It’s raining this morning which means no gardening today. So I have spent a pleasurable couple of hours catching up on blog reading. It seems an age since I just sat and browsed, caught up on the news and generally had a relaxing time online. Via Dawn I discovered the …
Take a look at Camille’s Place because Julia Camilleri finished Katrina block for the invitee All that Jazz Quilt Also Pam of Kitty and me has finished her block! Its exciting to see and I can’t wait to see it in the flesh. I have been playing catch up here …
This is a return and the final in an ad hock series of posts on crazy quilting. I have been side tracked in the last 2 months but still had in mind to cover embellishing the block using techniques other than stitching. So I have dusted off the draft, cleaned …
Questions about Cigarette silks what they are and why they were produced ae often raised in conversations between crazy quilters because reproduction cigarette silks are still used in contemporary crazy quilts. A well researched article online about these novelty items is Textile Tobacco Inserts and Premiums used in American Quilts, …
I received a rather distressing email from Nancy Eha this morning. As regular readers know she is a well known beader, embellished quilter and instructor who has been asked to participate in the All that Jazz quilt, which is to be auctioned on eBay to provide relief funds to survivors …
Unfortunately in the online craft community copyright infringement of patterns and designs is a widespread problem. Around the globe everyday illegal copying is going on. Copyscape is an interesting search engine for anyone wanting to find out if any of their work has been plagiarized. Enter a URL of a …
As you can see I have finally made my block for the All that Jazz Quilt That ticker is moving along so I decided I had better get a wriggle on even though my bag is not complete yet and that deadline is looming too! So here is the start …
