If you have been around Hobbies on a Budget very long, you know that I love quilts. For the past 6 years, I have hosted an online quilt show each February featuring some of the favorite quilts in my home and from my friends and family members. What is it about quilts that just makes…
Do you enjoy finding books that feature your favorite hobbies? I have always been fascinated by quilts and love going to quilt shows, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah and making my own simple quilt designs for my family. As we celebrate the Online Quilt Show and take our time enjoying the various quilts that…
When you love quilts as much as we do, then you love seeing them in all their forms. People who love quilts aren’t content with just enjoying them in their homes; they sometimes want to share their favorite quilt block with their neighbors and even strangers driving down the road. They do this by creating…
One of my favorite parts of the Online Quilt Show is the opportunity to connect with other quilters who are creating amazing quilts! One reader, Brenda, sent these pictures to me to share in our 2017 Online Quilt Show #onlinequiltshow. She is using the Cathedral window quilt pattern which is so far beyond my skill…
My daughter and I have started working on another quilt. It’s been a few years since we made our Spring Mother Daughter Quilt so it’s time for something fresh! While we were shopping at Walmart a few weeks ago, we were caught up in all the colors and designs of the Fat Quarters in the…
When I was just a little over a year old, my Mom drove from Missouri to Kentucky to introduce me to my Great-Grandmother Pearl Brown. Grandmother had been piecing together scraps of fabric in preparation to make a quilt. Using some of the leftover pieces, she made this small pillow with ruffled edges for her…
My friend Anne has made some amazing quilts over the past few years! Earlier this week, she shared this newest quilting square that she has been working on. From Anne: I thought I would share with my quilting friends the hardest square I have ever attempted.It is beautiful and I am determined to conquer it….
My friend Christa has a wedding ring quilt that her sister had embroidered with her name and wedding date. She plans to add each of the kiddos wedding info as it happens. Then as a surprise for her 30th bday, her hubbie had a man make a quilt case for it. Online Quilt Show [table…
My great-grandmother, Pearl Brown (April 28, 1908 – January 4, 1975) was an industrious woman. She was always busy caring for the needs of her family. Like so many mothers’s across time, sewing quilts was a matter of necessity to keep the family warm. Putting together pieces of scrap cloth was not only practical but…