Welcome!

The Great American Quilt Hop is a one-day celebration of quilt projects inspired by 250 years of American history, heritage, and freedom.

There are 12 designers in the hop, each sharing a patriotic quilt and a personal story about it.

I’m Jennifer Fulton, the artist behind the Inquiring Quilter. I’m so glad you dropped by!

Today I want to share my quilt, Patriot, and the story of how it came to be.

After the shock and disbelief of 911, my first thought was to fly a flag. Like all ...

Welcome to the Starry Seas blog hop!

My fourth Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Starry Seas, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop I’ve gathered top quilt designers to make a quilt using my new collection, so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be nine days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Starry Seas gorgeous? The mix of deep navy, turquoise, yellow-orange ...

New Year-2026

There’s something about a brand-new year that makes us want to reorganize everything—our schedules, our studios, our inboxes… maybe even our lives. This year, though, I’m trying something a little more daring.

I’m slowing down.

Less hustle. Fewer shoulds. More joy. If quilting has taught me anything, it’s that rushing only leads to crooked seams ( ha ha)—and I’ve made peace with the fact that life (and quilting) looks better when we ease up a bit.

A Softer Kind of Goal-Setting

This year’s inspiration is coming not from a planner packed ...

I’m so honored to have been asked to join the ByAnnie 2024 #SewPINK Initiative. The #SewPink Initiative's mission is to raise awareness for cancer throughout the year. Efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection and support for those affected by breast cancer.

To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK

Those of you who know me know that I’m on my own breast ...

I’m so honored to be back this year to support the ByAnnie 2025 #SewPINK Initiative.

Help us raise awareness by participating! During October, different blogger(s) are featured every day. Visit them on their featured day to read about their cancer journey, find inspiration, patterns, and tutorials to support breast cancer, and to leave encouragement for your quilting sistas.

Welcome to the Fall Flair blog hop!

My third Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Fall Flair, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop I’ve gathered top quilt designers to make a quilt using my new collection, so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be fourteen days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Fall Flair gorgeous? The mix of those yummy pinks, golds ...

I’m so honored to have been asked to join the ByAnnie 2024 #SewPINK Initiative. Every year in October, ByAnnie raises awareness while matching donations for breast cancer research. ByAnnie is also hosting a blog hop throughout the month of October. Visit a new host each day for inspiration, giveaways, and tutorials. Click here to see a link to each host.

At the bottom of this page you’ll find links to Breast Cancer resources.

Those of you who know me know that I ...

Thank you for participating in the Flower Pot blog hop!

The fourteen day celebration of my second Island Batik collection was a great success but now it’s time to announce the winner of a fat quarter collection from Flower Pot.

Drum roll please…..

Congratulations Sandra E.

Welcome to the Flower Pot blog hop!

My second Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Flower Pot, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop I’ve gathered top quilt designers to make a quilt using my new collection, so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be fourteen days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Flower Pot lovely? The mix of those yummy pinks, golds ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Transportation.

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I knew ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Books!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I realize that my block may not ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Books!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I knew ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Mountains!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I had ...

Thank you for participating in the Reflections blog hop!

The twelve day celebration of my first Island Batik collection was a great success but now it’s time to announce the winner of a fat quarter collection from Reflections.

Drum roll please…..

Congratulations Lucinda Peterson!

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Desert!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

As you know I am an Island ...

Welcome to the Reflections blog hop!

My first Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Reflections, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop, I’ve gathered the best quilt designers to make a quilt with my new collection—so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be fourteen days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Reflections gorgeous? I can’t get enough of those luscious red ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Beach!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I have designed several beach themed blocks ...

Welcome to my day on the Romance Garden blog hop!

The twelve day celebration of this gorgeous Island Batik collection started Friday, March 1st. Every day on the hop you’ll be able to visit another designer to see Romance Garden featured in a quilt project. Such inspiration!

Romance Garden is a Signature collection by Sherry @ Powered by Quilting. Sherry is a super talented quilter, and a fellow member of the Partners in Design.

Romance Garden is arriving in stores now. Click here to find a quilt store near you that carries Island Batiks.

Introducing Broken ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Drinks!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I have designed several beach themed blocks ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Maker!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

With a theme like Maker, of course ...