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The PHD project bag, another fun pattern from the new fabric collection Sew Happy by Zen Chic.
How do you store and organize your Projects Half Done? If you are looking for a stylish solution, this PHD project bag is the one for you. Within the new collection SEW HAPPY by Zen Chic comes this project bag with a vinyl window to easily spot what PHD it is holding. Make a few to keep your different projects beautifully organized.
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Decorating your couch and living room becomes easier if you match the colors from your quilts with your interior…
You love to style and decorate your living room with the quilts you make from your favorite collections and patterns. There are a lot of different ways on how to style your quilts on a couch, behind the couch, and even on your ottoman. All People Quilt has made a little video on different ways to do so, which is featured in this post together with Zen Chic’s all-time favorite pattern TWISTED GEESE.
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4 Jelly Roll Quilting Patterns made with fabrics from different collections by Zen Chic
For National Sew a Jelly Roll Day 2021, Moda Fabrics invites her designers and fellow quilters to celebrate every third Saturday in September by putting the Jelly Roll in the spotlights. At Zen Chic, we want to participate in the celebration so we are going to do that with these next patterns, great for using your favorite Jelly Roll: Mega Star, Cross It, Striped Paint, and Ikat.
4 Quilting patterns perfect for using Jelly Rolls made with fabrics from different collections by Zen Chic
Jelly Rolls are popular with beginners and experts in quilting. But since the Jelly Roll quilting fabrics are strip-sized with a width of 2,5”, it can be a challenge to find a good pattern for them. In honor of National Sew a Jelly Roll Day 2021, I pulled my patterns perfect for a Jelly Roll and put them in the spotlights here: Pure, Zen Cabin, London Blues, and Jelly Beans. Which one are you going to make first?
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Remember those times before Covid-19 hit and we all could come together to sew and quilt together? We at Zen Chic wanted to give you a place just like that. With our new collection Dance in Paris came a brand new pattern, “Spring in Paris”, which we wanted to celebrate with our very first Quilt Along. The first round started in April, but you can still join at any time. You can find the sign-up link in this blog post.
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Are you searching for a more elegant quilting pattern, but the majority of the ones you see are made of fun, bright fabrics? I’m here to help you with that. In my collection Dance in Paris are some beautiful fabrics perfect for the stylish feel you’re looking for. Diamonds & Grey is the second pattern in the series featuring the Dance in Paris collection. Take a look!
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Modern zig-zag quilt pattern PURE by Zen Chic made with fabrics from the DANCE IN PARIS collection.
To celebrate my new fabric line Dance in Paris, I’ve created three patterns that feature this new collection perfectly. The first one is PURE, a golden oldie from 2013 that definitely deserved an overhaul. In the coming weeks, I will introduce you to the other two, so stay tuned!
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Longarm-quilting by Rachel Hauser from Stitched in Color on our Spring in Paris Quilt made with fabrics from the SPOTTED collection by Zen Chic.
We have officially finished and wrapped up Zen Chic’s first-ever Quilt Along. Last week we already looked back at this successful event and this week we give away our final prizes.d Check out, if you are one of our lucky winners! And if not, don’t worry, we will soon host another Quilt Along with new prizes and lots of fun you can already sign up for.
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We look back on our very first Quilt Along and share some interesting insights and beautiful pictures from our community. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Spring in Paris Quilt Along for making this event such a wonderful experience! And for everyone who was unable to participate as planned due to the late delivery of the DANCE IN PARIS fabrics ... we have great news!
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This is the last week in our Quilt Along and we are going to finish with a bang! Before we take a look into the last pieces of our quilt, I want to thank you all for participating. We had a blast these last weeks and we hope you had too. In the fall of this year, we are planning to host another Quilt Along. So stay in touch with us!
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We're already in week 6 of our Spring in Paris Quilt Along and our quilt is taking shape! This week we will be sewing the last rows and preparing our quilt for next week's grand finale. If you haven't signed up for our QAL yet, don't worry! You can always join the fun and we'll send you the instructions from week one straight to your inbox. Just register via the form in this blog post. Happy Quilting!
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We continue with our SPRING IN Paris QAL and we’re about to finish more than half of the quilt top this week! Wohoo! If you’re not on our mailing list yet, it’s never too late to join! You can find the sign up form in this blog post. Have a look and check out what our quilters have made so far!
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This week we have a special trick for you how to press the seams and join the rows of our SPRING IN PARIS quilt to receive hexagons with perfectly matching points. We have three video tutorials for you that will show you step by step how to do that. Want to know where to find them? Join our QAL mailing list and we’ll send them right to your inbox!
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It’s week 3 of the Spring in Paris QAL! In this week we are starting to piece our triangles together. If you’re not quilting with us yet, come and join us. There is still time, no worries, you can always catch up with the rest of us. This week, our sponsor is Moda Fabrics and we are giving away a Fat Eighth Bundle of the new collection Dance in Paris among our participants! Read this post to find out how to enter the drawing. Happy Quilting!
Welcome to week 2 in our Spring in Paris Quilt Along! We are very curious about your fabric choices for this project and had so much fun seeing all the photos you shared on Instagram last week. If you still want to join our QAL, it’s never to late! Check out this post and sign up to join the fun!
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Wohoo! Our very first Zen Chic Quilt Along starts today! We couldn’t be more exited and we are overjoyed with the large number of participants who have already registered. Do you want to join in the fun, too? You'll find the sign up form in this post.
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Join the fun and sign up for the SPRING IN PARIS Quilt Along! Start: April 28th, 2021
Just one more week to go and we’ll start with Zen Chic’s very first Quilt Along! If you haven’t signed up yet, now is the perfect time to join and sew the SPRING IN PARIS quilt with us. If it should strike your fancy, we have 65 more patterns ins store for you. One of our all time favorites is on sale this week! Don’t miss it!
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Today, we are celebrating a golden oldie: I created this popular quilting pattern, called WRITE ON WHITE, in 2014. It’s a minimalistic and simple quilt to sew and I redesigned it using the fabrics of my latest collection QUOTATION. From today, Wednesday, February 10 until Sunday, February 14, you’ll get 20% discount using the code WOW at checkout! Read all about it in this post.
Can you believe it? We are almost done with this Moda Blockheads Quilt Along. In this post we’ll share the last block STAR DANCE designed by Joanna Figueroa. And we are going to provide you some handy instructions on how to assemble the whole quilt using the Zen Chic layout. Let’s dive in and finish this great project together!
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Are you in the mood for a new little quilt project? This week I have a beautiful and fun cross stitch block pillow for you, which can easily be done with a charm pack of the Quotation line and some low volumes. And we’re getting close to the end of our Moda Blockheads quilt along. Only two blocks left! This week it’s block 55 designed by Jen Kingwell. Have a look at her block for our sampler quilt.
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