Playdate (projects)

Playdate: Hit the Blues

October 12, 2011

By Pat Bravo Finished size: 58” x 16” (not including leaves); 68” x 16” (including leaves)   Sometimes a great meal is not about what is on the plate, but what the plate is on, such as Pat Bravo’s Hit the Blues table runner. This beauty is simple to construct and promises to make any [...]

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Playdate: Fabric Art Zipper Wristlet

October 3, 2011

A new bag is the perfect go-to project when you are in between quilts and other major undertakings. And who doesn’t love a new bag, we ask? Think about all those poor souls out there who have to actually go out and buy one if they’re in the mood for something a little different for [...]

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Playdate: Nifty Wine Gift Set

September 20, 2011

Yeah, yeah. You’ve got tons of time before you even need to think about thinking about gifts…not! If you’re going to be true to your inner Angel of Sustainability, and actually give handmade gifts this year, using that sizeable stash we just know you’ve got, well, you’d better saddle up that sewing machine and git [...]

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Playdate: Drunken Circles Pillow (and a Challenge)

September 14, 2011

By Thomas Knauer, Thomas Knauer Sews Everyone has scraps; it’s one of the many hazards of our fabric habit. I have to believe that my current scrap stash is verging on legendary proportions, thanks to my recent No-Repeat Scrap Vomit quilt project. What started out as a wish-list project quickly became a reality when 100+ [...]

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Playdate: File in Style

September 1, 2011

By Jake Finch Plain manila card stock is just too too boring to hold your great thoughts, amazing projects and important scribbles. Make a few of these fabulous fabricky folders in your fave print, and you’ll not only be organized in cutting-edge style, but you’ll have people slipping you lunch money to make them a [...]

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Playdate: Christine Barnes’ Kitchen Valance

August 23, 2011

You sighed, drooled and moaned in envy when you saw designer/author/teacher Christine Barnes’ colorful, quilty kitchen.(Click here to read the original story.)  And we promised to soothe your yearning by snagging the pattern for that so-cool valance. And here it is! Christine, who just released her fourth book on quilting and color–The Quilter’s Color Club [...]

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Playdate: Philly MQGers Share Their Habitat Block Directions

August 19, 2011

(Plus….a Giveaway!)   Well, Q-bies, we promised, and now we’re delivering. Recall that, a few days ago, the Philadelphia Modern Quilt Guild let us reveal to you the wild and wonderful winners of their recent challenge using fabrics from Habitat, the new collection by Jay McCarroll for FreeSpirit. (If you missed that post, click here [...]

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Playdate: Eco Pillow Play

August 17, 2011

By Rose Hughes, RavenSpeak Quilts Young or old, many of us love decorating and refreshing the look and feel of where we live our lives. And the occasion for the re-do doesn’t really matter…it might be the first time your youngest doesn’t have to share a bedroom with her older sister, or it maybe it’s [...]

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Playdate: Jane Meets the Jetsons

July 26, 2011

by Vicki Tymczyszyn Level: Beginner with a ‘Tude if done with fusible appliqué, Intermediate-Crazy if using reverse appliqué Finished size: 24 1/2” X 55”   What do you do when you’re an architect who is tired of building buildings? Well, you learn to quilt. Actually we exaggerate. Yes, Vicki is an architect currently on sabbatical [...]

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Playdate: Two Buds Wall Quilt

July 12, 2011

  PLAYDATE: 1 Level: Daring Beginner TWO BUDS WALL QUILT by Elaine Wong Haselhuhn Finished size: 21” X 12 ½” Elaine from Wisconsin calls herself a new quilter, but we disagree. Would a new quilter rise to the challenge of a challenge so well, with the result being this fun and simple design that still [...]

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