Quilting and Patchwork

June 14th, 2008

Flag Day Today, June 14 - How Do Quilters Celebrate?

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This is Flag Day in the US, a day to commemorate our stars and stripes flag and all that it means to us and our country.
Quilters also remember the flag in many ways and create numerous colorful designs in red/white/blue with stars and stripes incorporated within.
Stop by Penny Halgren’s web site for Rag Flag Quilt information: […]

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April 9th, 2008

Quilter Penny Halgren’s Techniques for Sewing Triangles

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Sewing triangles and getting all the points to match up is more difficult in some patterns than others and more challenging for some quilters than others. 
Penny Halgren, by popular request, has developed a tutorial with videos at her How To Quilt web site for making a quilt with triangles.
As Penny explains:
This quilt offers opportunities for different kinds […]

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February 19th, 2008

T-Shirt Quilts - Attractive Variations from Your T-Shirt Stash

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  I discovered some really neat ideas for T-shirt quilts at Penny Halgren’s How to Quilt web site.  Penny says:
Create a unique T-shirt Quilt that someone in your family will be proud to show off instead of the same-ole’ T-shirt Quilt like Susie down the street made
Have you saved those old outgrown T-shirts your children wore, […]

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