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Quilting and Patchwork

Archive for August 2007

August 7th, 2007

Discovering a Wooden Quilt Kimono

As I was browsing around various blogs containing quilting references, I discovered Jafabrit’s Art and her spectacular Wooden Quilt Kimono.  A coat of many colors!
I haven’t learned yet just how Jafabrit has constructed it.  However, I clicked on the photo and got a close up showing the stitching between the pieces.  This reminded me somewhat of crazy quilt construction.
Tags: art+quilter, art+quilting, […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment

August 7th, 2007

Quilter Mary Emma Interviewed on Work From Home Momma

The blog, Work From Home Momma, features an interview about my experiences in home businesses over the past 40 years, including my quilting one, Mea’s Quilts, operated during the Bicentennial Years.  This interview, by Laura Spencer,  is the first in her Work at Home Interview Series about women, particularly moms.
As Laura says, “Today’s interview is with […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

August 6th, 2007

Quilt Pattern for 22 Lollipops Quilt & More

As I browsed around Jen’s so you wannabee a Domestik Goddess? blog I discovered a number of free quilt patterns. 
Anna Maria Horner’s inner gypsy had to have been at play when she designed her 22 Lollipops Quilt and Bohemium Quilt - and the fabric collections that inspired them, too, mentions Jen.
The fabrics in the quilts shown […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment

August 5th, 2007

Quilt Blogger Mary Emma Receives Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award

 
Laura Spencer, of  Writing Thoughts, recently awarded one of my other b5media blogs, Home Biz Notes, and me the Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award!  For gals only, it’s fun to be included.  It’s also a neat way to recognize some of the other bloggers who leave comments, give me inspiration, and help make this blogging world a […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments

August 4th, 2007

Sun Dyeing and Painting Fabric for Quilts

 My daughter had an enjoyable day today painting and sun dyeing fabric for her quilting and fabric art.  Beth started with fabric she’d previously dyed.  Today she incorporated items from nature, ferns and leaves, for the designs on the fabrics below as she used sun dyeing and painting techniques.  She said she eventually may do some stamping […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

August 3rd, 2007

Jennifer Chiaverini’s Latest Quilting News & Book

          
 You won’t want to miss the September, October and November issues of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine.  Jennifer Chiaverini’s three-part serial, The Fabric Diary, is published here exclusively.
Jennifer introduces a new character, Adele Crosier, who also will appear her new novel, The New Year’s Quilt, due out in November.  According to Jennifer, Adele “buys a Manhattan bed-and-breakfast  and […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

August 2nd, 2007

Have You Participated in a Grab Bag Quilt Challenge?

 

 
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By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

August 1st, 2007

Quilting Helps Us Through Grief Stricken Times

Throughout the ages, needlework has sustained women (and sometimes men) as they work their way through grief…loss of a person close to them, a pet, a job, a home, or relocation to an area where they know no one.  (At a grief seminar, I learned there are many types of grief, other than that of […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments