Start with the Star, or Start with the Set?
You know you want to make something. Maybe there's a print you're wild about... or maybe it's just a feeling — something moody and autumnal. So you open the fabric cabinet, you stand there, and the flailing begins. Pull a fabric, put it back. Second-guess. Walk away.
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Here's what I want you to know: the flailing usually isn't a color problem. It's a starting-point problem.
A couple of weeks...
How small is too small to save?
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You know the moment. You've just finished a project, you're tidying up, and you're holding a little piece of fabric over the scrap bin thinking: is this worth keeping?
Save everything, and the scraps take over your studio. Toss too much, and you feel that little stab of guilt — because throwing away something that beautiful just feels wrong.
I get asked about this all the time, so this wee...
The "Bette Midler" Effect
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Have you ever fallen head-over-heels for a fabulous print at the quilt shop — brought it home, petted it, admired it… and then never used it, because you couldn’t figure out what on earth to pair it with?
You are in very good company. Prints add so much interest and personality to a quilt, but with so many kinds of prints out there, mixing them can feel overwhelming. So let me hand you my f...


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