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Attention all quilting and sewing enthusiasts! Get ready to be captivated by the extraordinary talent of our Sewcialites. They recently took over our Instagram, sharing personal stories and their knowledge, skills, and insider tricks. And that's not all! Be prepared to be endlessly inspired by their latest projects. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a beginner on your creative journey, our Sewcialites have something for everyone that can take your quilting game to the next level. And Who are our Sewcialites, you may wonder? They are a group of 10 of the best creative and passionate quilting and ...

Echoed Swirls are my new favorite free motion quilting stitch!

The stitch is exactly like it sounds, a swirl with one or two echoes around it. But this simple stitch really elevates the look of the swirl, making any quilt you use it on look super fancy.

Usually I use it as a background filler, so this is the first time I’ve used is as a allover design and I absolutely love it! The texture it creates is amazing and really made my Pixelated Blooms quilt look beautiful.

In this video I show you how to stitch the allover ...

Pixelated Blooms is a very fun strip-pieced pattern that will allow you to bust your stash.

Follow the color combinations in the pattern when selecting fat quarters to create a square flower, or pull 2 1/2-inch strips from your stash to make it super scrappy in any color combination.

The techniques used are not hard, but you will want to label your pieces for a smooth finish.

This stash-busting pattern is part of the Stashin’ with Stephanie series, where Quilt Addicts Anonymous founder Stephanie Soebbing releases a new fat quarter pattern each month. Learn more at this link: https ...

I am sure I saw a similar idea somewhere online, but this is my version. It uses the NO POINT STARS made famous by cluck-cluck-sew, resized to make a perfect 36″ baby quilt.

It went together quickly, and I enjoyed it so much I am making some variations and size suggestions into a tutorial. If you have charm packs or a layer cake laying around, it might be just the idea.

It is called Halfway because it started with a pizza box full of half-square triangles.

HALFWAY QUILT BLOCK

The secret is that there is only ONE set of cutting directions, but you can lay it out FOUR different ways. Of course, you can just do it one way for the entire quilt. There is nothing wrong with that. If you use more variations you will get more movement in the final quilt.

Here you can see the difference between FOUR variations on the left and TWO layouts on the right. It is up to you! Just get to work on ...

There’s nothing better than an easy pattern that looks complicated. That‘s what you get with 18 Carat Revisited.

The blocks for this quilt are created by slicing up half square triangles to create the angled strips that make up the spiky block design.

This pattern is a re-imagined version of 18 Carat, which creates the same block using a 10-inch square pack.

18 Carat Revisited has been resized to use up just about every inch of a fat quarter, so it’s a thrifty way to bust your stash or use up your favorite fat quarter bundle.

I ...

Summer's here, and it's time to soak up those sunny vibes! ☀️ Get ready to embrace the retro charm and vibrant colors with our exciting collections: Daisy by Maureen Cracknell and Flower Bloom & PURE Solids by AGF Studio. These trending prints and blenders perfectly fuse the timeless appeal of retro styles with a modern color palette. They bring the essence of summer, allowing you to create trend-setting projects that will make a statement everywhere you go! I can already see so many summer projects being made with these fabrics.  

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I loved making the Adeline Crossbody bag by Sew Many Creations. It’s a versatile piece that can work as a crossbody or a handbag thanks to the adjustable handle. With an outer zippered pocket, twist lock flap closure and divided center pocket, I am looking forward to taking it with me all over the place

In this video you can get a preview of our new course on Quilt Addicts Anonymous Academy. You can take the entire course for $15.99 AND get a discount on the pattern at this link: https://academy.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/course/adeline-crossbody/

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Build your quilting skills with the Vintage Rose BOM quilt this summer! Roses are red, but sewing fun has many more colors!

Vintage Rose Block of the Month

Let me introduce you to the Vintage Rose Block of the Month program that I designed for the Vintage Rose collection by Timeless Treasures! It measures 87” x 87”, and every block finishes at 12″.

