Posted by: QWBlog on: July 28, 2009
I was surfing instead of working (reading quilting blogs is much more fun than my normal work) and found a blog by Kindred Crafters that talks about a string quilt top. Now the discovery of this blog post is very timely. I’ve been staring at my piles of scraps lately, wondering what to do with [...]
Posted by: QWBlog on: July 27, 2009
I don’t know about the rest of you, but free motion quilting sometimes frustrates me. I can stipple with the best of them. But to do anything else, it’s a challenge. Sometimes a project will languish in my sewing room because I can’t bring myself to quilt it. I don’t want to ruin it! Well, [...]
Posted by: QWBlog on: July 23, 2009
I’ve always been one to encourage non-quilters to take up quilting. It’s just part of the passion of quilting! So it’s not surprising that as the leader of a Girl Scout Troop, I have been trying to talk the girls into do a sewing badge. I seem to have finally succeeded. We’ve been meeting at [...]
Posted by: QWBlog on: July 21, 2009
What a great idea this is! Kevin Kosbab of the Feed Dog blog describes how to make this portable ironing station! He started with a laundry bag from Ikea. “That’s hot!” to paraphrase a certain socialite (think she knows what an iron is?). See the full instructions on how to make it at http://feeddog.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-make-portable-ironing-station.html.
Posted by: QWBlog on: July 17, 2009
Yes, you read that right…the WORST Quilt in the World Contest. No, don’t scramble to get your entries ready. I’m sure we all have a quilt or two that we feel didn’t live up to its potential and would qualify for this unique contest. But we are fortunately MUCH too late to enter. This contest [...]
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