The Fabric Shopper: Quilting

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Free Quilt Patterns

Some really beautiful free quilt patterns are available using some of my favorite of new fabric collections:

Garden Tea Party Quilt Pattern by Bari J with her Full Bloom fabrics

Go here for link to download pattern

Deer Valley by Joel Dewberry.

Link to PDF download

Marble Champ by Lizzie House using Red Letter Day fabrics.

Go here to download.

See photos of the quilt here, here and here.

I Love Gingham

... do you?

Gingham fabrics and quilt - as documented by El mundo de Julie en el mundo / Julie's world in the world blog in La saga de la colcha / The quilt saga

Gingham in quilts - by Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson! Scrappy Starling Hedgerow Quilt

Gingham in fun, crafty projects - (both by Mairuru) Patchwork Button Pouch (tutorial!) and Flying Sarubobo (saru = monkey, bobo = baby) Sarubobo?(explanation from Wikipedia)

Gingham in baby gifts - projects by Betz White from her Sewing Green book (these photos are her own, not from the book)

Gingham Clothing - House on Hill Road's Sunny Day Dress Tutorial as interpreted by Meg of Elsie Marley and Warm Weather Wrap-Like Scarf (tutorial!) from Jen Madsen of the Minneapolis Homemade Living Examiner (inspired by these scarves by Levi's)

Gingham on Etsy - Little Wren and Gray Pouch from seller Bubbletime.

Fabric and Quilt for Charity

Nothing But Kisses Quilt Auction on eBay. This 9-patch quilt was created by an online group of quilt bloggers and was designed and quilted by Victoria Findlay Wolfe (of Bumble Beans blog). The design was inspired by her 8-year-old daughter, who was adopted from China and who drew up a similar pattern. The quilt is being auctioned by Love Without Boundaries, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to the orphans in China who are orphaned or otherwise left homeless due to poverty, disease, disaster, or other reasons. All auction proceeds from this quilt will go to provide heart surgeries for orphaned children in China. Hurry, auction ends tomorrow!

Designer Emmet McCarthy, (you might remember him from Project Runway), has donated fabric to be sold on GorgeousFabrics.com. These fabrics are straight from his sample room and beautiful! All the proceeds from the sale of these fabrics goes directly to Sewing Hope to help fund training and equipment. Since these are sample cuts, their quantities are limited and once they are gone, they're gone. Sewing Hope provides training to women in Uganda whose families and extended families have been decimated by AIDS. Their goal is to provide education and equipment so these woman can earn a living and support their families.

Blog (and Etsy!) Feature - October Eight (Sewing Geek)

Mary of October Eight (blog) and sewing geek (Etsy) describes herself as a "closeted housewife with a career in IT". Take a look at the beautiful quilts, clothes and aprons she makes and sells. And, she's offering a free quilt pattern, too!

A peek at some items from sewing geek's Etsy shop (by the way, the VW quilt and the Peasant Blouse are also for sale in the shop):

Blog Feature: Stitches & Scissors

Darci of Stitches & Scissors has been sewing all her life. Recently she's been in a sewing frenzy, especially with quilts. Visit her blog to see her beautiful work and photographs of fabric, quilt blocks and quilts!

Blog Feature: Bloom

Ros (aka Bloom) blogs from New South Wales, Australia, and is equally enamored with gardening and stitching! Bloom has beautiful photographs featuring her quilts, tutorials and flowers. Visit Bloom for inspiration, or just to admire the pretty pictures and wonderful projects (including a Dear Baby Jane)! Here's an idea of what you'll find: