Posts Tagged ‘Applique’
Fun with Stencils and Pounce Pads
AQS author Sue Patten shows us how to properly use a pounce pad. Sue Patten is the author of “Adaptable Quilting Designs” and “Quilting Possibilities: Freehand Filler Patterns.” Click here for more information about Sue and her books. [Read More]
AQS Releases More E-books
Enjoy the latest E-books from AQS. Click on these links to order your copy today! America’s Quilted Garden Blocks by Faye Labanaris Jelly Roll Quilt Magic by Kimberly Einmo Two Patch Scrap Quilts by Pat Yamin Some Assembly Required by Margie Engel Enhance Your [Read More]
Free Vintage Bells Runner Pattern
Here’s a festival table runner pattern from designer Elizabeth Scott. It’s a bonus pattern from The Quilt Life magazine and features applique bells on a pieced background. Wouldn’t this make a pretty gift for the upcoming holidays? It’s a quick and [Read More]
New Book – Some Assembly Required: Mixed Technique Quilts
If you like trying new quilting techniques, then you are going to love our newest AQS Publishing book by Margie Engel. Some Assembly Required: Mixed Technique Quilts will guide you through mixing and matching different technique and design options. There are eight happy, [Read More]
Meet Author & Educator Margie Engel
Margie Engel is a long-time AQS author and has written the new book Some Assembly Required: Mixed Technique Quilts. Her previous book with us was Bodacious Appliqué a la Carte. Although she lives on a Florida beach, Margie Engel likes nothing better than spending the [Read More]
New Book – America’s Quilted Garden Blocks
It’s always an exciting time here at AQS when a new books arrives. Our newest book, America’s Quilted Garden Blocks by Faye Labanaris just came in and we are thrilled. Faye’s book has 55 unique flower block designs that celebrate the 50 US States, the [Read More]
September is National Sewing Month
National Sewing Month was first celebrated in 1982 after President Ronald Reagan declared September as National Sewing Month “In recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation.” There are so many forms of “home” sewing that I can’t [Read More]
It’s Radical!
Jennifer Rounds’s quilt Scottish Rose (the story and pattern start on page 70 of the August TQL) is just lovely. It’s definitely on our list of quilts-to- make-someday-when-we-have-more-time. But in the mean time (while we’re amusing ourselves, collecting [Read More]
FREE Pattern from Susan Stewart
The free pattern this week is called Misty Garden and was designed by Susan Stewart. It features applique and reverse applique done with heirloom sewing fabrics-cotton batiste, silk organza, and handkerchief linen – to create a unique layered look of varying [Read More]
Hello Old Friends
At the AQS Show in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago, I attended a lecture by noted quiltmaker and instructor Karen K. Stone. I am a big fan of Karen’s and have been for a long time, but really, there’s not much time in the day to keep up with all the happenings [Read More]
