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- [The good, the bad and the ugly from Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-from-stash-bandit/) - It has been quite a summer, friends. I've experienced it all: the good, the bad and the ugly. It can be hard to know how much personal stuff to share. I do want you to know that my family has its ups and downs like everyone else. Lately there have been a lot of downs.
- [Scrappy Sundays is tomorrow!](https://stashbandit.net/scrappy-sundays-is-tomorrow/) - We are just 24 hours away from a new edition of Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit. I hope you will join me tomorrow! The featured quilt is called Surround Sound, and it presents a bunch of opportunities for learning. I'm looking forward to sharing helpful ideas for this quilt and others made from scraps or
- [Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit: Surround Sound](https://stashbandit.net/scrappy-sundays-with-stash-bandit-surround-sound/) - Today I finished piecing the featured quilt for the next Scrappy Sunday session. It's called Surround Sound and I hope you like it. As so often happens with ideas, one thing led to another. There is the featured quilt, which I quite like, but then there are several more interesting designs that were inspired by
- [April's Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit: 4/19](https://stashbandit.net/aprils-scrappy-sundays-with-stash-bandit-4-19/) - Please join me for the April edition of Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit, Sunday, 4/19 at 1 pm Central on Zoom. Tickets are $12 and the featured quilt is Wild Romp, a new design I've had in my back pocket for a while. It is throw size, roughly 55" x 70". Each Scrappy Sunday session
- [Quilters Paradise summit March 9 to 13](https://stashbandit.net/quilters-paradise-summit-march-9-to-13/) - Next week I'm giving a talk on bricks during the Quilters Paradise summit and you're invited. The Quilters Paradise summit is a complimentary online event from March 9 to 13, in which 26 instructors will share on a variety of topics of interest to quilters. There's a little something for everyone! Framework is one of
- [Unify diverse fabrics in scrap quilts](https://stashbandit.net/unify-diverse-fabrics-in-scrap-quilts/) - One of the tricks to making cohesive scrap quilts is finding a way to unify diverse fabrics. In my Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show, I talk about using "glue"—something to hold all those fabrics together. Today I'm sharing a few types of glue along with examples where they're used. Color Using a single color
- [Scrappy Sundays: March 22 is a great quilt block!](https://stashbandit.net/scrappy-sundays-march-22-is-a-great-quilt-block/) - I've been working on the ideas for the March edition of Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit and I hope you'll love them. They are based on a very simple quilt block called Strength in Union. I found it in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. It's block #1807 and it has a lot of
- [Scrappy Sundays on Zoom: Stained Glass Window](https://stashbandit.net/stained-glass-window-learn-to-make-your-own/) - I'm late to the party because I've been sick but I'm starting a new online series and I'm excited to tell you about it! It's called... Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit Beginning Sunday, Feb 8 (just six days away) at 1 pm Central, I'll have a Zoom session one afternoon each month through July. There
- [Threads Across Nebraska: Quilts, shopping, fun!](https://stashbandit.net/threads-across-nebraska-quilts-shopping-fun/) - If you're in or near Nebraska, I hope you'll join me at Threads Across Nebraska in Kearney Friday and Saturday. I'm very excited to have 30 of my quilts on exhibit during this event, hosted by Nebraska State Quilt Guild. And I'll have more quilts in my vendor booth, something that is new for me.
- [Preparing for the Tango workshop](https://stashbandit.net/preparing-for-the-tango-workshop/) - I made a quick video to help you in choosing fabrics for the Tango workshop. Questions? Email me using diane@stashbandit.net. Still need a ticket for Oct 18 class? Find all the info and get a ticket here. I can't wait to see you in class!
- [So many scrappy ideas: New book!](https://stashbandit.net/so-many-scrappy-ideas-new-book/) - Is there anything more fun than a brand new book that is packed with possibility? I think not. Scrap Quilts from Crumbs, Strips & Strings by Emily Bailey is hot off the press and let me tell you, it's a good one! Emily has taken traditional patchwork shapes like hexies, Log Cabins, stars, braids and
- [Tango, StarQuar classes now open to all](https://stashbandit.net/tango-starquar-classes-now-open-to-all/) - I've just listed two upcoming classes and they're open to everyone, everywhere. Tango is a popular design that goes together quickly and easily and looks great in lots of fabric combinations. Simple piecing has rarely been this much fun! Tango: Saturday, Oct 18, 2025, 10 to 2:30 CentralOnline classTickets: $65Get your ticket here Find the
- [A scrappy good time at Maine Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/a-scrappy-good-time-at-maine-quilts/) - Last week I traveled northeast for Maine Quilts and it did not disappoint. Mainers remind me of Nebraskans: friendly, down-to-earth, truly good-hearted people. I loved them all. Today I want to share my favorite quilts from the show, which had both judged and non-judged categories. One quilt that captured my attention was "Magic Pocean's Salty
- [Free quilt pattern: I Spy a Windmill](https://stashbandit.net/free-quilt-pattern-i-spy-a-windmill/) - If you need a quick baby, toddler or donation quilt, here you go! I love a Windmill block, and this scrappy I Spy version comes together quickly. The blocks finish at 16" and the quilt is 52" x 52". It can be tricky to get novelty fabrics to play together nicely. I think a lot
- [New Design: Break of Dawn](https://stashbandit.net/new-design-break-of-dawn/) - My latest design is in the August issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. It's called Break of Dawn. I've been playing with rectangles I call "bricks" for a few years now, and this design began when I experimented with a light-to-dark progression of bricks across the quilt. I still love this original idea and will
- [Fabric Savvy Secrets for Quilters](https://stashbandit.net/fabric-savvy-secrets-for-quilters/) - Looking for my new Fabric Savvy Secrets page? Click right here! I'll add new content each week and I hope you'll visit often. There is so much to learn about being fabric savvy!
- [Setting Free My Vintage Needle Book Collection](https://stashbandit.net/setting-free-my-vintage-needle-book-collection/) - I'm a collector, which is entertaining for me, but it drives the rest of the household mad. If you're a collector, you know what I mean. If you're not, why not?! But seriously, now that I'm a little older, I feel less attached to some of my collections. And one of those is my vintage
- [Any time I'm home, I'm cleaning up the studio. It's always a mess.](https://stashbandit.net/any-time-im-home-im-cleaning-up-the-studio-its-always-a-mess/) - I've finished up my work travel for 2024 and it's been so nice to be home. As I've worked to clear my creative space, I've unearthed some treasures. I've had this magazine for 34 years because in 1990 it was a HUGE deal when Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts featured Nebraska and Nebraska quilters in its
- [An all-new summit and you're invited!](https://stashbandit.net/an-all-new-summit-and-youre-invited/) - Many of you joined me last year for a summit on conquering your scraps and you loved it. Well, new year, new summit! I hope you'll plan to join me and 24 other quilting teachers on Feb 4 and 5 for Quilted! The Virtual Summit. We'll be sharing our best tips, tricks and techniques on
- [Students, shoes, finishes and Medicare](https://stashbandit.net/students-shoes-finishes-and-medicare/) - My students in a number of Stash Bandit classes did great work in January. I appreciate it when quilters are willing to try something new. Here is some of their work. Asterisk is a design by Karen Griska that I teach with her permission. It's such a great block that looks hard but sews easy.
- [My best fabric tips are coming May 3 & 4](https://stashbandit.net/my-best-fabric-tips-are-coming-may-3-4/) - Coming up next month is the All-Star Sampler Platter hosted by Global Quilt Connection. I'll be sharing "Fabric Savvy Secrets" during an online event May 3 and 4. Watch this quick video! As Lyric said, you can register as an individual or you can sign up your entire quilt group, and it's reasonably priced either
- [Houston heat, improv patchwork and a lizard](https://stashbandit.net/houston-heat-improv-patchwork-and-a-lizard/) - Last week I visited Quilt Guild of Greater Houston with a trunk show and workshop. It was a great trip with some adventure. Spring is nearly over in that part of Texas and it was almost hot with high humidity. My hostess Elizabeth took me to Houston Botanical Garden where things are very much in Using a dark background adds instant drama to patchwork—such an easy way to add interest!Last week I visited Quilt Guild of Greater Houston with a trunk show and workshop. It was a great trip with some adventure. Spring is nearly over in that part of Texas and it was almost hot with high humidity. My hostess Elizabeth took me to Houston Botanical Garden where things are very much in
- [Mourning a quilter I never knew](https://stashbandit.net/mourning-a-quilter-i-never-knew/) - When I visit my family in Maple Valley, WA, we usually go thrifting. One second-hand store has its books well organized with a section just for quilting. So I recently thrifted Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts by Lynn Roddy Brown. I've known of Lynn for years and met her briefly once when she contributed to
- [Small guild? Big idea!](https://stashbandit.net/small-guild-big-idea/) - There are hundreds of small quilt guilds all over the world. And I know firsthand that their programming is limited by their budgets. So I've come up with a plan to make it easier for smaller groups to book a program with Stash Bandit (that's me!). Here's how it will work. The live presentation will
- [To You with Love: Have a Little Heart](https://stashbandit.net/to-you-with-love-have-a-little-heart/) - What's not to love about Valentine's Day? Just about everyone can get on board with loving and being loved. I designed an easy little heart quilt block and put it into a small quilt design just for the upcoming holiday. I've written the instructions and they're a gift. This is "To You, with Love." You
- [Free Trunk Show for Quilters!](https://stashbandit.net/free-trunk-show-for-quilters/) - For the next week, you're invited to watch my Taste Test Trunk Show: Unexpected Sampler Quilts for free on YouTube. I recorded it on Feb 2 and today I've made it available to everyone through Thursday, March 13. It lasts about an hour and I hope you'll have a look. The reason I'm sharing this
- [Summit attendees: Handout is here!](https://stashbandit.net/summit-attendees-handout-is-here/) - Thank you for attending Quilted! The Virtual Summit this week. Here is a link to access the handout for Build a Scrap Quilt: Brick by Brick. Please note: After you register, it may take a few moments for the handout email to arrive in your inbox. Please be patient, and if it does not arrive
- [Free week! What to do?!](https://stashbandit.net/free-week-what-to-do/) - I was supposed to spend the next eight days with my grandchildren in Washington. But life had other plans. A nasty stomach virus is making its way through the family of two adults and four children. We decided late last night that I should postpone my visit. While I'm bummed not to see them, there's
- [Quilt Block Mania: Wreath & Chain](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-block-mania-wreath-chain/) - Quilt guilds: I am booking virtual trunk shows from coast to coast! I designed a cute little block for this month's Quilt Block Mania called Wreath & Chain. I have some other blocks that go with it to make a quilt with nice big areas for gorgeous machine quilting. Each designer uses the same palette
- [Going Happy Scrappy with EQ; Upcoming Giveaway!](https://stashbandit.net/going-happy-scrappy-with-eq-upcoming-giveaway/) - You probably know that my specialty is making scrap quilts full of color and pattern. I design many quilts from scratch but I also make other people's designs from patterns they sell. When I make a quilt that someone else designed, I usually scrap it up because that's how I roll. I can't imagine making
- [One Hot Mess, and Its Redemption](https://stashbandit.net/one-hot-mess-and-its-redemption/) - Giveaway next week: EQ8 quilt design software! And a promo code at the bottom of this post for a nice discount, too! There are times when a certain quilt just doesn't work out. We all know that any number of things can go wrong. This is the story of a quilt that I designed in
- [EQ Giveaway! EQ Video!](https://stashbandit.net/eq-giveaway-eq-video/) - I use and love EQ8 quilt design software. I came on board around 2006 or 2007 with EQ5 or so. I was not computer-savvy but EQ was user-friendly and easy to learn, and it's even more so now. Two minutes to give you a peek into the power of EQ8. One bit of info you
- [Going Virtual in a Pandemic World](https://stashbandit.net/going-virtual-in-a-pandemic-world/) - I'm excited to have several trunk shows and classes available for booking as virtual learning! We can't gather for meetings, conferences and all-out quilting parties but we can be together using modern technology, and what's not to love about sewing in your own space with all of your tools close at hand?! Visit my Virtual
- [Who the heck is Diane Harris?](https://stashbandit.net/who-the-heck-is-diane-harris/) - If you found me because of Global Quilt Connection, you might wonder! Here's my story. My Dresden Plate video for QM has had more than 175,000 views. Some of the editors helped promote the magazine by giving trunk shows of the quilts from our pages. I loved doing that, and I got good feedback from
- [Yule Glow, or You'll Glow!](https://stashbandit.net/yule-glow-or-youll-glow/) - This blog post originally ran in October 2019. This is Yule Glow, my latest design for McCall's Quilting and their Nov/Dec '19 issue, on newsstands now. I wish I could tell you that when it's time to design a quilt, I sit down and lightning strikes and then comes something wonderful. But that's not what
- [EQ Block Spotlight: In a Pickle](https://stashbandit.net/eq-block-spotlight-in-a-pickle/) - One of the things I love about EQ8 quilt design software is that it can help me "scratch an itch." When there's a quilt I adore but know that I probably won't ever make, I can create it virtually with EQ! Every month on the EQ blog, there's a feature called Block Spotlight. People are
- [EQ8 Tutorial: Two Ways to Color; Quilt Block Mania](https://stashbandit.net/eq8-tutorial-two-ways-to-color-quilt-block-mania/) - I'm partnering with The Electric Quilt Company to promote EQ8 design software for a couple of months, and to that end, I shot a video showing two different ways to color a design in EQ8. Here, we are jumping right into the meat of things and it may feel like drinking from a fire hose!
