Welcome To Quiltville!!
"The Best Things In Life Are Quilted!!"
Have you heard the expression "So many quilts, So little time!"? Would you like to find a way to piece more quilts, use more scraps with a purpose and find ways to build units-almost like magic-by "sewing between the lines"?
"Adventures With Leaders & Enders" is HERE! It's chock full of fun scrap quilts that you can stitch in between the lines of sewing other projects!
A while back I found myself nearly paralyzed by my burgeoning stash and scraps after nearly 30 years of living by the credo: "She who dies with the most fabric wins!" It was then I turned to my love of antique scrap quilts for inspiration in putting the rewarding method of sewing Leaders & Enders to work. The quilts in this book start from very basic simple designs, to more complex ones, hopefully inspiring you on your way to thinking outside the box when it comes to your methods of piecing and using what you have on hand to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind scrap quilts in between the lines of chain piecing other projects. This is multitasking at its best!
May you always find one more unit to leave under the presser foot of your machine as you chain piece!
"The Best Things In Life Are Quilted!!"
Have you heard the expression "So many quilts, So little time!"? Would you like to find a way to piece more quilts, use more scraps with a purpose and find ways to build units-almost like magic-by "sewing between the lines"?
"Adventures With Leaders & Enders" is HERE! It's chock full of fun scrap quilts that you can stitch in between the lines of sewing other projects!
A while back I found myself nearly paralyzed by my burgeoning stash and scraps after nearly 30 years of living by the credo: "She who dies with the most fabric wins!" It was then I turned to my love of antique scrap quilts for inspiration in putting the rewarding method of sewing Leaders & Enders to work. The quilts in this book start from very basic simple designs, to more complex ones, hopefully inspiring you on your way to thinking outside the box when it comes to your methods of piecing and using what you have on hand to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind scrap quilts in between the lines of chain piecing other projects. This is multitasking at its best!
I hope that after reading the
tips presented in this book, you will
be inspired to start your own "Adventures with Leaders & Enders",
dig
into your scraps,
rev up your sewing machine and start piecing.There are 12 quilt projects included to send you on your way!
Click HERE to order!
If you wish to SEND a check instead of an electronic payment, you will find a printable order form HERE!
Please note that any order placed while I am out of town teaching and giving trunkshows will not be filled until I return home.
If you are wanting to know if I'm gone or home, you can check my calendar!
rev up your sewing machine and start piecing.There are 12 quilt projects included to send you on your way!
Click HERE to order!
If you wish to SEND a check instead of an electronic payment, you will find a printable order form HERE!
Please note that any order placed while I am out of town teaching and giving trunkshows will not be filled until I return home.
If you are wanting to know if I'm gone or home, you can check my calendar!
May you always find one more unit to leave under the presser foot of your machine as you chain piece!
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Nov 29, 2009:
  This is the first issue of my
regular column on Scrap Reduction! The
column title? Addicted To Scraps! Some of you might remember when I was
making Old Kentucky Album, wondering if I should throw in those old
dusty blue and mauve fabrics left over from sewing in the early
1990s....and you know what? I'm glad I did! I found a home for them,
and they blended really well with today's "civil war"
reproductions...and I got this TOP out of them.
 Every issue in 2010 will focus on a project to use up various aspects of your own Scrap User's System. It's going to be a FUN & SCRAPPY venture! Carolina Christmas ~A Quiltville Mystery!~   Ready? Set? SEW!! Click here for Fabric Requirements and other info!~ Click HERE for step 1 of our new mystery, Carolina Christmas This is a "limited edition" mystery, as the quilt I am making will be appearing in a future book. If you start this project, you will need to follow along and print out the instructions as they are revealed. The project will be available on the Quiltville.com website until June 1, 2010 when it will be retired. Though I am making this quilt using fabrics from recycled clothing and scraps, you can use anything you would like! Not in the mood for a quilt in Christmas colors? Choose any 3 complimentary colors and add a background fabric to it! You can also join my "announcement only" email list, Quiltville@yahoogroups.com and receive an email in your inbox when each step is posted. If you like to participate on a list with lots of chatter from other quilters also participating in this mystery from around the globe, our other list, Quiltvillechat@yahoogroups.com might be the list for you! But beware, there is LOADS of email each day. You might want to set yourself to digest with this one. I do hope you plan to play along! Turn on some holiday music (Only AFTER Thanksgiving in my house!) make a cup of tea or cocoa, and quilt in the Holidays with us!
You
are welcome to make quilts from these patterns for yourself, your
family, friends, guild fundraisers and raffles, and most of all,
charities! You may make quilts from these patterns to sell for a profit
(No mass production though) or to teach
a class*.
But please, no photocopying, or reproducing and packaging and marketing the pattern instructions with the intent to make a profit by selling them. Just because they are free here for your use, doesn't make it legal to use them in that way. When in doubt, email me and ask. Be kind and keep the creative spirit of quilting alive and give credit where credit is due. *If you are teaching any of these designs as a class, In lieu of having to purchase a pattern, I would love for each of your students to make me a block of whatever quilt you are teaching to be used in charity quilts! They may also include a 4.5" signature square to be included in the back of the quilts. Together we can make a difference! If you are hosting a swap of blocks from Quiltville, would everyone consider making one extra block and sending them to me with a siggie square? I'd love to know who you are! (That goes for any of you who find this site valuable as a quilter! Feel free to make an extra block of whatever you are making! I'll be sure they are made into quilts and given to those in need, No time to make a block? An FQ will do! :c) (This is just a suggestion, not mandatory!) Most of all...HAVE FUN and enjoy the Quilting Journey! ***Important info for Shops and Teachers*** Patterns
found on this site must NOT be sold.....They must be provided for free
to your students, and everything you print and hand out to your
students must include my copyright and website address.
I recently gave permission to a shop to USE a Quiltville Mystery, not intending to give them permission to charge for the pattern. My understanding is that they are charging a fee for the pattern as part of a kit-- as well as monthly fees to belong to the "club." In giving permission to the shop, I never implied that they could charge for the use of this pattern. The patterns found on this site are free. Needless to say, there were many upset quilters who PAID for the mystery, and then found out it was free here. I want to be sure from now on that anyone who teaches, be it an individual or a shop....knows that they may USE the patterns, but may not CHARGE (beyond the cost of making copies to hand out) for something that I have offered to the quilting world as a gift.
 Questions
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