Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This #holidaytrimmingsquilt is a fast and easy project. The pattern releases TODAY! Head over to Shereece's site @sewhookedontreasures to grab your copy.
It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsqui It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsquilt pattern release is coming June 9th. I was happy to test this lovely quilt and even more happy with the way it turned out. Thanks, @sewhookedontreasures. I can't wait to show the full reveal!!
Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top toge Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top together. Look for this fun new quilt pattern coming soon from @sewhookedontreasures!

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Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmin Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmingsquilt by Shereece @sewhookedontreasures. 

Does the new Hustle and Bustle fabric by @official_basicgrey on a Grunge Hits the Spot background put you in the holiday spirit?
This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last bit of binding just about a half hour ago! I love the fabrics in this quilt and they were just random fabrics from my stash. The pattern is #theellaquilt by @kitchentablequilting. I may have to hang this in my family room until it finds a new home.

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Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat bl Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat blocks and these three items are my essentials for achieving that: white fluffy bath towel, cheap Black & Decker iron that steams like crazy, and a Jackson's Woodworks square clapper.

I have a wool pressing mat, but I like the bath towel better. It has enough nap to "grab" the fabrics for a super flat press and it can be tossed in the washer and dryer. 

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One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. T One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. This album quilt was made by members of a club I ran for many years when I had a brick and mortar shop. Several members continued to meet in my home monthly until COVID hit. 

It is special to me because it is a reminder of what is important; the friendships, camaraderie, and encouragement that developed within the group. 

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This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites fo This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites for a couple of reasons. First it is proof that any fabric works when you cut it small enough and second I pieced it on a little mini retreat with a couple of friends. The pattern is Rectangle Wrangle by Bonnie Hunter.

I love, love, love scrap quilts, the more fabrics the better, and that's how I justify buying all the fabric I do.

This particular quilt was chosen for today's prompt because tomorrow it will be on its way to Poland along with nine others from my "quilt room" (see day 3 prompt).

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Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the th Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the things I've learned through quilting, but one I can't seem to get through my head is that I don't like foundation piecing, paper piecing, or hand piecing.  Slow stitching is a concept I can't wrap my head around.

This String Spiderweb was started at a retreat so I jumped on the bandwagon without thinking it through. I have a bunch of these units made but no interest in continuing. As I was snapping the photo though, I had an idea. Stay tuned.

Are there quilting techniques or methods you don't enjoy?

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Uncategorized · August 9, 2013

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For National Book Lover’s Day, Moda invited bloggers to share their first quilting books and books that still inspire them.  I love quilting books and have accumulated quite a library over the years.  It was fun to look through them and select a favorite.

This is the first quilting book I ever purchased.  Any guesses as to what it is?

Book-1

Like many other people, my first quilting book was The It’s Okay If You Sit On My Quilt Book by the inimitable Mary Ellen Hopkins.

Book-2

When I heard of her recent passing I thought back to the elation I felt at being able to actually make a quilt and realized that much of my excitement was due to the enthusiasm and charisma of Mary Ellen. She taught us that simple blocks, “kindergarten blocks” as she called them, could make beautiful quilts and ANYBODY could make simple blocks. She embraced the idea that quilts were to be loved to death and then be replaced by another quilt. That was all the encouragement I needed so I started making quilts, lots of quilts. Now, 25 years and nearly a thousand quilts later, my passion is greater than ever.

Looking through this binder was a fun trip down memory lane. Along with the book, there are class handouts from my first quilting classes with another quilting icon, Jackie Robinson. Other fun things in there are fabric swatches from my early quilts, ideas I jotted down for future quilts, practice drawings for machine quilting and more. You gotta love the country blue and dusty pink palette!!

Book-3

After all these years of quilting, I still find inspiration in books. I love to sit down with a new quilting book and dream about my next quilt and then the next one and the next one and….

Recently my focus has been on donation quilts.  Kim Brackett’s Scrap-Basket series has been perfect for stashbusting while making some lovely quilts for charity. The piecing is not difficult and there is a variety of techniques so I don’t get bored. So far I’ve made almost all of the quilts from Scrap-Basket Surprises and will probably work through both Scrap-Basket Sensations and Scrap-Basket Beauties.  All three are great books.

So what quilting books are your favorites?  Do you tend to buy project books or technique books?  Or are you like me and buy them all?

Be sure to stop by Moda’s Cutting Table Blog to check out other favorite quilt books. You can sign up there to win one of six new quilting books!!

With so many great quilting books available I hope you can find your inspiration in one.

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  1. JoyceLM says

    August 9, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    If I had the money (and space), I’d buy every quilt book published (my husband would probably tell you I’m already doing that). My favorite is Jinny Beyer’s The Quilters Album of Patchwork Patterns – a great resource book. Thanks.

  2. Lee Ann L. says

    August 9, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    I have to tell you that I wish I had that It’s okay book when I first started quilting. It sounds wonderful. I don’t really have a favorite book as I like them all! Thank you for sharing.

  3. Carol says

    August 10, 2013 at 2:39 am

    I think I tend to buy project books!

  4. momto1 says

    August 10, 2013 at 5:13 am

    I never owned the Hopkins book. Your story behind your copy is great!

    I tend to buy project books, but i do like them all!

  5. Cathy says

    August 10, 2013 at 11:26 am

    Would love to to have Mary Ellen Hopkins book on my shelf, thanks for sharing what book has help you get started.

  6. annieb says

    August 10, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Right now I am into Pam and Nicky Lintott’s books using pre-cuts.

  7. Suze says

    August 11, 2013 at 11:44 pm

    I have the Scrap Bag Sensations book and have not made anything from it. Glad to hear you think it’s a fabulous book, too. I have many, many quilting books and now I have a list of books (new and old) that I would like to add to my library. Thanks for participating and sharing your inspirations.

  8. mary pat van schyndel says

    August 12, 2013 at 1:16 pm

    I love the Art to Heart Books….I think I have them all. I have actually made alot of the projects from each of them. I love to machine applique alot and their patterns are really sweet and seasonal which is always nice.
    I also have a collection of Kim Diehls books……..I love each and every one of them as well. I love to just page through them and dream of the quilts I want to create with her patterns. The 3rd. quilter I love is Edyta S……I can’t remember how to spell her last name but she is amazing. I have made a few of hers as well. I am anxious to start our new book series. MPea

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