Ultimate Modern Quilt Block Collection by Daisy Dodge Daisy Dodge is a member of my local Modern Quilt Guild chapter. At a meeting, she mentioned that she had a book coming out and she was gracious enough to send me a copy. (FYI–I gave away this book in my recent library destash for my newsletter […]
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Paper piecing is a wonderful technique. You can piece simple or intricate block patterns and even curves with high degrees of accuracy. But, it has one major downside–tearing out those tiny, tiny pieces of paper after sewing your blocks. I know that I always distorted the block when I tore out the paper. Fumble fingers!
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Well this is an easy post! I’m combining two post prompts in one. My Favorite Color: Yellow!! I have always used yellow or it’s cousin, gold. I’ve been using it a lot in my modern quilt designs. Yellow livens up the other colors. It adds vibrancy. I use deep or strong yellows–no pastels for this
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Using the right quilt tools makes all the difference when you are quilting. Good tools help you cut and sew more accurately and generally make the entire process more enjoyable. And, you don’t have to spend a lot of money–just focus on a few high quality items and they will last forever. Here are some
Hello everyone, This is the first in a series of blog posts inspired by requests from workshop and lecture attendees. Some of you have seen and purchased a copy of my book, Patriotic Modern Quilts. My sincere thank you for that! These patterns are great for decorating for patriotic holidays here in the USA. But
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Looking thru my blog draft posts, I realized that I never posted another piece of my Alison Glass Mini Quilt Swap story. So here it is…. I was in an Instagram Alison Glass Swap. My Swap Mama asked me to be an Angel and make a mini for one of the team because their original
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Online Learning for Quilters Series I’ll occasionally post information about resources for online learning. Most of these resources are for a fee–after all, we can’t get everything for free! These are my personal reviews of the online websites. Please feel free to post your own experiences with each one–but if you have feedback about things
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Hi Everyone, I’ve been absent from this blog for waaaay tooooo looooong……smile…. But, I’ve been super busy and that’s no excuse, I know. I’ve been doing everything from attending QuiltCon to teaching workshops to working on quilts for deadlines to attending a Quilt Judge Certification Workshop (more on that in the future). Thought I would
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