Eileen Fowler

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Associate Editor at Quilting Daily

I love bringing life to my quilt designs with brilliant, colorful fabrics--especially batiks!

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Quilting With Cats

2 weeks ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Quilting Daily TV lets you learn from the experts you know and trust, with access to over 4,000 quilting tutorials and technique videos that you can stream on just about any device. PLUS get 30% OFF all month long! If you’re a quilter AND a cat owner, you already know—cats and quilting go together like fabric and thread. Whether they’re snoozing on your fabric, swatting at your rotary cutter, or chasing loose threads, feline “helpers” can make every quilting session an adventure.
TrimTraks: High Tech Tools for Quilters?

3 weeks ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Quilting Daily TV lets you learn from the experts you know and trust, with access to over 4,000 quilting tutorials and technique videos that you can stream on just about any device.
First Look: Quick + Easy Quilts Spring ’25

1 month ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Quilting Daily TV lets you learn from the experts you know and trust, with access to over 4,000 quilting tutorials and technique videos that you can stream on just about any device. Spin Into Spring! There’s something joyful about watching a pinwheel spin in the breeze or seeing a whirligig dance with the wind. That same sense of motion and delight can be captured in fabric, bringing energy and movement to our quilts.
First Look: Quiltmaker’s Spring 2025 Issue

1 month ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Quilting Daily TV lets you learn from the experts you know and trust, with access to over 4,000 quilting tutorials and technique videos that you can stream on just about any device. Hello Spring! After months of chilly days spent huddled in my sewing studio, it’s a joy to welcome long, warmer days and fresh inspiration. And, with the garden ready to bloom again, colorful, new projects from Quiltmaker’s Spring 2025 issue are the perfect way to embrace nature’s beauty.
Submissions for Quick+Easy Quilts Fall ’25

1 month ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Calling All Longarmers! Get APQS certified and become a master quilter!Are you ready to think big, design bold, and create quilts that make a statement? Fons & Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts Fall 2025 issue is all about going big! We’re looking for quilt projects that embrace scale, making the most of generous-sized pieces, oversized motifs, and striking compositions. What We’re Looking For:✓Big Blocks—Oversized traditional or modern blocks that makean impact.
Submissions for Quiltmaker Fall ’25

1 month ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Calling All Longarmers! Get APQS certified and become a master quilter!Quilting has long been a way to preserve traditions, tell stories, and celebrate cultural heritage. For Quiltmaker’s Fall 2025 issue, you are invited to share designs inspired by heritage. We welcome quilt designs that honor personal ancestry, indigenous artistry, folk traditions, and historical influences.
How to Calculate Coping Border Widths and Lengths

2 months ago | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Master Your Sewing Machine! Learn break-out techniques for specific quilting styles now!In the Stumbling Blocks feature from the September/October 2023 issue of Love of Quilting Magazine, Eileen tackles a common quilting dilemma—how to add a coping border. But what exactly is a coping border? Simply put, it’s a strategic border that helps adjust the size of a quilt or block when pieces don’t quite fit together mathematically.
First Look: Quiltmaker’s Winter 2025 Issue

Dec 18, 2024 | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Sign Up for our FREE Newsletters! Get an insider look at all things quilting, plus a bonus gift of jelly roll quilt patterns FREE!For Quiltmaker’s Winter 2025 issue, our designers share their winter-inspired quilting projects to bring beauty and comfort to this magical season. Yes, winter is here, inviting us to embrace a bit of “hygge” (pronounced “hoo-guh”)—that wonderful Danish and Norwegian word that describes a feeling of contentment and coziness.
First Look: Quick + Easy Quilts Winter ’25

Dec 10, 2024 | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Sign Up for our FREE Newsletters! Get an insider look at all things quilting, plus a bonus gift of jelly roll quilt patterns FREE!Winter has arrived, bringing frosty mornings, cozy evenings, and the perfect excuse to spend extra time at your sewing machine. This is the season for warmth and reflection, where every stitch can be a comforting reminder to slow down and savor quieter moments.
Submissions for Quick+Easy Quilts Summer ’25

Dec 4, 2024 | quiltingdaily.com | Eileen Fowler

✓ Sign Up for our FREE Newsletters! Get an insider look at all things quilting, plus a bonus gift of jelly roll quilt patterns FREE!Fons & Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts invites you to submit a quilt design for our Summer 2025 issue highlighting the collaborative spirit of quilting. We’re looking for original quilt projects quilters can create alongside their best quilting buddies.