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Expecto Patronum! Someone is expecto…ing a baby! We all have that one story, that one book or movie that sums up our childhood. And it can be so much fun introducing the next generation to those stories, especially if they are books. We want to inspire the next generation to read. I’m afraid that I’m old enough to have missed the Harry Potter books being part of my childhood, but I’m still crazy about this quilt. This Harry Potter Quilt by Terry is for a super lucky future Potter fan.

Harry Potter Fabric

The pattern for ...

I love Ali’s black and white split easy patch quilt. She dropped off this quilt at the shop for us to longarm quilt it and the moment I saw it, I knew I wanted to have one just like it for myself. According to her, you don’t want to make one. All those little pieces were very intimidating, but I think she did an incredible job of it. It is balanced and very well made. It laid really flat and I didn’t have any problems with quilting it.

What’s a Split Easy Patch Quilt?

Essentially, it ...

Art and craft hobbies are something we do because we enjoy them. Which means that we tend to create things right up until we can’t anymore. What this means is that our loved ones are often left with not only beautiful creations made with our hands, but with half completed creations as well. That happened to Melanie. She came into possession of some beautiful butterfly appliqued blocks that someone in her family made. With the help of a grandmother, she put the top together but asked us to finish the quilt for her.

Butterfly Top

The butterflies on Melanie ...

I love the quilts that look complicated and difficult. They make me feel good about my piecing skills. What’s even better is when they aren’t difficult or complicated to piece. That is what I like about Tabatha’s modern Christmas quilt. It looks like a fun mix of interlocked blocks, but there is an order that makes this quilt much simpler than you would think.

Modern Scrappy Feel

This beautiful jumble of Christmas colors has such a fun scrappy feel, but this was not a stash buster. You can tell that the fabrics coordinate beautifully which gives it ...

When we think of Mid Century Modern a lot of things can come to mind. Architecture, of course, had a very lasting impression on our current landscape. Mid century furniture, built between the 30’s to the 60’s, also is something that we readily recognize. How about the use of color and shape? High contrast use of black and white was big, as well as the tweaking of traditional shapes and designs with more organic curves and lines. It was a time of minimalism and simplicity of function over form. We can’t always define it, but we can ...

This is Sarah’s Purple and Silver Quilt. We love it when Sarah comes in to drop off a quilt. They are always the most amazing pieces. With intricate and complicated piecing, all expertly stitched by hand, and in beautiful colors, Sarah never ceases to amaze. She made this quilt as a wedding gift for her brother and future sister-in-law. I am sure that this will make quite an impression at the wedding because her beautiful quilts usually do.

Hand piecing in Purple and Silver

Looking at this quilt can be intimidating. There is so much going on because of ...

There are a few quilts that every quilter should make at some point in their quilting career. Everyone should make a scrappy quilt, because of all the remnants that we gather over the years. What else are you going to do with them? Everyone should make a quilt for charity. It is just good for the soul.

And everyone should make a sampler quilt. It doesn’t matter if you are a traditionalist or a modernist, a sampler quilt is a great way to try multiple blocks and create something beautiful. A classic sampler quilt would have the different blocks ...