Posts tagged: "meet us"

  1. Mentoring beginners: quilting, knitting, crochet

    Posted by on April 2, 2013

    Over the years, more than one of my friends has accused me of being an enabler. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I am an enabler. I encourage friends to buy a fabulous piece of fabric, a new yarn, or a fun new pattern. And it’s not just that I’m hoping they’ll stimulate our economy. [...]

  2. A holiday party with heart (+ free pattern!)

    Posted by on December 21, 2012

    Before we depart to be with our families during the days leading up to Christmas, we wanted to take a moment and say “THANK YOU!” for being a part of the Stitch This! blog. Your creativity, your stories—your spirited answers to Quirky Questions—are a true gift, allowing us to connect with you in a way [...]

  3. Quilt letter patterns: now it’s personal

    Posted by on December 17, 2012

    Folk-art and primitive quilts are fantastically fun to make, and here’s one reason why: they’re just not that focused on perfection. In fact, they discourage it. Folk art is a style that affirms individual creativity and invites invention. “Mistakes” are simply opportunities to add character! Start with a few basic motifs and soon you’re designing [...]

  4. Fall 2012 Quilt Market: It started with a whisper

    Posted by on November 6, 2012

    As I get ready to write this post, a song lyric is stuck in my head. It begins, “It started with a whisper,” and then continues with lots of other words I don’t remember. My Quilt Market recap wants to have a similarly catchy line: “It started with a bare booth.” I could be quite clever [...]

  5. “BBQ” quilt-along – final round (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on October 23, 2012

    Today we reveal the final rounds of our BBQ round robin project! If you haven’t been following along as we’ve added our round robin quilt borders using the book Blocks, Borders, Quilts! (“BBQ” for short), you can catch up by checking out these previous posts: Join us for a good ol’ fashioned BBQ – a [...]

  6. The company that quilts together… (+ WOW! sale)

    Posted by on October 8, 2012

    Today it’s a treat to share this article from a very special issue of McCall’s Quilting with you. Written by marketing coordinator Mary Burns, the article spotlights eight row-robin quilts made by Martingale staffers. Read on to see their inspiring quilts. Many thanks to the Editor in Chief of McCall’s Quilting, Beth Hayes, for allowing us [...]

  7. You’re invited! Free quilting tours

    Posted by on September 27, 2012

    Did you know that you can tour our Bothell, Washington, office in person and get an up-close look at original quilts from books we’ve published? (Seriously, we’ve decked out every room.) Today you’ll hear all about our quilting tours from tour guide Abbi. She’s retiring, so you’re just in time for her final trip ’round [...]

  8. “BBQ” quilt-along – round three (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on September 25, 2012

    It’s month three and time to check in on our BBQ Round Robin progress. Can you believe it’s already been a month since our last round? Personally, I think this third round was the most fun to plan. This round features 6″-wide borders, the widest of the borders, and dramatically impacts what’s come before. We’re [...]

  9. New obsession ahead! English paper piecing (+ fabric giveaway)

    Posted by on September 13, 2012

    Just how easy IS English paper piecing? It’s easy. Really easy. And fun. Really fun. And portable. And pretty. Really pretty! Don’t tell me you dislike hand piecing if you haven’t tried English paper piecing (EPP), because it’s tons more fun than regular hand piecing. I was a skeptic too, until I became friends with [...]

  10. “BBQ” quilt-along – round two (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on August 28, 2012

    My oh my, how our quilts have grown! Last month we started a Round Robin quilt-along using the book Blocks, Borders, Quilts! by Sunny Steinkuhler. If you missed our first post, you can see all the blocks from round one of our “BBQ” quilt-along here. Fourteen people in the office are participating in this fun [...]