Nothing finishes off a beautifully wrapped present like an artful gift tag. A unique tag can express your creativity and show your affection for the gift's recipient. A gift tag even makes a clever ornament after it serves its first purpose. We invite you to make a fiber art gift tag for this year's...
So you're hosting a holiday party and you want to personalize your dining room table — quick! Or maybe you have a party to go to and want to bring a handmade gift to your hostess. Look no further. In this free e-Book, Handmade & Holiday Gift Ideas: 6 Free Homemade Gift Ideas for Art Quilters...
Stylish, practical homemade gifts are welcome anytime, I think. When people know you're a fiber artist, they appreciate that you took the time to make something just for them. Small quilted gifts like this mug rug can be whipped up in an hour or less. I have made bed and lap quilts, holiday table...
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Last week I was at a photo shoot with Quilting Arts Editor Vivika DeNegre and Art Director Larissa Davis at the studio of photographer Larry Stein. What a fabulous experience! Larry, right, sits at the computer while Dan and Larissa style a shot in the background. The shoot was all about our upcoming...
I'm past the stage where I am making baby quilts for my children. This picture shows the first baby quilt I ever made-for my baby Sam (now 13 years old). I love that this quilt is worn and stained. I love that it is well-used and cherished, and that it carries my special message to my baby boy written...
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Whoa! I just looked at the calendar. Between the October snowstorm back in Massachusetts and the move to Houston over Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas has snuck up on me, and I am way behind on my holiday checklist. Fabric Gelt Gift Tag If I'm going to create any homemade gifts this year, they have...
This festive fused appliqué runner comes with a free sewing pattern. There was a time when the only sewing patterns that crossed the threshold of my studio were the vintage tissue paper kind I gathered to use in my mixed-media artwork or the books of Victorian sewing patterns and needlework I...
Me and my Min-Pin, Louie, during a brief break in the Gifts shoot. I am just going to admit it: I am never going to be someone who finishes her Christmas shopping before Labor Day. But, put up my Christmas tree in July? That's another story. Yep, every July for the past four years the Quilting Arts...
So, you're hosting a holiday party and you want to personalize your dining room table-and quick! Look no further. In our latest Free e-Book, Handmade Quilts with Quilting Arts: 6 Free Sewing Patterns for Beautiful Handmade Gifts , we offer you six festive quilting and sewing projects to personalize...
While I was at the International Quilt Festival/Houston last week, enjoying the climate-controlled environment of the George R. Brown Convention Center, it snowed back home in Massachusetts. Yep, snow in October. It didn't last, but while the fat flakes came down, there was enough accumulation in...