Discover the Hidden World of Amish Quilts: A Journey Through Tradition and Color
Step into the vibrant world of Amish quilting, a realm where tradition, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage intertwine to create stunning textile art.
Step into the vibrant world of Amish quilting, a realm where tradition, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage intertwine to create stunning textile art.
Lora Rocke is a Nebraskan quilt artist whose detailed portraits feature family members and friends in spontaneous moments of time.
Today’s Future Heirlooms Interview is with artist Ruth Tabancay. Ruth is most know for her innovative works using tea bags as her material but in her newest works she is delving into the realm of embroidery. Read on for more!
in this Quilty pleasures we take a look at miniature quilts made for dolls houses. Some are shown as up close quilt patterns and other images show the quilts on doll house furniture. Hexagonal Quilts are a bit hit here.
In this second volume of Exploring Art Quilts, this creative and inspiring book which has been brought together by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) 12 artists are interviewed and explored. With over 300 high quality images revealing the cutting edge of quilting art today. We will come across flat art quilts as well as more surprising variations, including a 3D head and even a dolls house. Other content explores how the work of juried artist members ties in with their own culture, with images galleries to show the range and diversity of their art.
Portable Patchwork: The Women Pioneers of the Original Quick & Easy Quilting Method by Pamela Weeks is a book that explores the history of “quilting as you go” techniques and provides the reader with a modern connection to this perennially popular pastime.
Take on your next quilting feat with a champion quilt! From expert quilter Sandra L. Mollon, recreate the ‘Seasons of Life’ quilt, which is now a part of a permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum in Kentucky, USA.
What an unusual book! Authors Weeks and Sider take on the subject of the women’s suffrage and turn it to a textile angle. This book focuses on art quilts and their messages. Twenty-nine artists were chosen to present their quilts, providing a rich variety in style and form. Imagery documents each artist and quilt, sometimes filling a page. This is a celebration of women and their rights, which an acknowledgement at times to men who have been in support of its message. It is published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd
The Christmas Quilting book by Annie’s Quilting is quite thin at 48 pages, but is a beautiful and creative book which guides you through eight fabulous Christmas quilting projects.
In both patchwork and appliqué, you take small pieces of the fabric and sew them together. Patchwork connects pieces without using a background fabric, which is what happens with appliqué. Stitches can be felt underneath patchwork but a fabric covers it up in appliqué.
American Civil War Cot Quilts Years ago, when I was making dollhouse miniatures, I was working on American Civil War items for a customer’s brother.
Quilting and Enslavement We are in times of incredible change. This has led me to want to write on a topic I have long been