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Valentine’s Day already!
Yes, and if you make patchwork and quilting to sell, you must be thinking about this occasion now. Actually you must do more than think….you must have the products and promotions in place.
If you make gifts for Valentine’s Day, this is the time to get started if you haven’t already.
If you wait till the […]
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As I opened the blinds this morning to let in the welcome sunshine (we’ve had numerous cloudy, snowy days here in New Hampshire), I had to step over some gauze spread out on a plastic bag in front of the large windows. It was very attractive with streaks of green, blue and aqua.
“Ah, Beth has been painting fabric […]
Quilt…(n) a bed covering made by sewing together pieces of fabric; (v) the act of sewing together the layers of a bed covering with decorative stitches, either by hand or machine.
What comes to mind when you say or hear the word “quilt”?
This word will bring to mind memories, pictures, music and feelings. What does it mean […]
My daughter enjoys painting and dyeing fabric, creating original canvas, so to speak, for her quilting and fabric art work. Chloe, at Tangled Thread, has a very interesting post, printing on fabric - playing with surface design.
For this, she’s using taffeta as the fabric and her own hand-carved stamps. She gives you a mini tutorial at […]
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s “Quilt to Remember,” creating awareness of Alzheimer’s disease is on national tour. A very informative story about the quilt and it’s origin can be found at Alzheimer’s Weekly, “A Quilt to Remember” - National Tour, written by Peter Berger.
“The exhibit is made of large panels crafted by individuals, including some […]
Quilters at the DeKalb County Nursing Home will donate a quilt to the Northern Illinois University’s Blackwell History of Education Museum. Titled DeKalb County One-Room Schoolhouse Quilt, it consists of nine squares, picturing one-room schoolhouses of DeKalb County.
Pat Barger, a volunteer at the nursing home, constructed the quilt along with 13 other quilters who meet at the nursing […]
We all find blogs and web sites that inspire and excite. Some become favorites that we check out regularly. Others are new ones we discover in the course of our web and blog explorations. Still more are referrals from quilting colleagues.
There are so many I’ve come across that give me ideas, encourage me, and let […]
Have you ever been dissatisfied with a quilting or fabric art project and thought it might be wasted effort? What about turning it around?
That’s what my daughter did with the piece pictured below. Beth called this her “ugly” fabric. It was a piece she had dyed but didn’t like the results. Then for one of her […]
Utilizing themes, such as the pirate one mentioned in the previous post, Have You Made a Quilt With a Pirate Theme, can help you achieve recognition for your quilt art and for a quilt business (if you’re developing one).
Laura, at Work From Home Momma, mentioned in her comment to a post on Home Biz Notes, […]
Your quiltmaking celebrations don’t have to be public events or exhibits to give you a feeling of accomplishment. Private celebrations of quiltmaking enable you to feel good about what you’re doing, according to Lynn at Fiber Fantasies in her post, Private Celebrations of Quiltmaking.
Take pride in the work that you do, find enjoyment working on […]
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