This month Julie looks ahead to the coming year and what 2021 will hold....she tells us: 'Let's look at some of the interesting “trends” I have found in relationship to colours, patterns and the...
Category: Quilts
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...
Julie Rodgers explores kindness in this issue of Quilty Pleasures, the donating of quilts to those in need. Many types of quilts are possible to make and donate; read all about it in her column.
When I think of quilts I normally think of, well, quilts! I thought I would look around on Etsy to see what kinds of clothing people are making using quilting or patchwork. I have made quilt block...
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...
Drunkard's Path - traditional quilt blocks One of the things I love the most about traditional quilt blocks is how varied they are and how many possibilities lie within a simple quilt block, when...
