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the itch 2 stitch

Happy Cottage Quilter

Another New Year - As we embark on yet another New Year, there are uncertainties that lie ahead. The Lord does not send out a calendar of events that will happen in life...
19 hours ago
Diary of a Quilter - a quilt blog

Most Popular Projects of 2025 + My Biggest Goal for 2026 - I can't believe it's that time of year again: the time for Top 10 lists and looking back at what resonated most in the past year. I love reading end-of-y...
1 day ago
Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

FREE Braided Blues Pattern and Tutorial - Today, we’re turning the 9″ Jelly Braid Paper into a beautiful quilt and tablerunner that work up in a flash with the FREE Braided Blues Quilt and Tabler...
2 days ago
Made By Rae

Important update from Rae -- PLEASE READ! - Do you know where your pattern files are?
2 weeks ago
Just Let Me Quilt

Last Day - Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange - The days flew by and now it is the last day of the blog hop, bummer! I could use a few more days of seeing what my friends are making and doing! Please tak...
4 weeks ago
Bee In My Bonnet

Say-It Sew Along - #1 - Winter Banners!! - *Hello quilty friends!* *Today is the day for the very first* *tutorial in the * *SAY-IT Sew Along * *Last month I did the* * "Bee Prepared"* *po...
5 weeks ago
dream quilt create

Spooky Season Sampler - I joined the Spooky Season Sampler on Instagram. All you have to do is sign up and you get a free Halloween block in your email, every day for 9 days. ...
2 months ago
Jaybird Quilts

Gravity 2025 Sew Along Featuring Stonehenge Gradations by Northcott Fabrics - Sign up here for the sew along emails. I’m excited to reveal my Gravity Quilt in Stonehenge Gradations by Northcott Fabrics! You can preorder your 2025...
1 year ago
Candied Fabrics

4 Mini Drawstring Totes - I was so happy with my smaller drawstring tote prototype that I made 5 more just in time for my May show. Usually I dye a set of fabric and webbing specifi...
2 years ago
PamKittyMorning

Happiness - HELLO! Long time friends and followers here on the blog know much I loved that first Atsuko Matsuyama's first book Happy Flower Quilts. Of course when I f...
2 years ago
nanaCompany

The Softer Side :: a new fabric collection - Happy New Year friends. I hope you're well. It's been a while but good things are coming. As for now, I've got a new fabric collection that's just hit shop...
2 years ago
comfortstitching

End of blog - This blog is now at an end. If you would like to keep up with the latest updates on my patterns and fabric, you can find my new website here.
3 years ago
Pots and Pins

It's Time to Say So Long... - I started this blog in 2007 as a way for my mom to see what I was up to every day, since we lived 800 miles apart. Mom was my...
4 years ago
little acorns

:: Day by Day - Hi there! Thanks so much for stopping by. Just wanted to let you know that there is a new post, 'Day by Day', posted on my journal/blog that is now located...
5 years ago
Blue Elephant Stitches

Aunt Bet's Quilt - And one last finish to record for 2019! I just sewed the last of the binding on this one yesterday. The pattern is Aunt Bet's Quilt, by Frankie an...
5 years ago
Miss Kopy Kat

Most Viewed Posts of 2019 - This post is going to be short because actually I did not do much blogging in 2019. Amazingly, I did have two blog posts that each had well over 30,000 vie...
6 years ago
feeling stitchy

Christmas Countdown #12: Lord-a-leaping - Well, here we are at Christmas Day, and at the end of our countdown through my ornament finishes from 2018 with Lord-a-leaping! What a fun journey this was...
6 years ago
Pink Penguin

Printable holiday messages - Thank you so much to those of you who have purchased the Dresden Photo Frame pattern from my shop. I really hope you will find it as fun and addictive a...
6 years ago
retro mama

Quilted Tassel Pouch Tutorial - Any day that I get to make a zipper pouch is a great day, so I'm very excited to share this fun project using some very handy tools! This post is sponsored...
6 years ago
U-handblog

So long, farewell. - We have a big announcement: U-handbag will (for real) cease trading this autumn/winter 2019. From this Autumn (we will confirm the exact date closer to the...
6 years ago
You SEW Girl

Winter hats workshop (and a bit about life) - Winter is well and truly upon us here in Melbourne. Thankfully this year, I have a bit more hair on my head than I did last year. It makes for tricky mod...
6 years ago
Why Not Sew?

Loyal Heights Basket Quilt - Hello! Today I'm sharing the basket quilt I made using this pretty Loyal Heights fabric by my friend Jera Brandvig for Lecien. I was so excited to get ...
6 years ago
Cluck Cluck Sew

Shuffling - (That cute needlepoint was a gift from Peggy Christenson and is one of my favorite possessions. And the sign was a gift from Andrea Hoke …it made my life c...
6 years ago
Applique Cafe Blog

Welcome Back! - Happy SPRING and Happy April! It’s been a minute since I’ve done a blog post. Even though we’ve been quiet around here, we are still here! Checking email 5...
6 years ago
Busy As Can Be

Scraps Are Never Thrown Away - I use my cut off pieces as Leaders and Enders when I sew and then I sew them together into fun things like these. I am always amazed and just how much I...
7 years ago
A Quilting Life

FQS Quilt Along Month Four - Hello and happy Wednesday! Today is block pattern release day for the Fat Quarter Shop Clementine Quilt Along! And we're now about 2/3 of the way finished ...
7 years ago
alittlesweetness

