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
The versatile, easy brilliance of the Turning Twenty quilt.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blocks & Patterns, Quilting for Beginners, Sewing Fun
The other day while at my local quilt shop (LQS), I was selecting some additional fat quarters for a quilt I’m about to start. I had a pattern in mind that I was going to use – but then I saw it – hanging on the wall. I really cool modern quilt with NO TRIANGLES [...]
Tags: block patterns, easy quilt patterns, quilt books, quilt reference, Quilting for Beginners
Find the right type of thread for your sewing.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Quilting for Beginners, Sewing Fun, Tips & Techniques
So much thread to choose from. Various weights. Monofilament. 100% cotton. Metallic. Polyster. Rayon. Hand or machine quilting. Etc. Since I’ve been sewing now for all of 3 months, I’m definitely not the right person to ask about which thread to use for a specific project. But I’ve spent hours on hours choosing notions, fabric, [...]
Tags: beginner sewing techniques, Bernina Aurora 440, Gutermann, Isacord thread, Mettler, tips for beginning sewers, types of thread
New cutting toys (I mean tools) to check out.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blocks & Patterns, Fabric Obsessed, Quilting for Beginners, Sewing Fun, Shopping Fun, Tips & Techniques
I love all the gadgets, tools and toys that come along with quilting and sewing. And recently I’ve needed a few new tools that are pretty cool, so I thought I’d share my finds with you! Being a beginner quilter, I’m terrified of triangles. So when this crazy Hot Diamond quilt workshop gave directions for [...]
Tags: circle cutting, fabric circles, fabric stash, Kaffe Fassett Fabric, quilt designs, quilt reference, quilting workshops, Sandi Henderson fabrics, Super60 triangle
Fabric stash out of control?
Get organized for 2010.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Fabric Obsessed, Sewing Fun, Shopping Fun, Tips & Techniques
My fabric stash was growing just like yours. Do you keep it large plastic bins like me, or worse, in a messy pile? IS THAT ANY WAY TO TREAT YOUR LOVELY FABRIC? If you can’t really see what you have, or group it with similar fabrics, or separate the quilting fabrics from the home dec [...]
Tags: Fabric Organizers, fabric stash, fabric stores, organization, Polar Notions, sewing
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
