Janet's Quilting Blog

I got together with some of our Quilting Forum members recently, and during one night of the retreat some of us spent a little time making baby quilts for an ... Read More

Thanks for all the responses to my post about the Hancock Fabrics, Inc., bankruptcy and store closings. If your posts show a trend, it's a trend that indicates that it's ... Read More

Last week, Hancock Fabrics Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which will keep its creditors from pursuing lawsuits against the corporation as it reorganizes its business. Hancock has also ... Read More

The Bright Hopes block is a traditional quilt block that's assembled with partial seams. There are just five pieces in the block, a center square surrounded by four rectangles that ... Read More

I introduced the basic shell of the Anniversary Sampler Quilt about a month ago, designing the quilt as a way to finish my first full year as the About.com Guide ... Read More

Last Saturday was my first anniversary as Quilting Guide, which seemed fitting to me because it was also National Quilting Day. Awhile back, some of our Forum members, with Sophie ... Read More

In 1991, members of the National Quilting Organization passed a resolution to celebrate National Quilting Day on the third Saturday each March. The organization has some excellent ideas to help ... Read More

I think we often envision how beads would look on our quilts, but we don't give it a try because we aren't quite sure how to get what's in our ... Read More

If you're a beginning quilter you might still be a bit uncertain about rotary cutting, but I'm sure you've read a lot about it, because just about every quilting book ... Read More

Fat quarters always make excellent quilting gifts, and it's easy to dress them up a bit by folding them into triangles, and then bundling them to create stacked stars. There's ... Read More

We'll sew these pretty blocks in the colors of autumn to resemble falling leaves. The block goes together fairly quickly when you use speed piecing methods to sew it. If ... Read More

Bernina has developed a new Web site to celebrate its 75th anniversary. You'll find a timeline of Bernina history, ideas from Bernina artists and what appears to be a series ... Read More