"Quilt Green" with Bonnie Hunter - - - QuiltingCoach Penny - - - And I'm Not Talking About St. Patrick's Day or Making Quilts with Green Fabric. Using Bonnie Hunter's Scrap User's System, Your Scrap Quilts will Save the Environment and your Sanity (Because Your Fabric Will Be Organized and Easy to Use - without Spending Hours and Hours Organizing it) . . . keep reading Thrift Store Fabric for Scrap Quilts Quilting Coach Penny Bonnie Hunter is a quilter who specializes in scrap quilts using fabric from thrift shops or donations from friends' closets. Recently she visited with us for our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation, and the specific topic was how to choose the garments at a thrift shop that will make great fabric for a quilt. . . . keep reading Who Else Wants to Create a Stack and Whack Quilt? QuiltingCoach Penny Quilting Chat with Penny about the Stack and Whack quilting technique. . . . keep reading Fabric Artist Lea Ingram - Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation QuiltingCoach Penny Lea Ingram is a painter, working in the medium of fabric. She uses hand dyed and hand painted fabrics and incorporates quilting and embellishment. Her works have been juried into many Art Shows and she has won several Art Awards. . . . keep reading Quilter Scott Murkin - Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation QuiltingCoach Penny Now You Can Learn from a Quilter Who Creates Quilts Just so He Can Have Something to Quilt on! . . . keep reading     More

Video: Stay Sane with Crazy Quilts Webinar Replay QuiltingCoach Penny Many quilters look at crazy quilts with wonder and amazement. What makes them so special and what, actually, is the process for creating one of these treasures? Crazy quilts are similar to traditional patchwork quilts in that they are created from scraps of fabric. The big difference is that crazy quilts include several different types of fabric. . . . keep reading Balkan Puzzle Or Windswept Star Quilt Rose Smith The Balkan Puzzle quilt block, also known as the Windblown Star has been around for nearly a hundred years and is made from half square triangle blocks only but manages to look far more complicated than it really is. . . . keep reading Old Windmill Quilt Block Rose Smith This is a delightful quilt block and as you would expect because of the dark corners, several of these quilt blocks together start to show secondary designs which are really pretty. . . . keep reading Diamond Quilt - Lesson 6 - Adding Borders QuiltingCoach Penny At first glance, I thought I would like to have a medium width inner border. Generally I like dark borders right next to the center of the quilt. Adding a border to any quilt is easy, and can help "square up" the quilt -- or it can cause the quilt . . . keep reading Diamond Quilt - Lesson 5 - Filling in the Star Points QuiltingCoach Penny Once the star is complete, you will need to fill the spaces in between the points. Many quilters shy away from sewing set-in seams because they thing the seams are difficult, if not impossible. . . . keep reading More

Different Fabric Terms It is interesting how quilters all over the world use the same techniques and tools but often refer to different meanings when discussing them. Calico is one of those terms. . . . keep reading Stack-n-Whack Quilts Stack-n-Whack quilts refer to the technique used to cut the fabric for each quilt block. If you have seen a Stack-n-Whack quilt, you have undoubtedly noticed its unique almost kaleidoscope like appearance. . . . keep reading Sashing When you are new to quilting, it is easy to confuse the terms border and sashing. After all, both have a similar purpose. . . . keep reading Using Blue Jeans for Quilts When many quilters clean out their closets, they usually don't see old clothes. Instead, they see fabric that could have been used in a quilt. . . . keep reading Irish Chain The Irish Chain quilt block is very popular and has many versions. Some look very simple. Some look horribly complex. . . . keep reading More