Many quilters enjoy entering contests and the gratification that ensues when their works are selected for display or inclusion in publications.
A contest in progress is the Oklahoma Centennial Quilt Contest with deadline of April 30, 2006. For more information about the contest contact Buckboard Quilts.
The theme of this contest is “Oklahoma History Seen Through Quilts.”
Judy […]
Quilting art has evolved into fabric art which sometimes is combined with paper art as well. The lines between the three types of art, quilting, fabric art, and paper art, have become blurred to offer us many ways to use our imaginations and talents.
For instance, if you like to create artistic collages with various papers […]
In this picture book, “The Rag Coat,” by Lauren Mills, the main character, Minna, relates the story of her rag coat, or coat or many colors. Her mother’s quilting group stitched this coat of many patches when her family couldn’t afford one like the other youngsters.
At first the children at school mocked Minna and her […]
Quilting themes have found their way into books for children as well as those written for adults. The Keeping Quilt, a picture book written by Patricia Polacco, tells the story of a quilt handed down through the generations of a family. We learn why it was made, how and for whom it was used.
Inspired […]
Do you see quilts in old photographs, used as a back drop, draped over Grandmas knees, or wrapped around a new baby and wonder where they came from and who made them? These might be in your own family pictures or in some you view in books or hanging on a wall.
As you become […]
Fabrics in pioneer days of our country and during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars generally consisted of those spun at home. Linsey, or linsey-woolsey, as this fabric sometimes is called, was a combination of linen and wool fabric, woven together.
However, by Civil War times, cotton often replaced the linen. This was a coarse […]
When I began making quilts, I never thought to sign and date them, whether with a label or by embroidering my name. As I look at old quilts and wonder about those in my family, I wish there was some way to tell who made them and when.
This has made me realize the importance […]
A number of quilting sites offer patterns, at no charge, you can print off, as well as tips and techniques. One of these sites is Kaye Woods at: www.kayewoods.com.
For these quilting projects with patterns and directions, visit: www.kayewood.com/freeprojects.html
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Kaye also gives tips and techniques for making your quiltmaking easier and more precise. […]
In my explorations of the Underground Railroad in the United States and its connection with quilts and quiltmaking, Ive found the novel, The Runaway Quilt, a fascinating one. I enjoy Jennifer Chiaverinis Elm Creek Quilts novels anyway, but this one was particularly interesting.
Old quilts, combined with a memoir written by the heroines ancestor, provide […]
May 2006 offer many opportunities for you in your quilting world. Its time to try new projects, explore new techniques, attend workshops that will expand your world.
Or, if youve been doing quilting using more modern techniques, you may want to study the quilting methods of yesteryear that the pioneer quilters used before […]
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