Today Amy from Tennessee shares her most recent quilt creation using old t-shirts. Thanks, Amy! You’ve inspired me to get out the kids outgrown t-shirts that I’ve been collecting for several years and get started on something for them! I have been sewing for as long as I can remember. As a stay at home…
A few years ago, I was feeling the winter blues and wanted to work on a project with all the colors of Spring? Spring Quilt? My daughter and I have been working for several months on a quilt using the colors of Spring. We’ve made some great progress. This past week, we were able to…
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. Blue Crocheted Square Quilt I didn’t realize that there are many ideas for combining…
Inheriting an heirloom quilt or finishing your first sampler is only the first step in the journey of a quilt. Now you have to decide how to display it so the world can appreciate it and you can enjoy it on a regular basis. I asked some friends how to display your quilts and got…
Yesterday, I took action against the winter blues. I went to Walmart and purchased some fresh fabric that made me think of Spring. I looked for yellows, pinks, and purples – all the colors that I see in the early Spring flowers. One of the things that I also checked was the price of the…
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…
Sometimes a quilt memory is made by one generation teaching the next. But sometimes a teacher in a high school classroom is the one to share the art of quilting with a high school senior. Kerrie Goggin at Boyle County High School teaches her Fashion and Interior Design students to quilt a modified Log Cabin…
My friend Anne started working on a quilt back in 1982 but she put it away when life got busy! This past weekend she finished her very first official quilt! Since Anne just finished her first quilt, some would think she is a complete amateur. But anyone who knows Anne, knows that she is one…