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Lissa Alexander

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Jan
7

Sisterhood of Scraps

Scrapalicious magic! If you love scrap quilts, then this new book from Lissa Alexander needs to be on your bookshelf.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Trending, Books and Patterns
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Lissa Alexander, Scrap quilt, Scraps
Dec
17

Perfectly Blue & White

Years ago, a quilt historian/appraiser told me that the most sought-after antique quilts, the most collectible, were blue and white. She used all the usual adjectives - classic, timeless, versatile and so on. It was hard to disagree. To celebrate the many ways to interpret the variety of blue and...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns
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Blue & White, Camille Roskelley, Laurie Simpson, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Sherri McConnell
Dec
3

Red & White For Christmas

And Valentine's Day. And for summer. And spring. Because it's Monday. Really... is there ever a bad time for a Red & White quilt? Yes, Infinite Variety, NYC, May 2011. It was magical. While red and white quilts have always been collectible, this show created a resurgence of interest in red and...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Trending
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Camille Roskelley, Jen Kingwell, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Primitive Gatherings, Red and White, Thimble Blossoms
Nov
8

Red & White Quilts - Special Exhibit

Red & White Quilts - 14 Quilts With Timeless Appeal . If you've seen the book, now you can see the quilts. Representing patchwork and appliqué in a classic color combination, the fourteen quilts from the Red & White Quilts book show a diversity of styles ranging from traditional to modern...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Camille Roskelley, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander
Mar
27

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares Revisited

If you've been here before, you probably know that I love quilts made with half-triangle squares. Like this one. Family Tree by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life . The fabric collection is the new Clover Hollow by Sherri & Chelsi . Two years ago, we posted about half-triangle squares and the...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Notions, Tip Jar
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A Quilting Life, Bloc-Loc, half square triangles, Half-triangle squares, HTS, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Tips & Tricks, Triangle Paper
Mar
21

Oh my... Oh, Scrap!

Someone once asked me why I loved scrap quilts. My answer was kind of silly... but it was also true. Not one of us is one "thing". We're daughters and sons, parents and spouses, friends and co-workers. We're painters and stitchers, bakers and builders, and so on. Each of us is a scrap quilt, a...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Fabrics
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Cake Mix, Layer Cakes, Lissa Alexander, ModaLissa, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Scrap quilt, Sewing
Mar
15

Oh Hop... Let's Scrap!

Happy Thursday! Today is March 15 and that means it's Oh Scrap Day! Today is the official "release day" for Oh, Scrap! by Lissa Alexander . You know Lissa as ModaLissa, the Director of Marketing for Moda. You've seen her quilts before, Modern Building Blocks, in the Moda catalogs - usually not with...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns
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Lissa Alexander, ModaLissa, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Scrap, Sewing
Feb
20

Hello QuiltCon 2018!

Moda is off to Pasadena, California this week for the Modern Quilt Guild's QuiltCon Quilt Show & Conference . QuiltCon 2018 for short. Or QuiltCon West . These were some of the spectacular quilts exhibited at QuiltCon East 2017 in Savannah, Georgia. This year's show returns to Pasadena with...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Moda Bake Shop
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Lissa Alexander, modern quilt, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, QuiltCon, quilting, Sewing
Jul
27

Bake Shop Beginnings

So many quilts, so little time. And yet, there are days when I want to sew something, but I’m not sure what. That’s when it’s time for the Moda Bake Shop . The Bake Shop has its origins in 2009, when Moda's marketing director, Lissa Alexander (AKA Modalissa ), and web guru Angela Yosten got it up...
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Author: 
Linzee McCray
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Moda Bake Shop
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April Rosenthal, Corey Yoder, Lisa Calle, Lissa Alexander, Sherri McConnell, vanessa christenson, Vanessa Goertzen
Oct
13

What's on Your Quilting Bucket List?

One of the first quilts I found myself drawn to was a log cabin quilt. As a non-quilter I didn’t know it was a log cabin—I just knew there was something about the variety of lights and darks stacked upon one another that I loved—it was orderly, yet yielded surprising results depending on the...
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Author: 
Linzee McCray
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Bonnie & Camille, Camille Roskelley, Janet Clare, Kansas Troubles, Lissa Alexander, Me & My Sister Designs, Minick & Simpson, Moda Designers, Pat Sloan, Primitive Gatherings, Sandy Klop, V & Co