- [Quilt Block Mania and Giveaway!](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-block-mania-and-giveaway/) - I am so excited to be part of this month's #quiltblockmania with many other quilt designers. We all used the same color palette and designed blocks with a Halloween theme. You'll want to check them all out—that's 29 free blocks! Scroll down for links. 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃
- [Become a Color-Savvy Quilter, Part 1: Expand Each Color](https://stashbandit.net/become-a-color-savvy-quilter-part-1-expand-each-color/) - There are things you can do to become a color-savvy quilter. This series will help to expand your color skills so you can make more beautiful, more interesting and more successful quilts. A color-savvy quilter knows that she must expand her definition of what any particular color looks like. Just above is what I call
- [New Ideas, New Adventures](https://stashbandit.net/new-ideas-new-adventures/) - I have a new idea for a quilt I really want to make, and it happened in a very roundabout way. First let me show you a mockup of the quilt that I designed in EQ8 quilt design software. I think it would such a great quilt to practice machine quilting on! The blocks are
- [Color Quilts, Audition Binding in EQ8](https://stashbandit.net/color-quilts-audition-binding-in-eq8/) - I made a video showing how I color quilts and then audition binding colors or fabrics in EQ8 quilt design software from The Electric Quilt Company. I'm not sure if everyone does this for binding or if it's just me but I think it's worth sharing! Before I had EQ, I would attempt to design
- [Log Cabin Playtime](https://stashbandit.net/log-cabin-playtime/) - Earlier this month I hosted a Facebook Live for Quilter's World and Annie's Craft Store. We talked about making Log Cabins using Block 1 in the Awash with Color Mystery Sampler. I made a couple of blocks and parts to help viewers understand the ideas I was sharing, and I liked them so much that
- [Log Cabin Possibilities](https://stashbandit.net/log-cabin-possibilities/) - I've been playing in EQ8 again and it seems the possibilities with Log Cabin never end. This started with a basic block I made for a Facebook Live with Annie's Craft Store and Quilter's World. I liked the first few blocks so much that I just kept sewing. Right now I'm up to 24 blocks
- [Quilt Block Mania: Love@Home](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-block-mania-lovehome/) - I'm happy to be joining many other quilt designers for Quilt Block Mania, October edition. The theme for this month is family as we look toward Thanksgiving and the upcoming winter holidays. My block shows four hearts between four houses that surround a diminutive star. I named it Love@Home. This link will take you to
- [The Katy Coleman Miracle Quilt (with apologies to Joe Cunningham)](https://stashbandit.net/the-katy-coleman-miracle-quilt-with-apologies-to-joe-cunningham/) - Back in 2017, Joe Cunningham (AKA Joe the Quilter) visited International Quilt Museum with his improvisational piecing techniques and it was really so much fun. I take classes like this to expand my creativity and to get inside the minds of other designers and artists. If I end up with a quilt, so much the
- [The Katy Coleman Miracle: Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/the-katy-coleman-miracle-part-2/) - If you missed Part 1 of the Katy Coleman Miracle Quilt, catch up now. I promised my thoughts about Katy's finish. To say that I was overwhelmed when I opened the box Katy sent me would be an understatement. I was floored. I wasn't expecting her to spend this much time on my rejects! I
- [Introducing Open Enrollment Classes](https://stashbandit.net/introducing-open-enrollment-classes/) - I'm excited to offer something brand new! Open enrollment classes are pre-scheduled and presented live to anyone, anywhere. Now you don't have to wait for me to do a Zoom class with your guild, and the best part? You can sew from the comfort of your own space. None of us is happy about the
- [Scrap Busting Fun in 2021](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-busting-fun-in-2021/) - I've been playing with some scrap quilt ideas and there's nothing I love more. The only problem is that one idea leads to another, and then to another and so on. I have started five new quilts in the past two weeks (ridiculous, I know). All of this is in preparation for a new class
- [Quilt Block Mania: New Year Star](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-block-mania-new-year-star/) - Welcome to Quilt Block Mania! I have a complimentary block pattern for you and a list of other designers who have also posted blocks this morning! Let me introduce you to something I call "the running thirds." My block is called New Year Star and it uses the running thirds. It's a way of dividing
- [Learn My Machine Binding Method!](https://stashbandit.net/learn-my-machine-binding-method/) - I've been binding my quilts on the machine for more than 20 years with a technique that's fast, beautiful and sturdy. Are you free on Saturday? Join me for Mock-Hand Binding by Machine, a live class with me, Diane Harris from Stash Bandit, from 9 am to 12 pm Saturday, Dec. 12. The fee is
- [Thank You and Farewell](https://stashbandit.net/thank-you-and-farewell/) - The year that nobody saw coming will soon be over. What began with optimistic themes like "Seeing Clearly in 2020" turned into a worldwide nightmare in February and March. Stash Bandit has fared better than many small businesses. I resisted doing virtual programs for months because I felt overwhelmed by the technology and everything else
- [Plan to Quilt: A Review](https://stashbandit.net/plan-to-quilt-a-review/) - I am not an organized person by nature. I keep track of things only because I have to, and anything that isn't important—isn't recorded any place except in my brain. (Dangerous.) Enter Plan to Quilt. Now, stop right there: If you're thinking that we're already into January and you've missed the new calendar boat, think
- [Introducing Father & Farmer](https://stashbandit.net/introducing-father-farmer/) - My latest design for Fons & Porter's Quick + Easy Quilts was inspired by two things. The first was a vintage quilt I saw on the auction site eBay. Tiny red triangles sparkled against dusty old tones, and I was smitten. The second inspiration was my father. His name was John Volk and he was
- [Modern by the Yard](https://stashbandit.net/modern-by-the-yard/) - Fabric Fun with Benartex A while back Lisa Ruble with Benartex got in touch and asked if I'd like to take part in a feature in their ezine, Modern by the Yard. I said yes! If you haven't discovered Modern by the Yard, this is your invitation. It's full of inspiration in the form of
- [Easy Quilt Binding by Machine Class is Open](https://stashbandit.net/easy-quilt-binding-by-machine-class-is-open/) - Would you like to learn to bind your quilts with a method that is easy, fast, sturdy and beautiful? Then my easy quilt binding by machine might be exactly what you need! Friday, Feb. 26, 11 am to 2 pm CST or Saturday, March 27, 1 to 4 pm CST $39.99 Class will happen on
- [Dog ears, bunny ears, or triangle trims...](https://stashbandit.net/dog-ears-bunny-ears-or-triangle-trims/) - My friend LeeAnn is this sort of person: kind, smart, analytical, take-charge, open, wise, funny. So when LeeAnn says something, I listen up. LeeAnn recently mentioned trimming the "dog ears" from half-square triangles. "I don't understand why everyone thinks you have to trim the dog ears. They don't hurt anything. It's just extra work to
- [Stash Bandit is Celebrating!](https://stashbandit.net/stash-bandit-is-celebrating/) - I hope you'll join me to celebrate a milestone! Stash Bandit reached 10,000 Instagram followers on Sunday, Feb 14 and that calls for a party! 10 days of giveaways"Scrap Quilt Secrets" Class Launch (it's complimentary!)A new pattern that's fun and easy (and free!) Sneak peeks of what's ahead Booking specials on Stash Bandit trunk shows
- [Day 1 Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/day-1-giveaway/) - Stash Bandit is celebrating with 10 days of giveaways and this is Day 1! I have two great books on quilts made from 2-1/2" strips and a specially-curated bundle of those strips in blues and neutrals. I have been doing a monthly Facebook Live with Annie's so it is fitting that I feature one of
- [Booking Specials for Quilt Guilds](https://stashbandit.net/booking-specials-for-quilt-guilds/) - As part of my 10K Celebration, I'm running a special on virtual trunk shows for quilt guilds for a limited time. Read all about it.
- [Day 2 Giveaway: Fabric!](https://stashbandit.net/day-2-giveaway-fabric/) - Stash Bandit is celebrating with 10 days of giveaways and this is Day 2! I recently finished piecing a throw-size version of a quilt called Maisy Daisy, which I ran across in a back issue of McCall's Quilting. Its scrappy deliciousness called to me. Then I made the exciting discovery that McCall's put the pattern
- [UFO Clinic for Quilters](https://stashbandit.net/ufo-clinic-for-quilters/) - I had an idea the other day and I decided to go for it! I've hosted a UFO workshop many times in person but I wondered about doing it virtually. I think it will work! You're invited to join me Join me for an informal two-hour session and get help with a UFO (that's quilt
- [Giveaway #4 and Welcome!](https://stashbandit.net/giveaway-4-and-welcome/) - If you're new to Stash Bandit, welcome! My Scrap Quilt Secrets sessions on Sundays have brought in new people and if that's you, I'm happy to have you. I'm doing a series of 10 giveaways to celebrate a milestone on Instagram. This is #4. Today's giveaway includes a great new book just out from Linda
- [Plus and X Block Instructions](https://stashbandit.net/plus-and-x-block-instructions/) - One thing we've talked about in Scrap Quilt Secrets is the Plus and X Block. It became popular a few years back when a Japanese quilter named Setsuko Inagawa entered a quilt with this block into the Tokyo show, and a quilter named Jan Burgwinkle took photos and posted them on flickr. People went wild
- [Giveaway #5 at Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/giveaway-5-at-stash-bandit/) - We're up to the fifth giveaway of 10. I'm going to try and get all the rest of the giveaways posted within the next 10 days so stop back often to leave your comments on all of them for a chance to win. Today's giveaway features a variety of really cool stuff! The Fat Quarter
- [Giveaway #6 at Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/giveaway-6-at-stash-bandit/) - There's been a resurgence of interest in cross stitch. Have you noticed? I have a special place in my heart for cross stitch because when I married in 1981, my new sister-in-law Ruth Ann introduced me to it. I was a fanatical stitcher for decades. I still have many samplers in my home, and recently
- [Wild Goose Chase Handout](https://stashbandit.net/wild-goose-chase-handout/) - Hi, if you're here for the Quilter's World/Annie's Catalog Wild Goose Chase handout, welcome! Here's a link to the math for making 2.5" x 4.5" Flying Geese three different ways as shown on the FB Live on Thursday, April 8. Get the Wild Goose Chase Handout here. Watch the recording: Watch the video recording of
- [START HERE!](https://stashbandit.net/start-here/) - I'm glad you're considering hiring me for your quilt group. Follow this link to the START HERE page.
- [Scrappy Backgrounds: What I've Learned](https://stashbandit.net/scrappy-backgrounds-what-ive-learned/) - When I started making scrap quilts, that is, quilts with lots and lots of different fabrics, I thought that I still needed one big chunk of background fabric. I'd see the materials list and it would look something like this: Sometimes it would require even more background fabric. Think 3 or 4 or 5 yards.
- [Mother's Day Baggage](https://stashbandit.net/mothers-day-baggage/) - I have Mother's Day baggage. It's not that I had a bad mother. On the contrary, I had a great one. She was amazing in so many ways. Her name was Doris. I miss her and I think of her fondly today, so that isn't the problem at all. My baggage stems from many years
- [Quilts by Accident](https://stashbandit.net/quilts-by-accident/) - A lot of the quilts I make start off by accident. That's what happened with the Daydream sampler from Quilter's World. I do a monthly Facebook Live for Quilter's World.** I brainstorm a few topic ideas for each one, and together we settle on that month's focus. A few months back, I thought it would
- [Out with the old, in with the new](https://stashbandit.net/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/) - I might be hard on ironing boards. It became apparent recently that my old and trusty Shirtmaster had to be retired. I bought it 15 or 20 years ago from a woman named Ellen who had a business in Colorado. Ellen had provided ironing boards for the classrooms during QuiltNebraska (the annual meeting of Nebraska
- [Sunday Sew-In Coming Up](https://stashbandit.net/sunday-sew-in-coming-up/) - Today I decided to stop analyzing and just get some events scheduled. The first one is coming up on Sunday, June 6. We had so much fun learning together during Scrap Quilt Secrets so I created a Sunday Sew-In. We'll hang out and sew on Zoom, and I'll share a block pattern plus some scrappy
- [The Brick Block: Join me and learn!](https://stashbandit.net/the-brick-block-join-me-and-learn/) - I'm excited to offer a new class on a simple design called The Brick Block. It will be held live on Friday, June 25, but if you can't attend live you can take in the recording and you won't miss a thing! This beginner-friendly block has so many possibilities that more experienced makers can enjoy
- [Obituaries, quilt labels](https://stashbandit.net/obituaries-quilt-labels/) - and the wonders of the internet. I read obituaries. It doesn't matter if I knew the people or not—death notices are endlessly fascinating. I read them in the local paper, I read them in my hometown paper, and I read them in other places when I'm traveling. I've learned to find obituaries and burial sites
- [Going Scrappy with a Pattern](https://stashbandit.net/going-scrappy-with-a-pattern/) - One of my favorite freelance jobs is with Annie's Craft Catalog and Quilter's World magazine. Each month I do a Facebook Live and talk about one of their pattern. I love putting my scrappy spin on things and it's a great opportunity to be seen by their followers, who number in the hundreds of thousands.
- [Welcome to the Stash Bandit Studio!](https://stashbandit.net/welcome-to-the-stash-bandit-studio/) - If you've arrived here because you saw one of my videos for Annie's and Quilter's World, welcome! I'm happy to have you. Things you might be interested in: The free pattern for Baby Windmills, which is my favorite little block. Sign up for my emails, full of scrap quilt tips once or twice a month.
- [Questions on Yellow, Free Quilt Pattern](https://stashbandit.net/questions-on-yellow-free-quilt-pattern/) - I did a Facebook Live about yellow for quilters this week and you can see it below. I didn't have time to answer all of the yellow questions that people left me so I'll start to do that in this post. The most general question that plagues all of us was asked a couple of
- [New class! StarQuar Party for Quilters](https://stashbandit.net/new-class-starquar-party-for-quilters/) - I'm putting the finishing touches on a brand new class that is open to everyone and you're invited! The StarQuar Party for Quilters is a one day class for scrap lovers. Let's turn your scraps into something amazing, happy and FUN! I'm so excited about my newest class, The StarQuar Party for Quilters, part of my
- [Trunk Shows: Ripe for Picking](https://stashbandit.net/trunk-shows-ripe-for-picking/) - Just a quick post today with info about my trunk shows for quilt groups. This is the main thrust of my business and it's what I love doing the most—and where I think my strongest skills reside, too. When I share a trunk show, it's more than "here are pretty quilts I made." The quilts
- [Sunday Sew-In Sept. 19](https://stashbandit.net/sunday-sew-in-sept-19/) - I've scheduled another Sunday Sew-In for next week on Sept. 19 and I'd love to have you join me. This is a time to sew together, get inspired by a new scrappy block pattern and make some new friends! I hosted a Sunday Sew-In in June and it was an experiment but I enjoyed it
- [The Big Cheese and Quiltmania](https://stashbandit.net/the-big-cheese-and-quiltmania/) - Many months back, I was tired and discouraged on a Friday afternoon. I had an attitude of "devil may care." In a fit of—what? Insanity? Kamikaze mindset? Utter foolishness? I remember thinking "what have I got to lose" as I sent off some quilt designs to Quiltmania, the beautifully produced French magazine for quilters around
- [Scrap Quilt Tips on Video](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-tips-on-video/) - I came across this video from last year and thought you might enjoy hearing these scrap quilt tips. If you're new here, welcome! I'm happy to have you. More new content coming soon but right now, I hope you'll like this! Quilt on,
- [Machine Quilting Help](https://stashbandit.net/machine-quilting-help/) - What has tripped me up more than anything else in the quiltmaking process? Without a doubt, it is the quilting. This morning I did a Facebook Live for Annie's Catalog and Quilter's World. It was sponsored by Handi Quilter and I quilted live on their HQ Capri, a stationary longarm with 18" of throat space.
- [Manage your scraps beautifully: Two online quilt classes!](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-classes-upcoming/) - Join me online January 26 and 28 for scrappy fun during the Quiltfest Virtual Schoolhouse. #1: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 10 to 4 EST, online workshop for Quiltfest Virtual Schoolhouse Scrap Management: Brick by Brick Bricks are so easy to cut and sew but the potential for amazing designs is endless! This class is beginner friendly
- [A look back and a peek ahead.](https://stashbandit.net/a-look-back-and-a-peek-ahead/) - Time just flies by, doesn't it? Here are a few 2021 highlights. I designed Father & Farmer with my dad in mind. He wore bib overalls and a blue chambray shirt and carried a red or navy bandana handkerchief nearly every day of his life. This quilt appeared in Fons & Porter's Quick + Easy
- [It's Quiet Over Here.](https://stashbandit.net/its-quiet-over-here/) - I think the holidays took the wind right out of my sails. Or maybe it's that we're sailing into Year Three and that's disheartening. I'm having a hard time concentrating, organizing, motivating. I think I am not alone. The start of a new year always feels like a good time to clean up the studio.
- [Lucky: A free quilt pattern](https://stashbandit.net/lucky-a-free-quilt-pattern/) - Visit this page to find your shamrock pattern courtesy of Diane Harris at Stash Bandit: I can't wait to see what you make!
