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• Window Panes Pillow - FREE PATTERN
• Clover Mug Trivet - FREE PATTERN
• Where to Donate Your Extra Fabric: Craft Resale Shops!
• Amherst BOM - Month 7
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Recent Posts by Elizabeth LePage

Window Panes Pillow – FREE PATTERN by Elizabeth LePage on December 6, 2023 A perfect project for using up extra fat quarters or leftover scraps, the Window Panes Pillow is a fabulous pattern with delightful possibilities. Let’s take look at how to sew this sweet pillow! This pattern is designed to make one pillow, but can easily be adapted to make more. It also was Difficulty: ... Read more »

Clover Mug Trivet – FREE PATTERN by Elizabeth LePage on December 4, 2023 Keep your table protected and your mood bright while you rest your mug on this playful trivet. We picked some of our favorite flannels for a cozy, winter morning feeling! This pattern is designed to make 1 trivet, but can be easily customized to make however many you need. Difficulty: Confident Beginner/Intermediate. This pattern ... Read more »

Where to Donate Your Extra Fabric: Craft Resale Shops! by Elizabeth LePage on November 22, 2023 Let me know if this sounds familiar: Your craft room, normally one of your favorite places to spend time and relax, has become unruly. Shelves are packed to the brim, drawers are stuffed so tightly that you can barely pull out a fat quarter ... Read more »

Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long: Everything You Need to Know! by Elizabeth LePage on October 18, 2023 Connecting Threads is thrilled to announce a brand new Sew-A-Long with one of partners, C&T Publishing! Kathy Seaman Shaw, the author of Crazy Quilting Dazzling Diamonds, will be running a Sew-A-Long on the C&T blog. Featuring some of our favorite Connecting Threads’ fabrics, Shaw has an exciting few weeks planned for you ... Read more »

Our Favorite Embroidery Supplies by Elizabeth LePage on September 24, 2023 Fall is here, temperatures are dropping and fireplaces are finally being lit after a long summer. One of our favorite fall activities is to cozy up and enjoy the season of Embroidery! To help you get started with embroidery – whether you’re new to the craft or a ... Read more »

Creating Color Palettes with Swatch This by Elizabeth LePage on September 14, 2023 Swatch This by Haruyoshi Nagumo is one of the most coveted books by the Connecting Threads staff; it’s colorful, beautiful, bright and full of possibility. However, you might be looking at it and wondering, “How do I actually use this book?” Color can be intimidating, I get it! Faced with ... Read more »

Folded Star Tutorial by Elizabeth LePage on September 8, 2023 Folded fabric stars are a Scandinavian holiday delight made from just 4 pieces of scrap fabric. They’re incredibly easy to weave together and require no sewing, making them the perfect weekend project! Here’s how to make these marvelous folded stars: Tools Needed: 4 pieces of fabric measuring 4″ x 16″  Ruler Rotary cutter Cutting mat Spray starch Wonder clips Iron ... Read more »

How to Sew a Sawtooth Star Block by Elizabeth LePage on May 5, 2023 The Sawtooth Star is a simple block with endless potential. A history that goes all the way back to 1884, when it was first published in Farm & Fireside Magazine, this humble block was designed to reference the teeth of a saw. Now, the Sawtooth Star ... Read more »

Create Reusable, Vinyl-Lined Snack Bags by Elizabeth LePage on April 22, 2023 Fabrics for the Large and Medium bags (left and middle): Frost & Flourish. Fabric for the Small bag (right): Lady Montague II from the Belles Fleurs collection I don’t know about you, but I’m a big snacker. Taking a car trip? Snacks! Heading into the ... Read more »

Sew a Quilted Utensil Case by Elizabeth LePage on April 21, 2023 I’m a big, big fan of projects that are both easy and useful. I know this isn’t groundbreaking, but I’ve encountered a lot of projects lately that are only one or the other: easy OR useful, not both. It can be frustrating to put in a day’s work on a project, just ... Read more »