Today’s Online Quilt Show Feature comes from my Mom’s closet. This quilt is made of pieces of fabric that she and her siblings wore as dresses and play clothes back in the 1950’s. Each piece is connected with a crochet stitch.
I didn’t realize that there are many ideas for combining crochet with fabric to create unique quilts. You can click here to get some other ides for inspiration!
I know there are probably products you can buy to use as your template when you start cutting your fabric to make a quilt, but I don’t own those products…..and I’m not interested in spending money to buy something today. So I grabbed a piece of plastic canvas out of my closet and cut it…
I have a friend who loves to make quilts! She has been on a roll these past few years making quilts of all varieties. She has shared some of her Tips for Successful Quilting and a few of her beautiful finished projects like this Underground Railroad Sampler Quilt. Today she is sharing a few more…
My friend Kayelynn has some heirloom quilt treasures. Whether family quilts come from yard sale scraps, are rescued out of the trashcan or purchased as a gift from an elderly lady in a neighboring city, these quilts are beautiful and worthy of being loved and cherished for many generations. Quilt blocks are often turned into…
I am having so much fun finding easy ways to include quilts into my daily life. Recently, I took some scraps from the quilt projects I’ve been working on and made a few keychain fobs. With just a few minutes, some scrap quilt pieces and leftover key rings, these came together pretty quickly. This post…
What do you do when you stumble upon an estate sale with an entire room full of fabric, quilting supplies, vintage buttons and zippers? If you’re me, you pack as much as you can in a box and hope the 50% signs apply to everything! This past weekend, we found an amazing stash of Christmas…
I remember the day about 20 years ago when I asked my Grandma to teach me to crochet. We were heading out on a road trip to Florida with just me, my Mom and my Grandma. I had a crochet hook and a skein of yarn and a thousand miles of road ahead of us….
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Beautiful. Piece of art!!!!