By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Earlier this month I visited Massachusetts and New Hampshire to do programs for two quilt guilds there. I had a free day between them and my hostess sweetly offered to take me wherever I wanted to go. I opted for the textile mills in Lowell, Mass, and I [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador There's a lot of eye candy in the world of fabric these days. I love stopping by a quilt store and seeing new collections beautifully displayed together. When I make a quilt, however, I've found that a single fabric collection is not what I prefer to use. I [...]
It can be tricky to use large prints for patchwork. It's so easy to buy those luscious fabrics, but sometimes not so easy to use them effectively. Scrap quilts are what I make most, and I'm pretty determined to use the stash I've accumulated over 33 years of quilting. So I've devised a couple of [...]
