2018-03-08 04:30
It has been a super busy month. We started selling kits for our new Block of the Month (BOM) mystery quilt, Kyoto Mystery, as soon as the March newsletter went out and have been busy getti… Read More
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2018-03-08 00:44
With our new BOM, Kyoto Mystery, fresh in my mind and as I was working on a quilt design for a new fabric collection, I couldn’t help but think of the very first Block of the Month qui… Read More
2018-02-15 04:30
Often I hear comments from some of you that you wish you lived closer and could take advantage of some the classes that I teach. Many of you watch our class calendar and plan your trips to t… Read More
2018-01-25 01:10
The new year has started off with a flurry of activity. After a great week over the holidays with the grandkids out west (Polly loves her Ever Sewn Sparrow 20 sewing machine and has already… Read More
2017-12-21 04:30
It is hard to believe that fall is past! Winter Solstice is upon us. This fall was such a whirlwind of activity beginning with visit to Oregon to see our grandchildren (and of course their… Read More
2017-11-23 00:11
I have been a bit lax in sending out blogs, but it has been an extremely busy time. We spent a lot of time getting ready for Quilters’ Quest, our annual shop hop. Over the summer and e… Read More
2017-10-12 04:30
Fall is always busy for us at the shop. This is when we kick it into gear making kits, designing patterns and making all sorts of preparations for our annual shop hop, Quilters’ Quest… Read More
2017-09-30 20:10
Jinny has turned the blog over to me today so let me introduce myself. My name is Nancy Fallone and I’m half of the marketing team here at the Studio. That job keeps me behind the curt… Read More
2017-09-25 12:05
The natural disasters which have occurred during the last month have been heart wrenching. Everyone wants to make some contribution to help and the funds pouring in to the relief organizatio… Read More
2017-09-07 16:35
We have had a lot of interest from people wanting to donate quilts or help make quilts for Hurricane Harvey victims. Our classroom space is fairly small, so if you are planning to come to he… Read More
2017-09-02 16:03
Last week we were all drawn together in unity as we stared in awe at the magic of the universe. The eclipse captured the heart and souls of our country.
Not even a week later our hearts ar… Read More
2017-08-18 04:30
This summer seemed to have flown by and as usual I have been busy with garden, family and quilting. Sadness for all of the extended family was the passing of my sister, Linda. She had fought… Read More
2017-07-28 02:05
In quilting today, we have thousands upon thousands of fabrics in an ever-changing palette available to us. When we enter a quilt shop, we find that beautiful array of color and fabric irr… Read More
2017-07-07 13:23
With my friend Carole Nicholas holding “Neon” by Laurie Cessay
This morning I was given the wonderful opportunity to visit the Sacred Threads exhibit as finishing touches were a… Read More
2017-07-04 02:00
The Jinny Beyer Studio will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th, to celebrate Independence day. We will reopen at 10 a.m., Wednesday, the 5th.
Eagles Pride, 2016 Row by Row Read More
2017-06-08 16:02
I sat down this morning to write a blog about another of the projects I designed using my new mini-stripe fabric…the Route 7 Table Runner. The pattern is a free download and fea… Read More
2017-05-26 04:30
It is always exciting to go to the spring and fall quilt markets. This year was no exception. There are always old friends to meet and I even ran into Maria, one of my Ukrainian friends, w… Read More
2017-05-12 00:37
Some might say that just working for Jinny Beyer is an adventure in itself. Yes, we love being a part of this behind-the-scenes glimpse of the quilting business watching fabrics and de… Read More
2017-05-06 17:44
Usually a fabric is chosen to work with a specific pattern or design. In the case of this story, the reverse was true.
