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Understanding Quilt Backs: A Guide for Beginners

Quilt backs or backing! It’s a hot topic around here. We often receive questions about preparing quilt backing fabric, such as cutting and assembly techniques, working with 108” wide fabric, pieced backings, and how to make the backings ready for a longarmer. Over the years, […]

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Announcing the Simply Jelly Rolls Quilt Along

Simply Jelly Rolls is here! Simply Jelly Rolls contains 16 quilts featuring the cutest precut of them all, the Jelly Roll! With the Simply Jelly Rolls books finally hitting our shelves and yours, we couldn’t wait any longer to share that we are doing a quilt along […]

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Sew Sampler August 2023 Box Reveal

It’s high time for the golden hour reveal of the August Sew Sampler box! We’re so excited to share this month’s reveal with you. Beware of spoilers! Sunray Day in the Life Fat Quarter Bundle by Echo Park for Riley Blake Designs Top up your […]

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Top 10 Charm Pack Quilt Patterns

Give me five! 5″ squares of fabric, that is. I have collected some of my favorite charm pack-friendly quilt patterns to share with you today. Are you ready to see my top ten charm pack quilt patterns? Charm Packs are 5″ squares that are small […]

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Tips for Sewing with Flannel

Today we’re stepping into the world of quilting with flannel fabrics and taking you with us! We’re sharing our top five tips for sewing with flannel and a new free shortcut quilt pattern below. Be sure to read to the bottom so you don’t miss the video tutorial or an exciting new giveaway!

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Sew Sampler July 2023 Box Reveal

Have you berry-picked through the July Sew Sampler box yet? We’re so excited to share this month’s reveal with you. Beware of spoilers! Berry Basket Jolly Bar by April Rosenthal for Moda Fabrics Inspired by summer mornings spent picking fresh berries in the garden, the […]

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2023 Summer Cross Stitch Recap

This is a summer for stitching and I can’t wait to show you everything I have been working on the last few months! Like always, I’m keeping track of them in my Cross Stitch Journal. Below are the cross stitch projects I have been working […]

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Top 10 Free Quilt Patterns for Beginners

Attention all new quilters! Are you eager to try your hand at creating beautiful and intricate quilts but not quite sure where to begin? Look no further than this list of the top 10 free quilt patterns for beginners designed by Fat Quarter Shop! With […]

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Evergreen Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along

We can’t wait to unwrap this new quilt along! Beginning today, July 11, we are releasing a FREE Evergreen quilt and cross stitch pattern each week for five weeks. Kimberly will guide you in sewing this quilt over on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel, […]

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Announcing the Simply Jelly Rolls Book

We are sew excited to share with you, It’s Sew Emma’s newest book! This time around we are showing our love for Jelly Rolls with every quilt in Simply Jelly Rolls. These quilts are designed to show off these fabulous fabric cuts while including quilts in various sizes, from […]

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