- [Cope and Hope in Quilter's World](https://stashbandit.net/cope-and-hope-in-quilters-world/) - I have a new design in the Spring issue of Quilter's World, on newsstands now. It has a beautiful cover with lovely spring colors. Make a note to pick it up when you're at the grocery store or grab it online! As the world shut down in the spring of 2020, I thought about quilters
- [Controversy in the Quilt World](https://stashbandit.net/controversy-in-the-quilt-world/) - There's a hubbub in our part of the universe, have you heard? About a week ago, on Jan. 28, Mary Fons posted a YouTube video called "Stop Cutting Up Quilts to Make Clothes." A graphic image (below) was used on Instagram to publicize the video. And the graphic did its job. Not only did it
- [Need a winter pick-me-up?](https://stashbandit.net/need-a-winter-pick-me-up/) - How about a scrappy trunk show? Come and enjoy! On Thursday, Feb 24 (just five days away) I'm giving Windy Wonders on Zoom to everyone who'd like to get a ticket and come. This live event on Zoom will begin at 7:30 pm CST. Tickets are $15 at eventbrite.com. Grab yours now! You'll hear the
- [I forgot to remember.](https://stashbandit.net/i-forgot-to-remember/) - While I was traveling last month, a book arrived in the mail. According to the invoice, I ordered it while I was away from home. It's a great book full of intriguing quilts. But I don't remember why I bought it. I keep paging through as if that will remind me but so far, no
- [Grab "Lucky" today!](https://stashbandit.net/grab-lucky-today/) - Happy St. Patrick's Day, quilting friends! I'm offering the complimentary pattern for my "Lucky" quilt when you sign up for Scrappy Tips by email. Scrappy Tips will arrive once or twice a month and is short and sweet because we're all busy. When there's an event upcoming, I include that, too. Get Lucky right here.
- [Books, Books, Books](https://stashbandit.net/books-books-books/) - I've collected books full of antique quilts for many years. I buy most of them second-hand. They are a great source of inspiration and I return to them again and again. Many of their titles are similar, and so I struggle to remember which ones I own. What's interesting is that many weren't written for
- [Quilt retreat with friends](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-retreat-with-friends/) - My local quilt guild and a shop owner are hosting a retreat! I signed up last-minute when I saw that my schedule was wide open for the next few days. I've never been to this venue near Schuyler, Nebraska. Most of my best buddies are going, and some time away will be good! The problem
- [Becoming a student again](https://stashbandit.net/becoming-a-student-again/) - I took a class this week with a quilter I've long admired. The class was Psychedelic Baby, taught by Katie Pedersen @sewkatiedid from Seattle. Katie was one of the first people I saw doing improv patchwork many years ago—maybe 2010? I've enjoyed her work all these years and jumped at the chance to learn from
- [Let's Tango! Fun, easy class.](https://stashbandit.net/lets-tango-fun-easy-class/) - There's still time to register for Tango, a class that happens live tomorrow 4/8 from 11 to 5 Central. If you can't attend live, you can watch the recording later at your convenience. Easy piecing has never been so much fun! And Tango looks great in any color recipe or fabric style you choose. The
- [Have you heard the one about...](https://stashbandit.net/have-you-heard-the-one-about/) - Have you heard the one about the couple who decides to retire for the night? It goes something like this. The man turns off the TV, brushes his teeth and goes to bed. The woman picks up some toys and notices dishes in the sink, so she sticks them in the dishwasher and wipes down
- [My self-inflicted cutting mat debacle](https://stashbandit.net/my-self-inflicted-cutting-mat-debacle/) - I replaced my largest cutting mat recently, the one that sits atop my drafting table. I use a drafting table for cutting because it's the perfect size and it's height adjustable. I picked it up for $15 at a garage sale in the early 2000s because engineers were moving to computer-aided design (CAD for short),
- [Mangelsen's + Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/mangelsens-stash-bandit/) - I'm very excited about a new venture that begins next month. I'm joining creative forces with Mangelsen's in Omaha, a family-owned and local fabric, hobby, craft and just-about-everything store. I'll do a series of events at the store beginning with my most popular trunk show on Sunday, June 5. I'll be sharing about 50 scrappy
- [Rollin' Along: Review & Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/rollin-along-review-giveaway/) - Ideas for 2.5" strips abound in new title My friend Anne Wiens from Montana sent me a copy of the newly published Rollin' Along from Martingale and Moda Bake Shop. Compiled by Lissa Alexander, it features a dozen clever designs by Moda Bake Shop creators. One thing I noticed right away is the nice variety
- [Scrap Quilt Classes Upcoming](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-classes-upcoming-2/) - Everyone is welcome at "StarQuar Scrap Quilts." I'm excited to share the concept of "StarQuar" units in one local and one online class in the next few weeks. Won't you join me? This is the idea on which Star Silhouettes is based. We'll cover scrap management in the context of StarQuar units. And you'll learn
- [Seats available for Tango on Sunday](https://stashbandit.net/seats-available-for-tango-on-sunday/) - I'm teaching Tango on Sunday, July 10 and the sponsoring guild has made some seats available! I get a lot of requests for this class but I only teach it occasionally so if you're free on Sunday, July 10 from 10 am to 4 pm Pacific time, this is your chance! Register right here for
- [Wolfe Country Quilt Show and Garden Walk](https://stashbandit.net/wolfe-country-quilt-show-and-garden-walk/) - I've wanted to attend the Wolfe Country Quilt Show and Garden Walk for several years but something always came up. This time I planned ahead and my friend Mary and I went to Bennington, Nebraska on Saturday, July 16. What we found was worth the three hour drive. So many quilts. Abundant flowers and a
- [Upcoming Fun with Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/upcoming-fun-with-stash-bandit/) - Lots of online and in-person events are coming up! Pine Burr Workshop Last minute seats available in an online Pine Burr workshop on Friday, July 22 from 9 to 4 Central. A Texas guild is hosting and the class is open to people outside their group. This is a very old technique that I've adapted
- [Online events coming up](https://stashbandit.net/online-events-coming-up/) - Scrap quilt BONANZA and binding by machine Two online events are scheduled for August and I'd love to have you join me. StarQuar Scrap Quilts You may have seen my Star Silhouettes quilt on the cover of American Patchwork & Quilting this summer. It’s based on a simple idea that leads to some pretty interesting quilts—a regular
- [Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts: Online!](https://stashbandit.net/make-extraordinary-scrap-quilts-online/) - Get tickets early and SAVE on my most popular trunk show. If you make quilts, you generate scraps. And you probably also collect fabric. How do you bring these treasures together into a beautiful quilt? Let me show you! Join me LIVE for my most popular trunk show, open to everyone, everywhere, on Monday, Sept
- [Fishing, but not with a worm.](https://stashbandit.net/fishing-but-not-with-a-worm/) - The past few weeks have been a wild ride. My son was hospitalized in Denver so I went there and spent time with him and his girlfriend, and that was delightful. It is always difficult to see him hit a rough patch but I have the best friends and family and they always support me
- [I love small quilts!](https://stashbandit.net/trick-or-treat/) - Small quilts don't take up a lot of time or space. They quickly satisfy my need to create. They're fun to use in my home as the seasons come and go. And they make great gifts. What's not to love?! I have been making small quilts ever since I started quilting in 1984. That's 38
- [Scrap Quilt Secrets: #1](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-secrets-1/) - I'm making adorable scrappy quilt blocks along with AP&Q's quilt-along. The design is a great little block by Christa Watson and making the blocks is really entertaining. I decided to omit a few of the seams in the background. I think it looks fine either way and I wanted to speed things up a little
- [Old patterns = old friends](https://stashbandit.net/old-patterns-old-friends/) - I've been sorting through piles of quilt patterns and more. Some were purchased, others were pulled from magazines or outdated books. There are articles and ideas galore. I go through the piles every few years in order to make room for other things. I've been making quilts and saving quilt-related "stuff" for almost 40 years.
- [Numbers, numbers](https://stashbandit.net/numbers-numbers/) - I started quilting when I was 24 and expecting my first child. It was 1984. There happens to be a well-known piece of literature entitled 1984, by the way. Maybe that vintage book cover will help you think back. I'm inviting you to remember how quilting used to be. When I started quilting, I didn't
- [Last minute spots in Tango](https://stashbandit.net/last-minute-spots-in-tango/) - If you're free on Friday, Oct 7, there are spots available in a Tango workshop I'm teaching online. I teach this one infrequently so it's a nice opportunity if you want to make a quilt that's fast, easy and attractive. You can see the supply list here. This quilt looks great in any fabrics or
- [So close and yet so far](https://stashbandit.net/so-close-and-yet-so-far/) - I was really excited a few weeks back to add the last few border strips to my Daydream sampler quilt in scrappy Christmas colors. I started this project when I was freelancing for Quilter's World a couple of years back. Below is designer Carolyn Beam's original Daydream in Moda fabrics by Corey Yoder. I wanted
- [Open to all: Jingle Bells Trunk Show](https://stashbandit.net/open-to-all-jingle-bells-trunk-show/) - Let's Zoom: Thurs eve Dec 1, Christmas quilts galore! I'm really excited to be sharing the Jingle Bells Trunk Show on Zoom. Lots and lots of Christmas quilts for you to just sit back and enjoy from the comfort of home. This presentation is open to all and tickets are on sale now. Everyone has
- [Made by Hand vs Made by Machine](https://stashbandit.net/made-by-hand-vs-made-by-machine/) - I read obituaries—whether I knew the deceased or not. I think they're fascinating. Recently there was an obituary in a local daily and it started me thinking. I've mulled this over at length. Here's what caught my eye: You have to assume that this quilter's family wrote the obituary. What I found interesting was how
- [Christmas Cheer in QUILTS!](https://stashbandit.net/christmas-cheer-in-quilts/) - Would you like to enjoy some holiday quilts? Could you use an hour to yourself? Let me wash your Christmas cares away with the JINGLE BELLS TRUNK SHOW on Zoom. Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022, 7 pm Central The trunk show will be recorded so that if you can't attend live, you may watch it later
- [Best Books for Scrappy Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/best-books-for-scrappy-quilts/) - I have a lovely surprise for you today! Martingale is one of the leading book publishers in our industry and they're having a BIG sale. Many books are priced at just $8. This includes titles released very recently, and this price is way below the wholesale price for books. Depending on the original price of
- [Three Wise Men and One Quilter](https://stashbandit.net/three-wise-men-and-one-quilter/) - Today's post falls under true confessions. I'm a thrifter. I like garage sales and flea markets and thrift stores. I visit them when I travel and here at home. I adore a good bargain and I love a treasure hunt. (That's not the confession.) When I visited my daughter in Seattle recently, I headed to
- [The Creative Mind](https://stashbandit.net/the-creative-mind/) - For better or worse, I am right-brained. Most of the time I am grateful for it. Being right-brained generally suggests you're creative, artistic and imaginative. These are good qualities for a quilter! For me, being right-brained also means that I'm not analytical or methodical. I don't think in a straight line—I think in circles. Today
- [The Joy is Back](https://stashbandit.net/the-joy-is-back/) - I went through a rough patch the last half of last year and I struggled to create. But things are looking up and my sewing machine is humming again. I fell in love with the cleverness of this design by Jo at Thimbles & Needles in Sydney, Australia. The offset quality is eye catching, and
- [The Joy of Beginners](https://stashbandit.net/the-joy-of-beginners/) - I taught a small group of beginning quiltmakers recently. Oh what fun! I came up with a new design that I hoped would teach a variety of skills without being too difficult while still being attractive. I wanted something that would lend itself to whatever color scheme a beginner could imagine. My first idea was
- [Scrap vs Scrappy](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-vs-scrappy/) - I used to think I made scrap quilts. But I've reexamined that idea. At some point I realized calling them scrap quilts suggests they are made only from leftovers: bits and bobs from other projects. And that is simply not the case. I regularly cut up yardage for my quilts. I do dip into my
- [Stash Bandit and The Quilt Show in Phoenix](https://stashbandit.net/stash-bandit-and-the-quilt-show-in-phoenix/) - One of the rich resources available to quilters is The Quilt Show, an online community with lessons, patterns, projects, history, quilt alongs, BOMs, forums, a gallery, a blog and much more. The Quilt Show is hosted by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, both legendary figures in the quilt world. Here's an invitation from Ricky. (Click
- [Zoom and Omaha workshops open](https://stashbandit.net/zoom-and-omaha-workshops-open/) - There are three upcoming classes. Please come! Hand Look Binding by Machine on Zoom Monday, April 17, 11 to 1 Central, $35 on Zoom (recording available after live event) Get a ticket now! See the supply list here I've been binding my quilts by machine for 25 years and they've stood the test of time.
- [The process of re-entry](https://stashbandit.net/the-process-of-re-entry/) - I've been gone a lot over the past few months. So many nights away—some for business, some for personal. Now that I'm home, I have to do what I call re-entry. Re-entry happens when I have no idea where to begin. It helps me to reconnect with various parts of my life. It's a jump
- [Quilts on covered bridges](https://stashbandit.net/quilts-on-covered-bridges/) - It's a romantic recipe: small town, famous county, covered bridges and quilts on a lovely summer day. That's the "airing of the quilts" during the Iowa Quilt Festival, where I spent Saturday, June 2. I grabbed my quilting travel buddy Mary and off we went to Winterset, which is set in wooded rolling hills toward
- [Pumpkins on Parade in APQ](https://stashbandit.net/pumpkins-on-parade-in-apq/) - Today I'm happy to introduce a new quilt design, Pumpkins on Parade, which appears in the Sept/Oct issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2023 Meredith Operations Corporation. All rights reserved. This issue is on newsstands now and there are lots of great quilts inside. I love
- [Color, Contrast & Cohesion Online](https://stashbandit.net/color-contrast-cohesion-online/) - Join me for a workshop designed to elevate your quilts to new heights Attend live OR watch the recording at your convenience! Color, Contrast & Cohesion with me, Diane Harris of Stash Bandit happens Thursday, Oct 5 from 11 to 5 Central on Zoom. The three C’s—Color, Contrast and Cohesion—can make or break your quilt!
- [Tango at Mangelsen's Sept 29](https://stashbandit.net/tango-at-mangelsens-sept-29/) - Bringing a scrappy adventure to Omaha! Join me, won't you?! Tango is a quilt that looks good in so many "outfits." And the piecing is fast, fun and easy, leaving you free to think through fabric choices and let the prints do almost all the work! This is my original Tango quilt made in brights
- [Getting past a creative block](https://stashbandit.net/getting-past-a-creative-block/) - Where should I start? How should I begin? Ricky Tims said something really important on my episode of The Quilt Show, which has just been released. He said that when you have a creative block, JUST SEW. And I have an idea for WHAT you can sew! Check out my tutorial for Baby Windmills. The
- [CCC on The Quilt Show](https://stashbandit.net/ccc-on-the-quilt-show/) - I'm really pleased to have an episode on The Quilt Show, and you're invited to watch. Find the episode with some of my best tips for scrappy quilts broken down into some of my favorite C's: color, contrast and cohesion. What else?! You'll find a wealth of information on so many topics at The Quilt
- [House plans gone awry](https://stashbandit.net/house-plans-gone-awry/) - I worked on a UFO last week and it didn't go well. Not the designer's fault, by the way. It's a great pattern and it's well done. But my tendency to go scrappy got me into trouble. This is Jessica Dayon's original design using just one red. When I bought fabric a few years back,
- [A secret: Favorite cuts for scrappy quilts](https://stashbandit.net/a-secret-favorite-cuts-for-scrappy-quilts/) - I have three patch sizes that I return to again and again. You may have favorite patches too. It's good to know what sizes you use the most because when you're dealing with leftovers, you can cut them up accordingly. I do not cut everything into patches, though, and here's why. Gwen Marston once said
- [Color Class: Boost Your Quilts to New Heights](https://stashbandit.net/color-class-boost-your-quilts-to-new-heights/) - It can be done—I can help you wrap your mind and your creative dreams around these basic ideas. They're essential for making successful quilts, scrappy or not. Join me next week on Thursday, Oct 5 from 11 to 5 Central on Zoom for my popular "Color, Contrast & Cohesion" hands-on workshop. Attend live or watch
- [Scrappy Jack Quilt: Improv Halloween Sampler by Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/happy-jack-quilt-improv-halloween-sampler-by-stash-bandit/) - I start with orphans, leftovers and rejects. And somehow before it's over, the whole thing comes together. It isn't without frustration, error and ugliness, though. There's a lot of messing around. It feels like wasted time but I've learned it's necessary. I start by putting all of the elements that might work on the design
- [Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit](https://stashbandit.net/conquer-your-fabric-scraps-summit/) - Here's an invitation for you: Please join me for a complimentary event focused on practical ideas for managing your scraps. It takes place next week, Nov 6 to 9, online. There is no charge to listen to a curated set of presenters offering strategies, tips and ideas for scraps and scrap quilts. I'm sharing two
- [UFO Bonanza in Omaha](https://stashbandit.net/ufo-bonanza-in-omaha/) - Wouldn't it be great if someone could jumpstart a UFO (or two) for you? How helpful would it be to have a coach and a cheerleader to tackle your UnFinished Objects? Let it be me! Join me at Mangelsen's in Omaha on Monday, Dec 4 and get revved about your UFOs once more. No matter
- [When scrappy gets the best of you](https://stashbandit.net/when-scrappy-gets-the-best-of-you/) - I don't always get scrappy quilts right. This week I got one really wrong. I had time to sew over Christmas so I pulled out a UFO (UnFinished Object) with a Christmas theme: Tannenbaum by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. There are 10 elements making up the Christmas tree, and I had three done.
