Neutral quilts

My husband soon learned this hobby was going to stick around for a while. He started talking about buying me a new sewing machine. I hesitated for a long time; I follow a lot of quilting blogs, and…

Catching up here on quilts finished this year. I started collecting low volume fabrics a few years ago needing a break from all the bright fabrics and the calm was welcome. Turns out I had A LOT of low volume fabric as I finished this queen size quilt and still had plenty to make at least two more quilts. Earlier this year when I was looking for meditative quarantine sewing, I started making these partial seam blocks using Red Pepper Quilts Bright Hope block tutorial. I ended up with over…

make us // gum tree quilt [ faffling . muted colours . irregular piecing . quilting . sewing ]

I feel like I have been hustling since the last week of August. Between the kids and their homework and their sports and my job and everything else, I finally feel like I can maybe sit a minute and even read a book. This past week started with an incredible amount of stress, when my sewing machine started skipping. I tried all the normal things, several times and realized none of those things were working. So I took in to be serviced only to be told that the timing was bad. I was already…

I grew up in a home with a mother who hand quilted many quilts. Our home was one that had many piles of fabrics and you had to be careful if you sat in momma’s seat because more than likely there were several straight pins or needles in the arm of the chair. My mother loves auctions that are filled with quilt supplies and this is how she has mostly gathered her collection of fabrics. She learned quilting from my grandmother who has also made many quilts by hand. I am very blessed to own one…

It is hard to imagine that patchwork quilts could be so wondrously varied in design and coloring as they are here in Lancaster. While some traditional Amish designs are made to be reproductions of…

This queen-size quilt pattern is created with subtle neutral prints and solids. Strip sets from 2_" precuts make sewing so simple and so much fun!

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Art Gallery Fabrics® Oeko-tex certified. 100% Premium cotton. Cotton and Rayon substrates available. DIY // click on image for PATTERN Fabric collection: Soften the Volume Designer: AGF Studio #agfsoftenthevolume

Most of my projects have been very colorful, but I have been wanting to try a quilt with a neutral palette lately. I found one I liked on Etsy by Maple Cottage Designs (Link to pattern). I enjoyed …