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Happy New Year everyone. 

No sooner had I dropped my mum and dad at the airport on 27 December than I started getting inspired on Instagram.  Often I will start a Christmas themed cross stitch between Christmas and New Year, but this year I started a Christmas quilt and I had the whole top pieced in just seven days.  

But I used the brighter colours from this Christmas gift bag:

The photo I liked was by Edyta Sitar so I used her Laundry Basket Quilts PDF pattern for a Trip Around the ...

Are you ready to celebrate? Birthday Bash comes to you live from the comfort of your own home this year on September 24th and 25th! We’ve got SEW many great projects planned to share this year and special virtual guests that we didn’t want you to miss a thing. Check out this video below for our complete Birthday Bash schedule and be sure to mark your calendars for all the quilting fun!

Be sure to share your quilting creations using #msqcshowandtell and let us know your favorite Birthday Bash memory!

Click HERE to learn more about Birthday Bash!

After the big finish and delivery, I decided to jump into Edyta Sitar’s Quarantine Mystery 100 Blocks quilt. I”m already lots of days behind, but here is what I’ve done so far. She published Block 8 this morning. I’ve finished … Continue reading →

Welcome back to the Pillow Fight! This week our competition inspired by Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home has come to an end. We’ve had 8 fun rounds of creative and lovely pillow designs from some very talented quilters! Each week, two contenders have faced off with their creations based on the patterns in the Pillow Talk book. You’ve been voting for your favorites each round, and now it’s time to reveal the winner!

Two weeks ago we put the final two pillows to a vote. It was Melissa Corry‘s colorful Chevron ...

The 2019 Spring Cotton Cuts Puzzle Mystery Quilt is finished and gifted! I know you’ve seen pictures of the sections as I finished them and the completed top so I’ll take it from there. First of all, basting had to … Continue reading →

Welcome back to the Pillow Fight! This week we’re nearing the end of our competition inspired by Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

We’ve had 8 fun rounds and seen a lot of eye-catching pillows along the way!

Semi-Final Round Results

Among four very worthy competitors, Mister Domestic received the most votes! His rainbow Dot Dot Dot Pillow is picture perfect!

Final Round Voting

Now for the final round, Mister Domestic and Melissa Corry (Winner of Semi-Final 1) will go head-to-head with their creations. These two are in the running for Pillow Fight Champion ...

Welcome back to the Pillow Fight! This week we’re nearing the end of our competition inspired by Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

We’ve had 8 fun rounds and seen a lot of eye-catching pillows along the way!

Round 8 Winner

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts!

Semi-Final Round Voting

At week 9 now, here’s where we are on the bracket. For rounds 5-8 we have 4 contestants to vote for. Click to vote on your favorite of the second four rounds and enter ...

Welcome back for round 8! This week we have another fun round inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home. Corey Yoder and Sherri McConnell are going head-to-head with their creations!

Check out our announcement post to see all the talented participants.

Without further ado, let’s see what they made!

Sherri’s One Step at a Time Pillow

Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life sewed this design with prints from Walkabout, Harper’s Garden, Creekside and Clover Hollow. The quilting really shines on this one! Try the Pillow Kit with 28 ...

Welcome back for round 7! This week we have another fun round inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home. Mister Domestic and Suzy Quilts are going head-to-head with their creations!

Check out our announcement post to see all the talented participants.

Without further ado, let’s see what they made!

Suzy’s Pillow

Suzy Quilts made the Mother’s Day pillow her own by adding organic leaf shapes and gilding each flower with hand quilting and three-dimensional floral details. It’s sewn up in knit fabric, which makes it the cuddliest ...

Welcome back for round 6! This week we have another fun round inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home. Riley Blake Fabric designers Beverly McCullough and Sedef Imer are going head-to-head with their creations!

Check out our announcement post to see all the talented participants.

Without further ado, let’s see what they made!