- [A little deep cleaning, a bunch of memories](https://stashbandit.net/a-little-deep-cleaning-a-bunch-of-memories/) - My weekend retreat plans were cancelled... ...due to snow, ice, wind and cold. Instead I went through some tubs of very old patterns from the 80s and 90s. It was pretty entertaining. The first things I ever sewed were garments, so I guess it was natural for me to carry that idea forward into my
- [Bask in winter warmth: Quilt Cruise Hawaii](https://stashbandit.net/bask-in-winter-warmth-quilt-cruise-hawaii/) - It's one of my favorite places, and you're invited to join me there next January! I'm beyond excited to extend a warm welcome to Quilt Bee at Sea: Hawaii 2025. Join me and World of Quilts Travel as we set sail on Holland America’s the Koningsdam Jan. 11 to 28, 2025. Of the places I've
- [My best quilt on Birkenstocks?!?!](https://stashbandit.net/my-best-quilt-on-birkenstocks/) - You never know!!! I have just finished applying to be a featured artist with Michael Grey Sandal Factory, which means that one of my best quilts could be printed onto leather and made into classic Birkenstock sandals!!! How cool would that be? I am ridiculously excited for the possibility, even though I suppose the odds
- [Snag a seat: Playtime with your quilt scraps = victory](https://stashbandit.net/snag-a-seat-playtime-with-your-quilt-scraps-victory/) - Learn to use your leftovers to make beautiful stars and so much more! There are seats in a StarQuar Scrap Quilts workshop on Zoom Saturday, Feb 24 from 9 to 3 Central, and I'd love to have you grab one! The cost for the workshop is $65 and you can sew from the comfort of
- [Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts on Zoom](https://stashbandit.net/make-extraordinary-scrap-quilts-on-zoom/) - I'm sharing my most popular trunk show Thursday evening, March 21 at 7 pm on Zoom and you're invited to join me. Tickets are $15. A guild here in Nebraska was badly snowed out recently. I've invited them to this trunk show on a complimentary basis, and I decided to offer tickets to others at
- [Brick by Brick: Favorite Sizes](https://stashbandit.net/brick-by-brick-favorite-sizes/) - I love to make quilts from bricks! A brick is a rectangular quilt patch that finishes twice as long as wide. My favorite brick sizes are listed below as finished size first, followed by the dimensions you'll need to cut the patches. Finished size: 1" x 2".....Cut 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" Finished size: 1-1/2" x 3".....Cut
- [Make a Scrap Quilt: Brick by Brick](https://stashbandit.net/make-a-scrap-quilt-brick-by-brick/) - Welcome to Stash Bandit! Let's talk about bricks!! I've been playing with bricks for years and some of my favorite quilts feature this simple rectangle which is twice as long as wide. Let's start simply. This is the easiest scrap quilt ever! Cut a wide variety of fabrics into patches 2½" x 4½". Pair a
- [Scrap quilts to love: Ideas and fun by quilters!](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilts-to-love-ideas-and-fun-by-quilters/) - There was a wealth of scrappy inspiration at the guilds I visited recently. This quilt, made by Becki in Arlington, Texas, was one of my favorites. She worked with third graders after a guild friend hosted a similar project for her grandchildren. It exudes joy and I fell in love with it. Becki is on
- [Simple shapes, diverse fabrics, lessons learned](https://stashbandit.net/simple-shapes-diverse-fabrics-lessons-learned/) - This week I'm in Houston to share Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts with Baytown Area Quilt Guild. One of the quilts I usually bring is Framework, below. I made it years ago but it illustrates some important truths about scrap quilts. Here's some of what it taught me. If the patches are small, you can use
- [If you're new to Stash Bandit, welcome!](https://stashbandit.net/if-youre-new-to-stash-bandit-welcome/) - You'll find lots of scrappy fun, tips, tricks and ideas for making diverse fabrics work together beautifully. I'm Diane Harris and I think of myself as a scrap quilt specialist. I like to let the fabric do the work! My patchwork is usually simple. The way the fabrics play together is a little more complex,
- [Make a Summer Splash on The Quilt Show](https://stashbandit.net/make-a-summer-splash-on-the-quilt-show/) - If "sampler" makes you think of blocks in rows with sashing, let me introduce something new! A few years back I designed Petit Patchwork as a way to teach several techniques to quilters at a retreat. It was fun to make and it's an attractive little quilt. Fast forward to last year when I was
- [Rotate That Baby and Conquer Your Scraps](https://stashbandit.net/rotate-that-baby-and-conquer-your-scraps/) - I finished a quilt top this week but before we get to that, here's an invitation to a free event for anyone with scraps. I'm sharing a new talk called Smashing Sashing during the Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit. And I'd love it if you'd be there. A ticket to the summit is complimentary. There
- [A community sewing space like you've never seen](https://stashbandit.net/a-community-sewing-space-like-youve-never-seen/) - I'm just back from teaching in Midland, Texas where the quilt guild is thriving. We had some time between the StarQuar Scrap Quilts workshop and the evening program of One Hundred Small Quilts, so I got to see the quilting studio the guild has put together for making donation quilts. The studio is located in
- [New Talk: Build a Scrap Quilt Brick by Brick](https://stashbandit.net/new-talk-build-a-scrap-quilt-brick-by-brick/) - You're invited to an online presentation I'm giving soon:Build a Scrap Quilt Brick by Brick, tickets $20 on Eventbrite It happens live Sat Aug 24 but it will be recorded to watch at your convenience, too. If you attended the Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit and upgraded to the bundle, then a ticket to this
- [Show and Tell Quilts in Kansas City](https://stashbandit.net/show-and-tell-quilts-in-kansas-city/) - My latest trips to guilds in New York, Florida, Texas and beyond have featured amazing quilts by guild members. At Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild on Oct 10, Chris Jacobs displayed her Stars and Stripes finish. The overall impact is really strong but hone in on that background piecing. It adds so much to the
- [Build your color confidence with this easy trick](https://stashbandit.net/build-your-color-confidence-with-this-easy-trick/) - I've learned the most about color by making blocks and entire quilts that use only ONE hue. When you're limited to one color, you're forced to branch out. You have to use different values (lightness or darkness). And it becomes necessary to tweak the color, which is where the magic happens. Scarlet Spin was an
- [Collecting Older Quilting Books](https://stashbandit.net/collecting-older-quilting-books/) - Once every few months, I get to spend a day at International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, about 140 miles from home. Next to the quilts, the best part of these visits is checking out the used books for sale in the museum gift shop. I always leave with my arms full
- [Nostalgic Christmas Part 1: Chatty Cathy](https://stashbandit.net/nostalgic-christmas-part-1-chatty-cathy/) - I'm calling 2018 the Year of the Nostalgic Christmas. Everywhere I turn, I'm swept up in memories of my childhood Christmases. They've pressed down on me so frequently and with such ferocity that I've been finding the items in thrift stores, antique shops and online auctions. Most of the time, I wasn't even looking for
- [Make a Little Halloween Quilt!](https://stashbandit.net/make-a-little-halloween-quilt/) - I love small quilts! Small quilts don't take up a lot of time or space. They quickly satisfy my need to create. They're fun to use in my home as the seasons come and go. And they make great gifts. What's not to love?! I have been making small quilts ever since I started quilting
- ["Lucky" shamrocks complimentary pattern](https://stashbandit.net/four-leaf-clover-quilt-free-pattern/) - St. Patrick's Day is nearly upon us, and that put me in the mood to sew something green last week. This is a free quilt pattern for a four-leaf clover design I named Lucky. After you read the post, you may wish to get the printer-friendly pattern. This works great on the wall or your front
- [Baby Windmills: Teeny Tiny Quilt Blocks and a SWAP!](https://stashbandit.net/baby-windmills-teeny-tiny-quilt-blocks-and-a-swap/) - I'm on a quest to use one simple idea in a few dozen quilt designs. The idea is this very basic little quilt block, the Baby Windmill. I started making them not long after I began working for Quiltmaker. I was too tired to make creative decisions in the evenings, but I still wanted to
- [Quilt Mags Around the World: Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-mags-around-the-world-part-1/) - I live a couple of hours from the nearest Barnes & Noble, and it's probably just as well because when I go, I spend too much on books and lately, on magazines. I'm interested in quilting magazines because I worked for Quiltmaker for 11 years. So it's been fascinating to see that B&N now stocks a
- [Make an Easy Christmas Quilt (or not!)](https://stashbandit.net/make-an-easy-christmas-quilt-or-not/) - I have a new easy quilt design in McCall's Quick Quilts! You can make it look like Christmas, or you can choose different colors for any time of year. It's called Very Merry, and it was fun, fast and simple to make. You'll find it in their Oct/Nov issue, available in paper or digital versions. Let
- [How to Attach Quilt Borders](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-attach-quilt-borders/) - One of the last jobs to complete when you're making a quilt is to add the border strips. It's not my favorite part of the process but I've learned to do it so that I have good results. I dislike measuring long border strips for my quilts, so here's how I cheat to get my
- [How to Make a Scalloped Quilt Border](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-make-a-scalloped-quilt-border/) - By the time I finish piecing a quilt's center, I'm ready to be done. In the past, sometimes I've attached plain ol' borders and called it quits. But when I've given more thought and effort to a border, it has paid off. Scarlet Spin is a good example. I've learned not to rush to the
- [String Piecing and Improvisation](https://stashbandit.net/string-piecing-and-improvisation/) - I'm getting things ready for a String Piecing Quilt Retreat next week in Arapahoe, Nebraska. I decided to make a few more samples because you can never have too much inspiration. String piecing is generally done on a foundation. The "string" name came about when people used their narrowest strips of leftovers—so narrow they could
- [Six Generations of Quilt Makers](https://stashbandit.net/six-generations-of-quilt-makers/) - Recently I heard a wonderful guild program given by two local quilters. They have quilts made by women over six generations of their family. You read that right—six generations! It was an unusual and interesting approach. Ruth Haarberg and Gretchen Kubik are mother and daughter. They own Wagner's Quilts & Conversation in Arapahoe, Nebraska, and
- [I Spy Churn Dash Quilt: Makers Gonna Make!](https://stashbandit.net/i-spy-churn-dash-quilt/) - Some of the best emails I get are from people who make a quilt that I designed. It's a great compliment for someone to spend the money, time and effort to complete one of my designs! You can imagine how it makes my day. When this quilt appeared on the cover of Quiltmaker last fall,
- [Make Scrappy Half-Square Triangles: Brilliance from Beth](https://stashbandit.net/make-scrappy-half-square-triangles-brilliance-from-beth/) - You may know that I worked as an editor for Quiltmaker magazine until about a year ago. During that time, I managed the QM Scrap Squad, a team of quilters who made scrap quilts from our patterns. Beth Helfter was one of the people chosen for the Scrap Squad in 2014. I knew from the
- [String Piecing at a Quilt Retreat](https://stashbandit.net/string-piecing-at-a-quilt-retreat/) - Fourteen hardy quilters joined me for a retreat in Arapahoe, Nebraska last week. Ruth Haarberg and Gretchen Kubik of Wagner's Quilts & Conversation hosted the retreat at Hunt Nebraska Lodge, and I was the guide. We explored string piecing, an improvisational technique using strips or "strings," so named long ago to describe the narrowest of
- [Quilt Show Fun in Burke, South Dakota](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-show-fun-in-burke-south-dakota/) - On Saturday I was invited to do a trunk show for the Rosebud Quilt Guild during their semi-annual quilt show in Burke, South Dakota. I was there all day so I had plenty of time to look at the quilts. This was one of the first quilts to catch my eye. At first glance,
- [How to Build a Windmill (Quilt, Farm, Whatever)](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-build-a-windmill-quilt-farm-whatever/) - A few years back I had an idea to build a trunk show of quilts based on one simple Windmill quilt block. I've been working feverishly on the quilts because I'll give the presentation for the first time next month in Holdrege, Nebraska. I hope to present it many more times in 2018 and 2019.
