Animal quilts

Two Christmases ago hubby bought me Quilt Design Wizard from the same people who give you EQ. Now, I love this software. It's cool that you can put in prints as well as solids, and choose from blocks to set up quilts. There are many quilt blocks in the program to play with and I actually used it to come up with my plan for my Diamond Chains Quilt Along. I have even recently played around with it for setups for my Carpenter Wheels (when I finally finish them!). Well, I just found out that…

We’ve all been there – browsing quilting posts on Facebook or the web and suddenly we see a quilt that we love and want to make, but frustratingly there isn't a pattern or instructions! Sometimes we can recreate the pattern based on our experience and sometimes the quilt falls into the “too hard to do” category and ends up on our Pinterest page along with the dozens of other quilts we’ll never make. Recently I was browsing the posts at my favorite Facebook quilt group “Quilt Along with Pat…

Sparrows Quilt Pattern by Pen & Paper 616430116657 - Quilt in a Day Patterns

Going to sleep under your average, run-of-the-mill, storebought duvet feels nothing like snuggling under an artistic quilt that you or your loved one made for you. With affection. With care in every stitch. With countless hours of skill and dedication.

UPD: After some people asked me for a pattern, I decided to share a free template for the dragon so you can make your own. You can find the link to the template and some tips here. No sun to be expected in the next couple of days, but I couldn't wait for a chance to take nice pics. I just had to hare this with you as soon as the sleeve was on it. She's going to my daughter's room and was already named Lily. Nice to meet you too. I've shown the beginnings of her when I wrote about the fun…

My Brother and his Wife just had twins, I was excited for the chance to dream up “matching” quilts for the sweet babies. Being a boy and a girl I knew I needed a fairly gender neutral design, that could be feminine and masculine at the same time. My sister in law had decorated the […]

This roundup is for all the free cow patterns or bovine patterns we could find for your quilting needs. All of these paper piecing style patterns are easy to follow. Some have pdfs whilst others ju…

Catalina loves Cats. That's why as soon as I saw this quilt pattern, I knew it was for her. It is titled Pins and Paws from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. There was some fun quilting on this quilt. I love pieced backs. It's also a good way to use up left over fabric.This backing idea is from Gyleen Fitzgerald. This is one of my favorite border quilting patterns. I love quilted straight lines. They add so much movement to a quilt. The whole quilt. Richard thought the quilting was odd, but I…