Reader Challenges

Finish Fused Art Quilts the Easy Way

A quilt that is going to be used and washed needs a proper binding to keep it together. But with quilt art that hangs on a wall (such as mini-quilts) or is meant for other artistic purposes (such as artist trading cards, inchies, etc.), your options are wide open.
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Free Tutorials for DIY Screen Printing, Monoprinting and More

Printing on fabric is one of the easiest ways to create your own unique textiles. In our free eBook, Techniques For Printing on Fabric: Free Tutorials for DIY Screen Printing, Monoprinting and More , you'll learn how to make a silk screen, how to screen printing, gelatin and collograph monoprinting
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Learn to Use Sheer Materials in Fabric Collage - New Webinar

Do you know the difference between tulle and mesh? Organza and chiffon? Sheer fabrics can be a sheer delight in your fiber art. But there are special tricks and tips to selcting and stitching sheer materials in fabric collage.
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Get Expert Quilting Instruction On Demand

I've always found quilters to be a generous bunch, always ready to share a technique or some fabric from their stash.
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Deadline Extended for Modern Patchwork--Submit Today!

Good news, we have extended our submissions deadline for Modern Patchwork to May 31 and we'd love to hear from you! Modern Patchwork is our semiannual special issue focused on fresh and contemporary projects in the latest fabrics. We are looking for
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Embellish Your Art Quilts with Laminated Imagery

Of all the embellishment techniques you've used in your quilting, have you ever tried laminated imagery? I know I haven't. But when Stella Belikiewicz submitted her tutorial for using lamination to embellish her art quilts, we were captivated by the results.
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The Joy of Fabric Art Pet Portraits

A note from Vivika: While I'm on medical leave, my dog, Elvis, has been keeping me company. His presence--and frequent antics--lift my spirits. Pets are so important in our lives--and often in our fabric art --so today I thought I'd share this Q&A with Quilting Daily Community member Martha
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How to Bind a Quilt with a Whipstitch Binding

When you make a quilt, at some point you will have to consider the quilt binding . You may opt for an elaborate binding that makes an impact on the overall design, a simple and subtle binding, or no binding at all.
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New Deadline for Quilt Scene--Submit Your Project!

Good news, we have extended our submissions deadline for International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene to May 20 and we'd love to hear from you! International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene is our annual issue of fresh ideas for today's quilter, including
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Make a Quilt Supplies Wish List and You Could Win

Treat your mom (yourself, or a friend) this Mother's Day!
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Host Your Own Outdoor Dyeing Party

Last year about this time, I was inspired by a group dyeing adventure at the Interweave offices to host my own dyeing party at home .
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Let Your Sewing Techniques Take Wing

The more closely I watch birds, the more fascinated I have become with trying to capture their colors and textures using fabric and stitchery . I have developed a design and sewing technique for "capturing the moment" in cloth and quilting stitches.
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Quilting Arts Magazine, June/July 2013

Take an art quilting journey with our travel-themed issue full of must-try art techniques. Jamie Fingal shares how an Airstream trailer inspired her to get sketching and quilting. Enjoy working outdoors with Mickey Lawler's painting techniques using sun and sand for unique results, or set up a dyeing
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Challenge: Quilted Gifts Deserve Handmade Holiday Tags

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.
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New Webinar: Using Unexpected Materials in Fabric Collage

Fiber artist Deborah Boschert loves to include unexpected and surprising materials in her fabric collages-window screening, telephone cording, paint chips-it's all fodder for her fabric art.
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Thread Sketching and Thread Painting - New Free eBook

In The Art of Thread Sketching: Free Thread Drawing and Thread Painting Techniques , five quilt artists show you how to turn machine stitching into drawings with thread. Depending on the style and density of the stitching, thread sketching and thread painting can stand on its own or be combined with
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Speed Thrills: Machine Stitching on the BERNINA 7 Series

My husband bought me a cute little Italian car as a present recently. It's fun, efficient, and I can really buzz around in that thing (while still obeying all the traffic laws, of course). I look for the same qualities in a sewing machine. (OK, it
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Surface Design Tips: How to Make a Padded Surface for Fabric Stamping

I'm an equal-opportunity fabric monger: I drool just as much over hand surface-designed fabrics. I gobble up every new technique and have even tried some fabric stamping , ice dyeing, resist dyeing, and fabric painting. I love it.
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Your Quilt Could Be Here!

What's the best way to see your quilt or project in the pages of Modern Patchwork or International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene ? Submit your work to us! Modern Patchwork is our semiannual special issue focused on fresh and contemporary projects in
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Modern Patchwork Fabric Giveaway

One of the most fun aspects of working on Modern Patchwork magazine is poring over all the contemporary fabric collections we review. Collections are released throughout the year, but spring is an especially inspiring time to shop for new fabrics.
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Improvisational Fused Quilt Art: No Patience Required

My mother used to say to me, "Patience is a virtue." And I used to respond, "Why?" I am not a naturally patient person, and while I now understand the value of this virtue, I still like to skip to the "fun parts" whenever possible.
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Luke Haynes: A Different Perspective on How to Make a Quilt

At its essence, making a quilt is simple: create a quilt sandwich with top fabric, backing fabric, and batting between them and stitch it all together.
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Modern Patchwork, Spring 2013

Discover the Spring 2013 edition of Modern Patchwork ! You'll get more of what you've grown to love about this incredible special-issue including projects, informative articles for today's quilters and sewists, and quick and stylish items with a modern-day appeal. Featuring contemporary projects
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Spring Clean Studio Blog Hop

Live vicariously through this spring cleaning blog tour, hosted by Cheryl Sleboda
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Bring Flowers to Life with Machine Embroidery and Paint

Dimensional flowers lend beauty and texture to a piece of fiber art, but they are not easily accomplished. When I saw Barb Forrister's demonstration of how to make realistic looking flowers with a combination of machine embroidery and surface design techniques, however, I was intrigued and wanted
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Sketch, Stitch, and Embellish: Create Designs for Mini Fabric Art

Here's a little exercise that gives you a chance to flex your mixed-media stitch muscles and produce a little piece of fabric art .
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Use Surface Design Technique to Explore the Emerald City

Last year when Pantone announced its Color of the Year — Tangerine Tango — I was a fan. I like cheerful, sunny colors, and this one hit the spot for me. I could see using it in different modes, from fabric to embroidery, to surface design techniques .
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Announcing the "Text Me!" Reader Challenge Finalists

Thank you to all who participated in the "Text Me!" Reader Challenge. We received over 100 entries for this challenge and it was so hard to narrow down our choices. We are always amazed and impressed with the creativity we see in entries to
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Choices and Support - A Letter from Vivika

Every day begins with a choice. Today I choose to be supported.
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Customize Handmade Bags with Applique

I'm a sucker for bag and purse patterns. If they feature appliqué hexagons or are made with a fun, contemporary fabric, so much the better.
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Paint a Shibori Forest

Usually when we hear the word shibori, we think of dyeing . Shibori dyeing come from the Japanese term for several methods of resist dyeing using binding or tying, stitching, folding, twisting, compressing it, or capping to create patterns.
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How to Make a Patchwork Block with English Paper Piecing

Several years ago I was helping a friend clean out her neighbor's sewing room and we came across a beautiful piece of handwork. It was a hand-pieced patchwork block from a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt and it captured my heart immediately. Not only was it pretty and colorful, it also told
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In Stitches, Volume 10

Explore the tenth issue of Quilting Arts in Stitches! Imagine where your art quilts can soar with insight from innovative quilt artists, a multitude of new techniques, detailed photography, and more. This dynamic format allows you to view colorful slideshows of step-by-step processes, pan and zoom in
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Memory Quilts Made Easier with TAP

Recently, I was looking through pictures of bird art I've made over the years. After the winter we've had, just seeing this bird building its nest on the flowering apple branch makes me happy! Spring has arrived (by the calendar, at least) with coming soon, and that means that even if it snows
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Deadline Extended for QA Gifts Submissions!