- [How to Make Christmas Tree Quilt Blocks with Selvage Lights!](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-make-christmas-tree-quilt-blocks-with-selvage-lights/) - A while back I had the idea of using the color windows on fabric selvages to decorate Christmas tree quilt blocks. I can't be absolutely certain this was an original idea, but I think it might be. I worked out the kinks and today I'm going to show you how to make Christmas tree quilt
- [Why You Should Swap Quilt Blocks](https://stashbandit.net/why-you-should-swap-quilt-blocks/) - One of the hottest things among quilters online these days is swapping. People swap blocks, small quilts, particular fabrics and more. I thought it would be fun to show you some of the swap blocks I've made and talk about how a swap works. Of course there are endless variations, so this is just the
- [Hot Mess Christmas Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/hot-mess-christmas-quilt/) - I made a quilt and everything went wrong. Maybe you've done the same. It was an exercise in frustration but I learned some things, and some of the most egregious mistakes won't be evident to others. It started out with improvisational (another way of saying "make it up as you go") house blocks from an
- [Fiber Art: High Class Denim](https://stashbandit.net/fiber-art-high-class-denim/) - Recently I visited an art gallery where the work of Pongsakul Chalao was on exhibit. It was possibly the most incredible fiber art I have ever seen. At first glance I thought they were paintings or photographs. Then I stepped closer. The detail took my breath away. Can you imagine trying to capture light as
- [Owl Quilts Take Flight](https://stashbandit.net/owl-quilts-take-flight/) - Designing quilts is really enjoyable, but do you know what's even better? It's when people like your design enough to make a quilt of their own! It's like a little piece of your soul goes out to live in the world. You can imagine my delight when I opened the latest Quiltmaker to find my
- [Recent Quilt Adventures](https://stashbandit.net/recent-quilt-adventures/) - I've had some adventures lately! Saw interesting things and met wonderful people. Here are some highlights. International Quilt Study Center & Museum held its International Advisory Board meeting June 9 and 10, and because I'm involved with Friends of the museum, I attended. It was an opportunity to meet well-known people in the
- [Joining Blocks & Rows: Slick Trick!](https://stashbandit.net/joining-blocks-rows-slick-trick/) - I finished piecing this long-term project last week. It's a traditional Burgoyne Surrounded design, but it was reimagined by Lissa Alexander and published in American Patchwork & Quilting. I've been working on it at retreats for the past couple of years. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and I used up a lot
- [Patchwork: When the Wrong is Right](https://stashbandit.net/patchwork-when-the-wrong-is-right/) - Some three decades ago, Jo Morton was just beginning to teach in our home state of Nebraska. She came to our fledgling guild and taught us to make Log Cabin blocks with strips that finished at 1/2". There weren't any reproduction fabrics in those days, so Jo was inventing ways to make new fabrics look
- [The Great Pumpkin Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/the-great-pumpkin-quilt/) - There's a new magazine out, and it contains my favorite pumpkin quilt. Try and spot Quiltmaker Reader Favorites on the newsstand, because it's chock-full of great stuff. I was pleased to open it up and spot one of my designs inside. Pumpkins and Patches is as friendly and happy now as it was when first
- [Featherweight Frenzy](https://stashbandit.net/featherweight-frenzy/) - Like many quilters, I own a Singer Featherweight sewing machine. It's a champ. I've done a lot of piecing on it and I agree with the experts who say it makes the best straight stitch of all time. I live in Nebraska, home to International Quilt Study Center & Museum, where I'm involved in Friends
- [Garage Sale Find & Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/garage-sale-find-giveaway/) - Much to my fella's chagrin, I brake for garage sales. He's not usually with me but he still rolls his eyes when I bring stuff home. It's okay, I know how to ignore that. The other day I stopped by a very junky looking sale with a ton of stuff all over the yard and
- [Judging Quilts: Not for the Faint of Heart](https://stashbandit.net/judging-quilts-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/) - I had a new experience this week: judging quilts and textile arts at a county fair about 70 miles from home, somewhere in Nebraska. These were open class entries, that is, not 4-H entries which are judged by an established set of standards. Which may have been why it was so difficult, even though it
- [Impromptu Quilt Guild Program](https://stashbandit.net/impromptu-quilt-guild-program/) - I needed to produce a program on short notice for my local quilt group recently, and I'd like to share what I came up with. This is good for those times when your guild's speaker has to cancel late in the game. These are 3.5" patches I played with while making a baby quilt about
- [Try a Mini Quilt Swap for a Good Cause!](https://stashbandit.net/try-a-mini-quilt-swap-for-a-good-cause/) - I used to manage something called the Quiltmaker Scrap Squad, and that's where I met Beth Helfter. As part of a team that made scrappy quilts from QM patterns, she was consistently enthusiastic and funny. She made wonderful quilts! A few years back she started a swap to help raise funds for research into ovarian
- [String Piecing Quilt Retreat](https://stashbandit.net/string-piecing-quilt-retreat/) - I'm excited about my latest venture. The good folks at Wagner's Quilts and Conversation in Arapahoe, Nebraska and I are partnering up to present a String Piecing Quilt Retreat! You're invited to join us for two and a half days of fun and relaxation at the beautiful lodge owned and operated by Hunt Nebraska in
- [Scarlet Sampler: Agony & Ecstasy](https://stashbandit.net/scarlet-sampler-agony-ecstasy/) - About two years ago, I began an interesting journey. Now the trip is almost over and I'm feeling a variety of emotions. Let me tell you about a quilt called Scarlet Sampler. Late in the summer of 2015, the president-elect of Nebraska State Quilt Guild asked if I'd be interesting in helping out with the
- [Quilt Fatigue: Have You Had It?](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-fatigue-have-you-had-it/) - I have quilt fatigue over my current project, and I'm betting you've had it, too. Here's how it goes—you've pieced 30 or 40 quilt blocks from your favorite fabrics. You've enjoyed the heck out of making this patchwork. But you have many more blocks to go, and somehow your attention begins, inexplicably, to drift. It's
- [Quilt Book Review: Lori Holt's Spelling Bee](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-book-review-lori-holts-spelling-bee/) - I'm a big fan of Fat Quarter Shop for their great fabric selection and fast shipping. Their publishing arm is called Just Sew Emma, and they recently sent me a review copy of Lori Holt's new book, Spelling Bee. If you're not familiar with Lori Holt, I'd like to introduce you. She is the creator
- [Make a Solar Eclipse Quilt: Free Pattern!](https://stashbandit.net/make-a-solar-eclipse-quilt-free-pattern/) - I realized this week that the upcoming total solar eclipse should be commemorated with a quilt. I designed an easy small quilt that goes together quickly. Maybe you'd like to make one, too. I'm calling it Moonshadow. It's 15" x 25". Here's a printable version. Here's what you'll need for a 15" x 25" quilt:
- [Scrap Quilt Inspiration](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-inspiration/) - I've been inspired by some over-the-top quilts recently and I'd like to share them with you. My local guild met this week and the show-and-tell lasted for an hour. I asked for permission to show you some of the quilts my friends made. This quilt was made by Carol, who started it during the Olympics
- [What I'm Working On](https://stashbandit.net/2477-2/) - A blog is a funny thing. When it's really quiet, as in no posts for a while, I suppose people think that nothing is happening. That's what I would think. In reality, quietness on this blog means that I'm sewing like a mad woman. Here's what I've been working on. I'm teaching for a retreat
- [A February Visit to Quilt House](https://stashbandit.net/a-february-visit-to-quilt-house/) - Yesterday I had a few minutes to take in a new exhibit of Japanese quilts at International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is spectacular. This quilt takes your breath away. Hundreds, maybe thousands of pieced arcs, many just a few threads wide. And if those points aren't enough, the feathers floating
- [Serpentine Stitch: Can't Live Without It](https://stashbandit.net/serpentine-stitch-cant-live-without-it/) - I hope you've discovered the serpentine stitch on your sewing machine. I could not do without it. The serpentine stitch makes a pretty, wavy line. You just sew straight and the machine does all the work. It's the bomb. I use the serpentine stitch for machine quilting with a walking foot. It's easy and it looks terrific.
- [Same Ol' Same Ol' (Color): Magic Combinations](https://stashbandit.net/same-ol-same-ol-color-magic-combinations/) - I love using many different fabrics of the same color to generate interest in a quilt. On a recent design, I created red and green pieced borders and I love the way they turned out. They finished off a scrappy quilt quite nicely. People often ask me about combining fabrics and how I do it. So let's
- [Jingle Bells Trunk Show](https://stashbandit.net/jingle-bells-trunk-show/) - If you're new to Stash Bandit, welcome! I'm happy you're here. Today I'm sharing a bit about a new trunk show called "Jingle Bells" that I've prepared for quilt groups. No matter the time of year, the Jingle Bells trunk show of Christmas quilts is sure to get you in the mood for holiday quilting.
- [Convert Metric Stitch Length to Stitches Per Inch](https://stashbandit.net/convert-metric-stitch-length-to-stitches-per-inch/) - I have several sewing machines and if you're a quilter, maybe you do, too. When it comes to stitch length, some machines use a metric length such as 2.5 or 3.0. This tells you that each stitch is 2.5 or 3.0 millimeters long. Other machines use an English stitches-per-inch setting such as 12 or 15
- [Accurate Piecing and Your Quarter Inch](https://stashbandit.net/accurate-piecing-and-your-quarter-inch/) - How is it possible to sew an accurate quarter-inch seam allowance and still have patches and units that don't match up as they should? It's the quilter's eternal question, her 99-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall refrain. It's frustrating to measure, cut, sew and press carefully, only to have edges that disagree like Republicans and Democrats. What happens? What goes
- [Understanding Stitch Length](https://stashbandit.net/understanding-stitch-length/) - It's important to understand the stitch length settings on your sewing machine. Different stitch lengths are appropriate for different tasks. Many machines use the metric system. The setting of 2.0, 2.3, 2.5 and so on tells you the length of each stitch. For example, if you set the machine to 3.2, each stitch will be
- [The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat](https://stashbandit.net/the-thrill-of-victory-the-agony-of-defeat/) - Remember the opening to ABC's Wide World of Sports, about 40 years ago? Remember "the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat"? https://youtu.be/P2AZH4FeGsc I have one foot in both of those worlds. Starting a business and launching a website is an experience. The ups and the downs are dizzying. I am so excited to
- [Five Easy Ways to Improve Your Patchwork](https://stashbandit.net/five-easy-ways-to-improve-your-patchwork/) - Try these five easy fixes to improve your patchwork. 1. Shorten your stitch length to 2.0 mm, or about 13 stitches per inch. The default stitch length on computerized machines is usually too long for piecing. Learn more about stitch length. 2. Instead of focusing on the width of your quarter-inch seam allowance, focus on the
- [Improvisational Piecing: What's Hiding in Your Stash?](https://stashbandit.net/improvisational-piecing-whats-hiding-in-your-stash/) - Improvisational piecing is putting together a quilt top without a preconceived plan for exactly how it will look. It's a way of working from intuition, with a sense of adventure and a willingness to explore unknown territory. It's probably the most fun you will ever have. Yesterday, on the morning of my website launch, I
- [Letting an I Spy Quilt Take Shape](https://stashbandit.net/letting-an-i-spy-quilt-take-shape/) - One of the biggest hindrances to making extraordinary quilts is the notion that you must have a plan before you begin. The most creative quilts evolve through experimentation. My most recent "I Spy" quilt is a good example. My idea was simple: Use a novelty print at the center of a Churn Dash quilt block.
- [The Value of Value](https://stashbandit.net/the-value-of-value/) - I wish I'd been the first to say it. "Color gets all the credit, but value does all the work." I don't know who was the first to say it, but if there were a Patchwork Bible, this statement would equate to Genesis 1:1. We like to think that our quilts are all about color,
- [The Accidental Quilt: Perfect for Playtime](https://stashbandit.net/the-accidental-quilt-perfect-for-playtime/) - You can use 10" squares—precuts or cut-by-you from stash—to create an easy quilt while you learn about combining fabrics boldly. I discovered this recently by accident when I mis-cut for a project that turned into a dead end. Meet The Accidental Quilt. It's very simple, but you can make it interesting by combining fabrics in
- [Giveaway! Celebrating an I Spy Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/giveaway-celebrating-an-i-spy-quilt/) - It will always be a thrill for me to see one of my quilts on the cover of a magazine. I don't know if other designers feel the same, but it's very exciting for this one. Quiltmaker named the design "Can You Find It?" It's bright and colorful and it's easy to make. Funny thing:
- [Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks: V. 15 Blog Tour](https://stashbandit.net/quiltmakers-100-blocks-v-15-blog-tour/) - Welcome to Stash Bandit, online home of Diane Harris. I was a Quiltmaker editor for 11 years (one of the best jobs ever); now I'm giving energetic trunk shows and inspiring classes to quilt groups. My ideas and how-tos live here on Stash Bandit. I'm glad you've chosen to visit during the 100 Blocks Blog
- [How to Combine Quilting Fabrics: Let Go!](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-combine-quilting-fabrics-let-go/) - I wrote this post for Quiltmaker in 2015, and it is reposted here with permission. I love teaching quilters. A day in the classroom with like-minded souls brings out the best in me. We learn, we laugh and we have fun. But occasionally a student will say something that baffles me. It’s usually about combining
- [Inspired by Vintage Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/inspired-by-vintage-quilts/) - My small quilt group issued a half-square quilt challenge earlier this year. The rules were pretty simple: The finished quilt should be about 24" x 24" and feature mainly half-square triangles. If you're a new to quilting, that's a commonly-used shape and it looks like this: A square is cut in half on the diagonal,
- [Become a Color-Savvy Quilter: Part 2, The Clash](https://stashbandit.net/become-a-color-savvy-quilter-part-2-the-clash/) - There are things you can do to become a color-savvy quilter. This series will help to expand your color skills so you can make more beautiful, more interesting and more successful quilts. If there were a Patchwork Bible, it would contain a book on color, and one of the unshakeable truths would be this: If
- [Create Transparency in a Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/create-transparency-in-a-quilt/) - Transparency is a great trick, and it's especially effective in quilt design. My recent X Marks the Spot for McCall's Quick Quilts makes good use of transparency to create interest in an otherwise ordinary design. The effect of transparency is created by arranging patchwork to suggest that shapes overlap one another. Using darker values in the
- [The Language of Quilting](https://stashbandit.net/the-language-of-quilting/) - My local quilt guild had a retreat in January and the coolest thing happened. It started me thinking about the ways quilters can connect when we have nothing in common but our passion for patchwork. The retreat was in a large conference room at a small hotel. One evening as she walked through the lobby,
- [Colorado Springs Quilt Guild](https://stashbandit.net/colorado-springs-quilt-guild/) - Last night I visited Colorado Springs Quilt Guild to present "Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts." It was so much fun! They're lively and enthused and it shows. Even the business meeting was enjoyable. If you live nearby, consider paying them a visit. I shared about 60 scrap quilts with a goal of helping people see what
- [Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/make-extraordinary-scrap-quilts/) - How do you make a successful scrap quilt? Learn my best tips and scrap secrets during this trunk show of 50+ scrappy quilts made over many years. The wide variety of styles means there's something for everyone. Discover ways to pull your scraps together, strategies for using your stash and even what does not work.
- [Let's Play Drezzup](https://stashbandit.net/lets-play-drezzup/) - A little bit lecture, a little bit hands-on demo: That's what Let's Play Drezzup is all about. Learn how a Dresden Plate quilt block is made, and then see many amazing variations on this traditional pattern. There are infinite ways to jazz it up and they’re all so much fun—you won’t know where to begin!
