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Yule Glow, or You’ll Glow!
This is Yule Glow, my latest design for McCall’s Quilting and their Nov/Dec ’19 issue, on newsstands now.Read More »
No Kit? Go Stash Bandit Scrappy!
I’m within half a breath of being caught up with my deadlines, which means I have a rare opportunity to sew what I want to sew. There are many projects on my personal list but because it’s almost October, the new Halloween Figs has risen …Read More »
Pine Burr Class: Folded Fabric Fun
I’m just back from giving the Jingle Bells trunk show for Lincoln (NE) Quilters Guild and teaching Pine Burr at the International Quilt Museum. It was a great trip and we had so much fun in class. It’s not hard to find Pine Burr inspiration …Read More »
The Great Pumpkin Backstory and Giveaway
Last year I had this idea: Design a Christmas quilt with giant candy canes. The candy canes would be so big they’d cover the entire quilt. I nestled them together and topped them off with a Starlite™ mint. Quilty magazine published them as Prancer’s Peppermints …Read More »
How My Climate Quilt Bit the Dust
At the end of last year I decided I would make a climate quilt to record the high and low temperatures of each day in 2019. I would use Baby Windmill blocks, which have a way of creeping into everything I do. I messed around …Read More »
Churn Dash Cross: Free Quilt Block Pattern
The Churn Dash Cross block appeared during the recent Churn Dash Remix here on Stash Bandit. It’s an ordinary Churn Dash but it has been recolored to emphasize different parts of the design. Here are instructions to make the block which finishes at 9″.Read More »
Churn Dash Remix with Stash Bandit, Part 3
The back story: I was away from my machine for four weeks this summer so I played with the traditional Churn Dash in Electric Quilt. I called it the Churn Dash Remix. See Part 1 of Churn Dash Remix See Part 2 of Churn Dash …Read More »
Churn Dash Remix with Stash Bandit, Part 2
While I was away from my studio for the arrival of new grandbabies, I dreamed up the Churn Dash Remix so that I could play with virtual quilt designs in Electric Quilt design software. I used a basic traditional Churn Dash quilt block as my …Read More »
Churn Dash Remix with Stash Bandit, Part 1
I’m away from home for several weeks because I have new twin granddaughters, born in Hong Kong about two weeks ago. It’s been a whirlwind with so many emotions, and it’s been wonderful. The short story is that everyone is doing great! I’ve had a …Read More »
What’s New at Stash Bandit
My patriotic quilt called Indivisible came out in the July/August issue of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting. This idea was born during a work day that my guild hosted to make Quilts of Valor. I made a few Friendship Stars as kind of a …Read More »