Calling all quilters and fiber artists! The deadline for submitting to Quilting Arts Gifts has been extended to Tuesday, April 2nd !
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Spring Fabric Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to ChrisTolz, the winner of our spring-inspired fabric giveaway!
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Q&A with Zakka Patchwork Designer Ayumi Takahashi

Who doesn't love a quick and clever patchwork project, especially if the combination of fabrics and design practically guarantee the project will brighten your day?
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Quilting Arts Magazine, April/May 2013

Sit down with a cup of your favorite hot beverage and enjoy our coffee or tea themed issue. You'll find a foaming latte among the projects Jeannie Palmer Moore shows in her article about using Tsukineko Inks and colored newspaper transfer in your quilts or explore Connie Fahrion's innovative
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Free Webinar: Making Art Business Connections with Jane Dávila

Are you thinking of turning your art into a business? Do you have an art business but aren't sure how to spread the word? Do you want to use social media to promote you art, but aren't sure how to go about it?
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Deadline looms for 'Text Me!' Art Quilt Reader Challenge

In the February/March 2013 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine , we introduced our latest reader challenge, "Text Me!", encouraging you to make a quilt about how text inspires you. There is still time to submit your creation--the deadline is Friday
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Warm Up to Fabric Painting Techniques

Where I live in New England, it gets dark at about 4:30 p.m. in the depths of winter. So when Daylight Savings Time kicks in and the snow banks start to melt, I'm itching to get outside and do some fabric painting and dyeing.
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In Honor of Spring: A Fabric Giveaway!

In honor of spring, we're having another fabric giveaway! And while this "Shades of Black" fabric collection from Moda may not scream "spring," it is filled with fun floral patterns that are guaranteed to bring new life to your quilts.
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Quick Quilts that Fill a Void

Finishing a large quilting project is always satisfying. I feel such a sense of accomplishment. But I have to admit: finishing small quilting projects is almost as gratifying, and I can get that feeling of accomplishment so much faster!
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Imaginative Hand Sewing with the Buttonhole Stitch

As you read this, picture me curled up on a comfortable chair by the fire, hand sewing . Although that's probably not the case, it's certainly what I would like to be doing on a cold, snowy day, wouldn't you?
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The Art of Quilting Modern: What I Saw at QuiltCon

QuiltCon, the quilt show and convention presented by The Modern Quilt Guild last month was energetic and fun in so many ways. A real celebration of the art of quilting .
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We Made It! Magazine Bundle Giveaway Winners

Thanks, Everyone, we made it to 20,000 Facebook fans...and counting. Here are the winners of the magazine bundles: Englishteacher EmmaEileen granddad Marti Parsons lovesamarillo We will contact you and as soon as we get your mailing addresses, we'll
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Magazine Giveaway - Help us Get to 20K and Comment to Win a Bundle

I just noticed that we are closing in on 20,000 Facebook fans on the Quilting Daily page . Twenty thousand! To celebrate when we reach this milestone, I'm going to give away five bundles of Quilting Arts Magazine issues.
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Submit to Quilting Arts Gifts!

Here at Quilting Daily, we like to think ahead. That's why we're already planning our next issue of Quilting Arts Gifts , a special annual issue devoted to the art of holiday gift-giving. And we want you to contribute!
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From Old Metal to New Textile with Rust Fabric Dyeing

When I returned to New England from QuiltCon in Austin, Texas, this week, I couldn't help but notice: it snowed again while I was gone. Yes, while I was in the climate-controlled comfort of the exhibit halls surrounded by colorful quilts--and quilters--Mother Nature had thrown another heavy blanket
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Figurative Quilt Art: A Conversation with Kate Themel

In the April/May issue of Quilting Arts I have an interview with artist Kate Themel, and I'm so excited by her painterly machine quilting and our conversation, I decided to give you a sneak peek.
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Easy Silkscreen Steps for Unique Fabric Art

I've been playing with screen printing for fiber art a lot lately, in preparation for a surprise the Quilting Arts team has in store for you. (Trust me, you will love it.)
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Enhance Your Quilting with Surface Design Techniques: Creating Brushes in Photoshop Elements - Webinar with Margaret Applin

I have some news I think you're just going to love: Quilting Daily is hosting its first live online seminar Thursday February 28, Enhance your Quilting with Surface Design Techniques: Creating Brushes in Photoshop Elements , with talented mixed-media fiber artist Margaret Applin.
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Havel's Scissors Giveaway Winners!