- [Baby Windmills: Basic Tutorial](https://stashbandit.net/baby-windmills-basic-tutorial/) - Meet my favorite easy quilt block, a Baby Windmill. I started making these 4" x 4" blocks about 10 years ago, and I can't tell you how much fun I'm still having! Let's get right to how it's done. Each block takes two fabrics. Choose quilting fabrics with contrast; in other words, you
- [7623 Miles to a New Quilting Friend](https://stashbandit.net/7623-miles-to-a-new-quilting-friend/) - I made a new quilting friend recently! I traveled 7623 miles to find her. You may know that my daughter and her family live in Hong Kong, where they teach at Hong Kong International School. Because people always ask me why: they're doing it for adventure. And what's great is that it has turned into
- [Star-Spangled Giveaway!](https://stashbandit.net/star-spangled-giveaway/) - I finished piecing an adorable quilt top over 4th of July weekend. I started it last year on Independence Day and it felt great to complete it. There's something incredibly quirky about patriotic pineapples. What does one have to do with the other? I can't say exactly and yet this design grabbed my attention and
- [How Much Difference Can a Tiny Triangle Make?](https://stashbandit.net/how-much-difference-can-a-tiny-triangle-make/) - I finished a hawg this week. That's my new term for a quilt you love and hate as you make it. This quilt is called Vintage Zigzag, original vintage quilt owned by Mary Koval, patterned in 2007 by Fons and Porter. I made the first row of Vintage Zigzag, but I wasn't getting any seam
- [A full-on hissy fit and other random thoughts](https://stashbandit.net/a-full-on-hissy-fit-and-other-random-thoughts/) - A while back I wrote about some quilts that were in trouble with me for a post called "Quilts in the Doghouse." I just finished piecing another top, a recent UFO (which means I started it in the past year or so), and near the end of the process, I had what you might call
- [New Old Work in the Studio, Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/new-old-work-in-the-studio-part-1/) - Hey quilters, how are you holding up? I know. Me, too. Things are starting to open up here in Nebraska, and I wonder if my friends would want to head out to a quilt store this week. I am ready! I have sewn like a crazy woman during the pandemic. I've finished up some things,
- [New Old Work, Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/new-old-work-part-2/) - Another recent finish is my Bitty Blocks row quilt. I started this years ago when I was working as an editor for Quiltmaker. We had this idea to create 3" and 4" blocks and post them for free on our website. There was no such thing as a marketing team so we had to market
- [Seasons of Distress and Grief](https://stashbandit.net/seasons-of-distress-and-grief/) - I almost never weigh in on contemporary issues online. For a business owner, I believe it's better to be silent. But today I'm going to post some quilt images that I took in February 2019 at Quilt Con. They were awful, and in the time since, I couldn't bring myself to write about them. I
- [A Nice Surprise at Quilt Guild](https://stashbandit.net/a-nice-surprise-at-quilt-guild/) - My favorite night of the quilt guild's year is the garage sale, hands down. There are always things to be shared and treasures to be found. My small guild in Holdrege, Nebraska had a garage sale in January. I tried hard to find interesting things in my studio that I no longer needed to benefit
- [Quilt Candy Trunk Show Followup Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-candy-trunk-show-followup-part-1/) - Thank you to everyone who has viewed the mini trunk show from the Quilt Candy event. I really appreciate your time. I wanted to follow up with a few things and put all of the links in one place. Watch the mini trunk show with scrap quilt tips. Nine Patch Jambalaya is a quilt that
- [From Craftsy to Bluprint to "It Was Good While It Lasted"](https://stashbandit.net/from-craftsy-to-bluprint-to-it-was-good-while-it-lasted/) - Yesterday, online learning platform Bluprint, formerly Craftsy, sent an email to instructors saying the company would be closing over the next few months. This was at once surprising and completely unsurprising. When Craftsy began about 10 years ago (because a guy received a quilt from his aunt), the quilters I knew loved it. It provided
- [Quilting Adventures in a Wild Garden](https://stashbandit.net/quilting-adventures-in-a-wild-garden/) - I've been machine quilting much more than usual during this extended time at home. I'm learning a lot. I am so happy to have finished My Wild Garden recently. It's an improvisational quilt, which is a fancy way of saying I made it up as I went along. You've never had so much fun as
- [Quilts in the Doghouse](https://stashbandit.net/quilts-in-the-doghouse/) - I'm not going to talk about the pandemic. We're all frustrated. So... Let's Talk Quilts. I've been finishing up some things the past few weeks. I have a lot of UFOs squirreled away in closets and cupboards and it would feel great to be done with them. And, BONUS, some of them can go into
- [Buy You Books and...](https://stashbandit.net/buy-you-books-and/) - I'm doing a lot more machine quilting these days and boy, am I learning a lot. I'm using the HQ Capri stationary longarm with its Insight table, which provides stitch regulation and support for the quilt. In my search for ideas of what to quilt on Wild Garden, an improv throw-size UFO, I pulled out
- [Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show, Days 5 and 6](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-candy-virtual-trunk-show-days-5-and-6/) - We're on to more of the Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show. These are the links for today, Sunday April 5, and tomorrow, Monday April 6. You can watch them live on Facebook at the times listed or you may watch them anytime after the live broadcast that is convenient for you. My own trunk show
- [More Quilt Candy Trunk Shows](https://stashbandit.net/more-quilt-candy-trunk-shows/) - The Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Shows continue today beginning at 11 CST on Facebook Live. You can watch live or any time afterward when it's convenient for you. There's a lot of great talent being displayed. My own trunk shows will be Sunday at 4 pm CST and Tuesday at 6 pm CST on my
- [More Designers Up: Quilt Candy Trunk Show](https://stashbandit.net/more-designers-up-quilt-candy-trunk-show/) - There are more designers hosting short Facebook Live events in the Quilt Candy Trunk Show! I hope you'll take a peek. Remember that you don't have to watch it live, you can watch them any time after they go live, too. Today's designers: April 2 12pm EST Lisa Ruble https://www.facebook.com/LoveToColorMyWorld/ April 2 1pm EST Beth Helfter Www.facebook.com/EvaPaigeQuiltDesigns April 2 2pm EST Diane Bohn/From Blank
- [Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show Starts Today](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-candy-virtual-trunk-show-starts-today/) - A group of quilt designers have teamed up to offer a fun and free event online during this time. Each designer will spend about 15 minutes showing some of her favorite quilts. You can watch live on Facebook at the top of each hour from 12 noon to 8 pm Eastern time every day from
- [Improv Stars in Love Patchwork & Quilting](https://stashbandit.net/improv-stars-in-love-patchwork-quilting/) - Most of the time when I have a design published, it's because I pitched it to a magazine and they accepted it. But last year, a magazine in the UK came to me, which was very exciting. I have often purchased Love Patchwork & Quilting because quilters in other parts of the world sometimes have
- [Scrap Quilt in Solids, Bad Intersections and Lessons Learned](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-in-solids-bad-intersections-and-lessons-learned/) - I just finished a quilt top and now that it's done I can say that I like it. But along the way, I hated this thing. Too much stitch-and-flip, too many ugly intersections and not nearly enough forgiveness for my style of sewing. None of this was the fault of the designer, Erika Bea, or
- [How to Make a Quilt Label](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-make-a-quilt-label/) - Here's an easy method to make a quilt label. It's simple and effective. Maybe you'll like it too. Here's a printer-friendly version. I create the text part of the label on the computer or by drawing it with permanent fabric markers. Either way, follow the manufacturer's instructions to make the text permanent. My experience
- [Just in the Nick of Time](https://stashbandit.net/just-in-the-nick-of-time/) - I returned home on Monday night from a teaching trip, and just in time. News of the pandemic broke soon after and has only intensified in the days since. I'm thankful to be safely back home. I have no travel plans for a while. My daughter and I were reflecting on all the news last
- [Have No Fear](https://stashbandit.net/have-no-fear/) - I've been working on something totally outlandish and I have decided that the most important guideline for making art and doing original work in your quilting or any creative field is this: Have No Fear You can't be afraid to make something that nobody else has ever made. You can't be afraid to make something
- [Playing Drezzup in Hastings, Nebraska](https://stashbandit.net/playing-drezzup-in-hastings-nebraska/) - I had a delightful time with Hastings (Nebraska) Quilter's Guild last night, presenting Let's Play Drezzup to about 50 people. This program is in three parts: A hands-on experience to make, trim and join the Dresden blades. Everyone takes home her samples. A trunk show of blocks showing the endless variations possible with Dresden Plate.
- [President's Blocks, Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/presidents-blocks-part-2/) - In case you missed Part 1, you'll want to catch up by reading President's Blocks, 32 Years Late. I have an idea for reinventing blocks I received from guild members more than 30 years ago. The blocks are 9" (give or take) Nine Patches in '90s blues and muslin, with signatures in ink or embroidery.
- [President's Blocks, 32 Years Late](https://stashbandit.net/presidents-blocks-32-years-late/) - I was president of a quilt guild in Norfolk, Nebraska for two years in the late '80s. We were babies then—as women, as quilters and as a group. But we did figure out that it's nice to do something for the president at the end of her term. I'm not sure why I thought muslin
- [Bonnie Hunter Comes to Nebraska](https://stashbandit.net/bonnie-hunter-comes-to-nebraska/) - Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville fame visited three guilds in Nebraska last week, and it was such fun to reconnect with her. Bonnie has had a long-term working relationship with Quiltmaker, where I worked for 11 years, and that's how we first met. I hadn't seen her since we both taught at a Quiltmaker event about
- [President's Blocks, Part 3](https://stashbandit.net/presidents-blocks-part-3/) - Hello and welcome to Stash Bandit! I'm Diane Harris and it's nice to have you here. I've been telling the story of some blocks I received in the late '80s. Read Part 1. Read Part 2. This takes us up to The Rest of the Story, in the words of Paul
- [UFO Bonanza: Two Down, More to Go, Giveaway #2](https://stashbandit.net/ufo-bonanza-two-down-more-to-go-giveaway-2/) - If you're new here, WELCOME! I'm Diane Harris and I'm happy to meet you. Immediately after piecing the daisies and baskets UFO sampler below, I started another one. I was on a roll and it was the weekend between Christmas and New Year's. You may have noticed... ...that my project didn't begin
- [Garment Sewing: Who Can Resist a Baby?*](https://stashbandit.net/garment-sewing-who-can-resist-a-baby/) - *Or Two I started sewing in 4-H when I was nine years old. I wish I had a picture of my Quick Trick Skirt. It was a tube with a casing at the top and I wore it with a white blouse and a kerchief tied around my neck. I know I sound super
- [One Quilter's Generosity and a Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/one-quilters-generosity-and-a-giveaway/) - My guild had a two-day retreat the first weekend of 2020 and I was able to go for one day. It's always fun to see what other people are working on and have time to catch up with everyone. Lots of people worked on patriotic quilts for veterans in our area of Nebraska. We've been
- [New Year Giveaway #1!](https://stashbandit.net/new-year-giveaway-1/) - Happy New Year! It seems like a good time to do a few giveaways. My studio is bursting with things quilters love and it's time to share them with you all. I have new quilt designs in the first 2020 issues of McCall's Quilting and Quiltmaker. This is Living Among the Stars. The little house
- [Ponies from the Past](https://stashbandit.net/ponies-from-the-past/) - Every so often I get an email that surprises and delights me. It's usually when someone finishes a quilt I designed somewhere in the past. Deborah Robinson from Lake Forest, California made the quilt above for her cousin's first grandchild. She says the new mom really loved it! About 12 years ago, when I'd been
- [UFO Bonanza: One Down, Many to Go](https://stashbandit.net/one-down-many-to-go/) - I've continued sorting my UFOs and there are several I am really excited about. A couple of ideas have evolved along the way. (If you're not a quilter, a UFO is what we call an UnFinished Object. It's a project you started but didn't complete.) Here are the takeaways so far. It will be more
- [Real Quilt vs. Digital Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/real-quilt-vs-digital-quilt/) - First of all, Happy Thanksgiving! I usually design my quilts in The Electric Quilt Company's EQ8 software. It's easy to use and its features are endless. I've built my skills to where the final quilt actually looks very close to its digital EQ mockup. This is my Color Coded design in EQ8, with lines showing
- [Pattern Errors: Kindness and Empathy](https://stashbandit.net/pattern-errors-kindness-and-empathy/) - There's an error in the Yule Glow pattern, my recent design in McCall's Quilting. A mistake is a drag for everyone: the editors who wrote the pattern, the designer who wants the pattern to do well, and the reader who just wants to make a quilt without a lot of hassle. But do you know
- [Hong Kong and the Protests of 2019](https://stashbandit.net/hong-kong-and-the-protests-of-2019/) - My daughter and her family live in Hong Kong and I'm visiting for Thanksgiving. I arrived on Nov. 15 and will be here until Dec. 2. A number of people have asked about the protests and how that situation is affecting us. Just above is a map to give you an idea of where Hong
- [Textile Mills in Lowell, Mass and a New Quilting Friend](https://stashbandit.net/textile-mills-in-lowell-mass-and-a-new-quilting-friend/) - I'd never been to New Hampshire until this week, and only to Massachusetts once. It surprised me to hear locals call it "Mass," as if Massachusetts is just too much of a mouthful. Being from the Great Plains, I've sometimes been led to believe that New England folks are cold and aloof. But I haven't
- [Halloween Figs Sampler Quilt Progress](https://stashbandit.net/halloween-figs-sampler-quilt-progress/) - I've been steadily working on a new sampler quilt from Fig Tree & Co. called Halloween Figs. I've rarely made anything related to Halloween because for decades I went to an ultra-conservative church that forbade us to have anything to do with that holiday. Now I'm more middle-of-the-road and I think it's fine if children
- [No Kit? Go Stash Bandit Scrappy!](https://stashbandit.net/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 to the top. The fabrics in the original quilt are
- [Pine Burr Class: Folded Fabric Fun](https://stashbandit.net/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 online. The quilt above is listed for sale at lstDibs
- [The Great Pumpkin Backstory and Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/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 in the Nov/Dec '18 issue. Then I thought it might
- [How My Climate Quilt Bit the Dust](https://stashbandit.net/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 with some ideas. There were many possibilities and no shortage
- [What's New at Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/whats-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 soup starter, not sure where they would lead. Our bin
- [Happy June! Giveaway for Quilters](https://stashbandit.net/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 above on my morning walk yesterday. This is hard red
- [Visiting the Iowa Quilt Museum](https://stashbandit.net/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. They have so much fun doing this, and they're learning
- [Giveaway! Color Coded Rainbow Quilt in AP&Q](https://stashbandit.net/giveaway-color-coded-rainbow-quilt-in-apq/) - I am really, really excited to have my rainbow Color Coded quilt in the June issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. Those folks have been so nice to work with and they made my quilt look amazing! This weekend, I'm taking over their Instagram feed so I hope you'll check it out. They're @allpeoplequilt and
- [My Best Machine Quilting Trick](https://stashbandit.net/my-best-machine-quilting-trick/) - This is my best machine quilting trick. It's easy to do and it looks great. I've done it most often on smallish quilts but I've used it on a throw-size quilt, too. I tried it for the first time on this little red quilt, which is a free pattern just for my readers. Such a
- [Scrap Quilts 101: The Value of Value](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilts-101-the-value-of-value/) - I built a picket fence yesterday! Here's the scrappy story. I'm making a sampler quilt for my new Triple Crown program for guilds. It's a pattern from the Jen Kingwell folks called Girl Next Door. This house is at the center of the design. The house is surrounded by a picket fence. I've seen
- [Not Quite Dead](https://stashbandit.net/not-quite-dead/) - I haven't blogged in a while but here's what has been happening in my personal life and in the studio! I went to Hong Kong for two weeks to visit my daughter, her husband and their two little boys. I had a great time and enjoyed the little guys tremendously. Their parents are wonderful, too,
- [Valentine's Day Giveaway](https://stashbandit.net/valentines-day-giveaway/) - Happy Valentine's Day! Today I begin my 60th year on earth. In other words, I turn 59. I hope you'll celebrate with me by joining in the giveaway fun. I have a prize bundle for one lucky reader. It includes a new product from the Fat Quarter Shop and It's Sew Emma: The Sew Hot
- [Nine Patch Jambalaya: How It's Done](https://stashbandit.net/nine-patch-jambalaya-how-its-done/) - I visited Blue Valley Quilters Guild in Overland Park, Kansas last week and shared "Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts." I met nice people, enjoyed show and tell, and got excited for the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival in June, which BVQG co-sponsors. I'm in the habit of hanging one exemplary quilt on my display stand to set
- [Color Coded in American Patchwork & Quilting](https://stashbandit.net/color-coded-in-american-patchwork-quilting/) - The latest edition of American Patchwork & Quilting went on sale this week, and I'm delighted to share that I have my first quilt design in its pages. This is Color Coded from the June 2019 issue. I'm so pleased with the photography! That yellow door makes my heart sing. And the rainbow bookshelf? Oh
- [Let's Play Drezzup: Trunk Show and Workshop](https://stashbandit.net/lets-play-drezzup-trunk-show-and-workshop/) - I fell hard for Dresden Plate about 10 years ago and there's no hint that this love affair will end any time soon. I offer a lecture and a workshop and they're very different but both are a lot of fun. I wanted to share a few of the quilts with you. All Drezzed Up
- [QuiltCon in Nashville](https://stashbandit.net/quiltcon-in-nashville/) - QuiltCon is the annual gathering of The Modern Quilt Guild, and it was held last week in Nashville. I decided to go because I'm interested in what's happening in this arm of the quilting world. Today I'm sharing photos of some of the quilts in the juried show. This quilt didn't photograph especially well but
- [How to Do a Partial Seam](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-do-a-partial-seam/) - Learning to make a partial seam is easy! Partial seams strike fear in the hearts of quilters but it needn't be. Let me help you understand the idea with a Valentine quilt I finished this week. Last year I tried a couple of different ideas as I was developing my free heart quilt pattern. A
- [Thoughts on Purple and Some Big Magic](https://stashbandit.net/thoughts-on-purple-and-some-big-magic/) - I've been working on a new quilt design to add to the Windy Wonders trunk show. That program is booked for Omaha Quilters' Guild next week and I want to give them lots of eye candy. I thought a few more quilts would be nice, and since my sketchbook is overflowing, it wasn't hard to
- [Small Bear, Big Story: Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/small-bear-big-story-part-2/) - Today's feature is a guest post by my friend Donna di Natale. She's a quilter and author with Nebraska roots. After retiring from the medical field, Donna was an editor for Kansas City Star Quilts. She lives in Lenexa, Kansas and enjoys history, antiques and vintage quilt treasures. Read Part 1 if you need
- [Small Bear, Big Story: Part 3](https://stashbandit.net/small-bear-big-story-part-3/) - Today's feature is a guest post by my friend Donna di Natale. She's a quilter and author with Nebraska roots. After retiring from the medical field, Donna was an editor for Kansas City Star Quilts. She lives in Lenexa, Kansas and enjoys history, antiques and vintage quilt treasures. Read Part 1 Read Part 2
- [A Different Kind of Quilt Documentation](https://stashbandit.net/a-different-kind-of-quilt-documentation/) - Lisa Walz is a quilting friend from Highlands Ranch, Colorado. We've been going to the same quilt retreat for many years. At one of those retreats, she mentioned a unique way of documenting her quilts and I asked if she'd tell you about it. Here's Lisa, in her own words. I’ve never really been the
- [My Quilt Dilemma](https://stashbandit.net/my-quilt-dilemma/) - I'm making a quilt of my own design that will become part of two guild programs,* but it's not going well. I'm undecided about what to do. I know what I should do but I'm unwilling to do it. This is it. It's actually prettier than it looks here even if it is giving me
- [How to Fix a Broken Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-fix-a-broken-quilt/) - Featured image, above: "She Knew He Possessed Hidden Depths" by Jennevieve Schlemmer _____________________________________________________________________________ I saw the most interesting photo on Instagram last week. The South Sound Modern Quilt Guild in Olympia, Washington posted this image from their show and tell, and I had to find out more. I mean who wouldn't be curious about the
- [Add Movement with Diagonal Lines](https://stashbandit.net/add-movement-with-diagonal-lines/) - My lifetime adventures with Baby Windmills have led to quite a few quilt designs. Some of them have been sewn and some are still only on paper. The first designs were just sewing blocks together using a particular color recipe. Nice little scrap quilts like Christmas Dance, above, but pretty simplistic. Scarlet Spin took it
- [Small Bear, Big Story: Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/small-bear-big-story/) - Today's feature is a guest post by my friend Donna di Natale. She's a quilter and author with Nebraska roots. After retiring from the medical field, Donna was an editor for Kansas City Star Quilts. She lives in Lenexa, Kansas and enjoys history, antiques and vintage quilt treasures. Part 1 by Donna di Natale
- [Christmas Figs Done Scrappy, Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/christmas-figs-done-scrappy-part-2/) - During the early fall and again after Thanksgiving, I've been piecing a scrappy version of Christmas Figs by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts, published by the Fat Quarter Shop. Their quilt features the Christmas Figs fabric line by Fig Tree for Moda Fabrics. I had a fat quarter bundle of those fabrics that I'd
- [Merry Christmas!](https://stashbandit.net/merry-christmas/) - Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!
