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Quilting and Sewing Cutting Mats: The Breakdown

While finishing up a quilt for one of the quilting cruises I'll be going on in 2021, I began to notice that after nearly 15 years, my cutting mat was finally starting to show signs...
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The Most Popular Quilt Design Software Options

So, you’re tired of map pencils and graph paper. Your sewing space is overrun with swatches. You’re sick of wondering what particular fabrics will look like in your design and being (unpleasantly) surprised when you...
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Quilt Panels and Projects

Without a doubt, a beautiful handsewn or patch quilt symbolizes the epitome of resourcefulness, family lineage and proud artisan heritage. Like the mysterious, storytelling hieroglyphic paintings inside a cave, or the rich, dreamy prose of...
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Check Out this Free Shamrock Quilt Pattern

  St. Patrick's day is a ways out. Nothing like being prepared right? Quilting Inspiration: Shamrock Free Pattern After the last few dreary, rainy days, I needed something bright to remind me that Spring is just...
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A Trip Through Quilting History: Antique American Quilt Patterns

We all remember the antique American quilt that we fell in love with.   The quilt I remember the most from my childhood certainly isn’t the most beautiful. It wasn’t even the most comfortable. I...
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How to Bind a Quilt

I didn’t bind my first quilt. After piecing it together and quilting it myself, I was so afraid to ruin it with a bad binding that I didn’t even try. This was, however, before the...
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The Most Popular American Quilt Patterns

Historically-minded quilters inevitably ask which patterns were the most popular. It’s a more difficult question than you’d imagine. Quilt patterns were passed by word of mouth. It wasn’t until the Great Depression that quilting patterns...
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Stitchin' Heaven Howdy - Welcome Back!

Deb and Clay Luttrell at the site of the new store in Quitman, TX. Quilting Blog Wow People, Have Fun, Be Happy!  Howdy and welcome to the new and improved Stitchin’ Heaven Howdy blog. We...
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Sewing Project Spotlight: Zipper Pouch

Follow our blog on Bloglovin Do you need a small carrying case for your makeup or travel essentials? This amethyst lush velveteen bag can also work as a fun makeup bag or pencil case. As...