Bewitching Stitches Quilt Company

Hello! My name is Melissa and I love to sew! Pair that with a healthy appetite for history and you get a seamstress who loves to work with older, perhaps not as frequently used patterns for quilts and other home goods. Each piece I create comes with a short history of where it came from - who designed it, which era it came from, how it came to be - and why it caught my eye. I'll be showcasing my work here and I do so hope you enjoy what I post as much as I enjoyed making it!

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And we're back in action!

Sorry for the delay, school has kept me extremely busy in the last four months. So busy, in fact, that I have not really had a chance to sew or quilt.

A couple of announcements: 

You may notice our name has changed. During the last few months, I felt that our old name, "New Traditions Design Studio," wasn't capturing the essence of the business.  It occurred to me that I should try to find a more suitable name. One of my favorite holidays is Halloween and my friends and family often tease me that I'm a witch. "How'd you do that? Magic?"

Taking all that into consideration, I've renamed the shop and blogs Bewitching Stitches Quilt Company. I'll be rolling out new banners, a logo and some photos of my current projects very shortly.

See you soon!

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I designed two new quilts this week! (Twin and crib sized)

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Just designed the first of three Christmas quilts for my Etsy shop! Time to start working on the second.

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The clouds cooperated just long enough to get some beautiful shots of my Marmalade Dream chevron quilt. And I just listed it on my Etsy shop! Huzzah!

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Finished quilting and binding my chevron quilt, Marmalade Dream, today! So pretty!!

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Learned a new stitch today. LOVE how this is turning out!!

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More progress on the Red Hunter's Star today. I am up to 10 patches now. 20 to go!

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Look at this gorgeous quilt binding! Blog post here.

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Just listed this adorable Ohio Star quilt on my Etsy shop! Love how it turned out.

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Sewed more patches on the Boston Beauty quilt. More photos on my blog: http://wp.me/p3Bee8-fH

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So excited! I listed my first quilt on Etsy!

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Marmalade Dream Update!

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Free-Motion Quilt Friday: Ohio Star!

Welcome back and happy friday to you! As I mentioned Wednesday night, Friday's posts will feature Free-motion quilting.  Today, I'll share the progress I've made so far on the second Ohio Star baby...

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Work in Progress Wednesday!

Work in Progress Wednesday!

Hello and welcome back! Sorry for the delayed posting today, I had to run out to the local quilt shop this morning because I needed a new marking pen.  And then my plan for the day sort of skidded right off the rails. Nothing went according to plan. Once I got the kids off to bed, I was able to sit down and work on the blog. My apologies!

Now for some news!  Lately, I’ve just been writing…

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Work in Progress: the Red Hunter's Star

Work in Progress: the Red Hunter’s Star

Hello and welcome back! Glad you could make it.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I began cutting the pieces for the Red Hunter’s Star. To save time, I used my die cutting machine to crank out the pieces. I had the whole thing cut in about an hour’s time. I think it took me longer to sort the pieces and get them into “assembly piles” than it did to actually cut all the material which I was…

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Updates: Marmalade Dream, Spring Pinwheel and a new quilt design

Updates: Marmalade Dream, Spring Pinwheel and a new quilt design

Welcome back! I hope your weekend was a good one! Mine was pretty spiffy, if I do say so myself.

We made pancakes for breakfast yesterday; bacon pancakes to be exact.  See, my family loves this show called Adventure Time. It’s about a boy named Finn and his talking, stretchy dog, Jake and their adventures together. Finn’s dog friend, Jake loves to sing songs from time to time and our favorite is…

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Marmalade Dream Quilt: just need to sash it!

Marmalade Dream Quilt: just need to sash it!

Hello all!  Sorry for the really late post.  Let-me-tell-you, whew it’s been a day. Maybe even “one of those days.”

I might not have mentioned this before but I am on a bit of a super health kick lately.  Like most people, I’ve put on a few pounds over the years and I decided that this year was the year I put my foot down and did something about it.  So, for the last three-ish months, I’ve been…

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