Quilting can sometimes look so easy, especially when watching and reading about everything at Fat Quarter Shop. It can’t be as easy as it seams, or is it? I’m Marissa, and I write many blog posts for Fat Quarter Shop. I’m new to quilting (but […]
Quilt Tips & Ideas
Get fresh ideas and quilting tips on The Jolly Jabber Blog! We share fun quilting ideas from Kimberly Jolly and the Fat Quarter Shop team to spark creativity and feed your passion. Explore our quilt tips and stock up on precut fabrics, quilting supplies, and more!
6 Beautiful Baby Quilts That Beginners Can Easily Make
From Shortcut Quilts to books, we’ve collected some of our favorite baby quilts and blankets for you to sew. They make great projects for beginners and even kiddos that are looking to get into quilting this summer. 1. Starry Charms Shortcut Quilt Starry Charms, more […]
2021 Quilting Recap – The Winter Edition
Welcome back to my latest quilting recap! It’s a summertime roundup of my most recent finished quilts. Since my last recap post in the spring, I’ve kept my Juki busy with projects big and small. I’m sharing all the quilty details from this past season below.
My Quilting Project List for 2022
As I have another year of quilting ahead, I want to give you all more details on the different quilts I’ll be sewing up in 2022. I hope my project list will give you a little inspiration, and I hope that you can sew with […]
2021 Quilting Recap – The Fall Edition
Welcome back to my latest quilting recap! It’s a summertime roundup of my most recent finished quilts. Since my last recap post in the spring, I’ve kept my Juki busy with projects big and small. I’m sharing all the quilty details from this past season below.
Announcing the Sew Happy Sew Along!
Whether by hand or machine, stitching makes us Sew Happy! In recognition of National Sewing Month, this new set of cross stitch and quilt designs by Lori Holt has us bobbin’ up and down to go thread our needles and start stitching. To join the […]
2021 Quilting Recap – The Summer Edition
Welcome back to my latest quilting recap! It’s a summertime roundup of my most recent finished quilts. Since my last recap post in the spring, I’ve kept my Juki busy with projects big and small. I’m sharing all the quilty details from this past season below.
Quilting Recap – The Spring Edition
2021 has brought the beginning of a fresh new year, and with the new year comes new quilt projects! I’m excited to show you throughout 2021 what projects I have been sewing this year. Last year I captured all my makes on the blog, and […]
2020 Quilts
I think we should all raise a quilty toast to the close of 2020! It’s been a difficult and challenging year for everyone, and I know we have all found a bit of “piece” and comfort at our sewing machines. I hope you enjoy this […]
10 Fall Inspired Patterns by Fig Tree Quilts
This season, we’re sewing up a few fun-for-fall quilts designed by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts. Autumn breezes and warm tones are on the way, so we collected a list of our favorite patterns to inspire you to get sewing! 1. Pumpkin Trio makes […]
Sew Your Scraps – Top 5 Stash-Busting Quilt Patterns
This September, I encourage you to sew up your scrap fabrics into something beautiful. When I sew, I end up with a lot of leftover fabrics. I wanted to see what I could make with those leftover fabrics and was inspired to get scrappy. This […]
Try Big Stitch Hand Quilting with Corey Yoder
We’re back in the studio with Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts to learn how she hand quilts! Corey grew up helping her mother and grandmother hand quilt their quilts since she was four years old. Corey uses a Big Stitch Hand Quilting technique designed to […]
Embellish Your Quilt Binding with Corey Yoder
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts visited the Fat Quarter Shop Studio to show us how to add faux piping detail to quilt binding. Piping adds an extra touch of color to your quilt binding and helps to hide stitches when applying quilt binding entirely by […]
Cake Mix Recipe Paper Tutorial and Pattern
We’re ready to make a splash with a new quilt pattern, Swan Dive. We’ve got a FREE quilt pattern and video tutorial to show you just how to sew up this elegant Swan Dive Quilt using Jolly Bars and Jolly Bar Cake Mix Recipe Paper for […]