Not Your Grandma’s Quilt: How to Speed Up a Timeless Art Form

Jenny Doan at the Missouri Star Quilt Company can teach anyone how to make a quilt in a day.

Click here to watch Brian William's segment on this great shop!

Thanks for Playing Along in our 4 Days of Spring has Sprung Celebration!



FreeSpirit Classica Sateen by Annette Tatum



Phew, what a week. So many beautiful new collections, it is hard to decide where to begin creating.  We hope you enjoyed our 4 days of Spring has Sprung giveaway.  More importantly we hope you enjoyed getting a sneak peak of some our artist's new collections and that you have tons of new projects in mind for each one.



Rowan Gypsy Caravan by Amy Butler Stash



The winner of the six, one yard cuts of Farmington by Martha Negley is Jan from Southern California.  She lives in a town called Murrieta, surrounded by light and nature. Wonderful for creativity, according to Jan.



Rowan Farmington by Martha Negley



Come back next week when we get back to our Designer postings.  We will finish our FreeSpirit Fresh Cut by Heather Bailey trilogy.  Next month, we will hear from Valorie Wells herself.  Happy sewing!

FreeSpirit Cocoon by Valori Wells

Blue Nickel Studio's Uberfest features Nel Whatmore's Sleeping Beauty

Nel Whatmore's Sleeping Beauty is being featured in a Quilt Uberfest happening now through October 16 and hosted by Blue Nickel Studios. A rather impressive list of bloggers are participating. Each day visit the specific site as noted below and find a 12” finished original block designed to work with each other or for you to create a sampler quilt or to simply create what ever inspires you. A Flickr page is set up for you to share your blocks.

In the meantime, take a moment and read about Nel and what inspires her art, fabric and other needlecraft products.

Uberfest Bloggers -- visit, quilt, have fun!
Oct 1 John Adams

Oct 2 Kaye Prince

Oct 3 Karen Linton

Oct 4 Konda Luckau

Oct 5 Amy Lobsiger

Oct 6 Ryan Walsh

Oct 7 Scott Hansen

Oct 8 April Rosenthal

Oct 9 Cara Wilson

Oct 10 Heather Jones

Oct 11 Susan Sobon

Oct 12 Jan Peoples

Oct 13 Erin Singleton

Oct 14 Charlie Scott

Oct 15 Emily Cier

Oct 16 Rachel Locke
If you are going to Uber it up and join in the fun, comment below. We will give away six, one yard cuts of Nel's Sleeping Beauty to two randomly selected commentors. So oomp pa pa your way to your sewing machine and get creative with Nel's Sleeping Beauty, richly colored and dreamy like the fairy tell . . . perfect for a fall Quilt Uberfest!