Double Wedding Ring: Get Prepped, Get Piecing!
The quilt design with the longest traditional wedding connection is the Double Wedding Ring quilt, which has been a classic ‘wedding quilt’ gift to newlyweds for generations. The interlocking ring design, and its role as a symbol signifying the union of two people, actually pre-dates cotton quilts by a millennia or so; you’ll see it used on metalwork, weavings, carvings, and other art from previous ages. #weddingquilt #quilting #fonsandporter
Friday Free Quilt Patterns: Cornucopia | McCall's Quilting Blog
Hosting Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving this year?! 🦃🦃h Set a welcoming fall dinner table with this FREE pattern: Cornucopia – designed by Susan Guzman. This fast and easy quilted runner is perfect to display in your home all season long, and is sure to make a special statement for Thanksgiving dinner. Download here!
Quilting Arts Reader Challenge Retrospective: A Walk in the Park
One of our very favorite parts of our job is seeing all of your incredible pieces submitted for Reader Challenges! In these challenges, we invite you to create a piece to possibly be featured in an upcoming publication based on a specific prompt. Over the years, we've had some absolutely amazing submissions. Take a look back at one of our first reader challenges in Quilting Arts:
Free Patterns
Quilters love to explore applique as a way to add designs to their fabric, in addition to piecing. While traditional quilters hand-stitched their fabric motifs in place, contemporary quilters are more apt to fuse or use machine applique techniques, opening up new, faster, design possibilities. With this FREE eBook, explore various methods for how to applique quilt elements. Download your copy today!
