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Dreamweaver QuiltI like quilt design challenges. Dreamweaver is the result of a personal design...

If you’d like to laugh and explore stitching (or in my case attempting to) with silk gimp and the thicker gimp that Painter’s Threads hand dyes, this was the live stream I did yesterday. Warning: We laughed A LOT. My attempts at using the crinkly silk gimp became more comedic than informative… However, I am… Continue reading Stitching with Gimp and a lot of Laughter

Modern Classics

A Modern Quilt Guild Celebration Challenge

“In honor of the MQG’s tenth anniversary, we’ve decided to dust off a few of our favorite patterns and relaunch them in an all-new color palette. We are calling this MQG Modern Classics and we’d love for you to join in on the fun! “

I am honored to have, Geese Gone Wild, featured in issue 01 of Modern Monthly. Geese Gone Wild is a free pattern for Modern Quilt Guild members.

Geese Gone Wild photos by Austin Day. Used with permission.

It’s easy to join the Modern Classic ...

 Prairie Petals Blog Hop

A new quilt, Prairie Petals, was first revealed at International Quilt Market last November.  Now there is a pattern! :-) The Prairie Petals pattern has full-color instructions and uses templates to create the 12-inch finished blocks. It’s a quick and easy pattern.

The large pieces in the block are great to showcase your favorite fabric. My Prairie Petals quilt was showcased at the Island Batik booth and features Prairie Skies fabric collection by designer Kathy Brett Engle. 

Wholesale orders for all my Island Batik inspired patterns, like Prairie Petals, a 66″ X 78″ quilt, may ...

Planner Cover

I’ve been falling in love with the rugged-durability of Kraft-tex, so I decided to make a Kraft-tex cover for my 2020 Quilter’s Planner and Pocket Notes book. 

The design is my own. It is a practical design with functional options like a pen and marker holder, and a business card pocket.

NOTE: The Quilter’s Planner, C&T Publishing and Island Batik provided the planner, Kraft-tex and fabric for this project.

Of course, I had to make a  cover for the Pocket Notes book. Isn’t the heart window cute?  Never fear, vinyl was stitch around ...

If you really want to do something, you will find a way!
I keep telling this to myself, whenever it seems to me that I want something unrealistic or when I am about to give up something difficult to complete.

Having fabrics with my own printed designs is an old dream.This dream began to come true, slowly, very slowly, gathering small bits of active breaks taken to reorder my thoughts by drawing. Between job and other activities, between something and something else, or while I drink a coffee, or before bedtime...
One day, when the good planets were probably ...

Irish designer Paula McGloin joins us on the blog today, talking about the process of taking art from inspiration to finished product and translating the natural world to beautiful illustrations. Paula’s cotton collection Gingerbread Bakery is in stores now.       Camelot Fabrics – Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do! Paula McGloin – My