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November 20, 2020
Sewcialites Block 9 – Gracious by Vanessa Christenson from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #9 this week!

This week’s designer, Vanessa Christenson is the wonderful designer behind V & Co. for Moda Fabrics. The Gracious block she designed is a challenging block that will require patience ...

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November 12, 2020
Sewcialites Block 8 – Soulful by Joanna Figueroa from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #8 this week!

This week’s designer, Joanna Figueroa is the creative force behind Fig Tree & Co. for Moda Fabrics. The Soulful block she designed is intermediate-level, but we know you can ...

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November 6, 2020
Sewcialites Block 7 – Kindred by Bonnie Olaveson from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #7 this week!

This week’s designer, Bonnie Olaveson is an expert quilter, author, and half of the mother-daughter duo Bonnie & Camille for Moda Fabrics. Bonnie designed the Kindred block as an ...

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October 29, 2020
Sewcialites Block 6 – Devoted by Robin Pickens from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #6 this week!

This week’s designer, Robin Pickens is an expert quilter and fabric designer for Moda Fabrics. Robin designed the Devoted block which will be a challenging block but rewarding ...

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October 23, 2020
Sewcialites Block 5 – Wisdom by Sherri McConnell from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #5 this week!

This week’s designer is an expert quilter, author, and podcaster and is one half of the duo Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics. Sherri designed the Wisdom block as ...

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October 16, 2020
Sewcialites Block 4 – Spirited by Vanessa Goertzen from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #4 this week!

This week’s designer, Vanessa Goertzen is an expert quilter, author, and is the designer behind Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. Vanessa designed the Spirited block which will be ...

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October 9, 2020
Sewcialites Block 3 – Affection by Brigitte Heitland from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re sewing up block #3 this week!

This week’s designer, Brigitte Heitland is an experienced modern quilter and the designer behind Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics. Brigitte designed the Affection block which is challenging but ...

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October 2, 2020
Sewcialites Block 2 – Loyal by Lisa Bongean from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re on to block #2 this week!

This week’s designer, Lisa Bongean is a longtime quilter and is the designer behind Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics. Lisa designed the Loyal block is a perfect beginner-level ...

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September 25, 2020
Sewcialites Block 1 – Harmony by Lissa Alexander from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 18 talented designers to bring you a free 38-week quilt along with amazing sampler blocks and sew many options! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details over on the Sewcialites Landing Page. We’re excited to get started with Block #1 this week!

This week’s designer, Lissa Alexander is known by many as ModaLissa (@modalissa), and she is the Marketing Director of Moda Fabrics. Lissa loves all things ...

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September 17, 2020
Happy National Sew A Jelly Roll Day! from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Warm-up those Jelly Rolls because National Sew A Jelly Roll Day is coming! The third Saturday of September is always National Sew a Jelly Roll Day!  Celebrate with us September 19 as quilters all around are encouraged to sew something fun and enjoy the day using one of our favorite precuts, the Jelly Roll!

On this day, quilters sew their favorite Jelly Roll quilts in new collections, and stock up Jelly Rolls for their stash. With social distancing in mind, we recommend celebrating with friends via video call or on social media. You can sew whatever you like – just roll ...

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August 24, 2020
Stitch Pink 2020 Quilt Along from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Are you ready to stitch up 30 perfectly pink blocks this October? We’re spreading Breast Cancer awareness with Moda Fabrics all October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! To help spread awareness and bring our community together, Moda Fabrics is offering the FREE Stitch Pink 2020 Quilt Along and we have everything you need to get started!

The Stitch Pink 2020 Quilt Along is in support of Moda’s virtual awareness-raising event which will last throughout October. The quilt along begins October 1 on Moda’s blog where they will release a new block pattern each day until October 31 ...

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July 3, 2020
William’s Honor: A Quilt Pattern Dedicated to Veterans from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Some would say that a quilt achieves its highest purpose in life when it is gifted to another. When a quilt is created and awarded to a service member or veteran, it says, “Someone cares. Thank you for your service.” The Quilts of Valor Foundation has made it their mission to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor (QOV). We’ve created a FREE quilt pattern, William’s Honor, that you can use to make one of these patriotic quilts.

Our quilt is shown here in Branded by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics ...

