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Meet Build a Color Flow™ Bundle: Design Your Own Pure Solids Bundle (and Watch It Become a Quilt!)
Meet Build a Color Flow™ Bundle: Design Your Own Pure Solids Bundle (and Watch It Become a Quilt!)
Go straight to the app: https://www.jitterywingsquiltco.com/pages/build-a-bundle Hi, quilter bees! I am SO excited to introduce you to something I’ve dreamed about for a long time: Build a Color Flow™ Bundle,... Leer más...
Sidewalks Crack Quilt in The 2026 Sprinkles Bundle
Sidewalks Crack Quilt in The 2026 Sprinkles Bundle
The 10th Birthday mystery is out! Meet the Sprinkles Bundle, 24 Art Gallery Pure Solids, and the Sidewalk Cracks quilt Mitzie made from it. Light in the center, color all... Leer más...
Jittery Wings Christmas Gift Guide
Jittery Wings Christmas Gift Guide
  Christmas Gifts for the Quilter on Your List (Every Budget) Buying for a quilter can feel tricky if you don't sew yourself. You look at a wall of fabric... Leer más...
Sly Spark Quilt Pattern: The Bundle No. 35 Version
Sly Spark Quilt Pattern: The Bundle No. 35 Version
Our second Sly Spark is here, and it burns bright. Bundle No. 37 takes this pattern from Summer Sun gold all the way down to a Caviar black center.   Leer más...
Jittery Wings Turns 10! Here’s How We’re Celebrating
Jittery Wings Turns 10! Here’s How We’re Celebrating
Ten years ago, on November 2, Jittery Wings took its first wobbly flight. And honestly? It happened by accident. I had just found the Palmetto Modern Quilt Guild and signed... Leer más...
Sly Spark, in bundle 32 When One Pattern answers another
Sly Spark, in bundle 32 When One Pattern answers another
If you ever walk past our studio in Newberry, you'll almost always see at least one quilt in progress on the design wall. Sometimes there are two or three hanging... Leer más...
Cosmic Sass in Bundle 39
Cosmic Sass in Bundle 39
Bright, happy primaries meet a shop favorite. Bundle 39 brings this year’s new Art Gallery Fabrics solids together, and Cosmic Sass shows them off with stars that hide in plain... Leer más...
Color Flow Quilt Retreat Reflections
Color Flow Quilt Retreat Reflections
Mitzie teaches color. Kelly and I pull fabric. And somewhere between the first block and the last glass of wine, a room full of quilters turns into a room full... Leer más...
Silas Pew Quilt Pattern in Bundle No. 2 from Jittery Wings
Silas Pew Quilt Pattern in Bundle No. 2 from Jittery Wings
I finished this Silas Pew in Bundle No. 2, and I have not stopped looking at it since. Soft sage, dusty rose, warm cream, a quiet sea green, this palette... Leer más...
Tambo Star Quilt Pattern in bundle 36
Tambo Star in Bundle 36
We made the Tambo Star in Bundle 36.  This is a great pattern in a new bundle.  There is a link to making Quarter Square Triangles in this blog as... Leer más...
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 4 Layout
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 4 Layout
It's block-building week in the Thin Air Quilt Along! We're sorting our A, B, C, and D pieces by value, assembling blocks, and arranging them light to dark for layout. Leer más...
Thin Air in Bundle 38, Our Quilt Along Version
Thin Air in Bundle 38, Our Quilt Along Version
Here is a finished Thin Air Quilt Along using Bundle No. 38. This is the one we used for the Thin Air Quilt Along.  Leer más...
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 3: How to Sort and Sew Your Blocks Together
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 3: How to Sort and Sew Your Blocks Together
It's block-building week in the Thin Air Quilt Along! We're sorting our A, B, C, and D pieces by color value, assembling blocks, and sorting the finished blocks light to... Leer más...
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 2: Sewing 2/2 Pieces
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 2: Sewing 2/2 Pieces
Week 2 of the Thin Air Quilt Along is here! 🧵 This week Mitzi walks through sewing your A2 through D2 pieces together, from sorting fabrics by color value to... Leer más...
How to Sort Quilt Blocks by Value Especially for Jittery Wings Quilt Pattern
How to Sort Quilt Blocks by Value Especially for Jittery Wings Quilt Pattern
Once your lights and darks are sorted, the middle groups are where most quilters get stuck. Mitzie shares the free value guide she built to solve it — lay your... Leer más...
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 1: Cutting Fabrics
Thin Air Quilt Along Week 1: Cutting Fabrics
Cutting accuracy starts at the pressing mat. In this Week 1 tutorial for the Thin Air Quilt Along, I show you exactly how I press and cut my fat quarters... Leer más...
The Tool Doesn't Make the Quilter: A Lesson From My Husband's Guitar Shop
The Tool Doesn't Make the Quilter: A Lesson From My Husband's Guitar Shop
Jason came home talking about something a few weeks back, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. One of the local luthiers looked over his tools... Leer más...
Thin Air, the Full Spectrum Version in Bundle No. 3
Thin Air, the Full Spectrum Version in Bundle No. 3
This version of Thin Air was made using Bundle No. 3, a full spectrum palette spanning purple wine, berry pinks, warm reds, sunny yellows, greens, and cool blues. Made as... Leer más...
Thin Air, the Bright and Breezy Version in Bundle No. 31
Thin Air, the Bright and Breezy Version in Bundle No. 31
Another Quilty Finish of the Thin Air Pattern in Bundle No. 31.  Leer más...