The day has arrived to announce the Havel's/Fingal/Quilting Arts giveaway package winners. It was so hard to pick from all your wonderful comments, so I used a random number generator.
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How to Stitch with Pojagi Patchwork Techniques

About three years ago my friend Linda got me hooked on Pojagi. Ever since she told me about this beautiful Korean form of patchwork quilting , I've been experimenting with it
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Havel's Scissors, Fingal DVD, and Quilting Arts Giveaway

If you like to cut and fuse fabric, this giveaway is for you! If you're a regular reader of Quilting Arts , and of course I hope you are, you may recall Jamie Fingal's "Out of the Toolbox" article in the October/November 2012 issue .
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Valentine's Day Fabric Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to Carol Winkler, the winner of our Valentines-inspired giveaway!
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Easy Mixed-Media Hearts with Free-Motion Quilting

Here's a way to practice your free-motion stitching skills and add a mixed-media element to your machine quilting. In honor of Valentine's Day, it's heart art from our sister publication Cloth Paper Scissors, one of my favorite sources of fiber art inspiration.
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Quilting Arts will be at QuiltCon

In addition to live music, great food, a hip downtown, and an energizing Texas vibe, Austin will add one more credential to its impressive resume: home of QuiltCon! A basket of goodies similar to this one--worth over $500!--will be raffled at QuiltCon
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Make a Vintage Valentine with Hand Sewing Techniques

Hand-sewing techniques and embroidery are so much easier if you use the right tools. Sharp needles, tiny scissors, and exquisite threads are in every sewing kit, but the humble thimble is often overlooked.
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The Number 14 (and a Fabric Giveaway!)

I've decided that the number 14 is very romantic. Well, it's at least romantic to me. And no, it's not because February 14th is Valentine's Day (though that is what got me thinking about it in the first place). It's romantic for many more reasons than that!
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Got 20 minutes? Try Some Fabric Painting

I've found that setting aside 15-20 minutes a day of "play time" works for me. Whether it is spent hand quilting, making a patchwork quilt for a friend, or spreading paints or inks on fabric in my studio for some surface design fun — it doesn't matter to me as long as I am tapping
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Bump Up the Texture in Applique Quilts

I enjoy raw-edge appliqué for many reasons. It's certainly a faster way of appliqué quilting than than hand appliqué and I like the extra texture it brings to my fiber art.
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Announcing the 'Map It Out' Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our recent Reader Challenge, "Map It Out." We had almost 100 participants in this challenge and they led us north and south, inside and out. Even to the moon! It was very hard to choose but here's
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How to Make a Collagraph for Monoprinting Fabric

If you want to give your art quilts or fiber art a unique design, one of the easiest ways is with fabric painting and surface design techniques. And one of the simplest ways to apply fabric paints or inks in a unique way is with monoprinting.
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Text Me! -- Introducing our Latest Reader Challenge

Words have captivated humans since the dawn of the alphabet. Who has not been inspired by a Shakespearian soliloquy, riveted by a newspaper headline, petrified by a Stephen King novel, or touched by a child's first written word? Generations of artists
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Resolve to Save: Learn Fabric Dyeing Techniques

Last week I shared a pillow project by Candy Glendening, noting how the simplicity of the design allowed her hand-dyed fabrics to take center stage. Today I thought give you some insight into Candy's fabric dyeing process.
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Resolve to Save - and Achieve Your Quilting Goals

Over the past few years, I have found that making New Year's resolutions has helped me meet my quilting goals.
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1113: Quilter's Mishmash

We finish up this season with a quilter's mishmash, our "technical term" for some very unusual and different techniques to round out this season. Favorite stitcher Libby Lehman is back with expert tips to change your satin stitching from
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1112: Stitch Designs in Quilting