- [Nostalgic Christmas Part 2: Abe and Angels](https://stashbandit.net/nostalgic-christmas-part-2-abe-and-angels/) - Another reason I'm calling this the Year of the Nostalgic Christmas is Abraham Lincoln. Not the president, really, but the children's picture book from 1939. When I was very young, the library at St. John's Lutheran School had a copy of this book, and I checked it out often. I couldn't get enough of the
- [Christmas Figs Done Scrappy, Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/christmas-figs-done-scrappy-part-1/) - I've been working on a new holiday quilt called Christmas Figs. It's been so much fun! The folks at Fat Quarter Shop sent me a review copy of the Christmas Figs book, and I could not wait to dive in. I made the first few blocks at a fall retreat in Buena Vista, Colorado last
- [Handi Quilter Owners: An Invitation](https://stashbandit.net/handi-quilter-owners-an-invitation/) - Handi Quilter is inviting owners of their longarm and sit-down quilting machines to take part in an upcoming marketing campaign: AND I QUILT! Here's the scoop directly from Handi Quilter: Are you a Handi Quilter owner with a story to tell? We know you love quilting, but tell us the rest of your story (and let us
- [Want to Make a Quilt with 50,000 Friends?](https://stashbandit.net/want-to-make-a-quilt-with-50000-friends/) - If you're a quilter and you're online, you're likely aware of the recent kickoff of the annual Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. I always enjoy the Quiltville Mystery, even when I don't participate. I've done Bonnie's mystery quilt twice. In 2007 we were given Carolina Crossroads and in 2010, Roll Roll Cotton Boll. Those quilts are both
- [What's a Tomte? Do You Know-m? Giveaway!](https://stashbandit.net/whats-a-tomte-do-you-know-m-giveaway/) - I'm not the least bit Scandinavian, so when cute little creatures called "tomten" started appearing in my Instagram feed last year, I had to Google. It turns out they're a little bit like gnomes. From Wikipedia: A...tomte...is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore...typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. Another explanation says
- [When We Don't Live Long Enough...](https://stashbandit.net/when-we-dont-live-long-enough/) - I have been trying to write this post for a week. I can't put my finger on what it is I want to say. The family of a recently deceased guild member invited us into her home last week to shop her fabric stash. Two dollars a pound. I keep trying to find words for
- [You're Invited! Stash Bandit's Mountain Retreat](https://stashbandit.net/youre-invited-stash-bandits-mountain-retreat/) - Exciting news today! I'd like to invite you to the Stash Bandit Mountain Quilt Retreat in Buena Vista, Colorado from March 14 to 17, 2019. We'll be at The Lodge at Buena Vista, where the views are amazing and the food is spectacular! I’ve come up with what I think will be the best of
- [Winter Sewing, Slow and Easy](https://stashbandit.net/winter-sewing-slow-and-easy/) - Every year it seems like I have time to sew during November, December and January. Other people are busy shopping, cooking and decorating. But my life is the opposite, and that's kind of a good thing. Thanksgiving was quiet with just five guests (two bigs and three littles). The meal was easy and the company
- [Changing It Up: From Christmas to Industry](https://stashbandit.net/changing-it-up-from-christmas-to-industry/) - I posted an image of my recent modern Christmas wreath quilt on Instagram, and a follower named Karen saw "urban-industrial style Christmas." What a great description! Her thoughts moved me to play around with this design and purposely go for an industrial look. So I moved away from Christmas entirely, to these possibilities. A little
- [Holiday Designs by Stash Bandit, Part 2](https://stashbandit.net/holiday-designs-by-stash-bandit-part-2/) - My exceptional longarm quilter said to me recently, "I think everything you do is modern." I'd commented that I didn't think of myself as a "modern" quilter, and her response gave me pause. I've been (very happily) fielding inquiries from modern quilt guilds, and the truth is that some things I design and make lean toward
- [Greetings from Hong Kong](https://stashbandit.net/greetings-from-hong-kong/) - I haven't often had the opportunity to travel, but when your daughter and her family move to the other side of the world, you do it. I'm visiting Holly, her husband Dustin, and my only grandchildren—two precious little boys aged 2 and 6. It feels like there is quilt inspiration around every corner. In the
- [Holiday Designs by Stash Bandit, Part 1](https://stashbandit.net/holiday-designs-by-stash-bandit-part-1/) - The Nov/Dec issue of Quilty magazine is on newsstands now, and I'm very excited to have two new quilt designs inside. Ever since I started building the Jingle Bells Trunk Show to share with quilt guilds, I've been obsessed with making Christmas quilts. I'm constantly working on new ideas, and these two were a fit
- [Quilt Retreat with Wagner's Quilts & Conversation](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-retreat-with-wagners-quilts-conversation/) - Last week I co-hosted a quilt retreat with Wagner's Quilts & Conversation in Arapahoe, Nebraska. Eighteen quilters joined us for three days of fun. The food was great and the company was amiable! The owners of Wagner's Quilts are Ruth and Gretchen, a mother-daughter team. They're good at making an event feel special. We worked
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #6](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-6/) - For the past several years, I've signed up for the Teal Mini Swap. It's a fundraiser hosted by my friend Beth Helfter of EvaPaige Quilt Designs to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Today's little quilt was made by Lorrie Langdon from Greenville, Mississippi. Lorrie was my swap partner, so the quilt came to be
- [Add Facing to a Quilt: Easy Method](https://stashbandit.net/add-facing-to-a-quilt-easy-method/) - Several of my small Dresden Plate quilts have facing instead of binding. When I shared them during a recent program, people asked for instructions. I wrote "Let's Face It" for Quiltmaker in years past, so I got their permission to post that article here. I hope you'll give it a try. It's a great skill
- [Scrap Quilts in Indiana](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilts-in-indiana/) - At the very beginning of summer, I drove to Lafayette, Indiana to share a trunk show of scrap quilts and teach a class on Dresden Plate. It was delightful! One of the quilters in the class emailed with big news last week, and it reminded me to blog about the Common Threads Quilt Guild. This cool
- [Dresden Plate Delight](https://stashbandit.net/dresden-plate-delight/) - I had a great group of students for a "Let's Play Drezzup" workshop in Indiana earlier this summer. And I had a new experience with the GPS on my iPhone when it got me totally lost and I was very late for the class I was teaching. I was mortified but the quilters were so
- [Dresden Plate's a Winner!](https://stashbandit.net/dresden-plates-a-winner/) - I got an exciting email recently. Mary McIntyre took my "Let's Play Drezzup" class on Dresden Plate in May when I visited Lafayette, Indiana. She wrote, "Look what got Champ at the Tippecanoe County Fair, Lafayette, Indiana!" Once the quilt came back to her, Mary and I talked on the phone. She had never made a
- [Petit Patchwork Autumn Retreat](https://stashbandit.net/petit-patchwork-autumn-retreat/) - You're invited! Autumn Retreat: "Petit Patchwork" co-hosted by Stash Bandit and Wagner's Quilts & Conversation September 13 to 15, 2018 in Arapahoe, Nebraska I'd love for you to join me for a skill-building extravaganza during three days of quilting, laughter, great food, fun and relaxation! Here's the little quilt we'll be using to beef up
- [Stash Bandit in Modern Patchwork](https://stashbandit.net/stash-bandit-in-modern-patchwork/) - Happy mail arrived this week! The newest Modern Patchwork, in which I have a quilt. I'm really pleased to be included. It's my first time in Modern Patchwork. You'll find the July/August issue on newsstands by Tuesday, June 26. To tell you about my quilt, I have to back way up. When I started working
- [Vintage Sewing Treasures](https://stashbandit.net/vintage-sewing-treasures/) - A while back I was with quilting buddies in Holdrege and there was a garage sale at the senior citizen's center. I spied a beat-up brown grocery sack with "50¢" scrawled on the side. The sack was full of old fabric scraps, and a quick look told me they were mostly small pieces. But for
- [Machine Quilting Inspiration](https://stashbandit.net/machine-quilting-inspiration/) - Over the weekend I saw a lot of machine quilting that challenged me to improve my skills and start working on the tops I have finished. You know how that is? You love to piece them, but your machine quilting is less than perfect and it's hard to figure out what to quilt on them.
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #5](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-5/) - One of the sweetest quilts I ever came across is a Sunbonnet Sue baby quilt from the 30's or 40's. I'm not usually a fan of silly Sue, but this one was so charming that I couldn't leave it behind. I love the rectangular blocks. They're more interesting than square blocks. And notice that Sue
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #4](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-4/) - One of the first programs I developed for quilt guilds is called One Hundred Small Quilts. I'm presenting these quilts in a series of short posts on Stash Bandit. Luminous Lines was created for an assignment in an advanced design class I took with Heather Thomas when I lived in Colorado. We were covering different
- [Strange (Fabric) Bedfellows](https://stashbandit.net/strange-fabric-bedfellows/) - I taught a class in Shenandoah, Iowa last week, and my hostess treated me to the progress on her guild challenge quilt. It's remarkable so I wanted to share it with you. She started by drawing these four fabrics randomly, and at first glance, you might think that was disheartening. But Carolyn is nothing if
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #3](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-3/) - My trunk show called "One Hundred Small Quilts" contains three Hanky Panky quilts. This idea originated (as far as I know) with Cindy Brick from Castle Rock, Colorado. She visited Nebraska a few years back to teach her hanky quilt techniques. I'd always loved vintage handkerchiefs, and my mom loved and collected them, too. So
- [Everybunny: Scrap Quilt Lessons](https://stashbandit.net/everybunny-scrap-quilt-lessons/) - I always pull out Everybunny this time of year—it's one of my favorite finishes. There was a lot to learn about scrap quilts when I made it. Let's pull some lessons from it. Today will be #1 and I'll do a little series on making better scrap quilts. The most important lesson and the hardest
- [Feed Your Creativity](https://stashbandit.net/feed-your-creativity/) - I've discovered that creativity needs to be fed. Creativity has an appetite. It can be more voracious at some times than others, but we shouldn't ignore its need to be nurtured. Here's an example: You attend a quilt show or a guild meeting with show and tell. You see some quilts you love and you
- [Machine Quilting Practice: Christmas Chevron](https://stashbandit.net/machine-quilting-practice-christmas-chevron/) - Around Christmas last year, I started piecing a simple chevron quilt made from triangle-squares. I sewed from my stash and was pretty excited with how it started coming together. I wasn't able to finish at that time, but I took the parts with me to quilt retreat in February and got the whole thing together.
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #2](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-2/) - My trunk show "One Hundred Small Quilts" is popular with quilt groups. I've been giving it for six years and have added to the collection. I actually bring about 120 quilts with me. The quilts have lessons to teach us. This is Dresden Delight. Dresden Delight appeared in Quiltmaker Nov/Dec '12. What can you learn
- [Pine Burr: Fast, Easy, Addictive](https://stashbandit.net/pine-burr-fast-easy-addictive/) - A few years back I took a class from Jean Ayres on how to make old-fashioned Pine Burr blocks. I'd seen a Pine Burr quilt in an exhibit of African-American quilts near Seattle at the Bellevue Arts Museum. I fell in love with it. So when I heard that Jean was hosting a class
- [How to Make a Scrappy Quilt Binding](https://stashbandit.net/how-to-make-a-scrappy-quilt-binding/) - Whenever I finish a quilt, I put the leftover binding into a shoebox in my closet. When I'm ready to bind a scrap quilt, I start by checking in the shoebox. Last weekend I wanted to bind my scrappy green and teal Patchwork Forest quilt, which I've named Can't See the Forest for the Trees.