Are you a beginner quilter? I’ve got your back! These blocks use regular piecing techniques – only one block requires the simplest paper piecing on the corners. You already have at home all you need to make ...

What if you have a pile of color-coordinated bits and pieces, but they aren’t the same? Can you combine blocks, crumbs and braids? Well, you can try.

I used the existing crumb blocks as a starting point. They measure 6-1/2″. Cutting, turning and trimming the braids yielded enough parts to create seven more blocks. For a baby quilt, 9 blocks is enough. NOTE: You could create this same pattern using any 6-1/2″ blocks you might have laying around.

NOTE: These blocks have a lot of bias edges. Consider starch to stabilize.

Add a border around each block ...

Welcome back to the AGF Blog! Today, we dive into the art of fabric pairing in the world of textiles, where colors and textures come alive, and possibilities are endless. Discover how different fabrics complement one another, especially when blending various collections. This has become a wellspring of inspiration for sewists and quilters everywhere. 

Join me as we explore our Checkered Elements Blenders, which offer the perfect texture and pop of color. They are a classic yet trendy blender that can be used in countless ways! To inspire your creativity, I'd like to share three different ways you can ...

Our partnership with SIY Sew it Yourself is continuing and we’ve got a brand new FREE pattern to share with you today! The Sew Simple Skirt made is made from fat quarters so it is super fast and inexpensive to make. 

My version following the sizing instructions as written fits my 9-year-old perfectly. But you can easily adjust the size to use more or less fabric to make it for a smaller child or even for yourself.

My daughter chose the fabrics for today’s skirt from Magic Friends by Mia Charro for FreeSpirit Fabrics. So if she loves ...

***The full 1-hour, 28-minute COMMERCIAL-FREE course on how to quilt Cosmos is available here: https://academy.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/course/quilting-a-pebble-background-filler-and-rulerwork-cosmos/

When I took on the task of quilting Cosmos, designed by Stephanie Brennan using my fabric collection Nocturne, I knew it needed to be epic.

I chose separate quilting designs for each border, all three blocks and background. I chose an organic pebble background filler and then used sharp lines of rulerwork for the rest of the quilt to make the design elements of the blocks and borders stand out from the background.

We have two versions of this quilting ...

The Halfway Quilt has 56 blocks. I have 29 complete.

There are 14 each of 4 different blocks styles. Here are styles ONE and TWO, all together.

I will keep pushing along. It will be finished soon.

PS–Can you see what makes this quilt unique? TIP-all the blocks have the exact same pieces–28 HST.

I had exactly one day to quilt Celestial, our latest Stashin’ with Stephanie quilt. So I needed a quilting design that was both fast, and would do justice to the spectacular diamonds throughout the quilt. I ended up with something I lovingly called the Wavy Line Special.

I followed the shape of the diamonds to quilt five wavy lines inside of each diamond in the quilt blocks, and seven inside each of the background diamonds. It was super fast and easy with just a little bit of rulerwork to travel in the diamonds.

The result was being able to quilt ...

This month’s new fat quarter friendly pattern is inspired by this month’s featured fabric, Zen by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks.

Celestial is one of my favorite types of quilt designs, one that looks way more complicated than it actually is. The blocks are assembled using strip piecing and no Y-seams, so the quilt top comes together very quickly.

The original is made with specific placements of fabrics to create the beautiful color change that is repeated in each block. But it could also be made scrappy.

A 60-degree triangle ruler with all three points, like the Clearview Triangle ...

Easy tutorial to paper piece portions of a quilt block

Some of you know that my school offers children a learning experience known as Intensives. The week before Christmas and the last week of school in the Spring, students don’t attend regular classes. (Honestly, what really gets done in classes at that time?) Rather, each student selects from a menu of classes and attends that one course for the entire week. Offerings include theater, music, rock climbing, engineering, local history, and…sewing!

While on Spring Break this past week, I prepped samples for the Spring Sewing Intensive. SEW much fun!

There are still a lot of details to work ...