Amy butler quilt

Gypsy Caravan by Amy Butler Oh yes, the original Amy Butler collection that started it all is back in print! Here's a message fro...

I made excellent use of my cold day yesterday and finished up a quick quilt top with the Amy Butler bundle I have been itching to get into for quite some time. These fabrics are a mix of Cameo, Love, Alchemy, and Lark- and I absolutely adore the violent assault of color that they have together. Amy Butler's fabrics are so bold and graphic that I always worry about cutting them too much and losing the effect of the print. I also tend to think that a pattern that is too fussy runs the risk of…

Cascade, Amy Butler,

Just got in the Honey Dew sashing from Sew, Mama, Sew sale. Pattern is Boho Girl from McCalls Quilting mag

Most of the fabrics are from Amy's Belle collection. I love how they look on the Kona Cotton Ash background!

Make it yourself. Make it your own.

If you've never made a quilt before, this tutorial will take the mystery out of the process. You'll be quilting in no time.

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With a ton of things to do before the end of the year I got distracted yet again! I saw the "Quilt as you go Hexagon" tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Co. (here) and realized that this was my kind of hexie! Paper piecing and little hexies scare me - but this bigger, faster and easy version seemed like a whole lot of fun. You don't have to buy a template; there are lots of tutorials and videos that show you the same technique using cardboard and different sized units. I did get the one sold…

Yo-yo’s are fun to make and a great way to use up scraps!! They are a fun hand sewing project to do while in the car or watching TV. Until we started looking for yo-yo projects for this post, I didn’t realize how many fun things you could do with them! Here are 21 […]