Having some insight about what type of quilter you are will help you choose projects and be happier with the quilts you make.
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Getting More Done: Quilt Like a Manufacturer
Do you ever have enough time to quilt? Lisa shares tricks for getting more done in whatever time you have available.
Avoid a Quilter’s Broken Heart: Save Your Selvages
Today we’re back with a great tip that will help you stay organized and save you valuable time and heartache down the road. By saving your selvage, you can avoid unforeseen pitfalls in your quilting projects.
Using a Fabric Panel for a Quilt can be Worthwhile, Despite the Pitfalls
Definition of a snob: A person with an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth who seeks to associate with social superiors and dislikes people or activities regarded as lower-class. Translation to quilting: A person with an exaggerated respect for original, intricate works of quilting, who seeks to make only their preferred quilts and regards other quilting designs as lower-class. Yes, that’s me, I am a quilt-snob….
Historical Quilt Patterns: What’s Old is New
“What goes around comes around” is the basic understanding of how karma, the spiritual law of cause and effect, works. The word “karma” literally means activity. My favorite activity is quilting, so when something in quilting comes around again, it’s all good, especially when looking at historical quilt patterns.
Quilters are constantly creating new twists on traditional techniques and designs. Simply changing the scale or applying new fabrics to a block can result in remarkable new quilts.
QT Traditional Quilt Blocks
In the spirit of “what goes around, comes around,” Quilter’s Thread is revisiting some historical quilt blocks and giving you instructions and some ideas to launch you on a creative journey to bring the past into your future….