The Crafter’s Companion book is on its way… (Officially, launching on October 18).

See just a taste of some of the 17 projects waiting for you… and here is a note from the Crafter’s Companion” website: Continue Reading

Stop by your local shop and make a block. Your block will go to help make a quilt. The quilt will be auction this Spring and proceeds benefit the research for breast cancer. Continue Reading

Look what is ‘fresh’ from FreeSpirit!  Donna Wilder, President of FreeSpirit Fabrics, has signed designer Heather Bailey and here is a sneak peak of her first line of fabric, “Freshcut”. Continue Reading

I thought you would like to know about some of the top selling quilting products of the summer of 2006 from one of the best and busiest quilt shops on line, “The Fat Quarter Shop”. Continue Reading

“People ask what is next, and frankly I don't know. But I do know this; life has offered me an incredible ride, one I could have never charted in my wildest dreams. To be able to touch people with the magic of quilting, people I might never meet, is an awesome honor, of which I am grateful”. Continue Reading

“The beauty of the pod cast is that there are no net work restrictions or time issues. Basically it is a free for all, where we can say and do what ever we want.” I feel like I have gone to satellite radio”, she laughs. Continue Reading

Here is a pattern (free and downloadable) that is too cute not to share. It is new from Heather Bailey. Check out her website at “HelloMyNameIsHeather”. Continue Reading

Here is a new pattern from Barbara at QuiltSoup. It is called “Big Girl Baskets”. It is made entirely from Lakehouse fabrics and is a repeated appliqué block set together with simple piecing. Continue Reading

Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle, the quilting duo at FunQuilts have a nice tutorial posted on their site that describes the steps they go through in the process of making a quilt… Continue Reading

In this post about the FunQuilts partnership of Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr we find out what is new and plans for the future. And of course, those plans include quiltmaking–with a new book in the works, designing fabric and helping others. Continue Reading

This organization also strives to honor with courage and compassion the thousands of surviving families, those who risked their lives to save others, and those who supported the United States of America in its darkest hours. May their lives serve as a healing balm to our wounded spirits and as eternal beacons, reaffirming our respect for life and freedom and inspiring an end to hatred, bigotry, ignorance, and intolerance. Continue Reading

Shown here is a 9/11 Tribute quilt “stitched together with love”, made by Pam Hoard, Ellen Donnelly and Wendy Johnson. Continue Reading

The inspiring works of quilt designers, Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, and their “FunQuilts”, business have appeared in numerous magazine and publications. Continue Reading

The event is “like no other” according to the website of “Quilts on Main”…which is a quilt show on the Historic Main Street in St. Charles, Missouri. Continue Reading

Amy Butler dropped me a note and said that she recommended www.QuiltersBuzz.com, as one of her favorite quilting blogs, to the editors at Country Living Magazine. Continue Reading

Here is a Sneak Peak of three quilts that will be featured in the new patchwork book from Kaffe Fassett and Liza Lucy, called “Kaleidoscope of Quilts”. Continue Reading

Our quilts are simple. Almost anyone can make them, and usually very quickly. We are not about tricky piecing. We are about the joyous use of unexpected complex color stories. Continue Reading

I was curious about the “organically grown and naturally dyed” cotton fabric. And Avlyn is offering a free pattern for their quilt made with the line. Continue Reading

I first became acquainted with the ladies of the “Bella Nonna Design Studio” while attending a school house lecture series they conducted at Quilt Market last year. Continue Reading