Attention, modern quilters! Discover stunning Spotted quilt designs, essential tools, and our sassy Color Pop Contest with amazing prizes. Perfect for Zen Chic enthusiasts!
Read moreCustomize Quilt Pattern for Spotted Fabrics: Fun & Creative Color Choices
Discover customizing quilt patterns with Spotted fabrics! Unleash your Zen Chic style, find perfect colors & tips for modern quilters.
Read moreQuilting with Chic: Use SPOTTED fabrics for Stylish and Modern Quilt Creations
Discover Bluish, the newest fabric line made for modern and sophisticated quilters. Embrace the playful essence of Bluish through four fresh patterns. Watch our inspiring YouTube video and get a sneak peek of the stunning fabrics. Join our online class 'Globe' with a sassy twist by signing up now for our waiting list. Become a true fabric connoisseur and unlock your creativity. Quilt with style and attitude with Bluish!
Read moreThe Winter Star Pattern, a striking Wall hanger
Winter Star! This striking wall hanger is indeed a star, it will make a beautiful eye-catcher over your mantel. You can also make it as a table topper.
Read moreNoodlehead Backpack in Even More Paper Fabrics
Are you looking for a fun, handy dandy backpack? The Range Backpack from Noodlehead is the perfect one for all kinds of uses. And for everyone to enjoy. We’ve used Zen Chic’s Even More Paper fabric and combined it with some Spotted ones. You can sew this bag in just a weekend so you have an awesome bag to take with you on Monday!
Read moreExplore Four Zen Chic Quilt Patterns Featuring CELESTIAL - Part 2: HALF THE WAY - And Wrap-Up Week of Bauhaus QAL
We present our second quilt pattern for the Celestial collection. Half the Way is a special quilt pattern, because we work with half a traditional block. Even the total layout of the quilt is like half that block. This gives room to show some intricate quilting. A fantastic quilt that you can make using a Layer Cake.
We also wrap up our second Quilt Along. Bauhaus QAL has almost come to its end and we are going to dot our i’s and cross our t’s to get a beautiful end result.
Read moreExplore Four Zen Chic Quilt Patterns Featuring CELESTIAL - Part 1: JEWELS - And Week 6 of Bauhaus QAL
Today, I will introduce you to Jewels, a new Zen Chic quilting pattern. Jewels is Fat Eight friendly and made with the collection Celestial in combination with the Spotted line. In this blog post, you can read about home deco, more about the pattern, and why this pattern deserves a place in your home.
We are also looking into week 6 of the Bauhaus Quilt Along. This week is all about assembling the quilt top and adding the border.
Read moreZen Chic 2022 Bauhaus Quilt Along - week 5
A special blog post all dedicated to week 5 of the Bauhaus Quilt Along. We’re taking a look at what the participants of the Bauhaus Quilt Along are going to do this week. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can always join us!
Read moreMartingale Snuggle Up! Book - a Book Sneak Peek, a Giveaway, and week 4 of Bauhaus QAL
Martingale has released another wonderful Moda All-Stars book featuring 12 lap size quilts. Zen Chic’s contribution is the beautiful Paper Planes Quilt using the collections Spotted, Paper, More Paper, and Even More Paper. Plus we’re taking a look at what the participants of the Bauhaus Quilt Along are going to do in week 4. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can always join us!
Read moreThe Kaleidoscope Mini Quilt and Week 3 of the Bauhaus Quilt Along
In this post, you’ll find a modern and unique mini quilt for the experienced quilter. It’s a fun DIY weekend project and comes with a free block pattern. Read all about this Kaleidoscope Mini Quilt sewn with Spotted blenders and the Even More Paper collection. This is also week 3 of the Bauhaus Quilt Along! Read all about what is going on this week and sign up if you haven’t already.
Read moreThe Two-Zippered Devon Pouch and the Bauhaus Quilt Along - week 2
In this blog post, we have a beautiful set of two-zippered pouches. This fun DIY project is from a pattern of Sotak Handmade featuring the Even More Paper fabrics. This is also week 2 of the Bauhaus Quilt Along! Read all about what is going on in week 2 and sign up if you haven’t already.
Read moreThe Compass Mini Quilt and the Start of the Bauhaus Quilt Along!
We don’t always wanna work on a bigger project. That’s why we have a modern mini quilt for you this week. This is a fun weekend project to decorate that bare wall in your home with. Included in this article is a video tutorial and a free printable to download. We also start our Bauhaus Quilt Along this week! If you haven’t signed up yet, you can read what our participants are going to work on in week 1.
Read moreThe Market Bag featuring Even More Paper Fabrics
Doing your shopping you want to take a bag with you that is fun and modern. And one that you can use over and over again. Make one yourself with the fabrics from the Even More Paper collection and Spotted line. First, put together your fabric from a bunch of HSTs and then sew your bag. Featuring Noodlehead’s Market Bag pattern.
Read moreExplore Three Zen Chic Quilt Patterns Featuring EVEN MORE PAPER - Part 3: BAUHAUS
This week we are taking a closer look at the Bauhaus pattern with its modern building blocks. We also talk about where my inspiration for the Bauhaus pattern came from. And we’re diving into some history lessons around the Bauhaus movement. A fun article for sure.
Read moreExplore Three Zen Chic Quilt Patterns Featuring EVEN MORE PAPER - Part 2: PAPER BEAUTY
If you are looking for a double wedding ring quilt but would love to try out something new, the Paper Beauty Quilting Pattern is what you need. Although this is a pattern for the experienced quilter, we have two videos on how to sew the curved seams and work with foundation paper piecing to help you out. Why not give it a try?!
Read moreSewcialites Final Layout à la Zen Chic
Can you believe the Sewcialites Quilt Along is almost over? I almost say, because even though the free blocks are all shared in the quilting community, we still have a quilt to make. In this blog post I am giving some tips on how to put together the final layout I created and what materials you will need for it. And last but not least, let's take a look at what the other quilters made of this beautiful sampler quilt!
Read moreSewcialites Block 36, the final one - KINDNESS by Corey Yoder
Welcome back to the last block in the Sewcialites QAL. This block is by Corey Yoder and has such an appropriate name being the last one: Kindness. I feel that every quilter and designer that contributed to Sewcialites has been so kind by donating a piece of their creativity. They enabled us to practice more techniques and add to our sewing skills and to connect with like-minded people. That’s what this QAL was all about and I’m glad I was a part of it.
Read moreSewcialites Block 35 - COMPASSION by Anne Sutton
Welcome to week 35 in our Sewcialites Quilt Along. This is already the penultimate block for our sampler quilt! Can you believe it? It was designed by Anne Sutton and she named it COMPASSION. In this post you can read all about what Compassion means and how it relates to the quilting community in my point of view. I tell you more about Anne and what her specialty is and you can win amazing prizes again.
Read moreSewcialites Block 34 - PASSION by Carrie Nelson
I’m sure you are probably as passionate about quilting as I am. And so is our designer of the week for our Sewcialites sew Along, Carrie Nelson. Fittingly, she created a block called PASSION for our sampler quilt. Wanna find our what else Carrie is passioned about? Read more about her in this blog post.
Read moreSewcialites Block 33 - INSPIRE by Lori Holt
Welcome to week 33 in our Sewcialites Sew Along. This week’s designer is Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet and the block she created is very typical for her style. In Lori’s work, we see a lot of tangible figures like the sewing machine she made for our sampler quilt. Read our blog post to find out which smaller blocks she used to piece it together.