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Quilting and Patchwork

July 9th, 2007

Beatrix Potter & Quilts

Are you a fan of Beatrix Potter, the author of Peter Rabbit and other stories?  Her stories and illustrations have fascinated me for years.
Now you’ll find Ms. Potter in the quilting world.  No, she hasn’t developed quilt patterns.  However, you’ll find a great variety of fabrics with characters from Ms. Potter’s stories printed on them […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

March 12th, 2007

Jelly Rolls for Quilters

“Jelly rolls for quilters!” I wondered, when I first saw this term used at an online store.  “Are they selling foods for quilting bees online or sustenence for quilters when they’re working long into the night on a project?”
Further research revealed that these jelly rolls consist of fabric pieces.   They’ve been introduced by Moda Fabrics […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

October 15th, 2006

So Many Kinds of Quilting Fabrics

When I began quilting during our country’s Bicentennial years (1975-76), there were only a few companies offering fabrics focused especially for quiltmakers and fabric artists.  I’m amazed now, when I visit quilt shops, web sites, online stores, and read magazine, to see such a variety of quilting fabrics.
Some of them center around a theme, era, event, region or country.  […]

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July 7th, 2006

Using Buttons for Enhancing Quilts

I never imagined so many quiltmakers were making the rounds of yard sales looking for items for making and enhancing quilts.  I’ve mentioned the ladies purchasing fat quarters and searching for fancy fabrics to make crazy quilts.
Another quilter browsed through the packages of buttons my daughter had culled from her collection.  “I use buttons on […]

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July 1st, 2006

Fat Quarters Still a Hit

Fat quarters, cut and placed in a basket by my daughter, continued to be a hit at our yard sale today.  You know someone is a quilter when she comes to you with a handful of these quilting pieces and doesn’t ask what they are.
However, we also have novice quilters stop by…and others who know […]

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May 28th, 2006

Quilting Stories at a Yard Sale

This weekend, as shoppers stopped by our yard sale and browsed through the fabric, notions, patterns, magazines, and books on quilting and patchwork that my daughter and I decided we could do without, I gathered many stories about quilting and quilters.
*”My hairdresser makes quilts.  When I travel I pick up pieces of fabric I think […]

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May 26th, 2006

The World of “Fat Quarters”

Some people, who browse at our yard sales, express puzzlement at the term “fat quarters” on the sign my daughter has printed on a box of fabric pieces.  One man wanted to purchase the whole box of “scraps” for two dollars for his wife and found it difficult to understand when I said they were […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments