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Appliqué Quilts
Quilters love to explore the art of appliqué quilting as a way to add designs to their fabric, in addition to piecing. But while traditional quilters hand-stitched their fabric motifs in place, contemporary quilters are more apt to fuse or machine-stitch appliqué, opening up new, faster, design possibilities. Start your explorations with Mickey Depre as he explains how using a fusible interfacing, like Décor-Bond, shapes, supports, and stabilizes fabrics, making it perfect for machine appliqué use.
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Baby Quilt Patterns
Handmade baby quilts make wonderful gifts, and the smaller size makes them the perfect quick project to work on! With a variety of baby quilt patterns to choose from in this collection, there is sure to be a design that you can create or customize to fit your needs. Select similar fabrics to those used in each baby quilt pattern, or adapt the fabric choices to suit your tastes. Make small changes using embroidery and finishing techniques, or add a personal touch by free-motion stitching all over the design. No matter which of these baby quilt ideas you decide to start first, you are sure to end up with a one-of-a-kind baby quilt that will be loved for generations.
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Embellishment Techniques
There are countless different embellishment techniques to add pizzazz to your art quilts, enhancing their texture, color, and overall design. In this free eBook from Quilting Daily, today's top art quilters are taking you through tons of ideas on how to embellish your fiber art. From hand embroidery to beaded fringe, buttons and more, don't be afraid to pile it on.
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Embroidery
For traditional quilters and art quilters alike, machine and hand embroidery are the hallmarks of quilt design and construction. Embroidery is such an essential part of quilting, that our experts at Quilting Daily couldn't go without dedicating a free eBook to embroidery techniques. In Essential Embroidery Stitches: Free Hand and Machine Embroidery Designs and Techniques, we explore the endless opportunities to stretch your creativity with embroidered quilts. You won't want to miss the pages and pages of free embroidery designs, hand embroidery patterns, helpful tips, and fun ideas.
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Fabric Art
No store bought item can compare to the value of a handmade gift. Give your loved ones something that is truly unique, a testament to the time and creative energy that you've put into the project. Make them a gift using quilt, fabric, and fiber art! They are destined to be impressed. In this free eBook from the experts at Quilting Daily, you can download quick and easy creative fabric art projects that you can give away as gifts. There are endless gift-giving occasions, use these fiber art techniques and start making your own fabric crafts today!
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Fabric Painting
Master unique quilting designs from top fiber artists!
If you have been in search of free how to dye fabric lessons, Quilting Daily has you covered. Due to popular demand, Quilting Daily is offering this FREE eBook containing five techniques with step-by-step instructions for painting on fabric. From quarters of white cotton fabric to a patterned and painted fabric print, this downloadable guide on how to dye fabric is perfect for those interested in making sun prints to those interested in fine embellishment techniques alike. See your quilt art come to life with the help of this free eBook.
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Free Motion Machine Quilting
Make custom quilts with dramatic results! Now you can get creative quilting ideas to give your projects the polished finish they deserve, from the experts at Quilting Daily.
In this free eBook, we give you the secrets of two highly respected quilt making artists in one downloadable resource. Enjoy learning successful free motion quilting from the experts—Frieda Anderson, Robbi Joy Eklow, and Quilting Daily.
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Hand Sewing Techniques
Quilters and embroiders alike share a common passion for cloth, stitch, and color! For centuries, people around the world have used hand sewing not just to stitch two pieces of fabric together, but to add interest to their projects. Now is your chance to get the inside scoop on the best hand stitching techniques to create exciting, sophisticated effects on your quilts. The experts at Quilting Daily present these 4 free tutorials on how to hand sew, free for you to download.
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How to Quilt
Learning how to make a quilt is easier than you think, when you have help from the experts. With this free eBook, you'll learn how to make a quilt using a variety of materials, from unusual selections such as silk flowers and chiffon, to matching fabric and scraps from your stash. You will even get quilting lessons on using paint and gesso in your quilt making. Plus at the same time, you'll receive basic quilting lessons for making a quilt binding, machine quilting, and fabric fusing.
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Handmade Quilts
In this free eBook from Quilting Daily you get five different takes on making handmade quilts. Lesley Riley shows how you can make a simple yet beautiful homemade quilt with a few simple tools. She also describes how to hand quilt your piece in different ways to add dimension and interest. Ellen Scott’s technique for using stitching, scraps, and small embellishments, will help you make a colorful narrative handcrafted quilt. A unique design method created by Sylvia Naylor allows you to use fabric to make a collage handmade quilted masterpiece.
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Memory Quilts
Making a memory quilt is a wonderful way to use your fabric art skills to honor someone’s accomplishments, remember a loved one, or celebrate a special occasion. In this free eBook, Quilting Daily presents creative memory quilt ideas to help you design beautiful personalized quilts, using little pieces of your life: photos, scraps, paper, fabric, stitch, and much more.
