So I'm browsing around YouTube looking for videos about baby quilts (And there are a surprising dearth of them. Time to buy a camera, me thinks.) when I ran across this one introducing Jenny Wilding Cardon and her first pattern book, The Little Box of Baby Quilts. Thought the patterns shown in the video were adorable, so I wanted to share them with you. They look fairly simple and I love that she's using unusual fabrics (for a quilt) to bring texture to them. So appropriate for a baby quilt...
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We're moving into the less practical and more decorative quilts now – the ones that help to set the theme for the room and are meant to be part of the nursery "look" and less for daily use. Crib quilts in general seem to just be draped over the side of the quilt more than used in the quilt if only because you don't want the kid smothering under it! So this type of quilt needs a little more thought and attention to detail to up the eye-candy quotient. So where to start? If you're making this...
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The 8th Annual Interfaith Quilting Bee is being held on Saturday, July 19th in Kingwood, Texas. This Quilting Bee provides a unique way for individuals and congregations to support local charitable organizations. We make & tie quilts, and sew on the bindings. The finished quilts will given to HAAM (Humble Area Assistance Ministries), Family Time (rape/abuse center), Birthright, Family to Family Mentoring Program, and other local charities. This will be the 8th year that I have...
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We talked recently about what actually makes a quilt a baby quilt. My case is that any pattern can be turned into a baby quilt because I don't want you to get caught up in the "baby quilt patterns" hype. (Ha! I might be designing my own patterns at some point, so that seems a bit contradictory, right?) So I wanted to share three great pattern reference books today that would be good additions to your library and a great place to start when you're looking for a pattern. There's nothing...
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Youngsters who participated in the All Star Quilter's Guild kids camp this summer were "Wild About Quilting ," this year's theme, stitching their way to the quilting feast that takes place the third week in ...
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Other activities include quilting demonstrations and a silent auction of small quilts, the proceeds of which will benefit the Guild's scholarship program. ...
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"The machine quilting was the only part I could not do myself," said Dreckman. The 100 percent cotton quilt with cotton batting measures 102x83. ...
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Ten years ago Soltau purchased an American Professional Quilters System (APQS), in layman's terms it is a long-arm quilting machine. She began to quilt for ...
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A Frayed Knot Inc. Quilting & More is giving sewers an early start on finding those special Christmas gifts.
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While your there, check The Breckenridge Heritage Allisance's is exhibit titled "Traditions of African-American quilting in conjuncrtion at the at 111 E. ...
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The prison’s quilting group — a part of the facility’s PLUS (Purposeful Living Units Serve) program — has created hundreds of quilts that have been ...
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In the vote of those attending the show, the viewers' choice for a quilt went to Pauline Warren for her appliqued quilt and to Pauline Geary for her crazy quilt top. Chuck Dodds of Signal Mountain was the lucky winner of the drawing for the quilt made by the Lone Oak Senior Quilters.
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Eleven volunteers combined quilting talents to create this year’s raffle quilt, “Barns of Yesteryear.” The raffle quilt has made appearances at various ...
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Quilt Expo lectures are presented by notable quilting authorities, and offer attendees an opportunity to see new ideas and learn helpful techniques. ...
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