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Quilting and Patchwork

May 19th, 2008

Journals, Memorial Textiles, Scrapbooks & More from the Arts Bloggers

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 More projects this week from the Arts Bloggers that you won’t want to miss.  If you don’t have time now, tuck them away for future use.
Heather at A Creative Journal  links to the amazing 1000 Journals Project, in case you’ve missed it so far.
Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork wonders what you think of the proposed […]

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April 23rd, 2007

Learning about Quilt Fabric Grain

Janet Wickell has posted some very interesting information on fabric grain, Understanding Fabric Grain Improves Your Quilting Skills, and the importance of quilters and fabric artists being knowledgeable about this topic.   Using straight grain pieces and bias cut pieces can produce totally different results…and sometimes not the results you desire if you don’t know the characteristics of each.
There are a […]

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December 19th, 2006

Gift Wrapping with Quilt Fabric

Create unique gift wrapping by using some of the fabric and embellishments in your stash.  Some of these may be fabrics you use in your quilting.  Others may be interesting fabrics you’ve selected for fiber art projects.
Also, if you’re giving a gift to a quiltmaker or fiber artist, what better way to wrap it, thus giving […]

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