Tonight’s Free eQuilter Pattern features a wondrous Stained Glass Mother Bear and Cubs panel, along with our exclusive Illuminated Mandalas panel and stripe.
Use the Coupon Code: BEARS on the checkout page to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more, through Jan 20th, 2026 only! (This gift coupon cannot be combined with other Promotions or Gift Certificates.)
To make this 57″ x 68″ quilt design, start with the central panel in a kaleidoscope of glowing hues. Cut up our Illuminated Mandalas Block Panel to make the top and bottom sections, and the Illuminated Mandalas Stripe to make the sides. Use Solid Black for the background, and finish with a rainbow ombre binding.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this exquisite quilt pattern (orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.
I have a couple quilts traveling in SAQA exhibits. My piece “Stardust Mothers” spent most of 2024 at the DAR Museum in Washington DC. A few months ago I attended the opening of the SAQA “Balance” exhibit in Durango, with this quilt. Now this exhibit is opening right here in Lafayette Colorado which is adjacent to Boulder. The opening reception is this Friday at 6 pm. Please come and see this exhibit if you can! It is open Jan 15 to March 8.
The Collective Community Arts Center 201 N. Public Road Lafayette Colorado
This work depicts the generations of women who protect each other, and the planet. You can see the distant layers of matriarchy fading into the distance. My own Swedish great-grandmother is tucked up in the left-hand corner.
There is a continuity of wisdom that stretches down through the generations of women. It is not just our own ancestors, but it is in the archetypal wisdom that grandmothers pass on to their granddaughters. We are all made of stardust, and that wisdom vibrates in every atom. When we turn to dust and return to the Earth, that wisdom, that divine consciousness…lives on.
The faces were all painted with Inktense pencils and gel medium. Then the rest of the image was built up with applique and then free-motion stitching on my Q20 machine. The applique fabrics are batiks and hand-dyes, all from eQuilter. Most of them are picked out from the scrap hamper at the end of the week, after all of you have a chance to buy them. I also use fusibles like Gentle Fuse and Mistyfuse, and many colors of 50 weight Aurifil threads…all available at eQuilter as well.
She has really been around the world which brings me a lot of joy. From France and the UK, to Japan and DC, she travels to share my message with other mothers and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, and those who love them. I hope that you too will find a message in this image.
You can see where she has traveled if you scroll down on this page. I have several quilts traveling now so perhaps you will see one at a museum or quilt festival this year. And I do hope that YOU have a special quilt that will travel and inspire others as well!
Travel/Lecture Dates: Jan 16 – “Balance” opening at The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette, CO. 6-8 pm. Jan 22-23 – Road to California Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
Tonight’s Free eQuilter Pattern features our Best-Selling Gothic Raven, donning a bejeweled top hat, with intricate ornamentation.
Use the Coupon Code: RAVEN on the checkout page to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more, through Jan 16th, 2026 only! (This gift coupon cannot be combined with other Promotions or Gift Certificates.)
To make this 49″ x 65″ quilt design, start with the 28″ x 44″ central panel. Then cut and piece three of our exclusive Steampunk Gears prints for the borders.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this exquisite quilt pattern (orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.
Does it feel like the world is on fire? The only way I am keeping a clear head is by going into the studio and working on my quilts every day.
(And…I’ve been binge-watching all 5 seasons of Emily in Paris. I am halfway through season 4.)
Today I am sharing this blazing quilt from the Taiwan Quilt Festival, because it seems to match the mood.
This powerful work of fiery textile art is by Zhuang Xiu Hui. “Flaming Light” 190 x 155 cm (74″ x 61″)
Artist Statement: “This quilt work’s idea is based on a fairytale about the existence of nine suns in ancient times. I use the round shape of kaleidoscope to represent the sun and the extension of the flames to form the fire ring. I hope the patterns could recreate the blazing heat of those images.”
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You will notice this is not a simple rectangle shape. The sphere representing the Earth in the lower left corner, is full of kaleidoscopes, which I assume are inspired by Paula Nadelstern‘s designs. This bottom left corner binding follows the curve of the sphere.
The background is pieced tiny squares – mostly Indigo – and the dynamic flames explode across the checkerboard background. The flames are full of a variety of quilt stitching patterns as well. The complementary colors and wild undulating shapes of the flames give this quilt so much ENERGY! The large size gave this piece so much visual IMPACT in the gallery.
Think about how you can bring energy and impact to your quilts in 2026!
Travel/Lecture Dates: Jan 21-22 – Road to California Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
Use the Coupon Code: SIAMESE on the checkout page to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more, through Jan 9th, 2026 only! (This gift coupon cannot be combined with other Promotions or Gift Certificates.)
To make this 51″ x 66″ quilt design, start with the 29″ x 44″ Siamese Kitten panel. Piece our exclusive floral prints and aqua hand dye to construct the border, plus Solid Black inner and outer borders. Finish with a multi-color curls binding.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this exquisite quilt pattern (orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.
This week everyone is talking about the Buddhist monks who are walking from Texas to Washington DC. You can find them on Facebook on the “Walk for Peace” page. Their golden saffron robes are patched and worn, and their leader wears a sash with the pins given to them by the police departments of the towns they have passed through. Their patchwork robes, and their humble message of peace, have captured my heart. They are sharing a message that the world needs to hear.
“Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me….”
This was also one of Rosalynn Carter’s favorite songs, and it was sung at her memorial service. As you may know, my fiber art portrait of her now hangs at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
My art quilt “Prayer for Peace” traveled to Taiwan in November, and is now back in my studio. Perhaps you will also be moved to make a quilt that is a prayer for peace in 2026.
Every stitch is a prayer, when made with intention.
Travel/Lecture Dates: Jan 22-23 – Road to California Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Travel/Lecture Dates: Jan 16 – “Balance” opening at The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette, CO. 6-8 pm. Jan 22-23 – Road to California Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
Use the Coupon Code: FOREST on the checkout page to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more, through Jan 6th, 2026 only! (This gift coupon cannot be combined with other Promotions or Gift Certificates.)
To make this 57″ x 68″ quilt design, you will start with the 32″ x 44″ Forest Dragon panel. Piece our other exclusive prints from this collection (Dragon Icon Stripes & Dragon Scales) to construct the border, plus Solid Black to set a dramatic mood. Finish with a Green Dragon Scale binding.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this exquisite quilt pattern (orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.
Tonight’s Free eQuilter Pattern features Our Best-Selling Gilded Stallion panel! Gallant and proud, an elegant horse, gilded in gold, prances freely under the midnight glow of the full moon.
Use the Coupon Code: STALLION on the checkout page to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more, through Jan 13th, 2026 only! (This gift coupon cannot be combined with other Promotions or Gift Certificates.)
To make this 46″ x 61″ quilt design, you will start with the 29″ x 44″ central panel. Then cut and piece four coordinating earth-tone Hoffman Hand-Dyes for the dynamic borders. Enjoy the power and freedom of this exceptional horse quilt !
Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.
The clock is winding down on 2025, as we aim our hopes and dreams towards 2026.
I always say – I get more done in a year if I have a plan on New Years Day – and if I have written out a list of goals. My eyes are usually bigger than my stomach when it comes to making a list of projects, so setting priorities is the next part of this annual ritual.
However you spend New Years Eve and New Years Day, we hope to be of service to you as your own creative path unfurls in the coming weeks and months.
We wish you health, joy, love, and an abundance of creative juice in 2026.
Travel/Lecture Dates: Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
