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July 15, 2016July 18, 2016

New Friday Tutorial and Fabric Feature: Diamonds Squared Quilt featuring Uppercase Fabric!

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50 light years from earth sits a white dwarf star with a core of pure diamond. Think of it! 10 billion trillion trillion carats, just floating around in outer space! (I’m suddenly feeling an inclination for space travel!) So beautiful, and yet, so out of reach! This new tutorial, however, features many diamonds that are easily accessible to even the least experienced quilter! This is one block that is as quick to make as it is pretty! It’s called Diamonds Squared and we know you’re just going to love it.

Make sure to watch the tutorial so you can learn how to make your own Diamonds Squared Quilt!

This tutorial features the beautiful Uppercase 2.5″ Strips by Janine Vangool for Windham Fabrics. Aren’t they gorgeous? They’re so bright and happy that they give the perfect pop to this quilt! In fact, we love it so much that we’ve teamed up with Janine to do a little fabric feature and giveaway!

The Uppercase Fabric line was inspired by Uppercase Magazine, which was founded by Janine Vangool and is operated by her and her family. The rich, saturated colors paired with neutrals brings this line full circle for any project that might need some happy, positive energy. Janine used small scale monocromatic prints in her designs to add depth to each color that can be used as a more dynamic alternative to solid color fabrics. If you can’t tell, we love it!

So, today we’re giving away a 1-year subscription to Uppercase Magazine (North American addresses only), 3 single copies of Uppercase Magazine (North American Addresses only), as well as a beautiful Uppercase Fabric Bundle! Find out the ways to enter below (All entry options are optional, but you have to choose at least one to enter!) That means there will be FIVE winners!!

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June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

New Friday Tutorial: The Courthouse Steps Quilt

The courthouse is an imposing figure in any town, and if you happen to make the trek up those stately front steps, chances are you’re about to experience something memorable. From a brand new marriage license to a triumphantly contested traffic ticket, the courthouse is the place to get things done! (And hopefully you’ll walk out those doors with a new ring on your finger and not cuffs on your wrists! Ha!)

This week’s new tutorial, Courthouse Steps, is a jelly roll pattern similar to a Log Cabin. It’s easy to put together, but so pretty and eye catching.

Click on the button to watch the tutorial and get everything you need to make your own Courthouse Steps Quilt!

November 6, 2015November 5, 2015

New Friday Tutorial: The Ribbon Star Quilt

This Ribbon Star Quilt pattern is just so fun and you won’t believe how easily it all comes together! If you’ve ever made a log cabin block, the process is nearly the same… you just snowball two of the corners and you have a brand new block that makes a beautiful star when you put them together!

Isn’t it so cute? There are so many things you could do with this pattern using different styles of fabrics and we can’t wait to see what you create!

Click the button to watch the video tutorial and find all the supplies that Jenny used!

January 26, 2012September 13, 2012

The Valentines winner:

Oh man, there were so many fun and entertaining Valentines stories!! You all certainly kept me entertained this week! I was laughing out loud at some and sad at others, while a few were just heart-melting! Ahh, love. Isn’t it just grand?

On to the Winners!!! For the layer cake:

Laura Filbeck
Valentine is a good day when I make giant heart shaped sugar cookies for my students to decorate at school. They love it and it’s fun to watch them.

And for the Jelly Roll:
Rebecca M Kovach

I totally forgot! When I was quite young there was this little red-haired and freckled boy named Neil Burger who had a major crush on me. He came to our door and delivered to me this amazing pink, ruffled heart-shaped box of candy. I was so horrified and embarassed by the whole thing I took the box and shut the door in his face. My mother was, of course, furious at my behavior! I still have that box in my memorabilia. I’m sixty so I imagine that box is around 50 years old. If he only knew I’d kept it all these years, maybe it would make up for my incredible rudeness. I am assuming my mom made me call and apoligize. I really can’t remember how it played out and Mom is no longer with me to fill me in on the details. I wonder what Neil Burger is doing these days. Hopefully he has a sweetheart who treats him well and loves him lots.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Sarah and family!!!

I seriously had a blast reading all your comments!! Thanks so much for participating!! Please stay tuned, we will have many more giveaways coming up! And if you simply can’t wait on fate (to win) you can find our Valentines fabric here.

Talk to you soon.

~Sarah

August 9, 2011September 13, 2012

Jelly Roll Race

The first Friday of every month we have a ‘Friday night Sew’! Anyone and everyone is invited to come sew with us! Everyone brings a snack to share and a project to sew. This week we ‘spiced’ it up a little with a Jelly Roll race! It was a total blast! The Ladies were crazy and sewed the night away with most everyone finishing a quilt top! We just love the group of women who come every month and look forward to visiting and catching up with them all. Such great friendships have been made and whenever we get together we have a ‘rolling on the floor’-laughing out loud- good time!

Just check out these quilt tops!

The tops were finished in record time {approx. 45 minutes} Amazing! Some of the fabrics that were used, Terrain by Kate Spain, Summer House by Lily Ashbury, Dogwood trail by Sentimental Studios, Full Circle by Kathy Schmitz, Kona Solid Dusty Palette, Max and Whiskers by Basic Grey, Butter Cup by Fig Tree and Swiss Chocolate!

The finished size before a border was [approx] 58 X 60 Such a great size for a gift and a fast, easy project!