Whether by hand or machine, there is an endless array of patterns and designs to enhance your quilts. Laura Wasilowski starts out with tips for adding hand stitches to abstract quilt blocks for texture and style. Then, Angela Walters introduces the "tiles"
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1111: Adding Texture

There are many different materials and techniques for giving your quilts added texture. Ellen Anne Eddy is back with a continuation of a previous lesson. She has unique ideas on couching including a discussion of the feet to use. Then, Jane LaFazio returns
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1110: Stitch Meets Art

Stitching can be its own art form and transform your quilt design. Our first guest is Ellen Anne Eddy. She has a basic lesson on darning feet and tips for choosing batting. Then, meet Laura Wasilowski as she "arts up" a traditional quilt block
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1109: Nifty Quilt-y Techniques

We couldn't think of a better word than nifty to describe this segment's projects-they're surprising, innovative, and different! Ellen Anne Eddy is up first with corded buttonhole binding-it's a unique and nifty design element. Then, meet
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1108: Focus on Stitch

This episode focuses on stitching. It's a recurring theme this season and is an important part to just about every quilting project. Frieda Anderson starts out with a primer on free-motion quilting-learn the basics to get started. Then, Wendy Butler
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1107: Modern Quilting and Modern Stitching Explored

The modern quilt aesthetic has many elements that identify its style and we'll take a look at a few of them today. We begin with Penny McMorris and Anne Marie Chany, and a project that interprets modern quilts and offers a design challenge. Then,
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1106: Creative Approaches to Quilting

We all approach projects in our own way-sometimes we start with a color, sometimes it's a technique, and sometimes we unearth a forgotten tool to get us motivated. Libby Lehman is back with her favorite presser feet. Then, meet Luana Rubin for a discussion
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1105: DIY Quilt Studio and Organization Ideas

Organizing and cleaning up your work space is a great way to jump-start your creativity. We begin with a return visit from Libby Lehman and must-have sewing essentials for your sewing studio: your own quilting survival kit! Then, Pokey Bolton creates
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1104: Art Meets Tradition

The lines keep blurring between types of design. Design trends evolve and elements of traditional quilting find their place in modern design, and art quilting influences some very traditional looks. On today's show the two styles meet with great results
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1103: Innovative Stitch Techniques

Whether you're embellishing, piecing, or quilting, stitching is one of the most important parts of any quilt project. On today's show we begin with Libby Lehman and bobbin drawing. Learn how to adjust any bobbin for sewing with thicker decorative
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1102: Studio Play

The creative process is not always a straight line from point A to point B. A big part of design is learning how to play! Ginny Eckley starts us out with a way to combine several surface designs with a twist on pleating and tie dyeing with soy wax. Then
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1101: Exploring Modern Quilting

On QA TV we've always taken a contemporary approach to quilting. But did you know there is an entire movement known as modern quilting? It's a new aesthetic with clean lines and a graphic style all its own. On today's show we'll be exploring
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Practice Improv Piecing on this Patchwork Pillow

This morning, while the Quilting Arts team reviewed the projects we have for this year's issue of Modern Patchwork magazine, we noticed we have several patchwork pillows.
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Take a Quick Quilt-related Survey

What do you think? We want to know! Please take a look at the questions listed here and leave your answers in the comments section below.
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How to Make a Difference Through Quilting

As many of you know, I have a large family. With four children, it can be difficult to get time with each one of them individually to touch base, so having dinner together has become one of our important traditions.
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The Future of Quilting - Three Trends to Watch

Did you know I have a crystal ball? Oh yes! It's heavily embellished and gives me insight into what you can expect to see in creative quilting during the coming year. Detail of "Tranquil Marsh-Wild Iris" by Elena Stokes. (Photo by Elena
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Sandy Quilting Update

Though Hurricane Sandy wreaked its havoc nearly three months ago, those most affected by the storm are still working to put their homes--and their lives--back together. The rest of the country has moved on, but relief efforts still continue in parts of New York and New Jersey, where the damage was most
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Sewing Techniques for Quilters - A New Free eBook

In this free eBook, Sewing Techniques for Quilters: 5 Free Articles on How to Sew a Quilt Including a Sewing Tutorial on English Paper Piecing , we give you four options for how to sew a quilt from expert quilt artists, plus a basic guide to sewing machine techniques, including a quick reference guide
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Life Mimics Art Quilts?

