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Tuck in for the newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Layer Cake Pocket Squares. This new quilt from Fat Quarter Shop is a beginner-friendly project that’s a pocket full of patriotic goodness! You can start sewing Shortcut Quilts right away, thanks to their use of precuts! Our Shortcut Quilt patterns are always free, and they come with a Fat Quarter Shop YouTube video tutorial.

The Layer Cake Pocket Squares Quilt Pattern

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The Layer Cake Pocket Squares Quilt is a perfect quilt for ...

Take a trip with us to the countryside with this new Charm Pack-friendly, Foundation Paper Pieced pattern. The FREE French Countryside Tablerunner Pattern comes with Fat Quarter Shop Video Tutorials for the pattern as well as the Square-in-a-Square foundation paper it uses. You are sure to have fun sewing this charming tablerunner!

The French Countryside Tablerunner Pattern

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The French Countryside Tablerunner is a perfect quilt for beginners and anyone looking to take a trip into the land of foundation paper piecing. With just one print Charm ...

We’re bringing the chips and dip to this Charm Pack Shortcut Quilt party! The newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series is the Charm Pack Chips & Dip Quilt, an “easier than it looks” quilt that quilters of all skill levels will love. You can start sewing Shortcut Quilts right away, thanks to their easy designs using precuts! Our Shortcut Quilt patterns are always free, and they come with a Fat Quarter Shop YouTube video tutorial.

The Charm Pack Chips & Dip Quilt Pattern

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This new quilt from Fat Quarter Shop will have you seeing stars! The Layer Cake Scattered Stars Quilt Pattern is available as a low-priced PDF and comes with a FREE Fat Quarter Shop Video Tutorial for you to follow along. Whether you’re looking for the perfect quilt for the back of your couch or a quick and cute baby gift, this quilt will soon be the star of the show!

The Layer Cake Scattered Stars Quilt Pattern

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It’s time to dive into a quilt that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! The newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series is the Layer Cake Crumpets Quilt. You can start sewing Shortcut Quilts right away, thanks to their easy designs using precuts! Our Shortcut Quilt patterns are always free, and they come with a Fat Quarter Shop YouTube video tutorial.

The Layer Cake Crumpets Quilt Pattern

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Layer Cake Crumpets is perfect for confident beginners, and the free pattern includes instructions for a ...

Today’s quilt is totally off the rails and sure to be the star of the show in your quilt collection! The Jelly Roll Rail Star Quilt Pattern is available as a low-priced PDF and comes with a FREE Fat Quarter Shop Video Tutorial for you to follow along.

The Jelly Roll Rail Star Quilt Pattern

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The Jelly Roll Rail Star is a beginner-friendly quilt that finishes at a dazzling 79″ x 79″. With just one Jelly Roll and some background fabric, you can have a stunning quilt top in no time ...

Shortcut Quilts just got a whole lot faster with the addition of Pebble Bee Cross Stitch Precuts! By replacing background yardage with a background precut, you can cut to the chase and start piecing in a flash. Last week on the blog, we showed you how you can use the Pebble Bee Cross Stitch Precuts with Foundation Paper. This week, we have three cute Shortcut Quilts recolored with Gentler Times and Pebble Bee Cross Stitch precuts because it only takes one pebble to start an avalanche of inspiration!

One of the things we love most about these precuts is their ...

Just waiting for the email wth the photos to come through! It's been a super productive retreat so far, and we still have a few days to go. Can I finish the remaining quilt tops for the dog quilts? They will have to wait unit October to be quilted, but that's OK. 

OK -- the pictures came through, but some of them need a bit of editing; however, that doesn't seem to want to happen this morning. No big deal -- some are sideways -- we'll just have to let it go. 

This first picture is a bit weird ...

