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Disney On Ice presents Princesses & Heroes {GIVEAWAY} from Samelia's Mum

Disney On Ice presents Princesses & Heroes is bringing eight treasured Disney Princesses and their devoted Princes to Australia this June/July!

Join Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, Belle, Rapunzel, Tiana, Jasmine and all your favourite Disney Princesses and Heroes as they come together to embark on their romantic quests.
In this ice spectacular, audiences will journey with Ariel as she explores the world above the waves, with Jasmine as she discovers a whole new world with Aladdin and with Prince Philip as he defeats the evil Maleficent to rescue his one true love, Sleeping Beauty’s Aurora. Fans will also be ...

added by Anorina (Samelias Mum) 0 minutes ago. under disney on ice presents princesses and heroes

I Don't Do Subtle... from Textile Diva

This is gold lame fabric. Lovely, isn't it? I think its safe to assume most quilters wouldn't use it in their quilts. Yeah, well, I've always been different.

My wonderful quilt group, Running with Scissors, has sort of a long standing tradition. Each year a 'group' quilt is chosen that we all agree to make. This quilt isn't a group project rather it's the design that is chosen to which we all make our own quilt from. There are no rules. Though we all work from the same pattern it's amazing how truly different ...

added by McKenna 0 minutes ago. under batiks , gold lame in quilting , new york beauty block

Hands2Help - Check-In Time and a Shout Out!! from Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Hi, all!

Sunday again, and it's time to check in and let us know about your progress on your Hands2Help quilt(s)!! I know some of you have already sent your quilts off - - - but don't panic if you still haven't started! The final link-up will run from June 2nd to June 8th, so you have two to three weeks to finish up! You can link up your progress at the bottom of this post, or just leave a comment if you prefer.... it's all good!

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And now for the shout-out!

Many of you participated in last ...

added by Sarah Craig 0 minutes ago.

Bloggers Quilt Festival 2013 from Sew Incredibly Crazy

So, this is the first year I have entered into The Bloggers Quilt Festival over at

Spring Blogger's Quilt Festival - AmysCreativeSide.com

If you are new here, Hello!! and welcome to my little corner of the world. My name is Amy and I have been quilting for a little over a year. Last year, I was just starting to quilt and really was completely overwhelmed by the talent I found at last years Quilt Festival. If you are sitting on the sidelines, like I did last year, don't. I have met some of the nicest, most encouraging people through my blog and by taking part ...

added by Amy 0 minutes ago. under quilting

DWM 5/21 and Hands 2 Help from Sue Daurio's Quilting Adventures

What a wonderful weekend. Didn't get a whole lot of sewing in, but definitely some. And plenty of time spent at the bloggers sprint quilt festival (see side button). This year they have categories and you can enter 2 quilts - twice the fun, twice the inspiration! Seriously, ya gotta go check it out. Amazing.

I worked on Hands 2 Help quilt number 3 this weekend. The zig zag quilt. I had 4 charm packs plus or minus a few, mostly minus. I just wasn't pleased with the size it need a border. I didn't have anything by ...

added by Sue Daurio 0 minutes ago. under dwm , h2h , traditional piecing

Blogger's Quilt Festival Entry #2 from Sew Incredibly Crazy

I decided since we are able to enter two quilts in the

over at Amy's Creative Side. I would go ahead and enter this little art quilt that I made for a blog hop back in February this year. So, this is what I created ...

I did a little thread painting using a variegated red thread by Gutermann.

Quilt Stats:

Pattern: "Spring Fever" Made by Me - Amy @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

Dimensions: 13" x 18"

Fabrics: I used some Moda Rainbow Batik Charm Squares for the flowers and blue back ground.

Machine pieced and quilted by me on my Janome ...

added by Amy 0 minutes ago.

Applique Weekend from Quilting in the South

This was my weekend to try to catch up on BOM blocks that needed appliqueing.

It is too bad that the gold thread doesn’t show how it shines, it really makes this teapot look fancy.

I am doing the blanket stitching on all the teapots.

This teapot really has dark purple thread even though it looks like black or blue.

I love how the stitching makes it looks so 3-D.

I also started on this teapot but had to stop for dinner and didn’t get back to it.

But I know it is still waiting for me when ...

added by Gari in AL 0 minutes ago. under boms , fish bom , teapots

95/365 Exhausted Arms from Mini Blocks 365

95/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

2" block.

I do have commentary for this block but it's a rant of video game size proportions. Your lucky day. You have been spared.

added by MuleHill 0 minutes ago.

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013 - Feathered Peacock Star from I Quilt Scarlet and Gray

I have decided to enter my Feathered Peacock Star in the Professional quilting category of the Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013.

Here are myself and Rebecca Silbaugh, of Ruby Blue Quilting Studio, my quilter at the 2013 Lake Farm Parks quilt show in Northeastern Ohio. This was my second Judy Niemeyer quilt and Becky did a great job with the quilting. As the quilt came together, my husband mentioned that it reminded him of a Peacock, so Becky incorporated the shape of peacock feathers in the quilting. Becky takes pictures to document her quilting and then shares them on ...

added by Darlene Gerber 0 minutes ago. under blogger's quilt festival , feathered peacock star , judy niemeyer , ruby blue quilts

Quilts #8 and #9 quilted from Ramblings of a Fabric Obsessor

Regina has been working on her 4Patches4Hope quilts and I told her to send me what she had so that I could quilt it for her with the new Avante. Today, I got to those quilts! #8 is the pink 4 patch quilt. I used a white-ish So Fine in the top and the light gray Bottom Line in the bobbin. I am going to have to get some more of that light gray Bottom Line! I just did a stipple on both quilts.

added by Darling Jill Quilts 0 minutes ago. under 4patches4hope , hq avante , quilting , quilts , regina

Princess in Purple Bed Quilt from Sewing and Scrapping with Susan

Hello Blog Friends!

