Refine and Shine Design

I started this website three years ago with the intention of sharing my quilt designs, design process, and some quilting techniques as well as other fabric and art projects I may be...

Hanging quilts on the wall is a great way to display them, especially when you don’t want to make a full-sized quilt. Quilted wall art can be any size and unlike many other types...

Quilted bags are fun and functional. I use mine to keep my yarn and knitting needles. It keeps my yarn contained while I work on a project. But there are so many other uses for quilted...

In this article I will show you how to make quilted placemats using either one twelve-inch quilt block or two nine-inch quilt blocks. For my first placemat I made a twelve-inch quilt...

Looking for a project to make from a small quilt block? Quilted potholders can be functional art or purely decorative. Potholders typically range from five to ten inches. For my potholders...

In this post I am going to show you how to make a quilted pillow using my Cat on a Ledge quilt block pattern. Pillows are great because they can be made any size or shape. The larger...