This past week I had *so* much fun doing some sewing for myself! This past year, I’ve been – in addition to sewing – redoing the entire interior of our camper. I’m not sure who is on the interior design team for these things, but it’s like a pile of brown-on-brown-on-brown…ugh. So, over the course of four months, I repainted…
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So let’s get ready for Free Motion Friday, shall we? In order to practice our free motion quilting, we’ll need something to practice on: a practice pad. There are multiple ways to make a practice pad, but here’s how I’m making mine. You see, I hate wasting anything – so, I’m creating my blocks using a quilt-as-you-go method so that…
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Are you ready for some free motion quilting practice time? I sure am…and I hope you’re up for joining me most Friday’s over on YouTube as we practice our free motion quilting together! I’ll be sharing my doodles, ideas, tips, and tricks – as well as my ripped out seams, mistakes, and learnings – and invite you to learn along. …
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I have a reputation in my house for being a not-so-distant relative of the Grinch when it Christmas rolls around. For me, the season of Advent gets so overshadowed with shopping, baking, cooking, decorating, partying, and every other -ing, that – come Christmas – I’m ready for it to be over. Bah-humbug. A few years ago, I made the…
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Welcome to TGIFF at Faith and Fabric! My name is Jen Frost, and I’m a Christian quilt pattern and fabric designer. I’m so glad to have you here! So, let’s talk about quilts. My first real experience with quilting was about 15 years ago through my mother-in-law. Recently retired, she took up quilting as both a hobby and a way…
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One lovely benefit of the pandemic, and its “stay at home” order, is that I’ve had the opportunity to connect with some really great quilters through a ton of fun quilt-alongs and activities that have popped up. Tammy, of Tamarinis, is one of those amazing people – she’s not only a talented pattern designer, but has a new fabric line…
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As the first black saint in the Americas, he is the patron saint of racial and social inequality as well as well as barbers, hairdressers, and radio. St. Pope John XXIII had a different name for him: “He rightly deserved to be called by the name the people gave him: Martin of Charity”. May we call on him even more…
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Welcome to Week 12 of the Around the Block US Tour at Faith and Fabric, where we will be making a Pennsylvania-themed Pocono quilt block! If you’re new here, welcome! Faith and Fabric is a Christian quilt company specializing in Christian quilt patterns, fabrics, and sewing classes. If you’ve been here before, I warmly welcome you back. Onto the block….
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Welcome to our advanced beginner DIY sewing class on creating seasonal Christian aprons! We’re adding new prints below, so keep your eye out for the newest coming out next month. Is it any wonder that our best memories take place in the kitchen? I love to cook – let me rephrase that. I love cooking special feast day dinners, traditional…
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YOU’RE INVITED Have you ever had that quiet whisper in your ear, nudging you forward, inspiring you to create? For me, the whisper started this summer: create a quilt sharing our salvation story. The basic groundwork had been set in the writing of Our Family’s Jesse Tree several years back, so I prayerfully listened to the whisper, and am now…
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If your family is like mine, I’m *guessing* you’ve been watching a few more movies than usual. We’ve officially adopted Friday night movie night, and – alongside a slice (or three) of pizza and salad, we gather on the couch for an evening of family entertainment time. One new movie, that I was *so* excited to see, is PRAY: THE…
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Saint Cecilia, celebrated since the fourth century, is the patron saint of musicians. Cecilia was a noble lady of Rome who, alongside her husband Valerian, his brother Tiburtius, and a Roman soldier named Maximus, was martyrdom around the year 230 AD under Emperor Alexander Severus (though other sources indicate she may have been martyred in Sicily under the Emperor Marcus…
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There are so many good books out there, and it’s been such a pleasure these past few week to share my new book, Make Every Day Blessed: Living the Liturgical Year alongside my two friends as *they* release their two books! Each of these there books are journal-inspired, which means that – as you read – you are encouraged to dig…
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I’ve been reaching out in prayer to this man lately, asking what I can do and how I can be part of the change that is so badly needed. As the first black saint in the Americas, he is the patron saint of racial and social inequality as well as well as barbers, hairdressers, and radio. St. Pope John XXIII…
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Some fabrics are more fun to design than others, and St. John the Baptist was definitely on the fun side! There were so many creative ways to depict him – the Godly untamed man in the desert, eating locust and honey, wearing a hair shirt, doing baptisms in the Jordan River…so many ways! In this repeating pattern design, I created…
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