🚴♀️ What Is the Tour de Fabric?
by lsmith | Jun 2, 2025 | Challenge, Classes, Quilt Along, Quilting Tips
(And why your summer stitching just got a whole lot more exciting) Starting July 1st, 29 quilt designers (yes, 29!) are teaming up for a summer-long celebration of creativity, connection, and challenge. Tour de Force isn’t just a quilt-along—it’s a full-on quilting...
May Pattern Releases
by lsmith | May 27, 2025 | Quilting Tips
Applique Unplugged
by lsmith | May 27, 2025 | Applique Quilting
🧵 Appliqué Unplugged Skip the Stitch. Keep the Style. Welcome to Appliqué Unplugged—a fresh take on fusible, freezer paper, machine, and dimensional appliqué designed for real quilters (with real lives and real fabric stashes). Whether you’re curious, cautious,...
Quilt Block Mania – May 2025
by lsmith | May 6, 2025 | Quilting Tips
Quilt Block Mania is looking upward! Our theme this month is Up in the Air. As someone who spent the better part of my life flying here, there and everywhere for work – I immediately thought of a Pilot for my nutcracker. And I am so happy. I encourage you to...
🧵 Format Frustration? Here’s How to Convert Any Appliqué Pattern to Match Your Style
by lsmith | Apr 28, 2025 | Applique Quilting
Have you ever seen an appliqué pattern you just can’t wait to make?I’m talking drop-everything, start-cutting-right-now excitement — not just another addition to the “one day” collection. And then…you realize it’s written in the wrong format for how you like to...