Linda at Chloe’s place has kindly blogged her reactions to my lesson notes that are to accompany the online crazy quilting class I am offering. I sent Linda a copy to proof and possibly review, and her response can be read here The crazy quilting class It will be starting …
Inspired Crazy Piecing Create order from the chaos of random piecing by Sylvia Einstein is an article published on the Threads magazine site. Einstein’s style uses bold, colourful, large scale prints to make blocks which are left unembellished.
Well its looks a tiny result for a couple of weeks work doesn’t it? But when they are laid out it looks like this. As I said in my post the other week this crazy quilt is going to be my big project for 2006 . It is inspired – …
A recently completed study into the effects of adhesives such as fusible battings, interfacings, and basting sprays is available under the long winded title The Effects of Light Exposure and Heat-Aging on Selected Quilting Products Containing Adhesives . The study carried out light and heat aging tests on many of …
I notice that Linda at Chloe’s place is blogging more of her swaps from the Chains of Hearts group that she established a few years ago. Although this is a group based in Australia people swap world wide. (Correct me here if I am wrong Linda) It’s an easy going …
How to use Shisha glass in embroidery is explained and illustrated in diagrams on the Rajmahal site . On the same site there is also information on using metal threads for gold work techniques. Possibly most useful on the site as there is not a lot online about Tambour embroidery …
Last month I mentioned in this post that a particular quilt has been haunting me since I saw it in 2000. Annie Whitsed and myself took in the “Historic Australian Quilts”exhibition put together by Annette Gero and at the time we were both struck by a particular quilt made by …