Sedef Imer’s Mother’s Day Pillow

Sedef Imer of Down Grapevine Lane sewed with her lovely collection Rhapsody for Riley Blake and quilted it on her home machine. These happy candy colors jump off the pillow ...

Welcome back for round 5! This week our friends Melanie Call and Gina Tell are joining in our contest inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

Check out our announcement post to see all the talented participants.

Without further ado, let’s see what they made!

Gina Tell’s Spectrum Pillow

Gina Tell of Thread Graffiti sewed with Spectrastatic by Giucy Giuce,  Fragmented Stripe Yardage, and a black and white stripe from her stash. This pillow is inspired by the Spectrum design, with a little twist.

Melanie Call’s Ring Bearer ...

Welcome back for round 4! This week our friends Melissa Corry and Sherri Falls are joining in our contest inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

Check out our announcement post to see all the talented participants.

Without further ado, let’s see what they made!

Melissa Corry’s Chevron Pillow

Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting turned up the volume on these low-volume prints! The Chevron Pillow also comes in a pillow kit with laser cut shapes.

Sherri Falls’ Mother’s Day Pillow

Sherri Falls of This and That Patterns sewed ...

Welcome back for round 3! This week our friends Minki Kim and Kristin Esser are joining in our contest inspired by Edyta Sitar’s book, Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

In our Pillow Talk Pillow Fight two contenders go head-to-head each week with their creations based on the patterns in the Pillow Talk book. This competition among friends is accompanied by weekly voting, plus a monthly roundup with the chance for prizes and glory for that month’s winner and one lucky voter. At the end, the top two will go up for a final ...

Welcome back for round 2! Edyta Sitar’s new pillows from Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home, sparked the idea for a fun contest and we’re rolling on with our second pair of contenders – Elise Baek and Jen Van Orman!

In our Pillow Talk Pillow Fight two contenders go head-to-head each week with their creations based on the patterns in the Pillow Talk book. This competition among friends is accompanied by weekly voting, plus a monthly roundup with the chance for prizes and glory for that month’s winner and one lucky voter. At the ...

Are you ready to rumble? Edyta Sitar’s new pillows from Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home, sparked the idea for a fun contest and we’re kicking it off with our first pair of contenders – Kimberly Jolly and Edyta Sitar! 

Edyta Sitar worked with Kimberly Jolly and It’s Sew Emma to bring the Pillow Talk book to life!

Starting today, we’ll have ten rounds of the Pillow Talk Pillow Fight here on the blog and on Instagram! Each week, two contenders will go head-to-head with their creations based on the patterns in the ...

We’re back with more throw pillows you can make at home! This time, we’re using applique to create circles, hearts and more. These simple shapes make lovely motifs. Applique doesn’t have to be intimidating. Fabric and Quilt Designer Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts came to the Fat Quarter Shop studio for a visit to show us just how simple it can be to make these beautiful pillow designs from her latest book, Pillow Talk: 25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home.

Edyta’s 18″ throw pillows will look fabulous on your couch, in your bedroom ...

Are you ready to rumble? Edyta Sitar’s new pillows from Pillow Talk:  25 Lovely Pillows for Your Home Sweet Home, sparked the idea for some fun. These fluffy pillows are beckoning for a fight, and we’re going to give it to them! A “Pillow Fight” is in the making, with some of our favorite quilters and designers sparring for the glory of Pillow Queen (or Pillow King)! 

Starting January 9, we’ll have eight rounds of the Pillow Talk ...

As a woman in the modern world, my femininity sometimes craves the more elegant, lady-like ways of the past. I would love to enjoy a Friday night dinner in a nice evening gown or stroll into my local grocery store in a long Victorian dress without being given strange looks.

However, there are things I wouldn’t want to endure from those times like wearing cages to keep my dress looking fluffed and tight corsets that crush my ribs. No, thank you.

So I don’t want to live in the past ALL the time, but when I do, I ...