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Join Kimberly on a stash-busting adventure as she presents Rise and Shine, a delightful row quilt featuring machine piecing, appliqué, and in-the-hoop machine embroidery techniques in a six-part series exclusively for American Quilter.
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Unleash your inner detective and join the thrilling journey of the Elementary, Dear Quilter mystery quilt, where fabric choices and clues come together to create a stunning masterpiece.
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 We are excited to announce a new partnership with Connecting Threads. Connecting Threads offers quilters quality fabric, tools, thread, and more to inspire quilters everywhere. AQS Members are invited to visit connectingthreads.com and receive 10% off your order. Use code: AQS10 at checkout to receive your special Member discount. New members need to wait 24 hours to receive their discount. Please…
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Scrap Garden Part 2 If you missed part 1 you can find it here. Now that you’ve had a chance to play in your stash and organize your fabrics, let’s break the quilt down into blocks. In case you missed it in part 1, here is the block planning guide for coloring individual blocks. Click…
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Last week we explored challenges to selecting quilting designs. If you missed that post, click here to visit. We looked at the challenges presented by the Square in a Square Mini quilt. Let’s take a look at the quilt and the fun opportunities for quilting. It is easy to be overwhelmed by a quilt. To…