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Top US quilting blog A Quilting Life shares how to make an easy Log Cabin Quilt Block with a video tutorial and link to pattern information.

Hello and happy Thursday! While doing a little cleaning in my sewing room this week I happened upon my stash of orphan blocks. Orphan blocks are extra blocks made to test block patterns or blocks that were made for quilts or projects that never got used. As I was sorting through my found “treasures” I […]

Find 8 Layer Cake Quilt Patterns to use with your favorite Layer Cake or 10" squares from your stash. Video trunk show included!

Free Quilting Organizing Printables - A Quilting Life

Get my best tips for works in progress with a new video where I talk about my favorite methods for storing and staying caught up with projects.

Find the Strawberry Lemonade & Bountiful Blooms collection Bella Solids Coordinates for both collections by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics.

Hello and happy Monday! Today I’m happy to share a tutorial for how I make my favorite scrappy log cabin blocks! My directions are for my favorite size…an 8″ finished (8 ½″ unfinished) block. I like this size because it utilizes small pieces of fabric, it goes together quickly, and it’s a great size for […]

Hello and happy Thursday! One of my goals for this week was to do a little sorting and organizing in my sewing room: the goal was to go through three project boxes and sort them into easily usable scraps. I feel like it’s important to have a cleaning or organizing goal in the sewing room […]

Get scrap quilting tips and see the scrappy gumdrops quilt with lots of ideas for scrap quilts and projects to make the best use of scraps.

Hello and happy Thursday! I’ve been sewing some scrappy 9-patch blocks this week, and I realized that some readers might be interested in some tips on piecing this type of scrappy block. A scrappy 9-patch block was actually the first block I sewed. I made it into a pillow after sewing the nine squares together…and […]