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  • Scrap Project Bucket #3: Ticker Tape

    Bucket #3.  Or #4, depending on if you count the Heather Ross bucket.  So, number three or number four.  You decide. This one holds all the ittiest bittiest pieces, the ones…

  • Sorting My Scraps

    You know how sometimes, it’s as though an idea is sitting in your brain, right next to another idea, and the two ideas really work together pretty much perfectly, but somehow…

  • The Quilt of Doom: Harry Potter Quilts for Five

    I’ve had this project on my list for the past four years, even to the point of printing out the first four patterns, but never launched the ship. Today: we begin.…

  • Nested Fabric Buckets: Video Tutorial

    Easily the most popular tutorial I’ve published in the life of Whipstitch is the Nested Fabric Buckets I designed to store smaller projects in my studio, back in 2011. I’ve used…

  • New Quilt Books on the Market

    There have been a whole mess of new quilt books coming out these past few months, and I seem to have developed a collect-them-all urge.  I’ve been bringing them home from…

  • Nesting Birds for the Little Girls

    I went to a baby shower recently, and as is my apparent habit, liked the gift I gave so much that I came back home and made another for our house! …

  • Log Cabin Settings: Making Tough Choices

    Along with my Your First (Modern) Quilt class here in Atlanta, I’ve been working on a log cabin quilt top that I’m pretty excited about.   Our first block out of the…

  • Nested Fabric Buckets Tutorial

    UPDATED!  You can now watch this tutorial as STEP-BY-STEP video on YouTube, and download a PDF tutorial guide with measurements and written instructions.  Have fun sewing! I didn’t invent the idea…

  • Scrap Project Bucket #2: Hexies and Yo-yos

    Of the three larger fabric buckets, I’m pretty sure this is my favorite one.  This is an older Farbenmix print I got from the same stashbuster sale where I scored the…