Throughout the years, we have made a bunch of projects where we used Zen Chic’s Fabric Quotes Panels. We used the Chill and Sew Happy collections to inspire sewers to create smaller projects in between the larger ones. Look through this round-up post and decide what you want to put on your goal-setting list for next year.
Read moreSetting new quilting goals for 2022 - Zen Chic is lending a hand
Let’s look forward to what to expect for 2022 regarding events, new collections, and patterns. In this blog post, you can read all about how to plan for the next year so you can accomplish all you set your mind to. We talk about looking back at the previous year and setting quilting goals for the next one. Including a free quilting project planner sheet to keep you organized for 2022.
Read moreZen Chic's Prism Quilt in Quiltmania magazine
The Prism Quilt is featured in Quiltmania’s magazine Simply Moderne issue 27
One of Zen Chic’s quilts is featured again in Simply Moderne, a magazine by Quiltmania. Find out more about the Winter Issue of this magazine with a few sneak peeks of the fun and modern Christmas quilts!
Unboxed Modern Background Even More Paper - a new Low Volume collection
Let me introduce my new collection EVEN MORE PAPER. This is the third sequel in the Modern Background series with low volume fabrics. Perfect to add some texture to the background of your quilting patterns. You can also check out my newest patterns specially designed for this collection.
Read moreSew a Chin up Buttercup Case - Sew Happy Collection
Chin up Buttercup! A fun pattern for great sewing organization from the new fabric collection Sew Happy by Zen Chic.
The Chin up Buttercup Case is a beautiful, roomy, oval case with a zipper to open up completely, helping you to access everything inside with ease. It measures 16” x 10” x 6” and can probably store 2 Fat Quarter Bundles. Not only is this case great for your sewing organization but you can use it for so much more! Read all about it in this blog post.
Read moreCreate a PHD Bag using the Sew Happy Fabrics
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.
Read moreHow to Style Your Living Room with Quilts
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.
Read moreNational Sew a Jelly Roll Day… It’s Almost Here… Woohoo!!
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.
National Sew a Jelly Roll Day… It’s Coming… Hooray!!
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?
Read moreExplore three Zen Chic quilt patterns featuring DANCE IN PARIS - part 3: SPRING IN PARIS
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.
Read moreExplore three Zen Chic quilt patterns featuring DANCE IN PARIS - part 2: DIAMONDS & GREY
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!
Read moreExplore three Zen Chic quilt patterns featuring DANCE IN PARIS - part 1: PURE
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!
Read moreThe Spring in Paris Quilt Along - it’s a wrap!
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.
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - A Review
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!
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 7
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!
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 6
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!
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 5
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!
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 4
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!
Read moreZen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 3
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!
Zen Chic 2021 Spring in Paris Quilt Along - Week 2
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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