Round Robins, sending a piece of quilting, a hanging, a fabric postcard or similar project around among chosen quilters who add something to it, have become poipular. They can be conducted with online quilters (sent on its rounds through the mail) or among fabric artists in a group who meet periodically.
My daughter has participated in both and enjoys them […]
A discussion evolved at the Arts and Craft channel concerning the difference between art and craft. Is there a difference? Does one term signify following someone else’s patterns or designs and the other concern original work?
Tammy Powley, of b5media’s Jewelry and Beading, has a poll and discussion on this topic, Jewelry Artist or Jewelry Crafter at her blog. You […]
ATCs, or Artist Trading Cards, have become popular in the art world and are invading the quilting and fabric art arena, too. These are the size of playing cards or baseball cards. You can make them using stamping techniques, fabric, fiber, and paper collage.
My daughter has participated in groups that trade the cards the […]
Recently I wrote about the American crazy quilt and about Nancy Kirk. This post includes both.
Nancy Kirk is holding a free teleseminar for the Crazy Quilt Society, on Tuesday, March 6. This discussion will include information about their retreat. You may want to check this out at….. where you can register and post a question.
You also can […]
As I visit quilters who visit me, I’ve come across Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville web site and the lovely “My Blue Heaven” free quilting pattern she offers. It’s quite appealing, especially if you like blue and white with touches of neutral tan/brown colors.
Bonnie has included numerous photos which give you step by step instructions in words and […]
What should I name my business?
When you consider a name for your quilting/fabric art business, decide what you want to achieve, the customers you desire to attract, and the products/services you’ll be offering. You want something that will catch attention and will be something people will remember.
When I operated a dressmaking/alteration business from my home (that evolved […]
I remember the crazy quilt my grandmother folded across the back of the horsehair sofa in her parlor (living room today). It was of silks and satins with cross-stitching and feather stitching outlining the pieces.
As children, my sister and I used to enjoy sitting there and studying it. We’d try to imagine what the various fabrics had come from.
Crazy […]
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