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  • Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt. 3: Charming Necklace

    Today’s charm pack pattern comes from the ladies over at the Moda Bake Shop.  Moda, the fabric manufacturer who has pioneered the precuts available today, has set up their own Research…

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Winner!

    OK, everyone, it’s time!  Our Wonderland fat quarter giveaway came to a close on March 1, and I’m delighted to announce that lizzeis the winner!  Lizze, you’ll be contacted via Etsy…

  • March Classes: Online Registration is OPEN!

    We still have spaces available in our March sewing classes. Our Intro class covers everything from how to plug in your machine to how to install a zipper and make buttonholes,…

  • What kind of crazy person would want to sew CLOTHES??

    Today, over at one of my very favorite and most creative blogs, Sugar City Journal, there’s a discussion of fabric for sewing clothing.  Among the many comments were complaints that the…

  • Pattern Testers Wanted!

    As I work my way through posting these charm pack pattern ideas, I’ve had requests for paper copies of these patterns. Currently, I’m sending a couple versions in rotation out free…

  • On Its Way–To Me, and Maybe To YOU!

    Coming in March from Moda, the fantastic collection Wonderland from Japanese designer Momo.  Whipstitch is proud to carry over a dozen prints from this line, including an unbelievable twill and quilt-weight…

  • Swatch Thursday: Good Folks

    What’s not to like about Anna Maria Horner? She’s sassy, she’s all about family, she’s crazy talented, and she makes gorgeous fabrics like these: Yumtastic. All from her new Good Folks…

  • March classes

    Whipstitch is my baby. In a lot of ways. Not just the shop, but this blog and all the things growing out of it and planned for it, its whole future.…

  • Why Bother to Sew??

    Great compendium of sewists’ answers to that question over on the blog of Oliver + S pattern designer Liesl. Why do YOU sew?? Happy stitching, everyone!…

  • Westminster MAP policy suspended–for now

    I wrote a while ago that Westminster was planning to institute Minimum Pricing on all its products, making any Westminster print $9.50 a yard. The current buzz is that it’s postponed,…

  • Swatch Thursday: Jay McCarroll

    Yes, that Jay McCarroll. He’s done two fantastic collections of quilter’s weight cottons for Free Spirit since leaving Project Runway, and this is my favorite: Woodland Wonderland. I adore the color…

  • Charm Pack Projects Series: Introduction

    I’ve just discovered charm packs, and to be honest, when I first saw them I thought they had NO value–maybe to a quilter, but not to anyone else. I may have…