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Shattered Star Quilt Along – Week 2: Part 2 – How to cut your fabric

October 20, 2020 by Shannon 1 Comment

Shattered Star Quilt Along Week 2 Part 2: How to cut your fabric | Shannon Fraser Designs #quilting

It's fabric cutting time!  Now I know this can be an intimidating point in the quilt journey. You've got your pretty fabrics that you're in love with and you don't want to be wasting a single inch.  I hear you.  Which is why, today we're taking things a step further and … [Read more...]

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Shattered Star Quilt Along – Week 2: Part 1 – How to press your fabric

October 19, 2020 by Shannon Leave a Comment

Shattered Star Quilt Along Week 2: Part 1 - How to press your fabric | Shannon Fraser Designs #pressing

It’s time to dive into those pretty textiles you picked out last week and start cutting them!  But before we can cut, we need to prepare those fibers for the ultimate cutting experience and that means one thing – pressing!  Now, I know pressing is not the most glamorous step in the … [Read more...]

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What’s in Your Sewing Bag? Special Guest: Lindsey from Pen & Paper Patterns

October 13, 2020 by Shannon Leave a Comment

What's in Your Sewing Bag? Pen & Paper Patterns | Shannon Fraser Designs #sewingbag

Are you ready to take another sneak peeky into a fun sewing bag? I know you are!! And this week’s What’s In Your Sewing Bag? guest is my quilty friend Lindsey from Pen and Paper Patterns. First off, I just adore Lindsey – she’s quirky, she’s a hoot and she designs some of the CUTEST … [Read more...]

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Shattered Star Quilt Along – Week 1: Fabric

October 12, 2020 by Shannon Leave a Comment

Art Gallery Fabrics featured in the Shattered Star holiday quilt | Shattered Star QAL Week 1: Fabric | Shannon Fraser Designs #fabric

Annnnd we’re off!! And with a bang, I might add! Because who doesn’t love picking fabric? As quilters, we love it! Some even thrive on it! And others make a full-on sport out of going on the fabric hunt and supplying their stash. But what is often never said, is that picking fabric for a … [Read more...]

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Shattered Star Quilt-a-Long – Pre-Kick Off: Essential Notions & Tools

October 5, 2020 by Shannon Leave a Comment

Shattered Star QAL Pre-kick off Essential notions & tools + SURPRISE | Shattered Star QAL | Shannon Fraser Designs #notions

You’re already signed up and the party doesn’t officially kick off until October 12, but I wanted to pop in and share an outline of how the Shattered Star quilt-a-long (QAL) will be structured. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do that here! This will help us all get ready and prepare … [Read more...]

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Shattered Star Quilted Table Runner Pattern

October 1, 2020 by Shannon 2 Comments

Shattered star quilted table runner - the Green ombré + white low volume one | Shattered Star table runner pattern | Shannon Fraser Designs #tablerunner

Entertaining season is coming up, which means you’ll be thinking of ways to spruce up your table to set the scene and make things festive! One of the best ways to do that is with table runners! They’re super versatile. They can be used on their own or can be layered with a tablecloth. You can … [Read more...]

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Hi! I'm Shannon. A modern quilt pattern designer based in Montreal. My quilting journey started by stumbling upon a half square triangle tutorial and I've been hooked since. I'm now spreading that quilty joy to you! Read More…

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