As you all know, I love to work with border print fabrics and other pri… Read More
2017-04-28 00:00
We are starting to gear up for our Quilters’ Quest Shop Hop in November. All of the shops are taking sign-ups for their buses, so if you want to leave the driving to us, be sure to get… Read More
2017-04-20 04:30
I will be teaching hand quilting at the Studio this weekend. I love teaching this class because I only hand quilt my quilts and I love passing this skill along to others. In preparing for th… Read More
2017-04-13 23:53
This is one of my favorite times of the year. The Virginia bluebells are in full bloom along the Potomac River in Great Falls National Park. Our native redbuds are announcing spring with the… Read More
2017-04-06 04:30
The half square triangle is certainly one of the most used shapes in patchwork. Have you ever thought about how many different arrangements you can make by simply putting a light half square… Read More
2017-03-30 04:30
As we left you last week, we still had projects from about half the staff to share with you. One of our favorite things in the Studio is when customers stop in to share their work with us or… Read More
2017-03-23 04:30
While Jinny catches up after teaching in Spain, we, the staff, are taking over her blog. This past weekend, we celebrated National Quilting Day, a day to “appreciate and to recognize q… Read More
2017-03-16 04:30
What a wonderful week I had. I just returned from the Sitges International Patchwork Festival put on by the Association Espana de Patchwork.
Outside the exhibit hall
Sitches itself is a gem… Read More
2017-03-08 04:30
Many of you are familiar with our annual shop hop we call Quilters’ Quest. What you may not know is that we start the planning for it as soon as the previous year’s Quest ends, m… Read More
2017-02-28 04:30
I just returned from a visit with my grandchildren and their parents. One of the things we did was to go to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry to see their new exhibit “The Art… Read More
2017-02-17 04:30
What a better way to spend Valentines day than with the grandchildren. My husband and I flew out on February 13th and almost missed Valentines day altogether.
Our flight arrangements incl… Read More
2017-02-03 04:30
The whirlwind at Jinny Beyer Studio continues. There is so much excitement about our new Mystery Quilt Block of the Month Moroccan Mystery. Our testers have finished their samples and all co… Read More
2017-01-27 04:30
We continue to make kits non-stop here for our 2017 Mystery Quilt BOM, Moroccan Mystery. We’ve made so many that we have run out of the border. See video clip here that explains where… Read More
2017-01-19 13:06
What an incredibly busy week I have had! We launched our new Block of the Month for 2017. We have been overwhelmed by the response and the excitement this has generated.
When planning for… Read More
2017-01-07 03:56
For the last several years I have been offering a free block of the month quilt pattern to subscribers to our monthly newsletter.
A few months ago, we sent out a survey asking what type an… Read More
2016-12-27 23:59
One of our most popular quilt kits is the Optical Illusions design by Erin Underwood. This quilt is created by sewing strips of colors and background together and then cutting them out with… Read More
2016-12-22 04:30
I want to take this opportunity to wish you and all my friends from around the world a very happy holiday season. During this past year I have been so thrilled to see the quilting you have a… Read More
2016-12-17 00:48
Due to the predicted inclement weather on Saturday, December 17, Jinny Beyer Studio will be opening at 12:00 p.m Read More
2016-12-15 04:30
Periodically we get questions from some of you about various aspects of quilting and we try to answer those questions when we can.
The following came in some time back and I thought it would… Read More
2016-12-08 04:30
My recent trip to Nepal this year and India last year was an eye-opening experience. I lived in that part of the world for nearly five years. At the time, I didn’t recognize the impact… Read More
2016-12-01 04:30
I visited my grandchildren a couple of months ago and Polly carefully showed me her Treasure Box containing all kinds of items that were going to go into the trash that she rescued for proje… Read More
2016-11-24 15:11
In these times of uncertainty, families want to hunker down and be together. What better time than the Thanksgiving holiday where our thoughts go to family, cooking and the Thanksgiving day… Read More
2016-11-04 22:39
October was a whirlwind trip for me. With trips to Oregon, Nepal and then Houston, I was home the equivalent of a week and ended the month with my son Sean and me handing out Halloween candy… Read More
2016-10-27 04:30
I am just back from an awesome trip to Nepal with Sew Many Places and, as this blog is published, I am heading off to Houston for Quilt Market (and still jet-lagged). Yes, it can at times be… Read More
2016-10-20 04:30
I’m having a great time in Nepal on the tour with Sew Many Places. Several of the people on the tour have traveled with me previously and I’ve also made many new friends.
