Generation Q Magazine online today!
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blogs to Watch, Modern Quilts, Sewing Fun, Tips & Techniques
The crazy women of Quilter’s Home didn’t stop just because the publishers of that magazine decided to stop. Today Jake Finch, Melissa Thompson Maher, and Megan Dougherty (of The Bitchy Stitcher) launched: Good luck fabulous women, and man (Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios). I can hardly wait to see what you clever folks are up [...]
Tags: GenQ Mag, modern quilting
Easy, modern quilt patterns to build your quilting confidence.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blocks & Patterns, Blogs to Watch, Fabric Obsessed, Quilting for Beginners
With this long weekend and my lovely, sunny Santa Barbara under a cloud of rain (we’re finally experiencing alittle winter weather), I’ve managed to squeeze in some quality sewing time. First, let me define what I mean by “quality sewing time”: 1. Fel that I made progress in a limited amount of time 2. Felt [...]
Tags: All Washed up Patterns, block patterns, contemporary fabric, easy quilt patterns, Michael Miller Fabrics, Quilting for Beginners
What’s happening today in the Quilting Blog World…
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blogs to Watch, Fabric Obsessed, Quilting for Beginners, Shopping Fun
Today I’m surprised that several of my favorite bloggers have really slowed down since the beginning of the year. I’m hopeful, however, that as January winds down and Valentines Day rolls around, everyone will find the blogging groove again… But never fear, I’ve already got a few new blogs lined up (in my head) for [...]
Tags: block patterns, easy quilt patterns, fabric stores, Moda Bake Shop, quilt blogs, Quilting for Beginners, sewing blogs
Blog Following, Part 2
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blogs to Watch, Free Motion Quilting, Quilting for Beginners, Tips & Techniques
About a week ago, I wrote my first Blog Following post, highlighting two blogs that I had recently started following. Since the holidays and New Years slowed a few of my favorite bloggers down, I spent time utilizing their blogrolls to look for new reading material. (I’ve stopped following a few folks who only blog [...]
Tags: easy binding instruction, easy quilt patterns, quilt blogs, Quilting for Beginners, sewing blogs
Blog following… I’ve added a few to my quilt list.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blogs to Watch, Crafty Stuff, Quilting for Beginners, Sewing Fun, Tips & Techniques
Over the holidays it seemed that all the blogs I regularly follow were pretty quiet. So I had some great time to get my own sewing projects planned, read some great quilting books, and find some new blogs to start following. One of the blogs I found is Crazy Mom Quilts. I’m totally enamored with [...]
Tags: applique sewing, beginner sewing books, block patterns, fabric calculator, Free Motion Quilting, quilt blogs, sewing blogs, tips for beginning sewers
Santa, sewing, and the zipper foot topstitch.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blocks & Patterns, Blogs to Watch, Free Motion Quilting, Quilting for Beginners, Tips & Techniques
Santa was very good to me and my family this year. We all got gifts we wanted and we were all healthy. It was a great day and the first Christmas that my three (and a half) year old really understood — at least from the “Santa perspective.” On Saturday I headed to my favorite [...]
Tags: easy binding instruction, Free Motion Quilting, Kaffe Fassett Fabric, modern block patterns, quilt books, Quilting for Beginners, quilting workshops, Thomas the Tank fabric
