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  • Join the Growing Our Roots – QDC Sprout Skill Building Challenge!

    🌱🎉 Get ready for the 2025 Sprout Skill Building Challenge – Growing Our Roots! 🙌 Make sure to join and tell a friend about the challenge with 8 talented designers from the Quilt Designers Collective. It’s only 7-weeks long and you can be entered for a prize for just signing up. AND there are weekly…

  • Sew Simply Meg 2023 In Review

    2023 was a year of firsts for Sew Simply Meg. I launched my first quilt pattern, The Glass House Quilt, in May, and it was so amazing to see how everyone interpreted this pattern and brought some unique color combinations together for their versions of this quilt. If you have made this quilt, please make…

  • Introducing Make in a Day!

    Introducing Make in a Day!

    The Malmo Quilt is the first in a new quilt pattern series called Make in a Day! These are simple, beginner friendly and easy to follow patterns that are meant to be started and finished in a day. This is a basic snowball quilt pattern, that includes tips for making the corners nest neatly and…

  • Live with Annie

    Live with Annie

    Annie is so genuine and it was such a pleasure to work with her to collaborate on a few bags. Here are some photos of the bags I made, and the quilts that inspired these bags. You can visit Annie’s website to the watch the livestream or to purchase the bag patterns and accessories to…

  • H&H Americas Highlights

    H&H Americas Highlights

    Designed for the B2B community, this trade show is unique as it offers a physical trade show in combination with a digital marketplace open to any professionals of the crafts industry. Unlike other events, h+h americas operates without any membership restrictions and offers seasonal products and services to the entire crafts sector. The 2023 event…

  • Did you know?

    …there are at least six different ways to bind a quilt? Most of us have a favorite way to bind a quilt and we tend to stick to that method. Some of us found our way to that preference by trying a few different options on the way. Here are are the most common and…

  • The Glass House Quilt Pattern

    The Glass House Quilt Pattern

    The Glass House Quilt Inspiration I’m from the Ferris Bueller generation…you know, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Born in the mid-century, raised in the seventies and eighties, when things were all about modern and new. But growing up in the shadow…

  • What are Log Cabin Blocks?

    What are Log Cabin Blocks?

    The log cabin quilt block is a classic and timeless design that has been popular for centuries. Its’ simple yet elegant design makes it a favorite among quilters of all skill levels. In this blog post, we will explore the origin of the log cabin quilt, variations of the log cabin block, and tips to…

  • 5 ways to get the perfect scant 1/4 inch seam allowance

    5 ways to get the perfect scant 1/4 inch seam allowance

    When it comes to quilting, one important aspect that every quilter should know is the 1/4 inch seam allowance. This small measurement is crucial in ensuring the success of your quilting project. A scant 1/4 inch seam allowance is a slightly smaller seam allowance than the standard 1/4 inch. This type of seam allowance is…

  • Quilt Care – Special Quilts vs Everyday Quilts

    Quilt Care – Special Quilts vs Everyday Quilts

    Guest Blog by Jo Simpson First off I have to say that I categorize any quilt that I make into two categories: With special ones I will follow all the advice you’re going to see here, where as everyday ones or ones near the end of their life, not so much. Special Quilts These are…