Have you heard? Today is National Sewing Machine Day! Break out the bubbly and let’s hear it for these marvelous machines! Honestly, we would be lost without our beloved sewing machines. To commemorate this special day we’ve compiled a list of all of our favorite machines – the workhorses, the splurges, the machine sent from … Read more
We can’t get enough when it comes to Quilts of Valor® and for good reason. The mission of the Quilts of Valor® Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts. The Piecemakers sewing group of St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado creates and presents … Read more
Throughout the month of May we’re celebrating the legacy of craft and recognizing the people in our lives who have contributed to our love of crafting. Today we’re recounting the #Raisedbyamaker stories of a few our editorial team members. From mothers, grandmothers, and sisters to co-workers and then those that we’re bestowing our creative influence … Read more
In the March/April 2022 issue of McCall’s Quilting, we rounded up some of our favorite designs with curves. Consider that you might create curves with a variety of different techniques—not just the one technique described in the pattern. While curved piecing is an important tool in any quilter’s repertoire, there are several workarounds if you … Read more
Not only are Dresden Plate quilts sweet and fun, they’re also unique in their construction. A mix between patchwork and appliqué, with a specific geometry and a slew of specialty rulers on the market, there are a lot of approaches to making a Dresden Plate quilt. And honestly, they’re all pretty fun! Gigi Levsen shared … Read more
We absolutely fell in love with this first-hand account of how being a quilter and mother overlap through the eyes of the Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting co-hosts, Angela Huffman and Sara Gallegos. In 2019 they shared their experiences in a trunk show and now that Mother’s Day is just a few short days … Read more
We absolutely fell in love with this first-hand account of how being a quilter and mother overlap through the eyes of the Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting co-hosts, Angela Huffman and Sara Gallegos. In 2019 they shared their experiences in a trunk show and now that Mother’s Day is just a few short days … Read more
Monday night while clouds gathered – would we get caught in the rain? It had been a long day of appointments, and the dogs had been cooped up at home while I was gone, so even though I had driven miles, and was wet-noodle-limp, I corralled Zoey and Mabel into the van and headed up … Read more
This is the sleepy town of Saltville, Virginia – nestled into a valley tucked deep into the Blue Ridge mountains of Middle Appalachia. For more than a year now Martha and I have put off and put off again plans to take a little field trip to visit Saltville (only about an hour away) and … Read more
Don’t you just love scrap quilts? I’m enthralled with them, as are many of my fellow art quilters. In a recent issue of Quilting Artswe asked Cate Prato to explore the artful side of scrap quilting – one that goes beyond the mantra of “use it all up” and elevates the humble scrap quilt to … Read more