Quilted Joy Blog
Longarm quilting tips, tutorials, and inspiration from the Quilted Joy Quilt Fairies
I’ve said many times that quilters are some of the most generous people in the world. Giving a quilt is...
Themed quilts can be very fun to make. Most quilts have color schemes. But a real theme, an idea outside...
I’m always talking about classic quilt blocks and designs for piecing a quilt that we see repeatedly because of its...
There are only so many shapes that you can use in quilting. Once you’ve used them all, what is there...
It doesn’t feel like it was that long ago, but it has been a year since we’ve added a whole...
Color has long been tied to emotions. Red is anger, jealously is green, yellow is considered cheerful and happy, etc....
The following longarm machine renters created quilts using itty bitty little pieces. It can take a lot of time to...
Have you ever looked and critically thought about the heart shape? Honestly, it doesn’t much look like an actual heart....
Ombre has been called the perfectly imperfect art. It is when you dye or paint something with one color or...
A skill that every quilter should at least try, if not master, is applique. While it has its own inherent...
I typed the words “stars in quilts” into a search engine and got 39,000,000 results in just a couple of...
I heard a joke once about people like me. You would not expect a coin collector to use his collection...
I think it is safe to say that most quilters are fabric lovers. We tend to collect stashes and buy...
T-shirts as we know them came out sometime after World War II. Since that time they have grown to become...
There are some events that you can see coming. The birth of your first grandchild, a wedding of a sibling,...
I like to group quilts together with similar characteristics to write about. But sometimes we get a couple of quilts...
Sampler quilts have always been a favorite of mine. I love the playful way the different patterns draw your eye...
There are a lot of reasons to make a quilt. You need a bedspread of a certain color or fabric,...
Half square triangles are one of the most basic shapes in quilting. But there is a specific type of triangle...
Typically, quilts are made up of blocks that are usually square. But that still leaves you with a couple of...
Can you believe Christmas is almost here? This is always such a busy time of year and I feel like...
