While I know that there is nothing “magical” about the first day of the new year, I still love that magical new year’s resolution and goal setting energy! Probably some of that is from getting to break into a brand…
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How to Inspire Other Quilters
Creativity can come from all kinds of different places. We can be inspired by the world around us, projects we see on social media, local and global world events, the seasons of the year, and so much more. But have…
How to Sew with Joy
A few years ago I read the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (<– affiliate link) by Marie Kondo. The methods outlined her book have become so popular that they even made a Netflix series! One of the main…
Limit Your Active Quilting Projects
Have you ever walked into your sewing space and been so overwhelmed by your various works-in-progress that you just turned around and walked right back out? Don’t worry…we’ve all done it. When this happens to me I usually close the…
Celebrating With Quilts
We’ve celebrated special occasions with quilts for a long time. They’re perfect for pretty much any occasion, from babies to birthdays. But quilts don’t have to be limited to celebrating a few events each year; you can use a quilt…
Social Media and Sewing
Social media is everywhere these days. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok. No matter which ones you use, it’s hard to get away from using a social media platform of some kind. In today’s post, we’re going to talk about…
Schedule Your Sewing Time
As busy humans, most of us use a calendar of some kind to keep track of what we’re doing and when we’re doing it. We can add appointments, meetings, birthdays, and anything else that we want to be sure happens…
“S” Is for Spool – Sew Much Fun Tour
Hi there! And welcome to today’s stop on the Sew Much Fun Tour! My name is Laura and I design sewing and quilting patterns together with my mom, Linda! Today we’re sharing our free block pattern as part of the…
Batch Processing for Quilting
Life is busy. That means it’s important to take advantage of the time we do have for sewing and quilting, working efficiently (but still accurately!) to get our sewing done. One way that we can do this is by using…
Join the FREE 5-day UFO Challenge
We all have UFOs. These are those sneaky, Unfinished Fabric Objects and Works in Progress (WiPs) that you started with the good intentions of finishing, but for one reason or another didn’t. Maybe you got bored with a project, or…
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…
