Michael Miller has a few new collections up on their website (some not shown at the Fall Quilt Market, AFAIK) including Poppy by Laura Gunn. This is Laura’s second collection, following last summer’s Lantern Bloom. Poppy comes in three colorways: Spice (deep orange and denim blue), Aqua (turqoise and lime with pops of red) and [...]
Though the focus of True Up is “fabric for fabric’s sake,” occasionally a sewing or quilting topic comes along that is just too good too pass up. When STC Craft wrote me to ask if I’d like to host Katherine Bell, author of the spectacular new book Quilting for Peace, on her blog tour, I [...]
While we’re on the subject of vintage today, here are shots from vintage textile dealer A.T. Roches out of Canton, Texas (east of Dallas). Note the insane array of vintage hankies, cocktail napkins, and gift wrap along with the fabric. I did some damage here and at Mary Koval Antique Quilts (but we’ve got an [...]
With so much competition between fabric shops these days, it’s hard to stand out. Stitch Simple does it with a completely unique spin on the fabric shop concept: owner Jen Madsen offers prewashed, and (if you want) precut fabric and custom quilt kits (including the new Quilt Kit du Jour, which just launched yesterday). That’s [...]
Block-printed textiles from Roberta Roller Rabbit via Fibercopia Oh, Fransson!: “Map of the States” Blocks with tutorial. Nettie of a quilt is nice chose the color scheme and almost all of the fabrics for these blocks. Charley Harper Needlepoint Canvases at Purl moopy & me: Grand vintage trompe l’oeil Tootal fabric from Retro Age Vintage [...]
Mary Beth met the wonderful Amanda Herring, aka The Quilted Fish, at the Spring Quilt Market. She gave us a pack of 10 patterns to give away — an $84 retail value! Pictured here are my three favorites — Year at-a-Glance, that shows a tree in its changing states throughout the year; Pincushion Flowers, which [...]
Stitch Simple is a very different kind of fabric shop: owner Jen offers pre-washed, pre-pressed, custom-cut fabrics and quilt kits. She approached me for a review and offered a create-your-own-quilt kit to me. They have a new quilt pattern periodically, and back when I created mine it was a Chinese Coins-inspired lap quilt. The current [...]
Two ways to fold a fat quarter, on Badskirt, via Whipup Vintage circus fabric on Blempgorf Making high-fashion clothes with Freespirit quilting fabrics (part II) Caroline’s crazy industrial steam iron, for March of the Tools On the Rickrack Rag’s Feedsack Friday: Birds and other harbingers of spring Mod Green Pod’s designs for Vans shoes Fabric [...]
Sew Serendipity gushes over her continuous steam iron. Bee Square Fabrics is holding a Dr. Seuss Doll Quilt Contest through March 31 — with a $75 gift certificate as top prize! All of Sew Mama Sew’s Fat Quarter Project links in one handy post. And more stash interviews: Lara from Thornberry, Alissa from Handmade by [...]
Today True Up is hosting the second stop of author/quilter Maria Peagler’s “blog tour.” The tour began yesterday on Whip Up with a video — follow her tomorrow to Quilter’s Buzz. See the rest of the tour stops here. Welcome, Maria! Hi Kim and thanks for hosting me at True Up for the second stop [...]
Sears 1952 catalog page, from Hart Cottage Quilts Leigh Fellner of Hart Cottage Quilts makes lovely, original “little” (which I assume is different from “miniature”?) quilts with vintage and antique fabric. Her website is also full of great information about quilt care and history, and fabric history too. My favorite parts: Swatchbooks from the Early [...]
Wild Bunch fat quarter collection courtesy RJR Fabrics If you follow my other blog, Dioramarama, you know I’m a big fan of FunQuilts, the husband-and-wife team of Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. Together they have written two revolutionary books — The Modern Quilt Workshop and The Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop (née Color Harmony for Quilts), created [...]
About two years ago I went to The Quilt Store in Austin to cobble together a starter kit for my mom, who was just getting interested in quilting. I picked a bundle of solids and a fat quarter pack with some nice prints. A store employee surveyed my choices and I explained my mission. She [...]
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