Have you ever dressed to match your quilt? Accidentally or on purpose? My quilt and I match! Here at Interweave, the teams of Quilting Arts , Stitch , and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines take a few moments out each week to gather together for Show and
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9 Expert Fusing Tips for Quilt and Fabric Art

A lot of contemporary art quilters swear by fusing their fabric art . But if you've had a bad experience with fusing, maybe you just swear.
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Ideas for How to Quilt with Eco-friendly Methods and Materials

Our foremothers knew how to make a quilt using only what they had, from scraps of fabric to natural dyes. But, quilt making the frugal and eco-friendly way was easier for them:
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Quilting Arts Magazine, February/March 2013

Explore the cutting-edge art of 3-D quilts in Quilting Arts Magazine . This issue is packed with information and ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Spotlight artist Diane Núñez shares the techniques she uses for moving her quilts away from the wall with an innovative system of metal
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Modern Quilting Designs: Filling the Negative Space

Clean lines and contemporary versions of traditional quilt patterns are the hallmarks of modern quilting designs . And while many modern-style quilters like to use simple, straight quilting patterns, others like to use the wide-open fields of solid fabric to display a variety of quilting motifs.
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How to Choose Photos for Compelling Photo Quilts

In the coming year, I hope to spend more time focused on the things I am most passionate about, and my family and my creative pursuits top the list. Maybe I'll even combine the two, making a photo quilt !
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Enhance Small Quilting Projects with Surface Design

Judging by the comments on the Quilting Daily Facebook page, a lot of you received fabric and new quilting gadgets for Christmas — perhaps even a new sewing machine? If you're like me, you're now itching to use those new goodies in quilting projects .
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Now is the Perfect Time for Hand Sewing

As you read this I am on vacation, happily snuggled in on a chair by the fire with my pug, Elvis, peacefully hand stitching .
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Take Your Art Quilting Public Next Year

Whether or not you are celebrating Christmas, I hope you will think about setting aside some time — today or in the New Year — to think about one special gift: your ability to create art quilts and other fiber art. Is 2013 the year you will to bring your quilt art to a wider audience?
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You're Never Too Young to Learn How to Quilt

So many of you have told me that you learned how to quilt — or at least how to sew — at a young age. While passing on the tradition of how to make quilts went by the wayside for a couple of decades, recently quilting lessons had seen a resurgence, and many young people are signing up for
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Machine Quilting Advice: How Not to Quilt

I hate to admit it to myself and to others, but I really did just ruin a small pillow top by machine quilting it. You read correctly: I ruined a perfectly nice piece of patchwork.
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A Quick and Easy Handmade Gift Idea

OK, it's not quilting but sometimes you just need a quick and easy handmade gift , right? If you have some fabric and pillow forms or stuffing, you can make a pair of pillows in about an hour. How's that for a quick hostess gift or spiffy home
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Painting On Fabric: Tips from Judy Coates Perez

I always smile when I see the Fiesta Ornaments that Judy Coates Perez makes by painting on fabric , quilting the painted motifs, and then stitching on a frame of embossed craft metal.
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In Stitches Volume 9

Welcome to Quilting Arts In Stitches! This issue is full of wonderful techniques that will inspire you to create beautiful and unique quilt art. You can view colorful slideshows of step-by-step processes, zoom in and out on photographs to get an up-close look at the tiniest of detail, pause and replay
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Hold Everything! Coin purses make easy handmade gifts

With only a week or so until Christmas, I am feeling the crunch. It is always a challenge to balance everything that is expected this time of year. My kids have parties and concerts for school, there are presents to wrap, cookies to bake, and trees to
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Q&A with Art Quilter Kit Robinson

