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Quilting and Patchwork

September 26th, 2006

Artists & Authors - Design Quilts from Your Illustrations

Last year, second graders from a New York School invited several author/illustrators to contribute an illustration for a quilt block.   The youngsters were studying about children’s authors and reading their books.
Although my children’s stories have been published mainly in magazines and I’m a writer more than illustrator, I did sketch the illustrations for an anthology, Tales of […]

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August 2nd, 2006

Creating Quilting Note Cards

I enjoy collecting stationery and writing notes, whether on postcards or note paper.  Those with quilting designs particularly enchant me.  Now I’ve begun making my own.
Simply take photos of your quilts and fabric art, scan it into your computer, or enter directly from your digital camera.  Then print out as stationery, note cards or postcards […]

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May 12th, 2006

Creating ABC Quilts with School Children

I had an enjoyable day today helping sixth graders complete their ABC quilts.   This project has been a yearly one at our local school, where I often substitute teach.  The students have been working on these quilts for awhile, and today it was time to put them together.
The young people have worked in groups of […]

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