Tartan quilt

Charm About You by Lucy Brennan is all about patchwork and quilting, sewing, embroidery and fabric. Featuring projects, patterns and free tutorials.

Scroll down to see the bespoke Harris Tweed quilts stitched so far in By Lisa Watson's signature strip patchwork design;

Plaids are different. Let's look at a few. And for a few quilts that make good use of plaid fabric. Join the 2,000 other followers and see over 8,000 other quilts on my Pinterest board, "heart, quilts."

What are Canadian Nine Patch quilts? They are quilts made by Canadians to honor the country's 150th anniversary in 2017. Each of these out...

...is quilted, bound, the label has been sewn on and now it is ready for the graphic designer to do her magic on the pattern. The ...

I thought I'd write a tutorial of how I approached the construction of my Double G Picnic quilt. Of course this quilt could be made by simply sewing together a bunch of squares, but I used strip piecing techniques which I felt were quite efficient and might be worth sharing. My initial cutting plan was almost a disaster. I had not taken into account the proper orientation of the fabric designs. I reworked my plans to construct the quilt in a way I would consider "sideways"; this resolved the…

The Farmhouse Plaid quilt pattern is a classic twist on the traditional buffalo plaid design that we all love. This quilt is great for beginners!

Crafting Today for a Brighter Home Tomorrow

The book that I have been working on for a long time is finally approaching the finish line, despite my efforts to prolong the process. On what was supposed to be a final edit, I thought of something brilliant that just had to be included, and then had to make up a couple of sample blocks to illustrate it. The blocks were so pretty that I decided to make some more and sew them into a quilt. It took two afternoons to make the quilt and one more day to quilt it, but I saved the binding to do…