Tag: Quilts
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Using Text With Quilts
Applique Including text on art quilts is very easy to do. There are many options from which to choose. As none of these pieces are to be laundered, all of them will hold up well. If adding text to a utility quilt, I would recommed using appliqued lettering because the fabric and stitching can withstand…
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Burning a Quilt
Complete A Quilt The small disappearing pinwheel quilt in the center of this piece was started in January as a supply item for Laura Hartrich’s Thread Rays: a Unique Quilting Treatment class at QuiltCon. At the time, I felt the USA was holding on as a people united by our country, – but just barely,…
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Quick and Easy Placemats With Free Download
Scraps or Yardage The wonderful thing about creating is that you are the boss. You can make this project completely from scraps or from yardage. Also, you can make placemats whatever size you think is best for your table and dishes. Because I have big plates, I make placemats that work for my dishes. The…
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Improv 9-Patch Quilt
When making an Improv 9-Patch quilt, you will make many decisions. Each step will give you another chance to change the outcome. That is part of the fun of doing improvisational quilts. There is a level of uncertainty that keeps it interesting! Start with a 9-Patch Block There are a lot of ways to…
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Easy Quilts That Go Together Quickly
Easy Quilts from Simple Blocks Quilts made with straight seams and not too many pieces sew up easily and quickly. This little roundup of some quilts that were (finally!) finished this winter fit into that favored category of Easy Quilts. And also my favorite: Ones that go together quickly! The two red and cream-colored quilts…
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Spring Update – Cards, Gifts, Rag Quilts
This is just a quick Spring update with a few pictures of the cards, gifts, and rag quilts I have made since March. Mask made for a 2-year-old grandchild My sweet little granddaughter needed a mask to fly on an airplane from Seattle to Phoenix in May. Winnie the Pooh has about the same size…
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Sometimes I just want to sew!
I just want to sew something! There are times when I just want to sit at my sewing machine and mindlessly run the fabric under the presser foot. I do not want to have to think too hard about what I am making. Nor do I want to pay attention to a technique that is…
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Use Your Craft to Help Others
During the past few months, I have been creating things as much for my own sanity as well as to donate to others. I wanted to use my crafting skills to help others. At first it was masks. As a bonus, this was a great way to use up large fabric scraps as I continue to…
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Playmat Quilt For Amelia's Car
Last summer, I bought an adorable handmade wood car for my newborn granddaughter at an art fair. I’ve had nearly a year to plan a quilted playmat for her. It is embarrassing to say that I didn’t actually start it until last week. In my defense, my sewing machine and most of my other crafty…
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Quilt Roundup
Blue and White Quilt I haven’t been doing very many paper related projects and quilts take a lot more time before there is anything to show! This is part of the reason for the gap in my posting. It has been difficult to find a good place to take pictures of the quilts I’ve made. …
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 