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More quilters are discovering the fascination of art quilts, those you hang on the wall and use for decorative effect. You might place them on a bed but generally use only for adornment. Perhaps you’ll use fabric art pieces in clothing, too.
To embellish their art quilts, quilters and fabric artists often choose beads and […]
Responses I’ve received to my post, Beading Retreats - Do Quilters Attend These? inspired me to set up a poll at Quilting & Patchwork.
Check it out and let me know your thoughts. Also, share in the comments, your experiences with using beads and/or buttons in your quilting and quilting art.
I’ve asked: Do you use beads and buttons […]
Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers announced, “I’m going on a beading retreat.“
Now I’ve heard of many types of retreats, but never one for beaders before. I’m looking forward to Cyndi’s report about her trip to this event about halfway across the USA from where she lives.
Quilters have begun to find beads important as embellishments in their […]
You won’t want to miss the Arts and Design Channel’s Showcase. The theme this month is Christmas in July, and it’s hosted by Tammy Powley at her Jewelry and Beading blog.
Here you’ll find many arts and crafty ideas for starting your holiday shopping and creating during Christmas in July season, thus getting a head start […]
One of the attractive innovations in the quilting and fabric art world consists of adding beads, buttons, and other adornment or embellishment to your project.
Some of these involve using only a few beads (of different types, colors, and sizes) for highlights. With other projects, the quilt artist may almost cover entirely the fabric surface.
How about […]
As I looked at Tammy’s post and the colorful beads, Looking 4 Easter Jewelry, at Jewelry & Beading, I wondered how many quilters and fabric artists were incorporating beads into their Easter projects. I’ve discovered, as I’ve watched my daughter with her art work, that beads have begun to play a large roll as embellishments.
Now I’m on […]
Over at b5media’s Tangled Thread, Chloe Findlay takes us through a seven step process to fuse fabric for quilting, called Machine Fusion Fabric. It almost seems like magic as she combines fabrics, paints, and embellishments, along with machine quilting to produce a work of art.
This shows how, in this mixed media world, quiltmaking has taken […]
My daughter and I browse through the second hand store in our little town for quilting “treasure.” Sometimes we find clothing for the children, mittens for cold weather, an interesting dish or cup, cook books, and other odds and ends.
When we stop by, the owners remark, “You’re having a mother/daughter outing,” and laugh because we often make […]
As long as you’re not planning something intricate, involved, and time consuming, you still have time to make gifts and decorations for Christmas. As I glance around the various online stores, I find ideas that don’t take much time.
Look around for fabric printed with Christmas and holiday designs. You can use these to make pillows, […]
Beaded embellishment for your quilts, hangings, postcards, and other fabric art has become popular in recent years. My daughter accumulates a great variety of beads to use in her work.
Quilters also combine beads with other types of embellishments to enhance their projects. Sometimes these additions even give a three-dimensional effect.
A book my daughter found a […]
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