Today I'd like to share the second of two (almost) identical bed quilts I made for my granddaughters several years ago for Christmas. (See my previous post for the first one). To recap, I have two granddaughters, Hailey and Bridget. Hailey is the oldest of the two sisters by one year. The girls share a room and got new twin beds in the summer of 2010. I had made curtains for the windows in their room earlier that year. I was lucky enough to find more fabric in the same collection, and made matching quilts for ...

added by Susan Meyer 0 minutes ago. under quilt

Morley J. Moose III from 365 days of wonderful

This fellow turned out awesome. The original pattern is designed for a funky crazy colourful quilt look, but I opted for a more subtle look with greys, golds and blacks. I opted to have the piece framed as well. It’s still quilted, but rather than have it hang, I stretched it onto a stretcher bar frame, then had it framed into a floating frame.

Morley will be offered as a class at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co.

added by Leslie's Itchin to be Stitchin 0 minutes ago. under quilts

New Baby Quilt from Quilts and Art by Cheryl

This fabric was given to me , a couple years ago,it looked like it was for a crib bumper padding as there was a cutting line marked on it between the bears .so I added some yellow ric rack it is good for a boy or girl.

Then I used a light green thread and did the swirly fancy stitch design on it instead of the straight quilting.

This is the back of the quilt and looks good either way.

I think I will try to sell this and make more as there are always request's for baby quilts .

added by Cheryl 0 minutes ago.

Another Trillium Patch from Nellie's Needles

I had a bit of time to complete the two trillium pieces that incorporate the real birch bark before having to get busy with a big commitment before we leave here for the summer. Here is one of them ...

The trillium in these two have bright yellow green shading in their centers. They'll be mounted on the large leaf print to finish them. That will get done when I go to the cottage, since they're destined for Good Good's Gallery in Saugatuck, Michigan.

In the meantime, I'm knee deep in smocked clothing and boxes of "paper ...

added by Nellie's Needles 0 minutes ago. under wild flower series

Dimensional Bow Ties from Luv 2 Stitch

I took a class from Jackie at The Quilted Cottage on Friday on how to make dimensional bow tie blocks. They are fast and easy to do and make a perfect hand project while watching the Tigers play ball.

I'm linking up with Kathy for her Slow Stitching Sunday.

At guild last week, we had a tea party. The tables were decorated with table cloths, flowers and candies. Each table had a variety of teas and cookies which we enjoyed while viewing special vintage quilts that members brought to share. Many gals wore hats for the occasion, also. One ...

added by Jeanne 0 minutes ago.

Painting planets from Sampaguita Quilts

I researched images of the planets to get an idea of textures and colours. I already had an ideal commercial print for the moon, and an over-painted print which will work well for Mars, but the rest I painted myself today. Earth is going to be the hardest with the details; I'm undecided yet how to achieve it; probably raw-edge applique on top of the circle prior to adding it to the quilt top.

Top - Saturn; bottom left - Venus, bottom right - Jupiter

I'll create the planets and insert a layer of batting to work as trapunto and give ...

added by Emma 0 minutes ago.

Playing with a new toy! from Quilting Affection

I realized this morning that I need to get a blog post in since I have not done one in a couple days. Well I have been pretty busy since Friday with my youngest home from the Air Force technical school before he leave for his next duty station in Colorado and my father in law is also in town from California. So we have been having fun catching up.

My highlight is that I received a nice present from the UPS man. I got my new Quilt Path Computer for my APQS Millennium. So Friday morning my husband and ...

added by Tina Dillard 0 minutes ago. under apqs , apqs millennium , quilt path

Bye-Bye Portland from Quilt Notes

Spring Quilt Market (the quilt industry’s semi-annual trade show) is over and early tomorrow morning I’m traveling cross-country from Oregon to Long Island, via Dallas Fort Worth. My last Quilt Market was interrupted by Hurricane Sandy. I’m hoping I make it safely through Tornado Ally tomorrow!

Back to Quilt Market … once again I was overwhelmed by the talent and dedication of the (mostly) women in our business. This Market I had the opportunity to assist with Schoolhouse, which is an all-day series of 30 minute presentation about vendor products. I also helped a friend with her booth ...

added by Sue Clayton 0 minutes ago. under getting ready for quilt market , gluten-free portland , quilt market portland , quilt market portland review , quilt market vendors , quilt shows , uncategorized (Comments)

Patchwork Union Jack blanket from Craft Gossip

Rachael Rabbit shows on her blog this Union Jack blanket she’s making from recycled sweaters cut into 2.5 inch squares. To keep the squares from becoming wonky she said she backed them in cotton fabric scraps. Brilliant! Go HERE to see more photos of her WIP plus download her Union Jack pattern.

Image credit: Rachael Rabbit

added by Scarlett 0 minutes ago. under diy tutorials and patterns , free download , freebies , quilting eco-friendly , quilting general , quilting patterns & projects , rachael rabbit , recycled sweaters , union jack blanket , union jack pattern , wip (Comments)

Quilt for a friend... from Knitty Pie's Crafty Blog

Last time I posted about buying some cute girly fabric ...

Sometimes I'll just keep bundles of fabric and debate for weeks (or months) what to do with it. This bundle, however, was purchased with a particular project in mind. One of my best friends told me she was having a girl! I bought this fabric with her and her little one in mind. I also fell in love with this zig zag quilt so I knew I had to give the free pattern a try!

I cut out 4''x4'' triangles in order to maximize my fat quarter fabric ...

added by Corina knittypie 0 minutes ago. under gift , quilting

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