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June 9, 2020
Join the Quilt Bee with Bonnie & Camille from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We are sew excited to share a few sneak peeks Bonnie & Camille’s newest book, The Bonnie & Camille Quilt Bee! This is their first book with our very own It’s Sew Emma, and we have had sew much fun working with them </p>
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May 23, 2020
Spell it Out with Moda from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Hope.  Comfort.  Heroes.

Moda Fabrics is giving quilters, crafters, and sewists a voice. A voice to express themselves, encourage each other, and offer comfort during times of change! With the power of words, we can offer hope, offer comfort, and be heroes for each other. To help you communicate the words you have to say, Moda has released the FREE Spell It with Fabric Pattern.

FQS Staffer Kate shared a message with her neighbors.

Find your inspiration

What words mean the most to you during this time? Community. Peace. Love. The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought the quilting community even closer ...

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May 1, 2020
Sew Alongs from Nestlings By Robin

It may be hard to believe but 
I have NEVER done a sew 
along in all my 20 years of quilting!
Now that I have a little
extra time at home, Why Not?!

I have participated in guild 
lottery blocks and 
guild challenges but 
never worked with a group 
on the same project before.  
It is SEW FUN!!
There is a small group of us
that are making projects 
from the book, 
CIVIL WAR LEGACIES II 
A design is chosen, we
each get to choose our
own fabrics, and then
we sew together virtually 
since some of ...

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April 17, 2020
Easy Charm Squares Quilt Finish from Dizzy Quilts

At the start of 2020, one of my goals for the year was to re-organize my sewing room. If you've been following my blog for a bit, you'll know that I started garment sewing and I now feel like I need to get better organized - fabric is all over the place in my sewing room and I need to find a storage solution for all the Big 4 and the PDF patterns I've acquired.

I was going through my stash of precuts and I realized I still have A LOT of charm square packs - some of which ...

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March 20, 2020
FREE PATTERN: Happy Worldwide Quilting Day 2020 from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Happy (almost) Worldwide Quilting Day! We’re gearing up to celebrate the day we are “sew” excited for every year! To celebrate together, we have designed a wonderful new FREE Quilt Pattern and we know you’ll love it. We’re introducing the Mini Wonder Quilt this year and hope you’ll give it a try!

World Wide Quilting Day (and National Quilting Day) is celebrated yearly on the third Saturday of March. Quilting feeds our creative souls and is an art and craft shared across countless countries and cultures. In recognition of the small and wonderful world we live ...

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January 24, 2020
Jelly Lanterns - A Quilt Finish from Dizzy Quilts

The fabrics that went into making this quilt had probably been in my stash for 6 or 7 years. I'm pretty sure I got the Jelly Roll as part of the "Jelly Roll Club" subscription from Fat Quarter Shop back in 2013! Which would explain why it had been in my stash for so long - not exactly my style. But as I've said before, I'm determined to use up what I have - fabrics and patterns so when looking for a quick and easy quilt to make over the holidays, I decided to finally use my Field Notes ...

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December 5, 2019
2019 Houston Festival Part 2 from Nestlings By Robin

I truly was honored to be a part of
 the 2019 Houston Festival Faculty!


 Here is my fancy badge and pin:)
 The next 3 pics are of the Sweetest Surprise!!  
There is a gift bag for faculty members where
Quilt industry sponsors 
donate small gifts ....WOW!!
THANK YOU to 
Quilters Select for the Appli-web and thread, 
Fairfield for the batting sample, 
Steady Betty for a fun tool I have never tried, 
RNK for a great tote bag and scissors, 
IQF for the great bag and everything else you did for us, 
Mountain Mist for the baby wool press mat, 

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October 19, 2019
Pineapple Block Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

 

We’ve got another foundation paper piecing tutorial for all you quilters! We are loving Pineapple Quilt Block Foundation Paper for our Pineapple Quilts these days so we’ve put together a quick tutorial. To really get the hang of this, grab a pad of foundation paper, a jelly roll and watch the tutorial!

 

We recommend making 12 blocks and sewing them all together. No pattern needed! For the more adventurous quilter, check out the FREE Pineapple Day Pattern that uses both the 6″ Pineapple Paper and the 12″ Pineapple Paper to create quite the quilt!

 

What You’ll Need ...

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