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Want your quilt-in-progress featured on Quilting Arts TV? Do you have an unfinished art quilt (otherwise known as a UFO for UnFinished Object) that’s got you stumped on how to complete? Have you stuffed it in the back of a dresser drawer in the desperate hope that if left in the dark long enough...
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When quilts come into our offices for photographing or I visit a quilt show or gallery, I always study the stitching. The patterns, the variation of the motifs, the intricacy of the stitching always fascinates me. Observing the work of expert stitchers fills me with admiration and also sends me flying...
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When I think of 3-D movies, I think of the old sci-fi horror flicks my parents used to tell me about where people would wear those funny 3-D glasses. Back then, apparently, they didn’t really work that well and it seemed the glasses were more entertaining than the 3-D effects. Today 3-D is back...
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Around the Quilting Arts Community, people with "tension problems" don't need relaxation techniques--they need a stitching specialist. Fortunately, we know several, and Susan Brubaker Knapp is one of the best. Susan is a quilt artist, teacher, and pattern designer who is a top-notch stitcher...
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Naturally, I’m feeling very grateful today. Thanksgiving is such a wonderful excuse to just pause and appreciate not only the big things—family, friends, good health—but the seemingly smaller ones as well. Today, I’m thankful for everything from the leftover turkey sandwich I’ll...
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Make Quick Work of Last-minute Gifts with our Small Quilting Projects eBook: Free Quilt Patterns: 5 Small Quilting Projects from Quilting Arts Just when I think I have everyone on my gift list covered, it hits me: What about the dog sitter? And I have nothing for Friday's dinner party hostess. And...
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Also referred to as filling or wadding, batting is a layer of material (usually cotton, polyester, and/or wool) that is used as insulation between the top and bottom layers of a quilt. It comes in a variety of weights, from low loft to high loft, and sizes. Most batting is natural (undyed) but it is...
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Quilting stitches that follow the edge of each fabric piece, and are either next to the seam or in it (known as quilting “in-the-ditch”).
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Small quilts, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, that are accompanied by a journal with notes on the work and thoughts of the artist. This idea was c onceived by Karey Bresenhan of Quilts, Inc. The Journal Quilt Project made its debut at the International Quilt Market and Festival in Houston, Texas, in 2002. 150 art...
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A tied quilt has knotted strings or ties to hold the three layers of the quilt together. Embroidery floss, yarn, or ribbon is often used.
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Sashing is s trips of fabric that are sewn between pieced blocks to separate them while joining blocks together to create a quilt top. Sashing is sometimes continued around the outside of the quilt top to create a border.
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A corner (usually of a border) that is joined at a 45 degree angle, like a frame.
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Long arm quilting is done using a very long bed (commercial) quilting machine.
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A Crazy Quilt has blocks assembled from irregular and sometimes scrap pieces; there is no set pattern or design. This pattern was popular during the Victorian period when they were made with silks and velvets and heavily embellished with embroidery.
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Most often, basting refers to long stitches used to hold the the top, batting, and backing of a quilt together. These stitches are removed when the quilt is completed. You can also "baste'"with curved pins or spray adhesive.