{crossroads quilt}

i am a fan of symmetry. and white sashing. and, of all pre-cuts i love layer cakes the most (aside from fat quarters...but sometimes they're just out of question, you know?).

so i was thrilled to learn, that the quilt which tacha (hanies) brought to our guild meeting was to be a free moda bakeshop tutorial!

in person it's even more gorgeous...

{crossroads quilt tutorial}

crossroads quilt by tacha bruecher (hanies)
taken at our april guild meeting (bmqg)

 even better, the fat quarterly page has a .pdf of this tutorial on their homepage to download (along with the other tutorials published on the fat quarterly blog.

{crossroads quilt @ fat quarterly}

crossroads quilt by tacha bruecher
(picture 'blog-lifted' from moda bakeshop)

{royal squares quilt}

nothing better than simple squares set in a great a-b-a-b design with a little twist! majestic :)

emily from mle knits shares her

{royal squares quilt}

photo curtesy of emily @ mle knits

{camera strap cover }

don't you think that those camera straps provided by the manufacturers are plain ugly and boring? (well, except if you're sooo proud to have a nikon/canon/whatever...then you might want to display the brand's name prominently :) )

one of the many camera strap cover tutorials on the web you can find at little big girl studio:

{camera strap cover}

vanessa also adds a clever lens cap pocket!

picture by vanessa of little big girl studio

{single sock dog}

you know i can't resist dogs. even when they're made from single socks (hmmm...to be honest, i'd have to buy such a sock...because mine are way too short...and they'd be new!)

{single sock dog tutorial}

by little black teapot

photo by little black teapot

{sunburst pillow}

a very cool pintuck pillow tutorial by anna of noodlehead on versus
{sunburst pillow tutorial}

photo by anna of noodlehead

{cathedral window}

a long-time inhabitant of my to-do list is the cathedral window pattern.
oh, just love the effect of vibrant colors combined with a soothing background...!
so, head over to kristen of so happy! to learn how to make them.

cathedral window (part 1 of the tutorial)

cathedral window tutorial by kristen of so happy!

{hanging fabric storage baskets}

since spring is coming...well...coming some time that year (i hope, please tell me it does!), we all need to think of spring cleaning, organizing, tidying up...

so, what better way to get motivated to sort your stuff is to make yourself some 

hanging fabric storage baskets, 

a tutorial found @ the mother huddle.

hanging fabric storage baskets by destri of the mother huddle