These rag quilt letters from Jessica of Happy Together aren’t just cute, they’re highly functional. As she points out, they are great learning toys for kids, look delightful strung together in alphabetical order, and can be used to create personalized banners for holiday seasons. See how she made the rag quilt alphabet over on her […]
I’m looking forward to BBQ goodness on the 4th of July. To dress up your table decor, you can make a quilted fireworks table runner by Calli of Make it Do.
Elizabeth from Oh, Fransson! has a new tutorial up on Sew, Mama, Sew! for making these cute quilted nesting boxes. In order to make the blocks sturdy enough to hold their shape and be stacked, several types of interfacing are used. Don’t let that scare you off though! The blocks are constructed in such a […]
Kath at Whip Up has a roundup of some free online quilt patterns like this one called Blue Moon from Andover Fabrics.
The San Mateo Area Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America was at Maker Faire last weekend with a fascinating project. They brought 24 crazy quilt blocks and encouraged folks to stop by and hand embroider on them, with their goal of having one thousand hands work on the quilt. Over the weekend, they had […]
Mary at CraftStylish shows you how to tote around your laptop in style with her tutorial on how to make a quilted laptop bag.
Some folks at Haptic Lab are making these luxuriously customized map quilts: Soft-Maps are handmade quilted maps of Brooklyn neighborhoods and parks that represent your unique place in the city. These heirlooms are meant to be used: wrap your children in them, have a picnic, pull them close during the next Nor’easter. Not only beautiful, […]
