Janet's Quilting Blog May 2007 Archive

I receive quite a few Emails asking for a way to print our quilt patterns without including ads and extra text. Yes, you can do that! Just follow a couple ... Read More

Kona Bay Fabrics is sponsoring a Fabric and Magazine Give-a-Way. Two winners will receive multiple yards of fabric for the next twelve months, and one-thousand people will receive a free ... Read More

We have so many more quiltmaking tools and supplies available to us than we did just a few years ago--nearly all of them developed by quilters who were looking for ... Read More

This is one of those quilt blocks that's been called several names depending on how its components are configured. One name for it is Friendship Block, because people tended to ... Read More

Sewing borders with corner squares--sometimes called cornerstones--is a really quick way to add extra color and interest to your quilt. You can use pieced blocks or plain squares of fabric. ... Read More

Someone asked a question in the forum about cutting corner and setting triangles--the triangles used to fill in jagged edges at the ends of diagonal rows in an on point ... Read More

Fabric grain is one of those quilting topics that you might not think is important, but the way you cut your fabric in relation to its grain can produce a ... Read More

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and grandmas in our quilting community. Have some fun today, or relax and take it easy -- it's your day so make the ... Read More

The three kitty cats in this quilt are peering through windows at all the spring flowers outside, and you can bet they're keeping an eye on the butterflies flying around ... Read More

You'll love these double four-patch blocks. You'll make them in pairs, and one of each pair will have a light diagonal pathway, the other a dark path. The instructions include ... Read More

Stretching to the Stars is an easy quilt that's assembled using strip piecing and quick piecing techniques. The design is a good choice when you want to stitch a patriotic ... Read More

The Beginner Block Lotto is always a popular activity on our general Quilting Forum, and so far this year there's been record-breaking participation in the event. May's block is this ... Read More