Making a Patchwork Lone Star Quilt: Finishing Your Quilt Top
Your Patchwork Lone Star quilt is coming together! In this final sew-along post, we’ll add the background triangles, assemble the star, and sew the borders to finish your quilt top.
Making a Patchwork Lone Star Quilt: Strip Sets and Matching Points
Learn to sew Patchwork Lone Star strip sets, cut diamond strips at a 45-degree angle, and mark and pin seams to help your diamond points match.
Making a Patchwork Lone Star Quilt: Choosing Fabric and Cutting Tips
Choose fabrics for your Patchwork Lone Star quilt, use scraps from your stash, and get practical tips for cutting strips and planning your background.
My QuiltCon 2026 Recap as a First Time Vendor
Each February the Modern Quilt Guild has an event called QuiltCon which is the largest modern quilting event in the world. There is a quilt show, vendors, classes, special exhibits and probably mor...
My 5 Favorite Quilts of 2025 (and Why I Loved Making Them)
In 2025 I finished 20 quilts! As I was tallying them up I was kind of surprised my total was that high. There were a couple tops I made but didn't get quilted and a handful of blocks that didn't ma...
Dog Star Quilt - The Cover Quilt
The Dog Star quilt pattern is now here! Before I get into the details of the quilt pattern let's talk about the name... About the Name The brightest star in the night sky is called Sirius, which is...