These are quick and easy, and look very cute.  Fun to gift to people or decorate with.  The bonus is they use up some of your fabric scraps!
By the way, if you don't have pinking shears, you can always use a Satin stitch (close zig zag) to finish the edges.
   Have fun!

Artists know about water pens, and find lots of uses for them.  They can also be used by Quilters for a number of things too.

• If you do paper piecing, they can make removing the paper so much easier. Watch the video below for a demo.
• If you want a really flat seams, put a starch like Best Press in your water pen and use it to wet the seam.  Press and all is perfect without having to starch the rest of the quilt.
• If you need to fold fabric over paper for applique, add the Best Press or other starch alternative on the seam allowance. Turn and press and you have a clean turned edge to work with.

Here is a video showing one use.  By the way, you can search online for "water brush pen" and find choices for this tool in brands available and different prices

We made these as a group at one of our Tuesday meetings recently.  Our members had a lot of fun creating fun shapes and cards.  I decided to share this tutorial on our blog page so even more quilters might watch it.  Have fun!
​--Ann

Great video by Beth Ann Williams on You Tube.  I recommend watching this video if you do quilting on your domestic machine, especially walking foot quilting.  I especially liked her tip on better ways to manage the bulk sitting in your lap while quilting.
--Ann

Last Tuesday, our members watched this video together on Zoom.  Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts has some really helpful information to get your scraps into attractive and easy quilts.  Win-Win!
We are sharing it also here, our public blog page so you can also benefit from the wise words in the video.  
By the way, if you want to find the links Karen mentions in her video, click on the "Watch on You Tube" symbol at the bottom left of the video.  It will take you to the same video on You Tube, and her comments and links are directly below her video there.

I have a small wool mat next to my sewing machine to press seams as I make blocks.  I have a full size ironing board for bigger projects, but the wool mat has been a real time saver for me.  I have used a pillow case to keep the wool mat clean, but it bothers me how funky that looks.  I am going to love making a DIY case with pretty fabric from my stash, and it is going to make my sewing area look so much nicer!
​--Ann

This pattern is more difficult because the size of the fabric pieces are smaller. If you haven't taken a class in miniature quilts, you might not know how to approach it.  Fortunately Shabby Fabrics has a wonderful video tutorial with many tips to make this type of quilting easier. Give it a try!

This is a fun little project to make fabric baskets for your sewing supplies, or just as a gift.  I think kids would love getting one of these with some small toys like cars or mini dolls. You can find more ideas on TheCraftyGemini on You Tube.

Our members have used the video below to learn how to make Quarter Stars.  Instead of making 4 Quarter Stars to make a complete star, how about positioning them for a Holiday design like I did!  Using my photos and a chart gives you enough information to follow me and make one just like mine.  You can of course just go off the rails and make any design you dream of.
    Ann

If you use the video and cut 3.5 inch squares, and cut 4.0 inch sqares to make the Half Square Triangles, you quilt will be 36" by 36".  I added a 4.5 inch border but you can choose what size you prefer.
If you want a 24 x 24 inch project before borders, cut 2.5 inch squares and cut 3.0 inch squares for the Half Square Triangles.

(Click the photo below to see a larger image)

This video is quite a surprise to many people.  I wanted to thank all you wonderful quilters for helping me to meet my goal of living to 100. I am passing it along so you can join me.
​  ---Ann

Even though we are an all-online quilt group, sometimes our members get to meet each other in-person (or out in the wild!).  One of our members, Diane (Seattle) came to a quilt retreat in Santa Rosa, and was able to meet a few members in person. These members are regulars at our Zoom meetings. What fun!
​PS- Click on the photo to see a larger image.

Below are the blocks made by our Members, and submitted for our drawing on Monday, September 8th at our 2:00 pacific time Zoom meeting.  All the blocks were made from the same free pattern.
After the drawing, we will post the name of the winner here.

I recently stumbled across a mention of this Creative Grids Ruler, and could think of some good uses for it.  I looked it up online, and my vendor indicated I had already purchased it in the past.  Well, my husband is also a quilter and uses the same online account, so I checked in with him.  He already had it!  Some days I feel so lucky to have another quilter in our house!
--Ann