Bear Paw Quilting

I was thinking about visiting here while in Coeur d'Alene. They were selected to be featured in the US Better Homes & Gardens Quilt Sampler which is quite competitive. Any suggestions of what to look out for?

Happy Days

I found this on Bear Patch Quilting Co.'s website and I love it! I would like to be able to make it using some paler colours so it'll have a shabby chic/ French country look to it.

Yellow Brick Road

My first full quilt is going to be Yellow Brick Road. There's actually a better Beginner's class at Patches in Indooroopilly but I loved this quilt when I looked at it. This is what the pattern packet advertises:

And here are some other quilting bloggers' attempts at the same pattern that I really like.

 

Carrie's Creative Quilting

 

Three Bears Quilting

Atkinson's Designs: Notes from Terry Ann

Some things I like...

These, this, this, these, this and this.

And I'd like to say a special thanks to Meg who inspired me to get my butt into gear and join a quilting group (and subsequently find out my sewing machine is broken and that I definitely want a $3300 new one but may only be able to afford a $500 new one) and her blog that linked me to some of the above sites. She's going to be my quilting buddy next term at Patches in Indooroopilly so she will get to experience the full range of my swearing vocabulary.

How Not To Be a Not Crafty Vegan

It doesn't really have the same ring to it, does it?

Welcome to my craft blog. I always like little craft projects and have recently taken up quilting so thought I might keep a craft blog to keep track of my ideas and to let other people have an input.