How to Make Folded Fat Quarter Stars
Fat quarters always make excellent quilting gifts, and it's easy to dress them up a bit by folding them into triangles, and then bundling them to create stacked stars. There's no need to cover your star bundles with wrapping paper -- just tie them together with decorative yarn or another embellishment that the recipient can use to decorate a quilt or fabric postcard. Check back this evening (Tuesday) for a

New: Ohio Star Wallhanging
This new wallhanging uses a couple of blocks -- one is the traditional Ohio Star. Its color values are altered slightly and the block is placed on point -- both actions change the Ohio Star's appearance. Make the 48" square wallhanging for yourself or stitch it together when you need a gift. The quilt goes together fairly quickly, and its theme can be altered dramatically by simply changing the fabrics. Janet Wickell

Quilts in Times Square
Be sure to look up at Panasonic's 28 x 38 foot Astrovision screen if you're in New York's Times Square during the holidays. Four times each hour you'll see quilts that were part of an exhibition sponsored by NYC's City Quilter earlier this fall. Quilts in the sequence include Judy Doenias' Carmen Miranda, Anita Grossman Solomon's Key West Beauty, In Our Time, a Dear Jane quilt by Judy Doenias and Diane Rode Schneck, Ellen Yamaguchi's New York City Ligh

2010 New Year's Day Mystery Quilt
It's about that time again, and I've had lots of emails asking if I plan to do a New Year's Day Mystery Quilt. I do, and I've been kicking around ideas, but your input can help. Here's a poll, and it will let you choose multiple answers. The results will be most helpful if you limit your responses to your Top 2 choices. It's impossible to create a quilt that everyone will like, but I'd like to create something that falls into the general "top picks" of the majority. You can also use the Comments area to voice your opinions. 2010 New Year's Day Myster

Lots and Lots of Gallery Updates
I'm caught up with photo gallery submissions, at least temporarily. I do need to remind everyone of something -- I often receive form submissions but no quilt photos. It's a two-step process, and I can't work with one without the other. I always have so many to do that it's difficult to write everyone individually when that happens. If you do not see your quilt, it means I couldn't match-up a form with a picture.