It seems that quilters continue to enjoy recipes, as they did in the old-fashioned quilting bee days. I’ve found a number of of recipes published fairly regularly in newsletters for quilters. Apparently the Fat Quarter Quilters e-newsletter publishes recipes in most every edition.
The most recent recipe is for Buttermilk Noodle Pudding, which seems to be a […]
The patchwork shower curtain caught my attention when I stayed the night at a friend’s condo. This was more than a patchwork print on shower curtain material.
It was actually fabric pieces (squares and rectangles of various sizes) stitched together. Then this was backed by a solid color fabric. Then, of course, a shower curtain liner […]
Last year, second graders from a New York School invited several author/illustrators to contribute an illustration for a quilt block. The youngsters were studying about children’s authors and reading their books.
Although my children’s stories have been published mainly in magazines and I’m a writer more than illustrator, I did sketch the illustrations for an anthology, Tales of […]
It was interesting to note, as I read about the history of quiltmaking in Twentieth Century Quilts, 1900-1950, by Thomas K. Woodard and Blanche Greenstein, that some quilters once considered appliqued, or “laid out,” quilts more elegant than the pieced or patched ones. As the authors said, in some areas of the country, there were […]
My daughter decided she needed a business card for her quilting and fiber arts. So she designed one today and it’s really neat. She got her idea from one of her fiber arts friends who uses her artistic designs on the back or front.
Beth scanned one of her small quilt hangings and then pulled it up on […]
Some ideas to inspire your quilting:
*Try a small project, like a fabric postcard, for a new project. Then you’ll know whether you want to do something larger or try something completely different.
*Post photos of your quilting projects in an album, starting with your older ones and coming forward. It might be interesting to see if […]
I find fabrics…the history of them, the eras they date, and events they depict…fascinating and like to collect them. Some of the older fabrics take me back to my childhood and making my first quilt with my grandmother. Others simply are interesting because of the history connected with them and earlier eras.
Also, looking at the […]
It was interesting, that soon after I’d written a blog entry about finding your quilting or fabric art niche…that particular something that makes you special, I read Bob Baker’s Artist Empowerment Blog about “Three Simple Marketing Words.” (http://bob-baker.blogspot.com/2006/08/three-simple-marketing-words.html )
“Recognize your uniqueness,” are the words Bob mentions. He encourages artists to discover the talents and qualities that […]
Do you have something special you make in the world of fabric/fiber art? Do you have a technique that’s unique?
With so many quilters, what makes those stand out who are getting name recognition and orders for their work? This is not to say there isn’t a market for any quilting, but finding something that is […]
Judy Howard, of Buckboard Antique Quilts (http://www.buckboardquilts.com/) has announced the Centennial Quilt Show & Story Telling Party on October 7, in Oklahoma City. Contributors to the Heavenly Patchwork quilt story books and Centennial Stitches - Oklahoma History in Quilts will be attending. Also, winners in the Centennial Quilt Contest will share their quilts.
For those interested […]
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