Quilt market review

Spring is in full bloom and the spring edition of the semi-annual Quilt Market has made its mark. Fabric, notions, sewing machines, designers, and more made their way to Portland, Oregon to celebrate the newest innovations in the quilting and home sewing world. There was much to be seen and heard, and we’ve highlighted a few of our favorites for you. Read more

Designer Spotlight

Sandra Banava was introduced to the beauty of fabric at an early age. Her mother was a fabric lover, who kept her collection lovingly wrapped up in a couple of huge bundles filled with cuts of fabric that she had receive d as gifts or hand-picked for her sewing projects. From time to time, Sandra’s mother would say, “Let’s get the fabric bundles out and look at fabric.” To Sandra, this was always as exciting as opening a treasure box. Read more

Quilting questions answered
by our own Margrit Hall.

This month, Margrit starts off the new year by answering questions about diagonal quilting, outer border rippling, proper seam allowance, and much, much more.
Read more in this month's
Ask Margrit column