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
Went to my first Quilting Guild meeting last night…
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Quilting for Beginners
So I ventured out to the local Coastal Quilters Santa Barbara Guild meeting last night. It was fun! I’m trying to get a temperature on the community to see if a quilt/fabric shop would work in my area. (I have a dream.) So I’m getting to know the local quilters and learning alot about quilting. [...]
Tags: block patterns, Quilting for Beginners, quilting guild, tips for beginning sewers
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
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
Quick and easy fat quarter quilt project.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Blocks & Patterns, Fabric Obsessed, Quilting for Beginners
I just saw this great fat quarter quilt on AllPeopleQuilt.com and wanted to share. The fabrics and design are by Amy Butler, which makes any project look like heaven! Gotta go sew… with Kaffe Fassett (yes – today is finally my Hot Diamond Workshop!)
Tags: contemporary fabric, easy quilt patterns, fat quarter quilts, Quilting for Beginners
