When I was growing up, quilting and sewing were common household tasks. Mothers and grandmothers taught the younger generations to sew and quilt, just as they did to cook. I also had Aunt Mary, a neighbor who was the sewing leader in the 4-H Club. My mother, although she was a busy farmwife, sewed dresses for my sister […]
Many quilters use e-mail and print newsletters to share their news and work. These newsletters vary in style and content, depending on the quilter/fabric artist’s talents and what she wants to share.
Generally you use e-mail newsletters if you want to reach quilters beyond the area where you live. If you have an online shop, or traditional […]
As I was researching about the Barn Quilt project in Sac County, Iowa, I learned about the woodquilt business of the Wert family. It’s now owned and operated by a second generation of wooden quilt makers, David and Joannie Wert, who took over when David’s parents (John and Jewell, the originators) retired.
From them, you can learn […]
Barn quilts, made of large, colorful wooden blocks, generally 8-foot square, are located throughout Sac County, Iowa on historic barns and corncribs. These designs, painted in primary colors, are ones connected with agriculture, farm animals, and rural life.
This project, consisting of 55 barn quilts, was so successful that smaller quilts have been constructed and placed […]
I’m so pleased with the postcards my husband printed for me from my fabric postcard. He simply scanned it, then printed as he does my photos and paintings. I wasn’t sure this would work because the postcard has some beads and a gold cord “frog” catch sewn onto it, making it somewhat three-dimensional. However, it […]
I received a flyer in the mail today telling me about cards for Creative Scrap Quilting projects. What caught my attention was the picture of a delicate hanging with lace and patchwork heart.
Sewn to the heart were buttons, embroidery scissors, spoon, key, lacy glove, handkerchief, thimble and other embellishments. Whether this was a memory creation, […]
I see my daughter using her digital camera more and more in her quilting activities. No, she hasn’t developed a way quilt with it! But it’s so handy for taking photos of her work…for her own records, to post on her Meandering Treads blog, to post on other blogs, to send to groups for quilt […]
My daughter, Beth, has posted her third week’s lesson for Take a Stitch Tuesday - Week 3 at Meandering Threads. I find this one for detatched chain stitch or lazy daisy stitch the most fascinating yet that Beth has done.
Beth describes how she went about doing this stitch and using it in various ways on fabric she painted at […]
Quilters, who earn income from their art, often don’t consider that they’re in business and that they must pay taxes in most situations. If they receive a 1099 Misc Income form, then it might occur to them that they have to report something. Even then I’ve heard some remark they didn’t realize they had to […]
Journal quilting ranks among one of the popular activities for quilters and fabric artists nowadays. This has been especially true after Karey Bresenhan developed the Journal Quilt Project .
Karey, director of the International Quilt Festival in Houston and Chicago , had made journal quilts herself (one a week for seven years) and decided to encourage other quilters to […]
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