A new, beginner-friendly, and quick pattern is in the pattern shop! The Northern Sky quilt pattern is a modern quilt pattern combining the simplicity of strips with diamond accents. The Northern Sky 2.0 is an updated version of the original, Northern Sky quilt pattern. The new pattern is nearly identical to the original design, but […]
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The Cove Quilt pattern is now available as a PDF download! This quilt pattern comes in three sizes – wall hanging, baby, and throw. This quilt pattern combines two of my favorite piecing techniques in quilting – curves and half-square triangles. Many quilters are familiar with half-square triangles because they are so common in patterns
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The Natural Dye Kit 02: Brights delivers saturated, bold colors with only three dye goods (AKA dye stuff) bringing the possibility of an array of colors. The first dye kit at Side Lake Stitch, the Natural Dye Kit 01:Warm, creates warm, earthy tones from Wattle, Cutch, Pomegranate, and Iron. For the new dye kit, I
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The Cove Quilt pattern uses several circles as focal points in the middle of each block. If you are new to sewing curves and circles, these circles may terrify you. I’m here to guide you (slowly, ever so slowly) into tackling these daunting curves. Getting Started First, let’s start by remembering anyone can sew curves
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From the moment I designed the strawflower quilt pattern, I knew this pattern would be perfect in a naturally dyed colorway. The warm and moody tones of the naturally dyed colorway I used paired perfectly with the strawflower pattern. Natural Dye Kit 01 In the spring of 2022, I developed the Natural Dye Kit 01
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Introducing the new kid on the block here at Side Lake Stitch – the first Side Lake Stitch Kit! What’s a Side Lake Stitch Kit? This kit is the first of its kind that mixes natural dyeing with sewing. The sewing and natural dyeing kit contains one small project that is equal parts of natural
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Our final week! I hope you have kept up with us up until now. This week, we make one final block and sew all 9 blocks together into our quilt top! Weekly Goal Your goal this week is simple – finish your quilt top. This starts by finishing block 3. Block 3 is very straight
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We are so close to finishing our quilts! Our lovely base blocks are made, and this week we will turn them into Block 1 and Block 2. Weekly Goal Our goal this week is to turn our 8 base blocks into Block 1 and Block 2. You will have four of each. The best part
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Note: The Pine Sky quilt along has ended, but these blog posts will stay up from the 6 week quilt along will stay up. Use these to guide you through the process of making your own Pine Sky quilt! Are you ready for a fun week of sewing? This week, we dive into our piles
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NOTE: The Pine Sky quilt along has ended, but the blog posts are still up and are very helpful as you sew your own Pine Sky quilt! This week we get all our pieces cut and ready for block construction. Switch out those dull rotary blades for new, sharp ones because they will be doing
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