It’s been a long time coming but we finally have a new batch of quilts in the shop! Six new quilts, mostly new designs (two are based on existing popular designs.) I have three more quilts that will be in the shop as soon as they are bound. That being said, I have an important…
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Secrets to Buying and Selecting Fabric
In my near-three years of blogging, the number 1 question I get asked is “Where do you get your fabric?!” People have told me many many times that I have an eye for colors and design and I choose excellent fabrics that go together. Here’s what I have to say to that—Thanks!! But also, I’m…
New Puff Quilt Pattern: ‘Puffy Island’
Presenting my newest puff quilt pattern! I call it Puffy Island because all the little puffs with the flat white sashing in between remind me of little desert islands in the ocean. This puff quilt is a mixture of puffs and traditional flat quilting–the best of both worlds! I chose a rainbow ombre scheme for…
15 Best Projects of 2012
2012 has been a very, VERY weird year. Some things were great and some things you couldn’t pay me a trillion dollars to go through again. I’m actually glad to see it go because I feel like it was mostly a very difficult year. I have realistic expectations for 2013–I will accomplish some goals, I…
New Puff Quilts are Here!
It’s here! Well, nearly. My team and I have been working hard to get these beauties ready for the shop. And here are the first eight. Yes, the FIRST eight. There will be more coming! “Sophie” “Sawyer” “Starry Night” “La Mer” “Rosie” And from the “Diamonds” Collection… “Diamonds” “Rubies” And brand new…“Amethyst” I love them…
Cathedral Window Quilted Artwork
So awhile ago I was surfing the web and I came across this beautiful type of quilting called Cathedral Windows. And it suddenly took hold of my mind and every other project HAD to be pushed aside so I could make something with the Cathedral Window tutorial. Isn’t it just beautiful?? It’s called Cathedral Window…
Make a Quilted Camera Strap Cover!
I know–there are a billion camera strap tutorials out there. But I was getting ready for SNAP! conference today and I realized, “Hey–I’m gonna look super lame without a handmade camera strap on my camera!” So I quickly referenced a few different tutorials to get a basic idea and came up with this quilted one….
Quilting Shortcut: the Eight Square Method
There are so many quilts you can make with triangles, or rather triangle squares. I showed you a tutorial on how to make these with my pinwheel quilt, but here is a faster way. I call it the Eight Square Method. (Ps I’m sure I did not invent this but I don’t know what it’s…
Basketweave Quilt Pattern
I had this idea for a quilt a LONG time ago. And one day last week, in a rare quiet moment of nursing, the idea popped back into my head and I had to shove ALL other projects aside and do it. It was a little hairy at first, but after a lot of thinking…
Five Lovely Baby Quilts
I worked on a new quilt pattern this week and I was pushing that sucker ferociously through my sewing machine in my attempts to geterdun. But my baby likes to nap these days for approximately 20 minutes at a time and fuss for the whole time she’s awake, so I didn’t get it done. I…
Straight Line Quilting with Lella Boutique
Greetings! I’m Vanessa from Lella Boutique. I’m happy to be guest blogging here while Heidi is away on maternity leave! I hope everyone had a good Christmas! I absolutely adore simplistic quilting. It looks clean, contemporary, and is a great way to showcase a quilt’s design. It’s also pretty easy to achieve–as long as you have…
Make The Perfect Machine Binding
Before I go bragging about this method I came up with after many, many miserable puff quilt binding experiences, I know I just have to say this: If you are a ‘real’ quilter, an ‘authentic’ quilter, you will probably scoff at me. It seems like all quilters insist on hand stitching the binding to the…
