The Quilt District Blog

FREEDOM, More Than a Quilt

Mar 7, 2019

About a year ago I started noticing a theme emerging in my life. I was embarking on another new era. This one is about the LIBERATION OF SPIRIT. So when I saw this pattern for Freedom in Sherri Noel's new book Text It!, I knew immediately that was the one I had to...

Text It! Blog Hop – Mar 4th-16th

Mar 4, 2019

This new book from Sherri Noel has some really terrific projects for words on quilts and quilted pillows. TWO weeks of projects on this hop, and each blogger is giving away a copy of the book and two large spools of Aurifil thread! I'll reveal my Freedom Quilt...

Napkins to Wipe Your Mouth With

Aug 11, 2018

We like to use mostly cloth napkins around our house. Not because we're posh (Duchess Meghan hasn't returned my call), but because we like the reduce and reuse economical and ecological factors. You could probably have a set of these ready for your dinner party...

How I Made My Design Wall

Mar 22, 2018

I have moved into my new sewing space, and although it isn't finished, it HAD to get a design wall ASAP. I had making to do! After poking around the interwebz, I cobbled together bits of what I learned and made a design wall that works for me and my space. It is large...

Improv Workshop with Gee’s Bend Quilters

Feb 17, 2018

We do not remember days, we remember moments. ~ Cesare Pavese Yesterday's Gee's Bend workshop at Heritage Hall in Talladega, Alabama was filled with beautiful moments. China caught me picking apart some fabric strips (which I thought was going rather well), took them...

Movin’ On Up…

Feb 10, 2018

Today I start painting the room that will soon be my sewing studio (doesn't that sound fancy?). This was my eldest stepdaughter's room until she went to college, then it was my stepson's room until he went to college four years later. Now, it's going to be MY room....