Heather Thomas teaches you about adding texture to the surface of your quilts by wrinkling the fabric in this video.
Are you overwhelmed with the simple elegance of a wholecloth quilt but are clueless on how make one yourself? Read for 5 tips on how to wholecloth quilt:
Close up Block type: 4-patch Block size: 10 1/2 inches Colour scheme: reds, greens and neutrals Texture/fabric manipulation: fabric folding Cut: two red 6 in squares two 6 in pale green squares fiv…
In an unprecedented act of blogging fanciness I decided to make a video documenting how I create the woodgrain texture (so thoroughly p...
Learn four simple methods forto created textured fabric for your quilt
Once in a while it's good to do a bit of stash busting. Last summer I made a series of 7 triangle quilts. This summer I got inspiration from a quilter friend, Astrid and her lovely "chenille" pillow and throw. Probably not proper to call this a quilt, it's 8 layers of fabric that's stitched together and then cut through 7 of the eight layers. A true stash buster if you ever saw one! So, my drawer of brown Kaffe Fassett, leftover Cherrywood, a few homespuns and more, was turned into this 6 pounds throw. Yes, 6 pounds or 2.7 kg of fabric. That made some space in the fabric storage. Next up was the pastel blue with a bit of added orange. A smaller size, it weights 4.5 pounds or 2.0 kg of fabric. Both using 12.5 " squares, the brown throw measures 60" by 60" and the light blue is 48" by 60". I had my first go at machine stitching the binding onto these. So happy to have my heavy duty Pfaff sewing machine for this job. Not all machines will tackle sewing through 16 layers of fabric! Part of the process is washing and tumble drying the throw. Texture improves with every wash and dry. Softer with use... Stash busting mission of 2013 completed. A sore thumb from cutting all the slits. And more room for rummaging through the remaining stash. Happy with the result, I might use this technique to make a few hot pads for christmas presents this year.... What's your best stash busting trick?
While shopping at the antique mall, one of the things I’ve been noticing re-surge more and more are Victorian Crazy Quilts and all of their lovely styles and forms. Since I cannot begin to to…
A few of the quilts that caught my eye at PIQF this year.
I spent the past week sewing like a madwoman, hours and hours in joy and contemplation. Thinking about influences. And inspirations. The Stitched festival at Crosstown Concourse that I organized and facilitated is over. So now I have time to think.
detail ~ Stitch Ritual by Jane LaFazio Stitch Ritual by Jane LaFazio (60x24") This quilt truly combines my two artistic loves, dr...
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This is the Shop Hop quilt for the Needle and I. Georgia wanted me to do something easy on it. I did a light custom job on it. No stitching in the ditch....in each block...I did a feather ring...and stayed pretty simple on all the sashing. I really liked how it turned out. It's a 70 x70 inch quilt and took about 4 hours to do up. I used cream thread through out, except for the purple borders....then I used a light purple thread. And I must have a major smudge on my camera lens! This is Angela's. She made it for a baby boy and I used a new pattern called "Jilly" for it. It turned out cute. And this is a sweet baby quilt that Judy made up. I used the pattern "popcorn" on it. ~Jenny~
Taste buds do it. Ear worms do it. Lurking scents do it. Words do it. Dreams do it. If I see a picture of french fries I can actually taste them. Play a Joni Mitchell song for me and I will hum it for weeks. If I smell Old Spice aftershave I think of my father. If I see a drawing that speaks to
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Experimental textiles design using fabric manipulation & innovative no-stitch embroidery for mixed textures // Emily Sladen Emily Sladen Contemporary Embroidery Artist, St Agnes Isles of Scilly, Embroidery Magazine, Mix Magazine Bradford Textile Society Winner, New Designers Show
You might have noticed I've been into Russian art this season. This week I looked at the work of yet another Russian artist, Liubov Popova, a founding member, and one of the only female constructivists of the early 20th century. I'm pretty impressed with Popova because of her range
Haven't been on my walk at sunrise all week not getting enough exercise! There was a time I used to teach a lot of fabric manipulation. With nothing but snow and more snow to scratch about my mind is wandering! Thank goodness for Tuesday Four of us gathered and made marks then our handy hubby's joined us and we sipped wine and munched on black beans and salad. A lovely, lovely day. I wonder if the squirrels have been raising families in the snow this winter there are SO many of them stealing from the bird feeders! Strange that I decided to stitch a cruciform design. Late that evening Handy Hubby got sad news of a lifelong friend's passing. On Saturday we huddled by the fire with no electricity as the wind howled blowing snow around the house. Sunday was calmer revealing beautiful windswept snow piles.
This weekend’s snow gave me an opportunity to hunker down at my sewing machine and work on my bias tape quilt. Related:…
I am so incredibly stoked to once again have something finished in time to show in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival, which is so much fun. I love seeing the work by everyone else, and I’m …
Ulutwatu Temple Carvings
This post ends my current textile series, influences of other cultures on Indian textiles. Today’s topic is on a contemporary practice, surprisingly unknown to most outside the Siddhi Commun…
