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Applique with Attitude from Piece O' Cake Designs

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Tue, 2012-05-15 07:30

Happy and perky and bursting with color!

Does your appliqué need a little attitude adjustment? Piece O' Cake comes to your rescue with creative new projects using bold stitching in contrasting colors of perle cotton thread. Go ahead and give tradition a little twist! You'll love making these chirpy birds, doodly daisies, and sweet tulips with your favorite fresh fabrics.

• Mix & match full-size template designs for bright, cheerful quilts and home décor
• Add a happy, carefree layer of color and texture to your work
• Use this quick needleturn technique to add a touch of whimsy to anything you appliqué

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fast2mark™ Easy Triangle Tool

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Mon, 2012-05-14 06:21

Make perfect half- and quarter-square triangles every time with the fast2mark Easy Triangle Tool.

Wendy Mathson, creator of the fast2cut® Quilter's TRIMplates, has another time-saving tool for you! With this handy marking template, making multiple sizes of half- or quarter-square triangles for any quilt pattern is quick and easy.

HANDY It does all the final measuring for you-just mark, sew, and cut apart
ACCURATE Stitch right on your marked lines-no worrying about scant 1/4” seams
QUICK Make up to 8 units at one time-no need to square up afterwards
EASY! Start with fabric squares cut in 1/2” increments-no more tiny 1/8” marks

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Bloggers' Quilt Festival

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Sat, 2012-05-12 08:06

May 18 - June 1, 2012

It's time for the International Quilt Market, and you know what that means! Bloggers' Quilt Festival, hosted by Amy's Creative Side. Every spring and fall during Quilt Market, Amy hosts a fabulous gathering of quilters. This time the online celebration will last for two full weeks offer prize-winning opportunities galore. This celebration is for anyone and everyone - no quilter is too inexperienced, and every quilt has a story.

To Participate & Win : :
1 – Write a post the week of the festival (old posts will be deleted). Please respect my efforts and the efforts of the event sponsors, and do not offer giveaways in your Quilt Festival post.
2 – In your post link back to the festival.
3 – Share a link to your post, in the linky on the festival post.
4 – Leave me a comment on the festival post to be entered into giveaways.
5 – Visit all the other quilters sharing their quilts and be inspired!

One of the prizes is a 3 month Indie Ad on Seamed UP. Perfect for anyone with an Etsy shop, podcast, or other creative endeavor.

Don't forget to vote for all your favorite quilts in over a dozen categories - and be sure to share you project on SeamedUP. We want to see!

Delicious New Fabrics from Moda in May

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Fri, 2012-05-11 10:50

LOVE LOVE LOVE is the only word for these new lines from Moda this month!

First we have the picture perfect summer fabric from Sweetwater called Lucy's Crab Shack. Doesn't it make you want to head for the beach?

Next up is Serenade by Kate Spain. We love the nature-inspired images and serenity of the colors.

Last we have Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille. This line has such a classic feel, and yet is so fresh!

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Quilts on Display This Weekend (5/10-13/2012)

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Thu, 2012-05-10 08:16

Here's your dose of quilty goodness for the weekend:

Renaissance Ladies Tapestries GA
Stars of the Valley NY
Patchwork and Quilting Radstock, UK
Quintessential Quilts: Textiles from History UK
NQA Show OH

Would you like to see your show or event in this space? Send the details to mail@SeamedUP.com.

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Rhapsodia by Art Gallery Fabrics

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Mon, 2012-05-07 07:02

Rhapsodia is the newest in-house fabric line from Art Gallery Fabrics. Its exotic designs come in two colorways, Sweet Journey and Dream Voyage.

Once again, in their own unique style, AGF has produced a video that tells more about any fabric line than a hundred still photos can. Enjoy the adventure!

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Modern Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Sun, 2012-05-06 14:44

Modern quiltmakers…time to take the next step!

Are you ready for the next level of creative patchwork? Bring Elizabeth Hartman's innovative style into your home...she's back with brand new quilts! These projects are bold, bright, graphic, and designed to give modern quilters new challenges. Learn new skills like curved seam piecing and create your best modern quilt yet. Make it fresh, make it fun, make it something you will use and cherish for years to come.

• Expand your skills with new designs and techniques from the best-selling author of The Practical Guide to Patchwork
• Each project shows additional colorways - have fun with all your favorite fabrics
• Make your next modern quilt even more sophisticated and beautiful

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Sew-Ichigo

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Sat, 2012-05-05 14:35

Have you heard aboutSew-Ichigo? It's the creative baby of paper piecing genius and Seamed UP Podcast co-host (episode 13), Penny Michelle Layman of Sew Take a Hike, and artistic stitcher and lover of all things vintage, Kerry Green of Very Berry Kerry.

Kerry writes that she and Penny "were drawn together through a mutual love of paper piecing and kitchen themes. We have been plotting and hatching for some time developing a project where we can work together and so Sew-Ichigo was created. We aim to combine our graphic, quirky, cute styles to make you the best paper piecing patterns we possibly can."

Penny says "My inspiration[for the Kitchen Classics line] was, of course, my personal KitchenAid and some vintage metal magazine holders."

If you'd like to win your own copy of the Kitchen Classics line, visit our blog and share with us what your favorite kitchen gadget is. Maybe it will be featured in Kitchen Classics 2!

AQS Paducah! Can't Get there? Watch the WebCast!

Submitted by QuiltinJenny on Tue, 2012-04-24 07:51

The 2012 American Quilter Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky will take place this weekend, April 25-28, 2012. This fabulous show in "Quilt City" features some of the most beautiful quilts in the world, vendors with all the latest quilty goodness, and the teachers you've been waiting to see.

Can't get to Kentucky? Now you can listen to the lectures and watch the awards presentation online! Click here to register:

http://www.clearskywebcasting.com/?event_id=55