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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 »
Happy June! Giveaway for Quilters
Is there a better month than June? It’s not too hot, there aren’t too many mosquitoes and the whole summer stretches before you. I live at the northern edge of wheat country and the wheat is gorgeous this time of year. I snapped the shot …Read More »Visiting the Iowa Quilt Museum
I went to Des Moines this week to see my great-nieces and great-nephew show their pigs on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. My family’s roots in the livestock industry go way back, and these kids are the fifth generation that I know of to show competitively.Read More »