Articles related to "Traditional Quilting"

Making art quilts can require techniques foreign to traditional quilt methods. Competent technique is crucial to both art and traditional quilts. So is having fun.

Art quilts marry the traditional craft of quilting with concepts and techniques imported from the fine arts and graphic design.

Many families have certain traditions that are passed on from generation to generation. Women in the Hunter family use quilting as their tradition.

Like contractions leave out letters, color wheels leave out colors, using only enough colors to complete the circle. Every color has a place in the circle.

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

Those quilters on your holiday shopping list are easy to please. Quilt calendars, quilt patterns, and quilt-related items are always well received.

Most fabrics in a stash vary in size. Small bits can be lost among the larger pieces. Organize to see each fabric at a glance without digging, save time and frustration.

Traditional Hawiian quilts are like no others, either in design or technique. This article explores their history, themes, and tells where to find the best displays.

Elizabeth Forward High School in Pittsburgh, PA has revived the popular art of quilting as part of a consumer science class. There is a waiting list to enroll.

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

Are you ready to upgrade your quilting skills? Need a little inspiration or new patterns to try? Want to buy fabric from another country, but don't have the plane fare?

Art quilts are quite a recent development in the centuries-long history of quilting. Here is the story of how quilts went from bed tops to gallery and museum walls.

Making a quilt? In addition to cut, stitch, quilt and admire - be sure to take the steps to document the whole process and your quilt.

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

Sewing is often the fastest, cheapest & best solution to holding fabric together, but sometimes fusible web or glue trumps sewing. Know what works to save time & energy.