In this guide, I will focus on the following topics: quilt batting types, the best batting for quilting, and how to choose the right batting for a project.
We had a bit of a sleep in this morning followed by a leisurely breakfast of my home grown strawberries and yogurt with a good cup of coffee — all enjoyed on the patio. Afterward, I took the …
When it comes to hanging up quilts - they are a wonderful addition to any home and a great place to use them to add interest and color is on your walls- hanging quilts can be a little confusing if it doesn't have a sleeve.
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As the fall arrives and summer winds down, I find myself thinking about images that relax me. I just finished this art quilt in early September. It transports me back to quiet afternoons at Long Beach Island in NJ with my family or visits to the Outer Banks in NC. Beaches are universal. After creating Read the full article...
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Once you have finished your quilt top, it is time to choose your batting. When it comes to quilt batting types, there are a lot of factors to consider. Which is the warmest quilt batting? Which is hi loft batting? Which is low? With How to Choose the Best Quilt Batting, you will learn all about batting and what batting to use when quilting your next project. When discussing types of quilt batting, there are different fibers, thicknesses (also known as loft), and other features, such as fusibility, allergens, and price to name a few. Choosing the best batting depends whether you are using a machine or hand quilting as well. Besides giving an overview of what quilt batting is, we will go over all of the previously mentioned aspects of batting for quilts in the following sections. We also have some quilt batting tips to help you build your quilt. Check out the information below and find the best batting for quilts of all kinds. Table of Contents What is Fabric Batting? Bamboo Quilt Batting Cotton Quilt Batting Polyester Quilt Batting Silk Batting Wool Quilt Batting Quilt Batting Labels Quilt Batting Tips
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**This is a quilt pattern in DOWNLOADABLE PDF not a finished quilt. You can download the pattern after you have purchased it.** Finished Size: 32" x 60" Advanced Foundation Paper Piecing Something has this fur baby's attention. This is a foundation paper pieced art quilt wall hanging. The pattern is for the advanced paper piecer and contains some very small, but not impossible piecing. It's very scrap friendly. Complete fabric requirements and color choices are included. The pattern is tiled to be printed on 35 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" paper and taped together. The second pdf has whisker placement pages for printing (17 pages required). Please read "Getting Started with Foundation Paper Piecing" before you start the quilt. It is a "class" in using my patterns and will answer many questions. If you are unable to download all the files, please contact me.
The main thing I want to make in 2015 is quilts - lots of quilts. I've started the year right with our national Quilt Symposium that's been right here in Palmerston North. I am full up with inspiration and thought I'd share some of it here with you over a few posts. First up, I attended some great lectures. The artists I saw are all very talented in quite different ways and I took something away from hearing each one. I have provided links to their sites and photos of the quilt they had in the tutors' exhibition :: Sue Benner creates original dyed and painted fabrics which she combines with recycled textiles. She fuses and then cuts her fabrics to create detailed quilts. Her quilt on show was one of her cellular structures : click on any photo in this post to make it larger "Cellular Structure V" by Sue Benner She shared some of her landscape quilts in her talk - tiny detailed pieces and wonderful colour - see her gallery HERE. Betty Busby works with all kinds of fabrics and uses a layered approach to her work. It was really interesting to see her work inspired by the natural world through a microscope in contrast to Sue Benner's work above - go HERE to see her gallery of that work. Her tutor's exhibition quilt was one of her waterscapes - see similar work HERE. But what I'm sharing is a piece from one of the other exhibitions in town since I far prefer flowers to fish : "Buffalo Gourd" by Betty Busby Linda Beach creates all her quilts with piecing and commercial fabrics. It was fascinating to see her take on landscapes in contrast to Sue Benner above. "Evening Wall Shadows" by Linda Beach Go HERE for her gallery of quilts which includes many trees and lots of colour - the one above is much more muted than most of her pieces. Helen Godden is an Australian quilter. Her work is predominantly pictorial, with strong design and colour. Lots of free motion quilting is a feature of her work. "Rainbow Lorikeet" by Helen Godden Click HERE to see her gallery of art quilts. Here are a few of my favourites from the Tutor's exhibition which might inspire quilts from me this year : Sheena Norquay's lovely quilt pair inspires me to make a seascape quilt : "Summer and Winter island strips with oystercatchers" by Sheena Norquay Jo Dixey is a New Zealand quilter - I love the way she uses fabric. It was hard to get a good angle of this quilt because it is quite large, so see it and more of her work in her gallery HERE. "Watching" by Jo Dixey I think I might have to make 1 abstract quilt this year - I just love the colour and composition of this one by Deborah Louie from Australia. "Medallion #8" by Deborah Louie I am very lucky that at the end of January I'll be spending 2 days with Karen Stone - love her work and a good way to start the year with fabric and colour design ideas. This is her tutor's quilt, but not one of the classes I will be doing. "Reptile wisdom" by Karen K. Stone I particularly love the circles in the border There will be more posts about Symposium so I can share other exhibition quilts. I also shopped!...More soon.
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I don't know if I've told you before, but I learned how to quilt while I lived in Japan in 2002. Japanese housewife culture, including their approach to quilting, has always fascenated me. I should have been an anthropologist and studied that more intensely, I know, but I got caught up in trying to communicate and became an ESL teacher instead. Anyway.. I discovered flickr in 2006 and the quilts I saw there lead me to start blogging about quilting. Tonight I want to share a handful of my favorite quilt photos from the Tokyo International Quilt festivals held each year in January. One year I'll make it there myself, but until then, I will live vicariously through Jennifer and Jan. Be*mused Tokyo Quilt Fest 2011 Set Be*mused Tokyo Quilt Fest 2010 Set Be*mused Tokyo Quilt Fest 2009 Set Movinghands Tokyo Quilt Fest 2008 Set Movinghands Tokyo Quilt Fest 2007 Set Movinghands Tokyo Quilt Fest 2006 Set (one of my all-time favorites is the 9th quilt in the set-- the blue one) All photos in this post were taken by Jan of Be*mused, used with permission. (*I hate to post quilt photos without information about the makers, but sadly most of these pics don't include any. Apparently the quilter info is only printed in Japanese at the show. If you have any information for any of these quilts, please comment and I will give them proper credit.)
“Tie”ing up loose ends Have you ever been to a garage sale or auction and found a box full of old silk neckties? The fabric in them called to you but you didn’t know what to do with them, so you passed them by. If that memory still haunts you, go ahead and buy them...
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