Santa throughout the year!
One of my favorite things about these blocks is how the picture in the center square overlaps out into the quilted star. The pictures are fused onto the blocks. I didn't sew around...
Lambchops baby quilt
I recently made this quilt for the daughter of our pastor. This was our pastor's first grandchild...
Eleanor Burns - Quilt in a Day Series!
Eleanor has kindly provided color photographs to 'show' as well as 'tell' through the quilt making process. We would recommend these books to any quilter, from beginner to advanced, for their combination of technical instruction, quilt history and imagination stimulation...
Our 80 year old 'Grandmother's Garden' hand made quilt
My grandmother's grandmother made it in the 1920's. It's a lovely quilt made in the 'Grandmother's Garden' pattern...
The Log Cabin Block
This is a simple log cabin block. It is simple to make, that is! You start with a square of fabric for the center...
The Radiant Star - by Eleanor Burns
Each of the eight diamond points is pieced, then considerable time goes into sewing them together so that they lay flat. I remember measuring each piece, tearing out seams and re-stitching them until they were each the correct shape...
Quilting and Sewing Fabric
These high quality and versatle fabrics are available at joann.com...
Sewing Patterns, Quilting Patterns
Features some of the best books available - full of sewing patterns and quilting patterns...
Artist and Quiltmaker, Rose Rushbrooke
Using appliqué, embroidery, trapunto, embellishment, fabric manipulation, couching and quilting I employ a variety of materials such as hand painted, hand dyed fabrics, quilters cotton, silk, velvet, silk ribbon, cotton and rayon embroidery floss, beads, embellishments and appropriate found objects. "I want the viewer to long to touch and stroke each piece of art."
Stack-n-Whack Example
This quilt was made using a 'Stack-n-Whack' method! I think it is just awesome. You stack up the fabric so that the pattern on the fabric pieces...