I a… Read More
2016-10-13 12:12
I am traveling this week and wrote part of this blog before I left. I e-mailed my staff this morning to tell them that Nepal is just as wonderful today as it was 48 years ago when I fi… Read More
2016-10-07 04:30
The summer seems to have flown by. It is hard to believe that the regular baseball season is over, school has been in session for a month, that there is not much left in the vegetable… Read More
2016-09-22 23:02
Jinny is off this week so the staff here at the Studio decided to take over her blog. The takeover was prompted by a discussion of this week’s web special. In the web special, we are o… Read More
2016-09-08 15:32
Each year 10 shops from Virginia and Maryland join together during a ten day period in early November for our annual Quilters’ Quest shop hop. We plan a color scheme and each shop make… Read More
2016-09-05 04:30
We will be closed on Monday, September 5th, in honor of Labor Day which celebrates working people. We will reopen at 10 a.m., Tuesday, the 6th Read More
2016-09-01 04:30
I was sewing the border on the quilt for this year’s Quilters’ Quest the other night while watching the Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles baseball game on television a… Read More
2016-08-25 04:30
From the time I first began quilting I experimented with ways to “fussy cut” fabrics to give interest to the blocks I was making. Unbeknownst to me during that same time, an Engl… Read More
2016-08-18 04:30
I just couldn’t resist the Zipster pouches that are in our web special this week. In case you didn’t notice, they shade from top to bottom. And as you may have heard, I have this… Read More
2016-08-11 23:30
It is hard to believe it is almost the middle of August. I stay close to home this time of year to tend the garden, harvest the produce and catch up on projects.
Always during this time I am… Read More
2016-08-04 12:25
It is once again time to focus on one of the amazing staff members who helps me in so many ways behind the scenes here at the Studio. Today, I’d like you to meet Elaine Kelly.
Elaine… Read More
2016-07-28 04:30
People have been fascinated with interlocking designs throughout the ages. I became interested in this type of design in the 1990’s and diligently studied the work of Dutch artis… Read More
2016-07-21 04:30
We are in the middle of the Row by Row summer long shop hop. It has been such fun to meet the people from places far and wide who are participating. We had been anxiously anticipating a winn… Read More
2016-07-07 04:30
These little fans are so handy!
Here are just a few words as I run off to visit my grandchildren.
With July now in full swing, summer has truly begun. I can’t help but feel that lazy… Read More
2016-07-01 11:59
Back in the beginning of May we announced a contest inspired by a box of packets of 10-inch squares from last year’s Quilters’ Quest. We challenged you to design and make a quilt… Read More
2016-06-23 04:30
Sometimes I just have to share with you some of what goes on in my life. Right now my vegetable garden is flourishing and for several weeks we have been harvesting the early vegetables&helli&hell…Read More
2016-06-16 04:30
The new McCall’s magazine, The Best of McCall’s Quilting – 22 of Our Most Popular Patterns, features a quilt I designed for them several years ago, Lone Star Salute.
Lone S… Read More
2016-06-09 04:30
Every now and then, I like to share with you projects that members of my staff are working on. It’s a treat for me to see them too, so here goes.Staffer Dana made Millennium Star, base… Read More
2016-06-03 12:15
A comment on one of my recent blog posts asked a question about how to use the Golden Gauge Calipers and the Golden Ratio in choosing borders for quilts.
For those of you not familiar with t… Read More
2016-05-29 04:30
We will be closed on Monday, May 30th, in honor of Memorial Day to remember those who have served our country with pride. We will reopen at 10 a.m., Tuesday, the 31st Read More
2016-05-26 04:30
I just returned from Spring Quilt Market which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah this past week. It is always fun to meet up with friends I have made over the years and some of our favo… Read More
2016-05-17 17:00
Our web special this week is a bundle of coordinating fabrics. It’s easy to look at a bundle like this and admire the pretty colors. It takes a little more imagining, though, to figure… Read More
2016-05-12 04:30
Sometimes around the Studio in an effort to straighten up, items are put in a “safe” place and temporarily forgotten. Such was the case with a large box of 10-inch square f… Read More
2016-05-05 04:30
It has been great to see how many people are turning to hand piecing and enjoying the process.
