The Travelling Quilter: Mountain Quilt Quest
Penny Schmitt shares with us her Shop Hop initiation at a group of shops in Virginia and West Virginia. She also has some tips for keeping it fun and affordable!
The Traveling Quilter: Parsing Paducah
The Traveling Quilter did Paducah again this year, the first time since 2005. This trip gave new insights into the "Mother of All Quilt Shows."
New Block-of-the-Month, "Inner Peace"
Diane Hundley's new block-of-the-month series continues. Click on the link above to see the new design, entitled "Inner Peace." We think you'll love this great new quilt, offered in installments monthly through April 2009.
The Traveling Quilter: Houston Quilt Market: 2007
Quilt Market was as crazy and stimulating as ever this year. Now that she's had time to digest it, Lynn reports out.
Product Review: The Go Board Portable Folding Ironing Board
The Sullivan Company spent a good while perfecting this lightweight yet sturdy and stable portable ironing board. It passed our ultimate test, Lynn's Mom!
If you Like Tutto, You'll L-O-V-E Tutto!
The Tutto Machine-On-Wheels has become the world standard for sewing machine carriers. But did you know they make Pullmans and carry-ons and many other bags? Lynn Holland has discovered them, and provides a complete review.
Free and Easy Machine Quilting: The Supreme Slider
First introduced in 2004, this great product has now been updated and improved. Learn how this simple device can save great strain on both your patience and your body!
Product Review: The Sidewinder Bobbin Winder
Lynn says you'll save some swearing by having this, except if you can't get it. It's in huge demand. Find out why. We now have them back in stock, but hurry!
Get a Grip: Product Review for the new Gypsy Gripper
Do your rulers slip when you try to rotary cut that thick pile of strips? Have you nipped your fingertip more than once? Check out this neat new invention reviewed by Lynn Holland!
Traveling Quilter: Quilt Shops on the Florida Suncoast
Lynn Holland picks up a finished quilt for grandson Stephen and revisits two of her favorite quilt stores in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.
Book
Review: The 1776
Quilt, by Pam
Holland
Pam Holland chronicles her odyssey with a 250-year-old quilt she saw in a book. The encounter changed her life forever.
Atlanta Shop Hop 2007
The Traveling Quilter takes on 13 shops and a busload of quilters in doing the 2007 Atlanta Shop Hop in style. Learn what quilters do when they're set loose on their own in Fabric Disneyland!
Up Against the Wall, Quilter!
Learn how a quilter finally figures out how to get more wall space for a design wall, without building an extra room on her house!
Is it Wrong to Love an Iron?
Lynn Holland has found an iron that's smarter than she is. How one company listened to iron users and built a better one, that raises itself up off the fabric when not in use.
My Iron Disaster
Every woman, it seems, has had a disaster with an iron. Some of you have told us your stories, and we invite the rest of you to join us around the hot iron!
Houston 2006: The Best New Products
Read about our selection of the best new products from Quilt Market 2006 in Houston. Improvements made to standard quilter's tools that will surprise and delight you!
Beginning Ribbonwork: Helen Gibb
Helen Gibb is the new leader in ribbonwork, with a book and comprehensive DVD. Read how ribbonwork can change your quilts, and maybe your life!
Product Review: Tutto Machine on Wheels
The makers of Tutto luggage claim it is the healthiest in the world. And they have carriers just for quilters and sewers. Check out our review of these amazing travel carriers, which make traveling with a sewing machine easier than ever. See all of our product reviews!
Product Review: The Quilter's FabriCalc
At last, a simple handheld device that figures your quilt yardage. Announced at Quilt Market, this wonderful little gizmo promises to revolutionize your experience of quilter's math!
Video Review: "The Great American Quilt Revival"
Planet Patchwork's review of the video that was the talk of the Houston Quilt Festival last fall. This documentary, produced by Georgia Bonesteel, tells the comprehensive story of the quilting revolution of the last 30 years.
One Day Mystery : Gems in the Ruff Gallery!
On New Year's Day, thousands of quilters participated in the Gems in the Ruff Mystery Quilt. Check out some of the amazing results in the Gallery! If you participated in this popular event on January 1, send in your photos (jpegs or gifs only) to planetpatchwork@gmail.com and we'll post them in the gallery.
Quilter Personal Profile: Penny Schmitt
North Carolina quilter Penny Schmitt chronicles her artistic development while honoring the memory of her friend and quilting mentor.
The Man (and Women) Behind Visual Quilting
Peyton Richmond, creator of the Visual Quilting design program, talks about his software and the quilters in his life who inspired it.
Quilt-Pro 5 for the Mac (OS X): First Look
Christina Holland uses her Mac for everything else in her computing life - shouldn't she use it to design quilts too? Join her as she takes the new Mac quilt design program out for a spin.
Binding Begone! New Products from Martelli
The latest inventions out of this sewing skunkworks in Pensacola are worthy of the company tradition -- and a boon to quilters everywhere. Learn how to bind your quilts with more ease and less pain with these ingenious and affordable tools!