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quilts

  • Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Lesly

    We’re still unpacking from our move, and then re-packing for our family vacation (an unfortunate fluke of scheduling that they fell right on top of one another, but one does not…

  • Vintage Quilts: Guest Post from Camille

    We’re still unpacking from our move, and then re-packing for our family vacation (an unfortunate fluke of scheduling that they fell right on top of one another, but one does not…

  • Nautical Quilt Top

    Quilt top is all stitched, and I completely love it.  Somehow the white plus the stripes is super nautical and New England-y.  Just needs the backing pieced and then the quilting…

  • Do You Own an Antique Quilt? Call for Submissions!

    After writing about my great-grandmother’s quilt and asking your advice on restoring it, Melissa commented and suggested having some guest posts about “well-loved, made-more-than-forty-years-ago quilts.”  Not only do I think that’s…

  • Quilt Renovation?

    My mother dropped by and commented on yesterday’s post, saying: I don’t know if I ever shared with you, but your maternal great-grandmother used to piece just such HST quilts. She…

  • 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…

  • Animal Alphabet Quilt

    At last!  This quilt for our boy is finally finished: I stayed up laaaate one night when my husband was out of town and finished the quilting on this project, the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Scrap Project Bucket #1: Postage Stamp Quilt

    I love these little fabric buckets.  They have, I know, been done a dozens times over, but somehow the revelation that they’d be a perfect way to organize my scrap projects…

  • Infinite Variety

    If you are in New York City, will you please, please, please drop what you’re doing and head DIRECTLY to the last day of this amazing installation? Short version of the…

  • Downtime

    I’ve been doing a lot of sewing around here, but most of it is stuff I can’t show you–either for my current e-course (we’re up to the button-up collared shirt and…

  • Super Cute Boy Quilt Kit

    Am very excited.  This box just arrived, and I can’t wait to dig in and make something lovely for our boy.  For his new room, in our new house, a room…

  • Warm and Cool: Completed Quilt Tops

    These are the samples for the “warm” and “cool” palette for Your First (Modern) Quilt, which starts at the shop tomorrow (just three spaces left!).  I was up veeeeery late last…