Thin Air Quilt Along Introduction and Choosing Fabrics
Thin Air Quilt Along Introduction and Choosing Fabrics
Join the Thin Air Quilt Along and start here.  Leer más...
How to Make Color Chips from a Color Card to Help Pull Fabrics for Your Next Quilt
How to Make Color Chips from a Color Card to Help Pull Fabrics for Your Next Quilt
Learn to make your own color chips using a color card from your fabric manufacturer's lines of solid fabrics to help you build a color palette for your next quilt.  Leer más...
Block Study: How I Design New Quilt Patterns (And Why Size Changes Everything)
Block Study: How I Design New Quilt Patterns (And Why Size Changes Everything)
If you've ever wondered how a Jittery Wings pattern goes from idea to finished design, pull up a chair — because today I'm taking you inside one of my favorite... Leer más...
Charade Quilt Along: Tips for Laying Out Your Blocks Like a Pro
Charade Quilt Along: Tips for Laying Out Your Blocks Like a Pro
If you're working through the Charade quilt pattern right now, this post — and the video above — are for you. Mitzie walks through the process in the video, but... Leer más...
How to Use the BeeLiner HRT 2.5 Trimming Ruler
How to Use the BeeLiner HRT 2.5 Trimming Ruler
If you have ever tried to trim half rectangle triangles or split quarter rectangle triangles with a regular ruler and felt like you were fighting the fabric the whole time,... Leer más...
How I Became Faculty at Two Large Quilt Shows
How I Became Faculty at Two Large Quilt Shows
Maybe you saw on Instagram this week that I will be serving as faculty at both QuiltCon 2027 in Atlanta and at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November... Leer más...
Moo-rry Christmas Cows
Moo-rry Christmas Cows
I had a lot of fun with this improv project. I used some LOVELY fabrics from Michael Miller to bring my Here’s Your Sign Cows back to life in a... Leer más...
Color Theory for Controlled Improv
Color Theory for Controlled Improv
This tutorial was updated June 2024 to help better answer the questions I get about color. The First Time I Tired Improv Quilting was a Disaster The first time -... Leer más...
Adding a Hanger to Your Mini Quilt
Adding a Hanger to Your Mini Quilt
Mini quilts are begging to be hung up for you and the world to enjoy. Often we get so focused on finishing the quilt that how we plan to hang... Leer más...
Make a Rope Christmas Tree Skirt and Matching Ornaments
Make a Rope Christmas Tree Skirt and Matching Ornaments
Materials Needed: One 1000 ft spool of 3/16th inch rope from The Mountain Thread Company (Not an affiliate link. I just love their products) 1/4” scraps in your chosen colors... Leer más...
Learn Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP)
Learn Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP)
I love paper piecing for so many reasons. My very first pattern, The Crooked Christmas Tree, uses the Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) method. There are some essential tips to help... Leer más...
What is a “Controlled” Improv Quilt
¿Qué es un edredón de improvisación "controlada"?
Los 3 tipos de edredones Cuando empecé a hacer edredones, aprendí sobre edredones tradicionales, edredones modernos y edredones artísticos. Me fascinó cada tipo por varias razones y, sinceramente, me costó... Leer más...
What Is Bias in Quilting? (And How to Avoid Stretchy, Wonky Blocks)
¿Qué es el sesgo en el acolchado? (Y cómo evitar bloques elásticos y torcidos)
Si alguna vez has hecho un bloque de colcha que parecía perfecto en el tapete de corte, pero terminó torcido una vez cosido, el sesgo suele ser el culpable. Hubo... Leer más...
Quilt Show Lessons
Clases de la Exposición de Quilts
En 2016, mi andadura en el mundo del quilting comenzó con dos experiencias que moldearon la clase de quilter que quería ser. Escribí sobre ello, y se hizo viral. Esa... Leer más...
All the Good Quilt - The 1st One in Raspberry
All the Good Quilt - La primera en frambuesa
Este fue mi primer patrón de edredón controlado. Cuando lo creé, no me di cuenta de lo que estaba haciendo. Compré este paquete de Cottoneer y quería usar cada parte... Leer más...
All the Good Quilt Pattern in Bundle No. 24
Todos los patrones de All the Good Quilt Pattern en el paquete n.° 24
Algunas colchas te sorprenden, no porque sean complicadas, sino porque llegan muy claramente a la gente.Esta colcha All the Good hecha con el Paquete n.º 24 fue mi trabajo más... Leer más...
Cosmic Sass, the Calm But Not Quiet Version
Cosmic Sass, la versión calmada pero no silenciosa
Esta versión de Cosmic Sass se hizo utilizando el Paquete n.º 29, una paleta que a menudo describo como tranquila pero no silenciosa. Es rica sin ser ruidosa, con base... Leer más...
A Rainbow Bright Caper Quilt
Un edredón de misterio de Rainbow Bright
La versión Arcoíris Brillante del Patrón de Colcha Caper es pura alegría de color. Esta colcha se hizo utilizando el Paquete n.º 27, uno de mis paquetes de arcoíris más... Leer más...
Tambo Star Quilt Along: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Tambo Star Quilt Along: Una guía completa paso a paso
El Tambo Star Quilt Along está diseñado para guiarte a través de todo el proceso de creación de una manta de estrellas audaz y hermosa, desde la primera selección de... Leer más...
All the Good Quilt Along
Todo el buen quilt along
Cómo diseñar el patrón de la colcha "All the Good Quilt" Algunas colchas sorprenden, no por ser complicadas, sino porque conectan muy claramente con la gente. Esta colcha "All the... Leer más...