Quilting Dudes

When most people think of quilting, they think of little old ladies holed up inside spending hours at a sewing machine. Forgive them, they just don’t know. Today’s quilters are young and old, and interestingly enough MALE and female.

Here at the shop, we’ve had the opportunity to see just how much men love their quilts. They come in to support their wives, they look at fabric, and they admire the Gammill. “That’s quite a machine,” they say. But most importantly, they bring in quilts of their own.

From a simple ode to their favorite movie where the machine quilting makes the magic:To a full blown quilt in honor of their favorite sports team:    {thank you Natalie for the amazing quilting}
Men LOVE quilting and that’s a great thing. That’s just what these Arizona guys are trying to prove.
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These 3 have opened a shop in AZ appropriately called 3 Dudes Quilting. Read their story here and be sure to check out their site! They even offer some awesome free patterns you can download.

On the Machine…

This week we have been quilting like crazy! One of my favorites was this darling little baby quilt made by Carol, one of the ladies in our beginning quilt class! It turned out so cute! She used a Wee Play Charm Pack and coordinating fat quarters. Isn’t it darling? p2150210p2150209She backed it with Peas and Carrots, and asked us to machine quilt it with the Counting Sheep pattern by Quiltin’ Bill. It looks amazing! She can make me a quilt anytime!

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A Quickie!

I just LOVE the pre-cut fabric. It is so nice to have a slice of each piece of fabric from the entire line. I also LOVE the cute way they are packaged up. Moda wraps them so sweetly with their twill tape…adorable. I now have a growing pile of twill tape at my house! So, in an effort to go green and reuse everything I have been thinking about what to do with this marvelous little bonus gift that we get every time we buy a layer cake or jelly roll. Well, here’s an easy little project for you. A lanyard to hold your scissors. p2150207
I never wore scissors around my neck until I started quilting and now, I don’t know what I would do without them there! I used to lose my scissors all the time! Not so much anymore…So, here’s what you do… Continue reading “A Quickie!”

Sweet- Urban Chiks

Throughout the next few weeks we are going to be sharing with you some of the latest fabrics, designers, and just some things we love.  It is kind of like our very own product review.    There are so many great new fabric lines, it is hard to know where to start…..I am pretty sure that you are all going to fall in love with this line from Urban Chiks, as we all have, so first….

For the young (or not so young), hip (or hip-replacement) & oh-so-fashionable quilter, I give you…
sweetSweet from Urban Chiks! You know how much I love paisley’s and polka-dots?! Well throw in birds and I’m through.
Fall in love HERE.

And just because I love you…. ANOTHER FREE PATTERN!! Click HERE!

Available here at Missouri Star!