Prairie Sewn Studios

Back to School – A New Secret Message Pattern

Are you ready to go Back to School? Back to School certainly has a strong sentimentality here in 2021! In most, although not all, places across the world students are returning to their classrooms for the first time in quite…

Hexagon Coasters

A Little History Back in 2014, Prairie Sewn Studios published our first book with American Quilter’s Society Publishing! It was an amazing, yet extremely challenging process, and we couldn’t be any happier with the way Contain It! English Paper-Pieced Style…

One In a Melon – A New Secret Message Pattern!

Summer has arrived! We’re looking forward to long hot days by the pool, with a glass of iced tea in one hand, and a slice of juicy watermelon in the other! That slice of refreshing melon is the inspiration for…

Track your Sewing Time

My first introduction to time tracking came from Laura Vanderkam; author, podcaster and all-around time management champ. She advocates that the simple act of tracking how you spend your time is the first step to understanding where all of your…

Finished that UFO… Now What?

Today we’re going to talk about the three options you after anytime you finish a quilt. It doesn’t matter if it’s a UFO that you pulled out of the drawer and finally finished, or a brand new quilt that you…

Updates – Summer 2021

Hello stitching friends! It’s been a while since we’ve posted any blogs, so this post will be a quick update on what’s been going on at Prairie Sewn Studios lately! Personal Updates I (Laura) moved to sunny Las Vegas back…

Repurposing Orphan Quilt Blocks – Finish Your Quilts

What are orphan quilt blocks? Have you ever started on a quilt and finished a number of blocks, but then decided not to finish it? Or have you focused on churning out repetitive blocks for a quilt so quickly that…

Donate your UFOs to Charity – Finish Your Quilts

Today we’re going to talk about what to do with those projects that, no matter what, you don’t want to keep after they’ve been finished. Depending on how far along a UFO (Unfinished Fabric Object) is, you might consider either…

Restock UFOs into Your Stash – Finish Your Quilts

In our previous post, we gathered our unfinished quilts together into a single location and began evaluating them to decide if we are going to finish, not finish or pivot. This week we’re going to begin diving deeper into a…

Gather and Evaluate UFOs – Finish Your Quilts

We’ve all done it. We’ll start a new project with the best of intentions to finish, but then something gets in the way. Maybe it was life (uh, hello all of 2020), other obligations, you got stuck on a certain…

Christmas in July Pattern Parade – Fabric Gift Boxes for Mason Jars

Christmas in July Pattern Parade Hi there! We’re so excited to part of a fun Christmas in July Pattern Parade today! Our post is just one stop of many, each one with a free pattern! But wait, there’s more! Everyone…

Finish your Quilts with Tips from 15 Quilting Professionals

15 Quilting Professionals share their #1 tip for getting their unfinished quilts completed!

Tribes of Israel Sew Along with The Quilted Diary

I stepped out of my comfort zone this week with my very first traditional English paper-piecing project that used a shape other than my beloved hexagon! Although I’ve worked with non-hexagon shapes before when writing Contain It! English Paper-Pieced Accessories with…