b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Quilting and Patchwork

January 15th, 2008

Quilting & Patchwork Participates in Arts & Crafts Carnival

I recently realized that Katelyn Thomas, at Stamping Mad, hosts a monthly Arts and Crafts Blog Carnival.  I immediately decided to participate since I enjoy carnivals.  Her January 2008 Carnival is up today.
I participated with my Family Legacies Extend to Arts Other Than Quilting.  It was fun writing this post and now seeing it in the […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

August 20th, 2007

Quilting Scraps for Patchwork Gift Tags

As I was checking out Katelyn’s post, Gift Tags From Scraps, over at Stamping Mad, I was stuck with the idea, “What about using fabric scraps from our quilting?  These would make neat patchwork gift tags.”
So often, techniques for one type of art or craft can be utilized in another.  Also, you could combine paper scraps […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

June 20th, 2007

Katelyn’s Paper Quilts

Recently I wrote a post, Converting Paper Quilts into Mixed Media Ones, inspired by Katelyn’s posting at Stamping Mad.  We both said we’d have to try these quilts, Katelyn doing paper ones and I creating some with fabric added.
Katelyn is way ahead of me and has some posted on her blog, Artful Monday - Paper […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

March 4th, 2007

ATCs Popular in the Quilting/Fabric Art World

ATCs, or Artist Trading Cards, have become popular in the art world and are invading the quilting and fabric art arena, too.  These are the size of playing cards or baseball cards.  You can make them using stamping techniques, fabric, fiber, and paper collage.
                  My daughter has participated in groups that trade the cards the […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments