As you explore the Internet, youll find many resources for quilters. There seems to be something for everyones interests. Even the print publications have an online presence.
I discovered, when visiting the site for Quilters World, a link to register for free newsletters sent to your e-mail box. As a result, Im enjoying […]
I like mini projects I can carry with me as I travel, ones that fit into a sandwich size plastic bag or similar size freezer bag. I can carry this in my suitcase or the side pocket of my computer bag.
The popular fabric postcard projects fit into one of these bags nicely. I […]
Each of us has books about quilting and patchwork that become favorites. They may be books containing information on quiltmaking itself with patterns and supply lists. Or they may be books about the history of quiltmaking and quilters. Others are novels in which quilts, quilters, and quiltmaking play a significant role.
Hidden in […]
Quilting with Grandma
Holds many memories
Of sitting beside her woodstove
Cutting and sewing pieces of
Multi-colored hues.
Chatting with Grandma
As we did our handiwork
Resulted in tales
About friends and family,
Forming generational bonds.
Tying the quilt with Grandma,
Auntie and Miz Susie
Around the dining table
What pleasure for a child
At a grown-upsgathering.
Finding Grandmas quilt,
After half a century
Though worn and torn
It brings back many images
Of […]
Many of the quilt fabric and supply shops are running sales through the end of 2005. This often is a good time to shop and take advantage of reduced prices. Check out your favorite online shopping stores, as well as the stores in the mall. Some of these fabric and supply stores […]
My daughter created lovely gifts to give this Christmas, which you could consider when you need birthday, thank-you, and Christmas gifts in the future. She has been experimenting with fabric postcards for several months and doing lovely work.
Some of her colleagues send these through the mail as Christmas cards. They also send them […]
My daughter has been receiving lovely, innovative Christmas cards from quilting friends. Some of these take the form of fabric postcards, utilizing collage and quilting techniques.
Another was a Christmas card, mailed in an envelope, which combined scrapbooking and fabric art. Some of the creative ideas these quilters use are very interesting and attractive.
You […]
In Kaye Wood’s Newsletter, that I receive via e-mail, there was a notice about Show & Tell quilts. I visited the web site, www.kayewood.com/show_n_tell.html , to learn more about the project, view some of the quilts, and read the stories behind them.
The latest quilt, made by Hilda L., also appears in the online newsletter. […]
Numerous sites offer clubs and classes for quilters. Sometimes these clubs consist of a block-of-the-month kit or pattern or a round robin. There may be classes that online quilters can take, too.
At www.snowyriverquilts.com, youll find a Thimbleberries Club for 2006. If you visit the site, youll discover more information about the […]
I once received a request for a very warm quilt for the customer to use in a bedroom that wasnt well heated. He wanted it made of something more than cotton fabrics, yet washable.
So I went through my fabric stash and found a number of pieces of corduroy, both scraps and yardage, in various […]
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Written by Mary Emma Allen [email] for b5media.
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