Even though you belong to online quilting and fabric art groups, most quilters enjoy getting together in person with a local group periodically. My daughter Beth finds these bi-weekly Friday gatherings a break in her schedule and a source of inspiration.
They share, they try different techniques, they enjoy refreshments, and they sometimes go on day […]
If you don’t want to miss any of Jennifer Chiaverini’s Elm Creek Quilter’s novels, check out the latest…The New Year’s Quilt. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my “must read” list. It’s also on my Christmas list!
Another novel, The Winding Ways Quilt, has not yet been released. Although in some stores you can […]
Quilting poems and stories have great appeal. Why not write some of your own? Or share those you write? I often work with youngsters in poetry writing. We find the acrostic form frequently is easiest for them to start with.
What about an Acrostic Quilting Poem? This can rhyme, be unrhymed, tell a story, give random facts, […]
I discovered J’s Quilting Blog, an interesting one with projects you might enjoy. Perhaps they’ll inspire you with your quilting and fabric art.
Warming Up consists of quilting with words! Joyce Marden added a little house midst a collection of winter words in a piece she has referred to as Winter Words.
I couldn’t keep on with such a […]
If you’re trying to finish some quilting projects, start new ones, organize for a quilt show, or get some writing done, you may find you have many interruptions from your youngsters during this Thanksgiving weekend.
Laura at Work from Home Momma has just the solution! Check out her post, Twenty-five Thanksgiving Activities and Puzzles for Kids.
Ah! […]
As we ponder on what to get the quilter in our family (or hint that they should get for us), why not look at some of the jigsaw puzzles available with a quiting theme?
These are just two I’ve come across.
Quilts for Sale, a 1000 piece puzzle.
Autumn Quilts, 1000 piece puzzle.
Also, with puzzles, you can save […]
If you are following the b5media Business Channel “Apprentice” type contest, you may like to know that the PROS were announced the winners in Week#2 entries. The post, If You Handle “Made in China” Items in Your Home Business, with the accompanying sample press release, Get the Lead Out of Toys Day, (posted at Home Biz Notes) were the […]
Cyndi’s art quilts continue to entrall me. (I must take time in my busy days to try some of her techniques with my scraps.) Over at Layers Upon Layers, Cyndi has two posts you’ll want to check out.
Making an Art Quilt compares techniques used in two similar quilts. A technique she used in the beige […]
I carry with me an envelope containing pieces of old fabric from a quilt my mom and dad received as a wedding gift in 1934. If Mother ever told me who made it, I don’t recall now and wish I could. I think it was someone in her family.
The quilt contained many pieces and was […]
Old-time patchwork can be turned into Christmas gifts and decorations. Yo-yo’s, which once were very popular with quilters, seem to evoke a great deal of interest when I write about them. Some quilters contact me concerning their memories making these as children and with their children. Other quilters want to know how to make yo-yo’s.
These decorative […]
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