Quilting letters

Learn to use the One Patch Quilt in Electric Quilt 8 as graph paper to design an entire alphabet. And then the process to transfer your design to individual blocks for each letter.

I recently had the MOST FUN making a mini quilt with words on it, so I just had to share it, along with a list of great pattern and book options for sewing your own alphabet letter quilt blocks.

Letter appliques are a great way to personalize craft projects, such as hand towels, throw pillows, and Christmas stockings. While you can always buy pre-made ones that you can iron on, making your own will give you more options in terms...

A couple of weeks ago, Moda hosted a blog hop called "Spell it with Fabric". I pinned every single alphabet and number and punctuation mark, and you can find it on my Pinterest board here. It was so much fun to choose the fabrics!!! I chose red for "A" because it reminds me of apple. "B" is for blue. "C" is for my cute little grand daughter Charlotte, and me, Cynthia. This fabric is Mary Engelbreit, which makes me think of cherries. I just like the blue and gold together ;) I love this olive…

Photo taken in 1912 from the Lund family in Taos, New Mexico. Arizona's star was the 48th, added in February, 1912. New Mexico was added a month earlier in January. We've been looking at quilts date-inscribed 1912 trying to get an idea of what was happening when Marie Webster began publishing her "New Quilts," modern applique designs. Quilters working in 1912 had many published patterns for inspiration, among them the Ladies' Art Company catalog from St. Louis, which featured a popular…

I'm so excited to share my latest book with you! I'm pleased to introduce Alphabet Soup!! Here is the back cover of the book! If you're wondering what the text at the top of the back cover says, it r

Calling all scrap quilters! It’s time for another scrap busting project and this is definitely one of them! This tutorial by Sew Me Something Good shows you how to sew up the letter K with …

HELLO! “Hello” is a new fabric line by Susan Emory for Michael Miller Fabrics. A blog hop that features this line started a few days ago and I am part of it, too. Today is my turn – I am excited to share my project with you! But first, you should check out the fun […]