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 Lab to develop patterns and ideas for charm…
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 convo to notify you of your prize, and…
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, and a whole lot in between: continuous bias…
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 quality of fabric available at the big box…
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 with every charm pack purchase over at Whipstitch…
Wow, who knew the world was so hungry for a soft toy block tutorial?? Thanks, y’all, for the link love and the comments and emails! They’re fun to make, and great to give–I had some girlfriends and their babies…
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 cottons in these fantastic, drool-inducing prints and colors…
Here I’ve been, quietly plotting a weeks-long series on Things To Do With A Fat Quarter, and Sew,Mama,Sew has beaten me to it! At times I fear I am much too much of a planner, and attempt to find…
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 collection for Free Spirit. All in the shop,…
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. I’ve been designing children’s clothing for a while…
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!…
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, but not cancelled. I’ll spill more when I…
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 palette, and that the deer look a little…
Jen just sent out the following email to her loyal customers–of which I am one, and grateful for it, too! Starting right now and good until the end of the month; you may use, share, post or sell (haha!)…
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 said something along the lines of, “What a…
