Happy May! The Little Sprout Quilt

This quilt radiates spring! 
Kathy Sawyer's Little Sprout quilt is packed with springy prints from Cheryl Haynes' My Secret Garden collection: jars of wildflowers, daisies, and fresh yellow stripes. Kathy's quilt features an argyle pattern that allows the fabric to bloom. Vertical stripes create sashing, and the outer border print ties the design together.

"Little Sprout" designed by Kathy Sawyer for Love of Quilting, May/June 2019

Click here to see the entire My Secret Garden collection.
Click here to purchase the May/June issue of Love of Quilting.

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Marcia Baldwin's Painted Horses

If you fell in love with Marcia Baldwin's Born to Run collection, you'll be excited to see her second line, Painted Horses. Her lifelike, detailed horses are back, in a bold and bright colorway. 

The collection starts with a panel of painterly horse profiles. You can see every brush stroke!

 A border stripe pairs lifelike running horses with a painted stripe, perfect for fussy cutting the sections you want to use.

These large-print dream catchers add Native American-inspired touches to the fabric line.

The coordinates mimic the loose, flowing painted style of Marcia's horses in gorgeous colors. They're the perfect complement to the panel and stripe.

Watch our website for the Wild Horses free quilt pattern designed by Heidi Pridemore. It's a quick and easy quilt: just add four borders to the panel!

Click here to see the entire Painted Horses collection.

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Making Lemonade

Grab your sunnglasses! Summer is coming early this year with the bold and refreshing Lemon Fresh collection from Kanvas. These fun novelty prints celebrate the lemon: slices and wedges, lemonade pitchers, a border stripe, and even lemonade recipes, all on cotton fabric.

Large Lemon Print Fun:

A cute stripe for fussy-cutting:

And lemon-themed coordinates, including classic pin dots.

While you're sipping that thirst-quenching lemonade, watch for our new free quilt pattern, Lemonade, coming soon to the website!

Click here to see the entire Lemon Fresh collection.

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Blue Symphony

These soothing blues of Kanvas' new Blue Symphony collection radiate serenity!

Mix big blooms and floral bouquets with floating butterflies and intricate medallions. Each petal, leaf and wing is enhanced with shading and packed with detail and metallic accents. This collection features large print designs with graphic impact, a border stripe and  smaller tonal coordinates to pull it all together.

 Download the free Country Blue pattern to showcase these Blue Symphony prints. 

Click here to download the free pattern.

Click here to see the entire Blue Symphony collection.

Click here to find the free quilt pattern.

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Patriotic Free Pattern Friday

If you're in a patriotic frame of mind, we have two free quilt patterns for you!

Stars and Stripes 

Thomas Kinkade's America panel combines with the red, white and blue American Rustic coordinates to create this patriotic lap quilt. Watch for the free pattern on our website. 

Click here to see the American Rustic collection.

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Star Spangled Picnic Quilt by Tailormade by Design

Oversized star blocks shines in this fresh and cheery picnic quilt. 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

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Star Spangled Runner

Memorial Day and the 4th of July are right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to stitch up a patriotic project! 
Ramona Sorensen's All Hands on Deck table runner is featured in the Summer 2019 issue of Easy Quilts magazine. This red, white and blue runner is made using a Card Trick block variation and features the Star Spangled collection from Kanvas. We asked Ramona to talk to us about her design.

What attracted you to the Star Spangled collection?
It reminded me of summer--picnics, parades, friends and families getting together.

Do you have a favorite print in the fabric line?
I like the whole collection, but my favorites are the 4th of July prints and the fireworks prints.

How did you come up with the design?
It started with the block. I was making a quilt for a club at work. I picked up two card trick blocks to stitch together and realized there was another block "hidden" in them. After some thought, I sketched out the block and then I started playing with quilt designs. 

How did you choose the border treatment?
When  I was experimenting with designs, I decided that the square in a square blocks would make a good edge finish for the project. They fill in the zig zag edges of the blocks. 

What do you like best about the runner?
I like that you can use a centerpiece without taking anything away from the design. And you can cover it with serving platters and the touches of red and blue still peek through to remind you of the occasion being celebrated.

What makes table runners so appealing? 
You can always hang them if you prefer--there are no rules that say it can only go on a table.



Click here to see the entire Star Spangled collection.
Click here to find the Summer 2019 issue of Easy Quilts magazine.

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Star-Bound Sampler Quilt

If you love quilt samplers and quilting videos, don't miss the Star-Bound Sampler Quilt from Annie's Creative Studio. This quilt, designed by Nancy Scott, features our New Hue basics collection. The quilt showcases 12 different blocks, all within the same setting. Each episode features a different quilt block.

Part 6, featuring the Snowball block, is now available. Nancy Scott will help you build your quilt skills by demonstrating how to make triangle edges using the stitch-and-flip method.

The Sampler includes 12 blocks that focus on skill building, plus pieced sashing and outer border, and so far Blocks 1-6 can be viewed. Join in the fun! 
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