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National Sewing Month may be over, but the celebration of our favorite sewing room star is just getting started! The Sewing Machine Love Quilt Along officially kicks off today, bringing four weeks of quilty fun to your fall calendar with weekly blogs and livestream segments each Friday with tips and tricks from Kimberly. Keep reading for the full schedule, supply list, and everything you need to start piecing with us this week.

The Pumpkin Hollow Quilt and Cross Stitch by Sherri McConnell have seven sweetly spiced rows of quilty and stitchy goodness that we can’t wait to sew with you this season! Join Kimberly each Friday during the weekly Behind The Seams Livestream to see her quilty progress, and follow along with her stitching on the Fat Quarter Shop FlossTube channel. Keep reading to get all the details and to find out what you need to be ready to start piecing and stitching with us in October.

Pumpkin Hollow Row Along

When the leaves start falling, and the pumpkins are ready ...

We couldn’t let National Sewing Month wrap up without a special quilt along to celebrate the star of our sewing spaces! The Sewing Machine Love Quilt Along adds four weeks of quilty fun to your fall calendar with weekly blogs and livestream segments each Friday with tips and tricks from Kimberly. Keep reading to get all the details and to find out what you need to be ready to start piecing with us in October.

Sew up something sweet and sentimental with us this fall! The Sewing Machine Love Quilt perfectly captures a quilter’s love for their sewing ...

It’s time to start preheating the oven because the Thanksgiving Row Sew Along by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet starts today! For the next year, we are cooking up a feast of festive stitching, one row at a time. From intricate novelty blocks to simple traditional blocks, Lori’s new Baked With Love collection gives this quilt a delicious dose of Thanksgiving cheer. Keep reading for all the details and to find out how you can join in on the quilty fun!

When is the Thanksgiving Row Sew Along?

The Thanksgiving Row Sew Along runs from September ...

Today is the official kick off of the Simply Sweet Sew Along! To celebrate Berry & Sage, the first installment of Lori’s new series of collections, Lori Holt In Color, we’re making a runner version of Lori’s Simply Sweet Quilt Pattern! Starting today, Monday, April 6th, 2026, we are sewing up something sweet together for the Simply Sweet Sew Along. Keep reading for all the details and to find out how you can join in on the scrappy fun of this sew along.

When is the Simply Sweet Sew Along?

Mark your calendars so you don’t blink ...

Lori Holt is introducing a series of collections called Lori Holt In Color, inviting makers to explore the beauty of color—two hues at a time. To celebrate the first collection in the series, Berry & Sage, we’re making a runner version of Lori’s Simply Sweet Quilt Pattern! Starting in April 2026, join us for the quick, three-week-long Simply Sweet Sew Along full of scrappy fun and nostalgic joy.

We are sew excited to celebrate the beauty of berry and sage hues by sewing something sweet with Lori Holt’s new collection, Berry & Sage, for Riley Blake Designs. Join ...

This year is the United States’ 250th Birthday, and we are sew ready to celebrate! Some of you (our Facebook members, specifically) have been asking for ideas of what to sew to celebrate, and today, we get to officially announce the Celebrating 250 Years of America Quilt Along. Starting in February 2026, join us for this year-long quilt along full of scrappy fun, summertime style, and a sampling of traditional quilt blocks.

Celebrate this milestone all year long with us as we piece a patriotic version of the Peppermint Rose Quilt from the Celebrate with Quilts book by Lissa Alexander ...

Take a moment to reminisce with us! Susan Ache and Lissa Alexander have joined forces again with their new book Celebrate with Quilts. They share twelve quilts in this book and 60 celebratory sampler quilt blocks in styles elegantly scrappy and unique to them. Use these quilts and blocks to honor milestones, special occasions, and holidays in your loved ones lives and your own!

These quilts will add some dazzle to your day to day with four block sizes, from 3″ to 12″, to choose from. This quilt book provides an abundance of inspiration for holidays ranging from Valentine’s ...

Pretty amazing what can be done with scraps and crumbs.  Triangles were sewn in the back corners and I inserted a paintstick for a hanging dowel.  I think the recipient liked it.  I LOVE the crookedyness.