Flora and Fawn Blog Tour - Hello! I'm thrilled to have been asked to take part in the Flora and Fawn Blog Tour! This fabric is gorgeous in color, detail and design and has the most b...
8 years ago
!Sew WE Quilt!

i wlll survive -
8 years ago
kelbysews

I Have a New Pattern....and My Own Show!!!! - Sooooooo, in case you haven't heard, I have my own show! A webseries on QNNtv! It's a FREE show, you just have to sign up for a FREE QNN account. (You...
8 years ago
you and mie

Boardwalk Delight Skirt and Shorts - I don’t blog anymore. You all know that. But when DANA from Made Everyday asks you if you want to sew with fabric that she designed and be part of her bl...
9 years ago
Be*mused

I case you thought I was kidding - My lifelong personal goal is to become an efficient and relaxed travel packer. Unfortunately, I'm still trying to attain that. So while I was sure I'd be a...
9 years ago
Happy Zombie

May The Floss Be With You on May The Fourth Be With You Day! - I’m so excited to announce on May The Fourth Be With You Day with some brand new t-shirts featuring Sew Yummy’s very own Bob Flossy in a May The Floss Be W...
9 years ago
Crazy Old Ladies Quilts

Dresden Carnival blog tour - *Hi friends! Sorry for the delay in posting. I'd scheduled this to post yesterday since I knew I was going to out of town but I just don't have good luck ...
9 years ago
lovely little handmades

Lovely Little Patchwork...my first book!! - I'm so excited to share some exciting news!! Last year I started working on my first book through Tuva Publishing. When they contacted me asking if I'd b...
9 years ago
Home Sweet Homebodies

Just like riding a bike - Being a "responsible adult" isn't all that different sometimes from being a 7 year old trying to overcome the fear of riding a bicycle. Sometimes it feel...
10 years ago
one shabby chick

Good Neighbors Pincushion Party - Amanda (aka Crazy Mom Quilts) was one of the first blogs I ever followed way back when. She makes the most amazing quilts and her love of scraps is well-kn...
10 years ago
A Passion for Applique

While He was Sleeping... - my grandson that is. I decided to put off some household chores while he slept to sew instead. Done with all the blocks. Now to put the quilt together. *W...
10 years ago
lillyella

lillyella has a new home - Woo hoo! I finally found the time to create myself a shiny new website where you will now find my blog, along with links to my shops, easy access to tutori...
10 years ago
Oh, Fransson!

Fox and Hedgehog Pillows - I recently used my Fancy Fox and Hazel Hedgehog patterns to make some quilted pillows for a handmade gift exchange. I made my pillows using 16" x 26" IKEA ...
10 years ago
Material Girls Quilts

Journey of a Quilter - Finally block 9 Journey of a Quilter! Sorry for the delay, I'm so behind😁 Enjoy, Nadine
11 years ago
Amy's Creative Side

Dianabol - Dianabol for sale online is known as the former Ciba label for the oral steroid hormone methandrostenolone. It’s actually a type of testosterone, featuring...
11 years ago
Stitches in Play

easy-peasy log cabin variation - In 2009 I posted a simple method for piecing log cabin quilt blocks using strips of fabric cut salvage to salvage. Fabric is cut AFTER it is sewn, eliminat...
11 years ago
Shabby Blogs

Vintage Freebie with Keren: Do You Suppose She’s a Wildflower 8×10 Print and Matching Tags! - This is for all our beautiful wildflowers out there! After Megan's inspiring post "An Open Letter to "Real" Women", I wanted to create something truly spec...
11 years ago
Make It Do

Winter Days - January should be a month that goes by slowly… but this January has simply flown by. I’m wanting snowed in days, soup and warm bread days, stitchy days… sl...
11 years ago
Stitches and Scissors

A quilt for Tanner - First off I want to thank every single one of you. I know lots of you donated money to help my nephew and my sister was so grateful. She used the money for...
12 years ago
Sassy Little Stitches

Other orders... - The first shirt has a plane applique from Applique Cafe with Myles merged in using the Whoa Nelly font from 8 Claws and a Paw. The second shirt is just a ...
12 years ago
33stitches

My sewing machine! -revised - Isn't she cute? OK, maybe not so much, she has seen better days. This is the first sewing machine that was my very own (thanks Mom!) she came into my lif...
15 years ago
applique market

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a stitch in dye

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Embroidery Blanks by Blanks Boutique

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the itch 2 stitch

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Brown Dirt Cottage

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Sew Mama Sew!

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A Spoonful of Sugar

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tatertots and jello

Snow Globe Sugar Cookies + Cookie Exchange Party Tips!
1 week ago
craftgawker

How to Make Dip Dye Candles
2 years ago
Red Pepper Quilts

A Japanese Stash Buster Quilt
6 years ago
The Floss Box

Catching up
7 years ago
Roxy Creations

Australian travel journal update
7 years ago
Pink Milk

Under The Walnut Tree
8 years ago
Oops, I Craft My Pants

Mixed Media Winged Heart and Tiny House Magnets
8 years ago
a pretty cool life.

halloween bento
9 years ago
The Handmade Dress

Shop Reopen!
10 years ago
pretty little things

LITTLE DREAMER
10 years ago
Sew Fabulous Quilt Shop Blog

Visit My New Blog
11 years ago
Jenny Arnott Textiles

New Year, New Website!
12 years ago
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Moda Bake Shop
XO GiGi Fabrics
The Girl Who Ate Everything
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