Articles related to "Quilting Designs"

Four distinctive types of Log-Cabin quilt blocks use contrasts between lights and darks to help you create a variety of dramatic quilt looks.

Here are nine easy and inexpensive ways to create a quilt design wall that lets you view your quilt and make sure it looks good before you assemble the pieces.

The quilt speaks of home and hearth, farming furrows, barn raisings, simpler times that revolved around family and home.

Ricky Tims is a Renaissance Man who composes, conducts and records music and creates art quilts, fabrics, and threads. He also hosts The Quilt Show and teaches quilting.

Quilts aren't just for sleeping under. Use quilted design to add flair to your home.

If you've been looking for ultra-mini quilt patterns for fabric cards, here are some books with small-scale designs.

Even the smallest quilting space needs to include separate work stations for sewing, cutting, and pressing, plus storage space for fabric, tools, and other supplies.

Learn the secrets to making better quilts. Quilting can be challenging, but you only have to tackle it a stitch at a time.

Optimize the beauty of these fun Stack-n-Whack, easy-to-create kaleidoscope designed blocks with a few pointers on fabric choice.

Here are five favorite ways to arrange Log Cabin blocks into quilts: Straight Setting, Fields and Furrows, Barn Raising, Sunshine and Shadow, and Chevron.

Along with the usual flowers, give your mom a sewing or quilting book.

Celtic Quilts combine applique, whole cloth, and culturally significant symbols into a quilt that even a beginner can make with ease.

Bring spring motifs and color to the home with seasonal sewing and quilting projects.

Send a friend a unique fabric postcard through the mail, using these simple instructions and your own wacky ideas.

The winter holidays is the perfect time of year to curl up with a newly made quilt, but for something that will only be enjoyed a few weeks, you want it be easy-to-make.

The versatile, quick and easy log cabin quilt is a perfect project for beginners.

Here are some beginner quilt projects that you and your child can enjoy together.

If you're a time-challenged quilter - or a beginner who would like to start with a quick and easy quilt - here are four basic blocks you can make fast with strip piecing.

These sewing and quilt books feature garden quilts, place mats, and other projects with garden-related motifs.

Decorate with easy to sew heart projects. This classic motif is suitable for all decorating styles.

New babies often get dozens of receiving blankets as gifts. Using coordinating colors and fabrics to sew a quilt can make a special gift that baby and family will love.

Learn how to make a simple Four-Patch block consisting of four squares, two squares of lighter fabric and two of darker fabric, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

The wholecloth or whitework quilt is a dream come true, especially for those who dislike piecing and applique. This is the simplest quilt project ever.

Fabric is probably a quilter's greatest storage challenge. Arrange your fabric by size and color to make it easier to find what you need when you start a new project.

Strip piecing is an easy, time-saving technique that is used for patchwork quilt tops.

Fabric Inchies, one-inch square mini quilts, came on the art scene about the same time as fabric postcards and Artist Trading Cards. But how does anyone display them?

Best selling author, Jennifer Chiaverini creates another Elm Creek Quilts novel. The new book by this Madison writer, not yet released, is called A Quilter's Holiday.

Every quilt you make has its own story to tell. Keeping a quilter's journal helps you remember the details of how and why you created each quilt.

Use a free pattern to make the twisted log cabin quilt, a variation on the basic, beloved log cabin pattern that uses triangles to make complex fabric designs

Here's how to Make simple Patchwork Curtains

Mini quilts are timesaving projects. They are a great way to learn new quilting techniques. These books have delightful mini quilt projects.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have patchwork quilted walls? Here is a fast and inexpensive method for getting the look without the work and cost.

Choosing the right pattern isn't easy. Here are some reviews that can help.

Celebrate the new season with some autumn quilt projects featuring pumpkins and other familiar fall themes.

A Runaway Quilt character returns in Jennifer Chiaverini's recent book Lost Quilter. Each civil war era historical fiction adds to Joanne's link with Elm Creek Manor.

Most forms of needlework, regardless of region or culture, began out of necessity. Sashiko is a prime example of mending turning into decorative needle craft.

These books are for anyone looking to find their way. Books to entertain as well as help with the journey and the destination.

Sanctuary. That's what we seek in our bedrooms. From calming colors to luxurious luxe, the creation of a restful haven rests in one word. Comfort.

Choose holiday gifts that quilters can use throughout the year. Quilt calendars, puzzles, and books are popular.

The women living in and around the towns of Boykin and Rehoboth along County Road 29 in Wilcox County first made quilts for warmth.

Small, intricate quilting, possible with a long arm, is difficult with a home sewing machine. Large, sweeping designs difficult for long arms, are simple & fun to quilt.

Learn how using a mixture of both light and dark fabrics helps create quilts with color combinations that please the eye.

Vera Bradley, a company specializing in designer luggage, purses and bags, has proven to be a national success.

Bold, geometric quilt patterns that helped use up fabric scraps and recycle used clothing were favorites of 19th century Amish quilters, are are still popular today.