How many different quilt sites are you following on Facebook? I bet I follow a dozen, or more. Some because I want to learn more about that designer, or technique. Some because I just plain like them. Here are a few of my favorites:
Sew Very Easy: I LIKE this lady! She is probably one of my most favorites.
Her YouTube videos are always informative and she has a nice voice, as well as beautiful hands! A recent YouTube video is a tour of her sewing studio. Watch it HERE.
Panel Quilts: I'll admit, I do use panels. Some are just too cute to pass up. Some I use for quick baby quilts, such as the one I just finished last night. So, what do you do with a panel to cute-it-up?
Lots of ideas here.
Here is a quilt I made for my great-niece in 2014, Olivia. And I recently found this panel again by posting on this site and asking if anyone had it! Surprise! Not only did someone have it, she sent it to me FOR FREE! Gotta love it!
Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts: Because scraps happen. When I was a little girl living in Southern California, we'd drive past this "disappearing mountain." I was fascinated by its shrinking and the bulldozers working, moving "earth" around. It was called Lime Mountain. I learned it was part of a cement-making plant and Lime Mountain would eventually disappear altogether.
Even though I've given away a mountain of scraps lately, unlike Lime Mountain
Mt. Scrapmore rebuilds itself! More-and-more scraps by the minute! Start here for ideas.
Speaking of scraps, Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Studio: Who hasn't been inspired by Bonnie Hunter?! Her website has TONS of free patterns and a new mystery quilt each year. You've seen this one before; completed by Charlotte-the-Tall a couple of years ago. On Ringo Lake. We teased Miss Charlotte to no end about the number of HST and flying geese she made for this quilt.
Getting Started - Quilting with Westalee Rulers: Learning to free motion quilt has been on my bucket list for a long time. I've been inspired by these rulers....haven't actually purchased any yet.
Click HERE for a YouTube video.
Jen Kingwell Designs and Gypsy Wife Quilt Group I liked the Gypsy Wife the very first time I saw it ... at a Desert Lily's Quilt Show in Yuma, AZ with the quilting Auntie. I have the pattern, it is still on my UFO list ... one of these days....
Truth be told, I like ALL Jen Kingwell patterns!
Quilting Free Patterns: What more needs to be said.... FREE pretty much says it all.
Plus I do get inspiration.
Here is a log cabin from this site that I really, really like.
I love the colors.
Even though I could figure out the pattern and color placement with EQ8*, it's nice to have someone do the heavy thinking for me.
Click Here for the pattern.
Last, but certainly not least, Quilt Along with Pat Sloan: If you like L-O-T-S of content, this is the site for you. Lots of questions, lots of patterns.
Pat, herself, reads these posts and often answers. Hats off to her!
I could go on...but, truly, there is no end. Check out some of these.
You may pick up a new skill or even a new favorite.
