Quilting flowers

The possibilities are endless! I've been wanting to make a simple Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt for a while. Well, there’s no time like the present! A few weeks ago, I worked up a couple of pillows trying out my layout ideas for this simplified Grandmother’s Flower Garden. I loved this soft palette so much I couldn’t wait to see it as a quilt! This quilt is so easy and fast, even a very early beginner could do it, and it would make a great weekend project! This is all done with just one…

Tomorrow is the official release of my Tiptoe Though The Tulips quilt pattern, but I wanted to first share the finished photos of my biggest quilt to date... a whopping 108" (ca. 275 cm)! Wheh!... when someone says "go big or go home", it would appear that I take it quite literally! I sent my quilt off to Iva again to work her magic. Under my old machine, I could imagine that I would still be wrestling this beast at least until Christmas. She did an all over design of leaves and blooms that…

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This week is ROSES for Moda Blockheads. Jan Patek has a lovely applique design and I was going to do that, especially since I have done all the applique designed blocks this year. However, when I saw...

This Spring I found, to my amazement, many daffodils growing in the garden. I did, admittedly, plant the bulbs myself, but I plant many bulbs and I’m always astonished if they grow – for the most part, they do not! Last year something dug up a little clutch of crocus bulbs and left them half-chewed on […]

I hesitated about showing you what I’m working on, but here goes. Do you like these blocks above? I don’t think there is a thing wrong with the pattern, but I’m not crazy about the fabric. The blocks look blah to me. The other day while blog hopping I came across this post at Color My World. Lisa took a block she didn’t like and made it into something totally different and very modern looking. I liked it so much that I decided to take one of my blocks and do some slashing and sewing myself…

Whoa. Who else can't believe it's June already? So. If you're quilting along with Wynn, Melissa...

A beautiful applique quilt seen at the Arizona State Fair, this detail view and the previous close-up show just a bit of the glory created in fabric. I was most impressed by the buttonhole stitch used to fix down the patches of fabric. Well done! This entry is by Gerlinde Hruzek, in the class for CC/S Seniors, Age 65 and Over, Class 183 Pictoral. She won a First Place prize for this quilt.

Probably as a result of all the napkin stitching, I have managed to develop tendonitis in my left hand which requires a rest from any hand sewing until the thumb heals. I thought this might be a good time to post some of my vintage quilt booklets, so I have started the process of scanning the page

Flowers are a fun way to add some three-dimensional interest to any quilt. Whether you are looking for fabric flower ideas for your next art quilt or you are looking for the finishing touch to make your quilt come together perfectly, this list of hand-selected tutorials highlights exciting ways to create a variety of fabric flowers. We hope these tutorials will inspire you to look for fun ways to incorporate different flowers or 3D embellishments onto your quilts.

Do you love hexie flowers? If so, we've collected five lovely hexie flower projects for you to choose from whether you have one, a few, or a garden of hexie flowers waiting for their forever home in a project. Read through to find a variety of quilts and accessories. There's something for everyone!

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I made this Hollyhock quilt for a mini quilt swap. My partner liked yo-yos and the colour orange so hollyhocks immediately popped to mind! I started off making the yo-yos because I just love making y

Quilled sunflower