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Patchwork Quilts
With this FREE download you will learn how to think outside the box to create finished patchwork quilts that are completely original. Malka Dubrawsky shares three of her small patchwork patterns to help you brush up on hexagon and log cabin piecing, as well as strip piecing. Learn to recycle older fabrics for use in your contemporary quilts with Jeannie Palmer Moore's method for patchwork quilting using old neckties. For those old or discarded quilts you have laying around, use Annette Morgan's reworking technique to create an entirely new contemporary quilt.
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Photo Quilts
Incorporating photos of your family and friends can completely revolutionize the way you think about art quilts. In this FREE eBook from Quilting Daily you'll learn image transfer techniques that will open up a whole new world to your quilting style.
By learning these photo quilt techniques, you'll be able to enhance your fabric art with digital imagery to create amazing results. Let our experts at Quilting Daily show you the endless possibilities and how to make a photo memory quilt of your very own.
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Quilt Art
Quilt art comes in many forms and is often inspired by the experiences, imagery, and ideas of the artist, rather than a traditional pattern. Sometimes known as art quilting, this form of art is a unique way to express creativity and explore new methods for creating quilts. Although the foundations of quilt art are the same as traditional quilting, many artists now incorporate a variety of processes including stamping, collage, piecing, and other mixed-media techniques into their designs.
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Quilt Binding and Finishing
If you are looking for innovative methods for finishing your art quilts, this eBook is a must have! Traditional quilt binding is not the only answer to beautifully finished handmade quilts. Let our experts at Quilting Daily show you their incredible ideas on how to bind a quilt, all in this FREE eBook! These quilting instructions will lead you through the process of binding a quilt with beautifully creative results.
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Quilt Blocks
Although quilt block designs are generally thought as more traditional, these four quilt artists have given their creations a more modern flair. Start by learning a simple method for appliqué quilt blocks, one that you can use in your other designs as well as this block quilt. Then learn how various cuts and combinations of fabric used for quilting blocks and quilting squares can give you a truly unique look. Whether you choose one or make them all, you are sure to find the perfect pattern for easy quilt blocks to fit your needs.
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Quilted Bags
You can never have too many bags, and here is your opportunity to add seven quilted bags to your collection! Patricia (Pokey) Bolton, Editor-In-Chief of Quilting Arts Magazine® has put together this wonderful free gift for anyone who loves the art of handmade quilting (and beautiful quilted bags)!
Whether you choose to make all of them, or have a special favorite you can't get enough of, Seven Quilted Bag Patterns: Handmade Quilt Bags from Quilting Daily is sure to be the pattern book you turn to again and again. Best of all, it's absolutely FREE!
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Quilting Designs and Techniques for Quilt Design
Sometimes it seems that fabric and thread are the only connections shared between contemporary and traditional quilting. But of course, modern quilting has its roots in many traditional methods. In fact, many contemporary quilters actually got their start as traditional or Victorian-style crazy quilters. No matter your style, now is your chance to get the inside scoop on designing your own quilt to create a modern or traditional effect; or to add a little of both into your quilt designs.
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Sewing Techniques
When it comes to quilting, stitchery is like the icing on the cake. After all the piecing and surface design are complete, we quilters use sewing techniques, needle and thread to add a final element of design, texture, and color, truly bringing the piece to life. That is why Quilting Daily has put together this amazing free eBook, entirely dedicated to fine sewing techniques. Whether you are hand stitching or using a sewing machine, sewing fabric is always a soothing and rhythmic process. Cuddle up on the sofa for some hand sewing, or get lost in the steady flow of your machine as fabric slides beneath its needle.
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Small Quilting Projects
Make unique handmade gifts that are quick and easy! Due to popular demand, Quilting Daily is offering this FREE quilting patterns eBook with five of our quick and easy quilt patterns. From our most popular way to use fabric scraps to a clever way to stand out with personalized luggage tags, this collection of free quilt projects has something for everyone.
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Surface Design and Fabric Dyeing Techniques
Batik is one of the oldest methods of textile dyeing available, dating as far back as 4th century BCE. Melted wax, often a mixture of beeswax and paraffin, is applied to cloth before dye is applied, creating the resist on the fabric. Each wax serves a purpose: the beeswax forms a good hold on the fabric and the paraffin provides the cracking effect, one of the main characteristics found on batik prints. This more traditional technique of batik fabric creation can be very time-consuming and labor intensive, sometimes requiring materials that are hard to find or use. Enter the modern, creative quilter, looking for a new way to explore the art of dyeing fabric. Using ingenious methods and common household items, artists were able to redefine batik techniques for a hassle-free, easy to use process.
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