Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Readers’ Choice Awards 2022 Winners We are thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Readers’ Choice survey, where nearly 2,000 dedicated members of the quilting community cast their votes for their favorite quilting products and brands. As you can imagine, the … Read more
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Readers’ Choice Awards 2022 Winners We are thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Readers’ Choice survey, where nearly 2,000 dedicated members of the quilting community cast their votes for their favorite quilting products and brands. As you can imagine, the … Read more
Many quilters tell me they love the last step of the quilt-making process—stitching the fold of the binding to the back of the quilt by hand—as a calm, meditative activity after which they’ll have a finished quilt, ready to use . That sounds great; I enjoy finishing a quilt, too! But I prefer to finish … Read more
Enhance your work with machine embroidery and paint with the help of Linda Kemshall. Pulled from the pages of Quilting Arts Summer 2022. As a painter who also loves textiles, it was only a matter of time before I started painting fabrics to make quilts. My first painted quilt was made way back in the … Read more
Enhance your work with machine embroidery and paint with the help of Linda Kemshall. Pulled from the pages of Quilting Arts Summer 2022. As a painter who also loves textiles, it was only a matter of time before I started painting fabrics to make quilts. My first painted quilt was made way back in the … Read more
Are you serious about your longarm quilting? Whether you’re looking to level up your longarming skills to simply refine your craft and truly take advantage of your machine, or if you’re interested in starting a quilting business and you desire a certain level of accreditation or credibility, the APQS Longarm Certification Class sponsored by Fons … Read more
It’s TIME! It’s finally time to pull out ALL the stops and issue our next Leader & Ender challenge – Triple Treat! Did you know this is our 11th Leader & Ender challenge? Yes! We’ve been doing it that long. Our first one was in 2012 with Cheddar Bow Ties, and all of our previous … Read more
It’s been an awesome 3 weeks learning to make strip panels and getting our 1/4″ seam allowances to perfection! I knew you could do it! This week, I have a wonderful challenge for you that will open your eyes to many new possibilities when creating amazing designs. I know this will be a little more … Read more
It has been a completely discombobulated week! I went nearly all the way through yesterday thinking it was Saturday, even going so far as making posts about Happy Caturday, and even a video I ended up not posting to Instagram/Facebook because I plainly said “Have a great SATURDAY!” How did my week get so screwed … Read more
We did it! We watched the weather all week long, trying to fit in everything – ALL THE THINGS – that everyone from the BEAST Quilters wanted to do while they enjoyed their stay at Quiltville Inn. When they came last year, it was the same week I had fallen down the stairs at home, … Read more