Make Your Own Pressing Spray and Save $$ — a Tutorial
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Make Your Own Pressing Spray and Save $$ — a Tutorial

A hot iron alone doesn’t always get all the creases and wrinkles out of your fabric — even when you use steam. (I speak from bitter experience.) Pressing sprays like Mary Ellen’s Best Press really do help smooth out stubborn wrinkles, but they aren’t cheap! In fact, they are so pricey that I rarely buy…

12 Days of Christmas Quilted Table Runner
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12 Days of Christmas Quilted Table Runner

I was idly looking at Christmas quilts on the Internet a few days ago when I came across a fun-looking tutorial for a Christmas table runner on the Samelia’s Mum blog and decided, “Why not?” The table runner is made of Disappearing 9-patch blocks, which are 9-patch blocks that you piece, cut up, rearrange into a…

Christmas Wreath Quilts for Holiday Home Decor (Photo Gallery)
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Christmas Wreath Quilts for Holiday Home Decor (Photo Gallery)

Christmas Wreath Quilts is our new book of easy little holiday wreath quilt patterns. You can make the four patterns in the book to decorate your walls and tables for the holidays, or to give to someone you care about as a quick holiday gift. This photo gallery shows the quilts we made for the…

Valentine Heart “Kisses and Hugs” Quilt

Valentine Heart “Kisses and Hugs” Quilt

I’ve made a lot of Christmas wall quilts, but hardly any Valentine’s quilts. Time to make some more! Looking for something simple and easy, I found a free heart banner pattern on Freda’s Hive, and decided it would be the perfect starting point for my next Valentine’s wall quilt. The original pattern I found consists of two scrappy…

Quilt-as-You-Go Halloween Strips Table Runner

Quilt-as-You-Go Halloween Strips Table Runner

Want to make something cute, modern and really easy to decorate your Halloween table? I was poking around on Pinterest the other day and found a tutorial for this charming and simple-looking table runner from Rachel of The Fat Quarter gang. If there’s one thing I have a lot of, it’s leftover Halloween fabric in orange, black,…

Fourth of July American Flag Rag Quilt
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Fourth of July American Flag Rag Quilt

  The Fourth of July (American Independence day) has always been a weak spot in my seasonal decorations. Meaning that I don’t have any Fourth of July decorations, or didn’t until a couple of days ago. That is not my only decorating sin. My children are embarrassed by the simultaneous presence of an Easter Bunny…