundance collection by Moda Fabrics. It measures 64-1/2" x … [Read more...] about Floral fabrics as an indoor garden
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Free Sewing Theme Quilt Patterns
Download these two Free Sewing Theme Quilt Patterns now and make them for your home or sewing friends. You will love them! Happy New Year! I was off the grid for a few weeks visiting family in Brazil. I am back with two fun quilt patterns I designed for the Atelier collection by Elizabeth Medley for Blank Quilting. The fabrics are shipping to stores in February - you have enough time to download the patterns, find out where you can get the fabrics, and schedule a fun weekend of sewing alone … [Read more...] about Free Sewing Theme Quilt Patterns
Free quilting patterns to download
Here are 2 Free quilting patterns to download and make now! One panel quilt and one with easy piecing techniques for beginner quilters. Check out this beautiful quilt! I designed Quilt 1 for the Anisa collection by Satin Moon Designs for Blank Quilting. These colors are gorgeous, and I can't stop looking at them. I have been waiting for the collection to begin shipping to quilt stores so that I can post the quilts here. Quilt 1 measures 40" x 60". The panel is so intricately designed … [Read more...] about Free quilting patterns to download
Two free quilt patterns with sunflowers
Download these two free quilt patterns with sunflowers and make them super fast. One panel quilt and one pieced! I love this panel quilt! I designed it for the Stand Tall collection by Janet Rae Nisbett for Henry Glass. Janet chose a beautiful palette for this collection. It features geometric designs, chevrons, as well as large and small sunflowers. For Quilt 1, I wanted to make the panel stand out and opted to surround it with simple horizontal borders with fabrics of different … [Read more...] about Two free quilt patterns with sunflowers
Three easy Halloween quilt patterns
Here are three easy Halloween quilt patterns to make and add whimsy to your home decorations as you welcome friends to your haunted house! [Photos by Jackie MacDonald. Used with permission.] Are you almost ready for Halloween? If not, I have some treats for you of the quilty kind! A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of designing three quilts for the Spellbound collection by Sweetfire Road for Moda Fabrics. The fabrics were so wonderful to work with because of the amazing motifs, the … [Read more...] about Three easy Halloween quilt patterns
Make a quilt with stars
Make a quilt with stars for your home or as a gift for family and friends! This project is fast and easy and will make your home shine! "Piece of Heaven," my latest quilt, was just published in the November 2022 issue of the American Quilter magazine. You know I've had a thing with star blocks, likely because they always bring cheer and brilliance into my life - much needed this year! "Piece of Heaven" measures 58" x 58", and the blocks finish at 24" and 12". As you can see, it works … [Read more...] about Make a quilt with stars