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Here’s some inspiration for making quilts with Courthouse Steps blocks. These patterns show the visual effects you can create by laying out your blocks in different ways. Click on the arrows at the bottom of the post to see more patterns.
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The more rag quilts I make, the more I believe that rag quilts really are the lazy busy and stingy frugal quilter’s best friend! The center of this snowflake quilt sat on my “Unfinished” pile for a very long time while I held an inward debate on how to enlarge it to a comfortable lap quilt…
One of the most popular articles on this blog is one we wrote about using interfacings to stabilize t-shirts so you can sew the t-shirts into a quilt without stretching them out of shape. That article provoked this question from reader Stacy: “I noticed that you state, woven or non-woven interfacing is fine. I know…
After getting a [amazon_link id=”B000UUBCNO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Roomba vacuum cleaner[/amazon_link] for my birthday and experiencing how wonderful it is to have a really clean floor in the rest of my house without lifting a finger myself, I’m making an all-out push to finish enough quilts that I can get my boxes of fabric, scraps, and…
Wondering exactly what size to make your next quilt? Both beds and people come in all sizes and of course, they need different size quilts. The chart below gives quilt and mattress dimensions for bed quilts of all sizes, from crib to California King. Keep reading after the chart to see other factors you should…
I love making quilts for Halloween. I especially love pumpkin quilts, which can have either a Halloween theme or a Harvest theme (or both.) Here’s a small gallery of favorite pumpkin quilts I’ve made or photographed over the years. The top photo is a quilt of my own design, using some fat quarters of fabric…