Inspiration and Tutorials

I felt the need to share a little more about the process behind this quilt, because it’s a really special one for me. It all started back in January of this year, when Taylor from Toad & Sew gave our brand a refresh with a new logo and color palette. Taylor and I became friends through the shop and have gotten closer over the years. Having a quilt bud and small biz owner friend? Instant bond. When she started working on our branding, I told her (in many, many more words) that we wanted a PNW witchy vibe with a...

Have you ever seen a fabric collection that instantly makes you want to start pulling out all your favorite quilt patterns? That’s exactly what Glow Garden by Sarah Watts does. It’s bold, bright, and full of prints that feel like they were made to play together. We wanted to help you picture how Glow Garden could look in a finished quilt, so we’re sharing a bunch of mock-ups using patterns from some really talented quilt pattern designers. Seeing the fabrics in action is the easiest way to start imagining your own project. Meet Glow Garden by Sarah Watts Glow Garden...

Written by Remy Nixon of @quilt.mockup.tool   Listen, I love quilting – but that shit makes me ANXIOUS. Art you can snuggle with? Yes! Incredible! Sign me up! Beautiful fabrics that are only printed once, so if you mess up they’ll be wasted and you’ll never get them back? Fuuuuuuuuuuck… This is the story of how I learned to accept that you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy doing it, and that when you lean into the things that bring you joy you sometimes end up on a journey you never expected. I haven’t always been the...

Written by Sarah Morris of @ruthlesslyhandmade   If you’ve ever found yourself frantically binding a quilt the night before Halloween - or worse, finishing a Christmas quilt in January - you are not alone (I swear, this was never me, but now I have kids and it's me for every single project!). Quilting is a hobby full of joy and creativity, but we can be real: it takes time. And in the land of fabric and thread (and thousands of other obligations), time moves fast. I mean, as I’m writing this, it’s July 4th…and I’m already thinking I should’ve started on my...