Category Archives: Inspiration

Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway: Day 2

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Danielle

Good morning loyal followers, how is your Tuesday so far? How about some free fabric to get you through the week? Yep, free fabric. We’re promoting our newest special issue, Best Weekend Quilts 2013, and we’re having an entire week … Continue reading →

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Labels and a Graduation Quilt, Too

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Lori Baker

I had a wonderful visit with a friend from Ohio last week. We were talking about my quilts and she asked about my labels. As much as I nag about labels, I had two hanging in my apartment without them. … Continue reading →

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A day at the museum

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

A couple of weekends ago I took my young daughters (a preschooler and a toddler) to the Denver Art Museum. The DAM is amazingly family-friendly, but my motivation was to catch a temporary Georgia O’Keefe exhibit before it closed. I’m … Continue reading →

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Quilt Shows are Inspiring!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Lori Baker

This past week I went to the Denver National Quilt Festival not once but twice. The first time was on Wednesday before the show opened. Quilters Newsletter presented an Editors’ Choice award to one of the many fabulous quilts on … Continue reading →

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Kath’s Best Weekend Quilt

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Kath Wagar Wright

When we were challenged to choose one of the Best Weekend Quilts 2013 to make, I was immediately drawn to Triangles & Diamonds by Ramona Sorenson. I had created a digital sample of a scrappy alternate colorway for Ramona’s quilt … Continue reading →

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The Colors of Spring?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Kath Wagar Wright

I shot this photo of a pair of robins from the stairwell of our apartment building a month ago today. The contrast of bright orange puffed-up robin bellies against the dark brown branches and the whites of the falling snow … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Challenges

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Lori Baker

This past week, I found this old photo and thought the story would be fun to tell you. (That’s me on the right.) In 2001, my mom, my sister and I participated in a quilt challenge. The challenge worked this … Continue reading →

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Ribbons on a quilt

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

If you want tips on how to win a ribbon at a quilt show, Lori has some pretty good advice for you. This post may not help you with creating a ribbon-winning quilt, although hopefully it inspires you to experiment … Continue reading →

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Fabric Love

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

I hope everyone had a magical Valentine’s Day filled with happiness and love. Of course, it’s good to have days like that all the time. Love is too much of a priority to everyone, it seems, to be confined to … Continue reading →

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Babies – Quilting and Design Inspiration

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Kath Wagar Wright

I just found out recently that one of my nieces is expecting for the first time this summer. I’ve designed a lot of baby quilts for our special issues in the past and have made and quilted a number of … Continue reading →

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