Quilting and Patchwork

March 1st, 2007

The Fascination of the American Crazy Quilt

I remember the crazy quilt my grandmother folded across the back of the horsehair sofa in her parlor (living room today).  It was of silks and satins with cross-stitching and feather stitching outlining the pieces. 
As children, my sister and I used to enjoy sitting there and studying it.  We’d try to imagine what the various fabrics had come from.
Crazy […]

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February 24th, 2007

Keeping a Quilting Journal or Ideas Book

My daughter and other quilters keep journals or sketchbooks in which they write and draw ideas of fabric art designs and patterns they have in mind.  Some keep a journal of various stitches and experiment with how they might plan pieces using these.
Perhaps your journal will be made with actual fabric pages on which you actually […]

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February 9th, 2007

Take a Look at the Chevron Stitch for Quilting

I love this piece my daughter Beth did for her Take a Stitch Tuesday lesson.  It’s an example of the chevron stitch.  Beth is doing her lessons in postcard size pieces.  By keeping them uniform, she’ll be able to better display them when finished.

(And I’ve learned how to post the pictures on my blog!)
To learn more about […]

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January 20th, 2007

More Quilting Stitches at Meandering Threads

My daughter, Beth, has posted her third week’s lesson for Take a Stitch Tuesday - Week 3 at Meandering Threads.  I find this one for detatched chain stitch or lazy daisy stitch the most fascinating yet that Beth has done. 
Beth describes how she went about doing this stitch and using it in various ways on fabric she painted at […]

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January 11th, 2007

Another Interesting Quilting Stitch

Daughter Beth has experimented with another stitch this week for her Take a Stitch Tuesday lesson, the buttonhold stitch.  It’s interesting to see how she uses the stitches in different ways to produce varying effects.
Also, Beth utilizes different fabrics as well.  If you’re participating in Take a Stitch Tuesday, let me know where we can […]

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