- [A Bitty Blocks Row Quilt (Almost) Finish](https://stashbandit.net/a-bitty-blocks-row-quilt-almost-finish/) - I finished piecing my row quilt from Quiltmaker's Bitty Blocks this week. We offered these small blocks as freebies when I was working for QM, and even though I made lots of blocks at that time, I had never finished my quilt. When I pulled out this UFO to try again, I had stars, baskets,
- [Ken Burns, Filmmaker and Quilt Collector](https://stashbandit.net/ken-burns-filmmaker-and-quilt-collector/) - If you've watched popular documentaries such as Jazz, Baseball, The Vietnam War and The National Parks: America's Best Idea, then you may know Ken Burns as a filmmaker. His highly acclaimed work is known the world over. What you may not know is that Ken Burns is also a quilt collector. Some of his quilts are
- [Patchwork and Quilting: Building Better Habits](https://stashbandit.net/patchwork-and-quilting-building-better-habits/) - I've been working to break a few bad habits and build some better ones related to my quilt making. It's never easy to break a bad habit. It's not easy to form a good habit, either! The bad habit I want to break is finishing the piecing of a top only to fold it up
- [Stash Bandit's Best of 2017 Linky Party](https://stashbandit.net/stash-bandits-best-of-2017-linky-party/) - I'm joining in with the Best of 2017 Linky Party hosted by Cheryl Brickey over at Meadow Mist Designs. It's a fun way to see a lot of quilts and find some fresh people to follow. You'll find a link to the party at the end of this post. But first, here is the Best
- [Briar Rose Quilt Pattern](https://stashbandit.net/briar-rose-quilt-pattern/) - Designing quilts for publication is a funny thing. Magazines work so far ahead that sometimes, if you're not the one making the quilt, you forget all about a design until it appears on the printed page. And even then you might not recognize it as your own. That's what happened with Briar Rose in the
- [Quilt Borders: What Not to Do](https://stashbandit.net/quilt-borders-what-not-to-do/) - Today I'm sharing a quilt that's a lesson in what not to do. I learned something the hard way on this quilt. I like the center part just fine, but that wide striped border? There is room for improvement. I spent a lot of time on these scrappy string Spiderweb blocks, pulling brights from my
- [Making a Scrappy Row Quilt: Bitty Blocks](https://stashbandit.net/making-a-scrappy-row-quilt-bitty-blocks/) - I unearthed a corner of my studio last week and came across some treasures. Neatly stacked in a cardboard box were my QM Bitty Blocks from 2015. I and other QM staff members designed these little gems as freebies that we presented month by month on the Quiltmaker blog that year. It was so much
- [What Are You Working On?](https://stashbandit.net/what-are-you-working-on/) - I walked into a quilt shop yesterday, and the owner asked me a question. "What are you working on?" I had to think hard. I've been working on a lot of things, but I don't have any big finishes to show for it. In this case it's easy to feel like you're not getting anything
- [Getting Started in a New Year](https://stashbandit.net/getting-started-in-a-new-year/) - After a big holiday like Christmas I always find it hard to get started again in the studio. Maybe it's the anticipation of it all and a bit of a letdown that it's over, or maybe it's just being tired, or because it's the dead of winter (-3º here) or something else. I have a
- [My Little Christmas Tree Quilt](https://stashbandit.net/my-little-christmas-tree-quilt/) - Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday is full of the love of family and friends. Let me tell you about my little Christmas tree quilt, Twinkling Bright. It all started with this small block that I call a Baby Windmill. I'm on a mission to design as many interesting quilts as I can with this
- [One Hundred Small Quilts #1](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-1/) - I'm going to start sharing my quilts here in short posts. They'll give you an idea of what my trunk shows are like, which is the thrust of my business, Stash Bandit: I'm a speaker and a teacher on the topic of quilt-making. When a quilt (or several) intrigues you, I hope you'll visit my
- [Playtime for Quilters](https://stashbandit.net/playtime-for-quilters/) - I've been thinking about play. I've been visiting my daughter and her family in Hong Kong, where they work at Hong Kong International School. The lower primary school finished a new building over the summer. What is knocking my socks off is how the educational areas of this building are designed for children aged
- [Scrap Quilt Advice from My Friends the Experts](https://stashbandit.net/scrap-quilt-advice-from-my-friends-the-experts/) - Stash Bandit is all about making scrap quilts, often from the fabric you already own. I asked some well-respected industry folks for their best tip, trick or advice about making a scrap quilt. Enjoy! "All fabrics can work together in the same scrap quilt, as long as you have enough different ones. If one sticks out,

## Pages

- [Calendar: Where is Stash Bandit going next?!](https://stashbandit.net/calendar/) - I hope to see you at an upcoming event! Let's Talk Quilts! If travel is breaking the bank for your quilt group, consider virtual programming! I think people learn as much or more during a virtual presentation as during an in-person event. I will drive up to about 350 miles for in-person events when a
- [Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/scrappy-sundays-with-stash-bandit/) - Welcome to Scrappy Sundays with Stash Bandit! I like to have a way to share new content with followers and to give people a taste of who I am and what I do, and that's how Scrappy Sundays were born. I think it them as a series, but each one stands by itself so you
- [Supply Lists](https://stashbandit.net/supply-lists/) - Here you'll find links to supply lists for my workshops. I can't wait to see you in class! The Brick Block (Stash Bandit Briefs) StarQuar Scrap Quilts Baby Windmills
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- [Engaging classes for quilters everywhere!](https://stashbandit.net/workshops-on-demand/) - These classes are "open enrollment," which means that I'm putting the class on myself as opposed to a guild or shop hosting me. Open enrollment classes are available to anyone, anywhere. The only consideration is the time zone if you wish to attend live. I am on Central time in the U.S. but I record
- [Fabric Savvy Secrets from Diane Harris](https://stashbandit.net/fabric-savvy-secrets-from-diane-harris/) - Easy ideas to make your quilts sing! Over decades of making scrappy quilts with lots and lots of fabrics, I've learned some valuable lessons. I've boiled them down here. I hope they'll be helpful! SCALE Scale is the word we use to describe the size of printed motifs. It really helps to use different sizes
- [Trunk Shows by Diane Harris](https://stashbandit.net/trunk-shows/) - Whether you call them trunk shows, lectures or guild programs, they're all about quilts, inspiration and entertainment. I'd love to visit your group to share my quilts and what I've learned, or even better, let's talk quilts via Zoom! My experience includes 40 years of quiltmaking and 20 years inside the quilt industry. Fees No
- [Let's Talk Quilts!](https://stashbandit.net/lets-talk-quilts/) - Need more info before you get in touch? Visit my START HERE page. I would welcome the opportunity to chat with you about a virtual or in-person visit to your quilting group. My presentations are fun, energetic and inspiring. We learn a lot and have a great time. Please note these updates: 1. I will
- [Sampler Strategies from the Taste Test Trunk Show](https://stashbandit.net/tastetest/) - with Diane Harris, Stash Bandit Click here for a printable PDF of the sampler strategies below Ways to create a sampler Different blocks, same sizeDifferent blocks, same colors or fabricsSame block, different sizesSame block, different valuesSame block, different proportionsBlocks from friends > special occasionOne technique, different applicationsBlocks in a theme (idea list below)Kitchen sink: Anything
- [To You, with Love: Free Quilt Pattern](https://stashbandit.net/free-patterns/to-you-with-love-free-quilt-pattern/) - What's not to love about Valentine's Day? Just about everyone can get on board with loving and being loved. I designed an easy little heart quilt block and put it into a small quilt design just for the upcoming holiday. I've written the instructions and they're a gift. This is "To You, with Love." You
- [Free Patterns](https://stashbandit.net/free-patterns/) - Everyone loves a freebie! I hope you'll enjoy these original designs from Stash Bandit. Christmas Dance is the most basic Baby Windmills quilt you can make. It finishes at 27" x 31".Get the free pattern for Christmas Dance. Here's a free coloring page you can use to create your own Baby Windmills quilt design. To You, with
- [Tickets](https://stashbandit.net/tickets/) - Here you'll find links to purchase tickets for upcoming events. Jingle Bells Trunk Show, online eventWed Dec 4, 7 pm Central Get your $15 ticket here
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- [Get the free Welcome pattern and Diane's "Scrappy Tips" emails](https://stashbandit.net/email-signup/) - Get my "Welcome" quilt pattern for the giant pineapple quilt! When you fill out the form below, the pineapple pattern will magically appear in your inbox. And I will stay in touch by sharing tips for making great scrappy quilts. Please use this form to sign up. You will be sent a verification email. If
- [Start Here!](https://stashbandit.net/start-here/) - I've put links to everything you might need as you consider hiring me for your quilt group here, in one easy place. See my TRUNK SHOWS. See my CLASSES. See my FEES. Download or preview my CONTRACT for VIRTUAL presentations. Download or preview my CONTRACT FOR IN-PERSON presentations. Send me email: diane@stashbandit.net Sign up for
- [Christmas Dance Complimentary Quilt Pattern](https://stashbandit.net/christmas-dance-complimentary-quilt-pattern/) - Thank you for visiting Stash Bandit after attending the Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit. Christmas Dance is an easy design that looks great in any colors you choose. I hope you'll enjoy making it! I wish you lots of happy quilting. Christmas Dance complimentary pattern Please take a moment to sign up for my "Scrappy
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- [Virtual Learning with Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/virtual-learning-with-stash-bandit/) - Looking for online classes? See upcoming workshops here! I am booking virtual trunk shows and workshops for quilt groups from coast to coast, and anywhere in the world! No one loves to talk about money but everyone needs to know about it. To save you from searching for this information, here is the scoop: A
- [Thank you for joining me for Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts!](https://stashbandit.net/thank-you-for-joining-me-in-clinton-mo/) - Here are the handouts I mentioned during my trunk show, Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts. 1. Diane's Best Tips for Scrap Quilts 2. More of my best tips for scrap quilts! 3. Three free starts for scrap quilts 4. Links to the quilts in the trunk show I'm always working on open enrollment classes. These are
- [One Hundred Small Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts-2/) - In person only This program is a trunk show of about 125 small quilts I have made and collected over the past three decades. The small quilts offer a perspective on changing styles, techniques and fabrics over the years. They tell the story of one quilter’s journey from Nebraska 4-H member to quilt industry professional.
- [Fees](https://stashbandit.net/fees/) - Fees for virtual and in-person presentations are the same. A one-hour trunk show of quilts and teaching is $525 and includes handouts, links to relevant information and Q&A. A full-day class is six hours of instruction for $700. We break for lunch. A half-day class is up to four hours of instruction and is $600.
- [Thank you for joining me in the Quad Cities!](https://stashbandit.net/thank-you-for-joining-me-in-the-quad-cities/) - And thank you to Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild for hosting me. Such a pleasure to be with you all! Here are the handouts I mentioned during my trunk show, Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts. 1. Diane's Best Tips for Scrap Quilts 2. More of my best tips for scrap quilts! 3. Three free starts for scrap
- [Color, Contrast & Cohesion: A Design Class with Diane Harris](https://stashbandit.net/color-contrast-cohesion-a-design-class-with-diane-harris/) - When guilds and shops schedule this class, people often want to know more about it before they sign up. I built this page to share additional CCC information. I will cover these ideas during class. ValueContrastScaleTextureColorClarityThe chaos quiltTying it all together We keep the piecing simple. You'll be learning by leaps and bounds about CCC
- [Nice things people have said 😊](https://stashbandit.net/nice-things-people-have-said-😊/) - I'm grateful when someone takes the time to give me feedback on a trunk show or class. Here are a few comments I've received. From Barb: What a fun presentation! From Natalie: Love all your quilts & your presentation is inspiring!
- [Taste Test: Unexpected Sampler Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/taste-test-unexpected-sampler-quilts/) - Brand new and so much fun! I make sampler quilts of various types because I love the variety. Each quilt is unique and holds my interest from the first stitch to the last. I used to think that sampler quilts were just various blocks in rows with sashing. I could not have been more wrong!
- [Jingle Bells Trunk Show](https://stashbandit.net/jingle-bells-trunk-show/) - Click here for the list of quilts and their patterns in the Virtual Jingle Bells Trunk Show. This energetic program is full of surprises from the start. It's appropriate any time of year, as it gets people excited to make holiday quilts in time for gift giving. The Jingle Bells trunk show includes quilts in
- [Windy Wonders](https://stashbandit.net/windy-wonders/) - From one humble block comes this parade of unique quilt designs in a brand new trunk show. I started making Baby Windmills years ago and soon realized how many things I could do with them. Now I’m on a lifelong quest to make every such quilt that lives in my head. I’m so excited about
- [Windy Wonders: A Quilt Block Grows Up](https://stashbandit.net/windy-wonders-a-quilt-block-grows-up/) - From one humble block comes this parade of unique quilt designs in a brand new trunk show. I started making Baby Windmills years ago and soon realized how many things I could do with them. Now I’m on a lifelong quest to make every such quilt that lives in my head. I’m so excited about
- [Stash Bandit's Treasure Trove of Tips](https://stashbandit.net/stash-bandits-treasure-trove-of-tips/) - Diane's Best Tips for Scrap Quilts
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- [Retreats](https://stashbandit.net/retreats/) - Welcome to the home page for Stash Bandit Quilt Retreats! At these relaxing events, Diane Harris shares her expertise gleaned over more than 30 years of quilting, sewing, designing, speaking and teaching. Stretch your skills, build your confidence, make new friends and have some serious fun at a Stash Bandit quilt retreat. Absolutely no cooking!
- [Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/make-extraordinary-scrap-quilts/) - How do you make a successful scrap quilt? Learn my best tips and a few secrets during this trunk show of more than 50 scrappy quilts made over many years. Just what is a scrap quilt? Who can make a scrap quilt? Why would you create one? How is it done? Discover ways to pull
- [One Hundred Small Quilts](https://stashbandit.net/one-hundred-small-quilts/) - This program is a trunk show of about 125 small quilts I have made and collected over the past three decades. The small quilts offer a perspective on changing styles, techniques and fabrics over the years. They tell the story of one quilter’s journey from Nebraska 4-H member to quilt industry professional. I use the
- [Contact others who've booked Stash Bandit](https://stashbandit.net/contact-others-whove-booked-stash-bandit/) - I'm happy to provide you with emails for others who have used my speaking, teaching and design services. Please email me: diane@stashbandit.net.
- [String Piecing Retreat at Wagner's Quilts & Conversation](https://stashbandit.net/string-piecing-retreat-at-wagners-quilts-conversation/) - Join me, the Stash Bandit, at the beautiful Hunt Nebraska Lodge Arapahoe, Nebraska Sept. 24–27, 2017 for an exciting String Piecing Retreat See our flyer with complete information This exciting event is brought to you by Wagner's Quilts and Conversation in Arapahoe, Nebraska. We'll be learning about string piecing and all the wonderfully creative
- [Let's Play Drezzup](https://stashbandit.net/lets-play-drezzup/) - A little bit lecture, a little bit hands-on demo: That’s what Let’s Play Drezzup is all about. Learn how a Dresden Plate quilt block is made, and then see many amazing variations on this traditional pattern. There are infinite ways to jazz it up and they’re all so much fun—you won’t know where to begin! I'll bring
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- [More Stash Bandit Quilt Galleries](https://stashbandit.net/more-stash-bandit-quilt-galleries/) - Please enjoy this gallery of pint-sized quilts which make up part of my lecture entitled One Hundred Small Quilts. I hope you'll like this gallery of
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## Downloads

- [Summer Splash: Autumn Version](https://stashbandit.net/downloads/summer-splash-autumn-version/) - Summer Splash is a delightfully scrappy sampler quilt at 33" x 41". It's perfect for using up treasured bits of fabric and for building your piecing skills.
- [Windows in Time digital quilt pattern](https://stashbandit.net/downloads/windows-in-time-digital-quilt-pattern/) - Please note: You are purchasing a file to download, not a paper pattern. Windows in Time is an easy throw-size quilt that looks great in many color combos. The original quilt features mostly Civil War reproductions with sashing in dark navy blue and cheddar. Please note: You are purchasing a file to download, not a
- [Penny Candy Strings digital quilt pattern](https://stashbandit.net/downloads/penny-candy-strings-digital-quilt-pattern/) - Please note: You are purchasing a file to download, not a paper pattern. $15 Penny Candy Strings is an easy scrap quilt with infinite variations. Make it as shown for a throw-size quilt, go smaller for a child or go big to make a real dent in your scrap bin. The sewing is easy
- [StarQuar Scrap Quilts: Ideas and Patterns!](https://stashbandit.net/downloads/starquar-scrap-quilts-ideas-and-patterns/) - Once you've taken my StarQuar Scrap Quilts workshop, you may wish to go beyond the basics. This packet gives you instructions for StarQuar Surrounded, Windswept Tulips, Puss in the Corner + StarQuars, Four Patch + StarQuars, Christmas Cactus (my favorite!), Sashay block and quilt, Doubled 14" StarQuar and more! StarQuar Surrounded

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