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Quilting the Batik Skyline to highlight Banyan Batik Broken Glass fabric
Today is the last day of the Batik Skyline quilt we've been making all week featuring the Banyan Batik, Broken ...

Creating a bold batik street for the quilted night skyline
The night skyline is almost complete! In yesterday's post a high-rise building and a building with solar panels were sewn ...

Adding height to a quilted skyline with batik high-rise
It's time to add some height to our skyline! In yesterday's post, we constructed a row of houses with half ...

Perfecting your Half Rectangle units to make rooftops
Construction begins today on the quilted batik night skyline quilt. In yesterday's post, the fabric requirements and cutting instructions were ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 193: Northcott Canvas Fat Quarter Bundle
Enter now for your chance to win! 10 fat quarters from the Northcott Canvas Collection that look great together or ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 149: Northcott Urban Elementz Fabric Bundle
Enter now for your chance to win! Northcott's Urban Elementz is a combination of whimsical dots, stripes, and solids in ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 145: Northcott Artisan Spirit Shimmer Bundle
Enter now for your chance to win! Northcott's Artisan Spirit Shimmer collection comes in a vibrant array of colors and ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 141: Northcott Urban Elementz BASIX Bundle
Enter now for your chance to win! Northcott’s Urban Elementz BASIX is a collection of dots and stripes in vibrant ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 133: Festive Fabric Bundle and Template Set!
Enter now for your chance to win! Design your own unique pattern inspired by this Festive 5-piece fabric bundle (100% ...

The right way to prepare your quilt for a longarm quilter
My two quilt tops are all finished and ready for quilting. I happen to be the lucky owner of a ...

Sewing the Mystic Garden quilt top
Putting the pieces together Last night I finished sewing the 24 flying geese units for my Mountain View quilt and ...

3 ways to make Flying Geese blocks
Stepping outside the box Nellie and I must REALLY like flying geese, because when I look back at our patterns, ...

Using fabric panels in quilt patterns
Substituting fabric panels into different patterns This week I'm going to be using Northcott's new line of fabric called "Mystic ...

2 bindings that divide quilters into 2 groups
Next step - binding Yesterday I fused down all of my applique pieces and free motion machine quilted the sunflower ...

QUILTsocial Giveaway 106: Northcott Sunflower Fabric Bundle
Enter now for your chance to win! This luscious bundle of .5 M cuts from Northcott's Artisan Spirit Sandscapes and ...

Add charm to fabric with the Basic Shape Creator
Today I'm going to share one more of the embroidery features in the PFAFF Creative 4.5. The quilter in me ...

Exploring ColorWorks Concepts for quilted placemat #2
Let's try some other combinations of the Soho panel and coordinating fabric to make placemat #2. From the panel, fussy-cut ...

How to use Soho fabric to make placemat #1
Before making placemat #1, you'll need to choose your fabrics. There are so many fabrics in the ColorWorks Concepts collection, ...

ColorWorks Concepts Quilting Fabric
I just received some wonderful ColorWorks Concepts fabric by Northcott! Last September, I posted about making modern-looking placemats by using ...

How to use ColorWorks Concepts to make a quilt border
Picking an inner border Before adding borders to a quilt it's important to decide which fabric to use for the ...