Modern Roots Stitchery Blog
Here are my musings about the quilts I make, my design process and tools I love!Bits And Bobs: Play with Your Fabric Choices
Bits and Bobs is my latest pattern in Quilter's World "Stash-busting Weekend Quilts," fall 2022 edition. I collaborated with Annie's Catalog via their Facebook page and shared different ways to make half square triangles. Also, we talked about creating a more...
A Scrappy Block Made Modern? Look at What a Scrappy Heart Block Can Do!
I taught a beginner foundation paper pieced block through a collaboration with Annie's Catalog today via their Facebook page. I design most of my quilts in EQ8 because the software allows you to easily rotate and flip blocks for a myriad of designs. Here are some of...
Have Leftover Scraps from a FPP project? Here are some ideas!
I love to use the foundation paper piece technique, but I often think about what to do with all those scraps. Personally, I like to pass my scraps along to my quilty friends and FPP scraps tend to be a funky shape. Here are some alternative ideas for scraps: Pin...
Plaid Party Block: a Free Quilt Block Pattern
I've been trying to look at my stash in creative ways. This time, I wanted to play with different shades of blue and thus, "Plaid Party" was designed in EQ8. A very simple block in design, measuring 12" finished, this quilt block uses your simple shapes: half-square...
QuiltCon 2022 Recap
QuiltCon 2022 was a whirlwind of connections, creativity and learning!
Tutorial: Partial Seams in an 18.5″ Block
I recently bought a fat quarter bundle and the coordinating panel from Sarah Watt's new line: Stay Gold. Sarah Watts really touched on all of the decades in this line. There's references to the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's in the color palette and artwork is amazing! I...
A nod to 2021, Looking forward to 2022
Looking back, looking forward..... 2021 brought me: First ever pattern in a magazine Sewing through my stash, over 19 yards in the summer alone First quilt accepted into a juried show: View Arts in New York Two outdoor quilt shows with my local guild The Cabin Break...
Have you used this ruler?
Tools, tools, tools - quilters have a ton of tools! I recently learned a new way to make half-square triangles that makes my seams much more accurate. It's called the Omnigrid 4-6-12 inch ruler. Instead of drawing a diagonal line down the center of your...
Welcome to Sew Sarah
Welcome to the Sew Sarah blog! I first learned to sew clothes with my mom, when I wanted a pair of Jamz. My mom said, "I'm not paying that much for a basically a pair of boxer shorts." So, off we went to Hancock's, where we bought a simple pattern, some neon cotton...
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