I received a photo from David S, who recently took my hand piecing class. David has only been q… Read More
2016-04-22 04:30
We’ve just returned home after spending a week with our daughter, her husband and our two grandchildren who are now seven and four. The grandchildren love to work on art projects of va… Read More
2016-04-14 04:30
Ray of Light
I taught several classes at my shop last week and we were doing hand piecing as part of the lesson. There was a discussion about hand piecing and hand quilting and how pleasant… Read More
2016-04-07 04:30
It has been exciting to see the recurrence of interest in hand piecing. At the turn of the century with everything geared to machine piecing I was determined to try and keep hand sewing aliv… Read More
2016-03-31 12:02
Often my blogs come about by a customer who asks an interesting question. Sometimes the ideas come from my staff as this one does today.
The bonus for this week’s “Weekly Web Spe… Read More
2016-03-24 04:30
Often on Facebook we show photos of people bringing show and tell to Jinny Beyer Club. I realized some of you may not know what “Club” is.
Jinny Beyer Club is a gathering of quil… Read More
2016-03-17 22:55
Most of you know me as a quilter first and foremost. But there are other aspects of my life that you know very little about. So this blog is a bit of a departure. My husband and I have three… Read More
2016-03-10 04:30
I am so excited to announce that I will be going to Nepal on a tour with Sew Many Places October 14-22 this year.
We all gain inspiration for our work in a lot of different ways. I definitel… Read More
2016-03-03 04:30
With the Lucy Boston and Millefiori craze, I have been pleased that so many people are finding the joys of hand piecing, and are exploring more complex designs.
Many designs can be cut using… Read More
2016-02-25 04:30
My friends, Sue and Malcolm Bennett, from Australia, visited us here in Virginia for a few days. Sue is a quilter and has a shop in Waitchie, Victoria. You might remember her from a previous… Read More
2016-02-18 04:30
What a treat it was to leave our three feet of snow and head off to beautiful, sunny Costa Rica. I’ve been back less than a week and am already suffering withdrawal.
I traveled to Cost… Read More
2016-02-12 04:30
If you have been following my blog, you know that I am fascinated with the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio (also called the golden proportion, golden mean or Phi) is often referred to as the… Read More
2016-02-04 04:30
I hope all of you have seen the JINNY BEYER STUDIO 2016 Block of the Month, Cosmos. This is a FREE program available to anyone who is subscribed to our monthly newsletter.
Two blocks we… Read More
2016-01-26 04:30
By now, you have all heard of our blizzard this past weekend which has been nicknamed “Snowzilla.” The snow started around noon on Friday and didn’t stop until the wee hour… Read More
2016-01-22 17:24
Due to the upcoming snow storm in the Washington DC region, the Jinny Beyer Studio will be closed all day today, Friday January 22, 2016 and all day tomorrow Saturday January 23, 2016. &helli…Read More
2016-01-21 04:30
We have had an amazingly warm November, December and January so far, but it looks like winter is finally going to catch up with us as weathermen are predicting a blizzard with up to two feet… Read More
2016-01-15 04:30
Every year, Jinny gathers the entire staff together for a holiday party early in January. Sometimes we know what is going to happen and sometimes it is a big surprise. A surpris… Read More
2016-01-07 04:30
There has been a lot of talk and hype about the “2016 Pantone Colors of the Year”. Have you ever wondered why when you go to the mall in a new “season” that all the c… Read More
2015-12-31 04:30
At the end of December, it is always hard to believe that the year went by so quickly. This year it practically swirled by. There was so much activity related to the Craftsy 2015 Block of th… Read More
2015-12-25 01:09
We will be closing on Thursday, December 24th, at 2 p.m. for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen at 10 a.m., Monday, the 28th. From the entire staff here at the Studio, we wish… Read More
2015-12-24 04:30
Guiding Star Block
As the year winds down I’m reflecting on all that has gone on during the last twelve months and all the wonderful people in the quilting world I have met. I want to… Read More
2015-12-17 04:30
We often get phone calls here at the Studio asking us for advice on how to quilt a just-finished top. That’s a tough one to answer. There are so many possibilities! Whether you are a b… Read More
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