Spiky Border Tutorial by Tia Curtis

I love how the spiky border adds pizzazz to this scrappy one-patch quilt by Tia Curtis.

 See her spiky border tutorial here and her  Etsy shop too. 

Tia is a quilt teacher and longarm quilter in Kansas.

Nice job, Tia!

Teresa's Binding

Teresa from Nashville, Tennessee (blog: A Quilt and a Prayer) shows how to make this elegant binding with a tiny inner border in the photo below. So simple once you see the photo!

Once again proving that a picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks, Teresa!

Spider Web Christmas Tree Skirt

This clever Christmas tree skirt was made by Rachel of Stitched in Color. 

She has a tutorial showing how to make this. Great job, Rachel! 

Also visit the Tutorials page on her blog.

Selvage Binding!

Becca of Bryan House Quilts in Texas has a fabulous idea: selvage binding! And she has a tutorial on her blog showing how to do it. Good thinking Becca!!

Totally Tutorials - Free Craft Directory!

This bag is just one of many clever projects on Kym's site: Totally Tutorials, a directory of free craft tutorials. There is so much to see here, and new tutorials are being added daily.

 If you're looking for a tutorial, or you have a tutorial that you'd like to share, or if you'd like to test free sewing tools, or you'd like to promote your blog, this is the place for you.

This site has over 5,200 followers! Can you imagine? It's the place to be!

Tracks Quilt

Have a seat in my quilt room while I show you what I'm up to. Iced tea? Cookies?

This is my current quilt project, the Tracks quilt. I cut up a big collection of dark and light prints, approximately 3.5" x 2-2.5." I sewed strips of all lights, all darks, and dark-light-dark-light. (The strips were trimmed to 3" wide.) Then I sewed 5 strips together: dark in the middle with a dark-light on either side, then a light strip on either side, as you can easily see in the photos :) You can see some of the great novelty prints above. In the top photo, see the big red tomato on the far right. Below see my worktable covered with darks and lights. It looks like there's enough to make another dark-light quilt! And you'll notice some new yardage ready to be cut up too, mostly light florals. Thanks for visiting. Hugs to you.

Selvage Wallets from Perth, Australia

The mother-daughter duo in Perth, Australia who made these "loyalty card wallets" have a tutorial on their blog: http://spoonfullofsugargirls.blogspot.com/2009/03/tutorial-scrappy-loyalty-card-wallet.html That red button looks good with the color windows nearby. Notice how they didn't use any of the printed fabric, just the white edge. Very pretty.

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This is their first selvage project. Mom says this might be addictive. Do you think? :)

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Greetings to all our visitors from Canada today!