We’re turning to knitting fiction for today’s Fiber Arts Fiction Friday selection. In Knit Two, we return to New York City and the Walker and Daughter knitting store in this sequel from author Kate Jacobs. This is the second book…
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Set a Sewing Streak to Make Progress On Your Quilts
Anyone who’s made a quilt will tell you: quilting is an art and hobby that requires both patience and persistence. Quilts can take months (or years!) to go from start to finish, especially if a person has limited sewing time….
Cross-Country Quilters – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
It’s the end of another week, and we’re featuring a quilting novel for today’s Fiber Arts Fiction Friday! This week we return to the beautiful Elm Creek Quilt Camp with book three, Cross-Country Quilters, in Jennifer Chiaverini’s Elm Creek Quilts…
Sampler Quilts: What They Are, Plus a Round-Up
Struggling to figure out what to sew next? Instead of choosing a regular quilt pattern for your next quilt top think about making a sampler quilt instead! What Is A Sampler Quilt In a sampler quilt, each block is a…
A Thread So Thin – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
Welcome to another Fiber Arts Fiction Friday! Each week I review a fiction book that features some type of fiber arts, whether it be quilting, knitting, embroidery or any other type! This week we’re featuring another quilting fiction book, A…
What Does “Basic Sewing Supplies” On a Class Supply List Mean?
I absolutely love taking quilting and sewing classes. It’s a great way to try new quilting techniques, practice a technical skill, and learn innovative ways to enjoy the art and hobby of quilting. I’ve taken classes at lots of different…
Pressing Matters – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
This week we’re back to another quilting fiction book with the third novel in Kathryn Mykel’s cozy mystery series: Pressing Matters. Let’s get into this week’s Fiber Arts Fiction Friday review! Synopsis (Story Details Below, But No Major Spoilers) Pressing…
Track Your Quilting Works in Progress, Plus a Free Project Tracking Worksheet
I like having lots of different projects going on at once. And while yes, this does tend to lead towards having quite a few UFOs, it also means that I always have a project that matches my time, mood and…
Quilt As Desired – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
Today we’re diving into a brand new (to me) quilting fiction series for Fiber Arts Fiction Friday: The Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery series by Arlene Sachitano. The first book in this series is Quilt as Desired! Synopsis (Story Details Below,…
Where To Learn Quilting and Sewing Skills
The end of August always represents back to school for me. Working in higher education, it’s one of the most exciting times of the year as students return to campus eager to tackle the new academic year and dive into…
Round Robin – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
Today for Fiber Arts Fiction Friday we’re returning to Waterford, Pennsylvania, with the second installment in Jennifer Chiaverini’s quilting fiction Elm Creek Quilts series: Round Robin. Synopsis (Story Details Below, But No Major Spoilers) The ladies of the newly founded…
Sew with Unit Quotas
Struggling to get through a quilt top that has lots of repetition? Sewing with unit quotas can be a fun way to sew quilt patterns with repeating blocks or patterns. You can prep a whole pile of the block components…
A Thread of Truth – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
For today’s Fiber Arts Fiction Friday we’re returning to the quaint Connecticut town of New Bern and the Cobbled Court Quilters! A Thread of Truth is the second book in Marie Bostwick’s Cobbled Court Quilt series, and it picks up…
Set Your Sewing Ritual
My sewing space is also my home office. While my fabric, cutting table, and sewing machines take up most of the available real estate, I also have space where I can sit on my laptop for Zoom meetings when I…
Quilting Calamity – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
Welcome to another Fiber Arts Fiction Friday! Today we’re returning to Kathryn Mykel’s Cozy Quilting Mystery series with book #2: Quilting Calamity! Synopsis (Story Details Below, But No Major Spoilers) Alex Bailey may have thought she was returning to her…
Finding Quilting Inspiration in Nature
Where does creativity and inspiration come from? Sometimes, if we’re really lucky, it will just fall into our laps. We’ll have more ideas than we can keep up with, and they’ll come to us at the most random times. This…
The Friday Knight Knitting Club – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
For today’s Fiber Art Fiction Friday we’re taking our first foray into a different fiber art: knitting! For me, knitting is a great way to do “hand work” (as compared to sewing machine work) that gives my fingers a break…
Christmas In July – Are You Ready for a Handmade Holiday Season?
It’s over 100 degrees here in Las Vegas. Every day is a pool day, sometimes out of necessity just to escape the heat. So it feels a little odd to be thinking ahead to the holiday season, where cold weather…
The Quilter’s Apprentice – Fiber Arts Fiction Friday
Today’s book for Fiber Arts Fiction Friday is The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini. I’ve read this book before, and you can find my initial review here. This is the first book in the author’s prolific Elm Creek Quilt series,…
Know When to Quit a Quilt
You don’t have to finish every quilt you start. Let me say that louder for those in the back: YOU DON’T HAVE TO FINISH EVERY QUILT YOU START. Quilting is not a “mandatory” activity. There are no “quilt police” who…