The Bee Cross Stitch collection by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs is getting a new, Fat Quarter Shop exclusive, lineup of background precuts (Rolie Polie, 5″ Stacker, and 10″ Stacker) using the Pebble Bee Cross Stitch fabric! To show off the versatility of these precuts, we’re pairing them up with some of our favorite Foundation Papers from It’s Sew Emma and precuts from the Gentler Times Collection by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs. Keep reading to see why Pebble Bee Cross Stitch Precuts are the perfect background precuts to pair with all of your favorite Riley ...

Use a package of 10″ squares on this fun Layer Cake-friendly quilt pattern. Beginner quilters will love how easy and fast it is to finish!

My High Frequency quilt is ready! It measures 56″ x 64″ and the blocks finish at 8″. I made it using one package of 10″ squares of Kaffe Fasset Collective Classic Spots by FreeSpirit Fabrics, an accent fabric, and background fabric! I love its playful and colorful vibe, don’t you?

I chose not to add borders because I wanted to focus on the quilt design. Should you wish to make a larger version of ...

 I am honored and thrilled to return as an Island Batik Ambassador for the year 2025.

We received a generous shipment of fabric from Island Batik and other supplies from industry partners. 

A Very Generous Haul

Here is my Unboxing Video.

The fabrics and products are shown/described below.

Four queen sized batts from Hobbs Batting,  including 100%Wool from Tuscany, Heirloom 80/20 in Natural, Heirloom 80/20 in Black, and 100% Cotton with Scrim Binder.  

Hobbs also sent a bag of stuffing that will be used to make the soft toy from Funky Friends Factory in June.

Thank ...

To celebrate 50 Years of Moda, Moda Fabrics has released a very special rainbow collection that includes 11 four-in-one width-of-fabric prints featuring designs from 44 Moda designers. In the spirit of celebrating the past, we’ve put together five fun colorway and quilt pattern duos that are sure to spark a bit of nostalgia. We can’t wait to see what you make!

Summer Skies

These beautiful blues and gorgeous greens capture the memory of summer days spent playing yard games with friends and family under big blue skies. Plus, a Half Yard Bundle of Celebrating 50 Years of Moda ...

The vertigo is better this morning, but yesterday, when I bent down to help someone find something on the floor, that was NOT a good thing! At least it's not affecting my enjoyment of the companionship of friends and sewing or writing, so I'm good! 

I accomplished a lot yesterday, although I can only share a bit with you. Boy, oh boy, sewing is humbling! It's so easy to get distracted and make a mistake. Good grief—you want to whack yourself for doing that, but there's always a plan B, so one must move on ...

Quick - Easy - Fun!

The keyboard is back! It needed new batteries as it's a BlueTooth device. But this is the bizarre thing. Look at the back where the batteries go.

Why is this wet?

For some reason, it became WET, and my first thought was that the batteries were leaking. But they didn't appear to be. So did I spill something on the surface? Nope -- I did not. So I don't know what the issue was. I took those batteries out and left the whole thing to dry thoroughly, and this morning, I put new batteries in, and I'm ...

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Have you ever gone rogue with your quilting? Like challenging yourself to do things a little differently? Well, if not, today is that day. We’re encouraging you to go on an adventure in your sewing room, and there’s only one thing you need to pack – a Charm Pack!

How cute is having little collections of your favorite designs? Charm Packs are collections of 5″ squares that usually come in stacks of about 42 different fabrics. (They’re known by other names depending on the manufacturer).

A more affordable option than some other precuts, Charm Packs are beloved for ...

Jenny Doan’s family tree is stitched with needle and thread. 

Look back two generations, and you’ll find a pair of great aunts, master seamstresses who traveled from Sweden to work for the acclaimed New York artist, George Inness. 

They stitched and saved to pay passage to America for the entire family–including Jenny’s grandmother, who was just seven years old at the time. 

Jenny says, “When I see these spools, I am reminded that sewing is part of my genetic makeup; it changed our family forever!” 

This week, Jenny is stitching up a beautiful Big Spools quilt ...

Belle Quilt Pattern