Connie Kresin Campbell Freemotion by the River

Linky Tuesday September 18th

Welcome to another Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River! Have you ever wanted to use every single quilt fabric solid in your stash in just one quilt? Jayne from Twiggy and Opal made this awesome ...

Batik Pumpkin Block tutorial with buttons

Pumpkin Quilt Block Tutorial

If you like decorating with autumn projects, you'll like this fast and easy batik tablerunner. It is the perfect scrap project! It won't be long before the leaves start changing colors and the days ...

Linky Tuesday September 11th

Welcome to another Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River! It is never too early to start thinking about Christmas! Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks shared the cutest little Christmas House ...

13 Quilted Projects to Spice Up Your Table

Are you looking for a quilted project for your table? Here are 13 different quilted projects to choose from. 13 Quilted Projects to Spice Up Your Table Table runners are one of my favorite ...

Wild Flowers Row seeing one block of the three

Wild Rows Flower Tutorial

Where is your happy place? Everyone who knows me, knows that I am always happy when I'm in my quilt room. When I'm outside, I enjoy taking care of my flowers so for this blog hop I chose that as my ...

Linky Tuesday September 4th

Welcome to another Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River! I hope everyone in the States had a wonderful Labor Day! We have finally been getting some much needed rain the last few days. There is ...

Linky Tuesday August 21st

August 21, 2018 By Connie 7 Comments

Welcome to another Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River! Last week I mentioned that I have been working on an free resource library where I'll share downloadable PDFs of many of my tutorials. I ...

Scrappy Christmas Mug Rug Tutorial

August 19, 2018 By Connie 13 Comments

Do you like making mug rugs as much as I do? If you have never made one, they can be simple or very intricate, it is up to you! Follow this scrappy mug rug tutorial and you'll make one in no time at ...

Stacks a beautiful batik quilt made with fat quarters of Wild Things from Island Batik with Sadie sitting on it

Wild Things Great Outdoors Blog Hop

August 16, 2018 By Connie 80 Comments

Have you been enjoying all of the beautiful quilts made by the Island Batik ambassadors as they take part in the Great Outdoors Blog Hop? Today I get to finally share the beautiful group of batiks ...

Linky Tuesday August 14th

August 14, 2018 By Connie 3 Comments

I have been working on my website this past week deleting old posts that aren't relevant, updating some posts and also adding more to my Resource Library. I had over 1,000 blog posts - I'm down to ...

Jewel Table Runner Tutorial in blues browns batiks in living room on table

Strip Pieced Jewel Table Runner Tutorial

August 11, 2018 By Connie 18 Comments

It is so much fun to make strip pieced quilt projects like this Strip Pieced Jewel table runner tutorial! I decided to make another Jewel table runner using some fat quarters of blue and brown batiks. ...

Bright Jewel strip pieced table runner on deck with flowers

Bright Jewel Strip Pieced Table Runner Tutorial

August 10, 2018 By Connie 212 Comments

This is another strip pieced table runner made with bright jewel colors and a tutorial to show you how to make it. The Jeweled tablerunner was originally posted in 2015. Bright Jewel Strip Pieced ...