Holiday Craft Source

I have done some quilting before and I was looking for a quick, easy project.

I fould this Simple Quilted Potholder at Craftzine.

For this potholder you will need:

4 strips of light to medium-weight cotton fabric, each measuring 9″×2.75″
9″×9″ piece of light to medium-weight cotton fabric
Two 9″×9″ pieces of cotton quilt batting (I like Warm & Natural brand.)
4″–5″ length of ribbon

Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!

For those who love to quilt, check out some of these Irish Quilt Block patterns. Make some of these up into a small quilt for someone for St. Patrick’s Day.

• Irish Eyes from Block of the Month
• Shamrock Block from Quiltmaker
• Triple Irish Chain from McCall’s Quilting.

Also, here are two (2) quilt patterns I found.

• Irish Chain Quilt from EZ Quilt.
• Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt from McCall’s Quilting.

Happy Crafting!!

I was looking through the book Small Quilting Projects by Linda Seward today, thinking I might want to try doing some quilting again. I came across this Tote Bag that I thought would make a nice gift for Mother’s Day.

This Tote Bag is made using the Granny’s Basket block pattern and strips of fabric braided together for the handles. You could make this using a different quilt block as this book has 40 block designs to choose from. The block designs include the templates and sewing instructions.

There are many other quilting projects in this book that you could make for Mother’s Day, including a Sachet, Jewelry Bag, Evening Bag, Shoe Tote, Letter Holder, Patchwork Pillows and more.

If you are looking to purchase this book, I found used copies for sale at the following websites: Abebooks, Biblio, Amazon, Alibris, and Choosebooks and World Book Market.

Happy Crafting!