Kit Robinson is a passionate quilter whose work reflects her love of color and nature. Though many of the quilts she creates reflect the beauty of the landscapes near her Colorado home, she also has a number of thought-provoking pieces that express her political views. Kit was kind enough to take the
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Inside the Surface Design Mind - Q&A with Marcia Derse

Recently, I shared Marcia Derse's tips for making your own fabric stamps for resist dyeing . The way that Marcia came to surface design and incorporates fabric painting and dyeing techniques into her quilt art fascinates me so much, I thought I'd give you some insight into her thought process
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Announcing 'Coffee or Tea?' Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our latest reader challenge, "Coffee or Tea?" We had over 100 responses to this challenge and they were eye opening! It was hard to choose but here are the finalists: Judy Ahlborn Terry Aske Kathleen
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12 + 12 + 12 = Quilting Savings Today Only

We'll never see another date like 12-12-12 in our lifetime, so we're celebrating with a special sale featuring 12 top products from the Quilting Daily Shop at a very special price: $12.12.
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Quilt Art Design Tip: Use the Rule of Thirds

When making quilt art , whether you're creating artist trading cards (ATCs), mini quilts, or a larger wall quilt, there are certain tricks that can help you achieve a balanced and pleasing design.
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Modern Quilting Designs: Q&A with Elizabeth Hartman

Modern quilting , with its bold new contemporary style marked by graphic designs made from bright fabrics, is attracting young and old, new and experienced quilters.
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In Stitches Volume 8

Welcome to Quilting Arts In Stitches! This dynamic format is the ideal studio companion. You can listen to informative videos, zoom in on glorious photographs, and find inspiration in gallery slideshows.
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In Stitches Volume 7

Quilting Arts In Stitches features an abundance of stitching inspiration! In Issue 7, find articles about needle-felting, decorative stitching by hand and machine, fabric beads, stitch samplers, conceptual art quilts, free-motion machine lace, and much more.
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Show and Tell

Here at Interweave's Sudbury office, we have a lovely little tradition. Every Tuesday morning at 10:00, we circle up for a little Show and Tell. Those who have been working on projects bring them in and show them off, while the rest of us admire and are inspired. Though we only spend a few minutes
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Quilting Instructions for Cute Mini Stockings

Right now, I'm looking for quick quilting projects to make. Running through the file of quilting ideas I keep in my head, I remembered these sweet little free-motion stitched stockings by Diane Rusin Doran from Quilting Arts Gifts 2011.
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Ideas for Handmade Quilted Gifts

If you're looking for some ideas for handmade quilted gifts , I want to remind you of three of my favorites. Two are make-in-day projects. One is a little more involved, but worth the time, I think.
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Appliqué Quilts That Tell a Story

When I first laid eyes on Dijanne Cevaal's "Blue Travelers' Blanket," a rich example of appliqué quilting , I fell in love with it.
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Make Your Own Fabric Stamps for Resist Dyeing

Art quilting can be an expensive hobby. A good-quality sewing machine, specialty threads, and stacks and stacks of fat quarters, are just the beginning. It always seems like there's some new gadget, tool, or surface-design supply I absolutely must have.
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My Art Quilting Wish List Recommendations

On this Cyber Monday, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite digital products from the Quilting Daily Shop. If I didn't already have these inspirational and educational sources of quilting and surface design techniques, they would be tops on my wish list.
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The Bargains Go On And On

After a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family and friends, I'm now giving thanks for being able to find great deals without having to stand in line! Black Friday sale (on top of a sale) prices continue throughout the weekend in the Quilting Daily
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Quilting for Beginners: Don't Go it Alone!

How did you learn to quilt ? In my family, the women passed down needlecraft techniques like sewing, embroidery, knitting, and quilting.
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'Staycation' Fabric Winners

The winners of a selection of parfait ice-dyed fabric are Jean from Alaska, Lolly from N.H., and Jean from Pennsylvania. These are the postcards they created for the challenge! In the June/July issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, our theme was staycation
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Needle-Felted Fiber Art with Papers and Silk

Two of the most creative words in the English language — and least when it comes to fiber art — have to be, "What if?"
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Sandy Fabric Winners

Congratulations to msbe and SeeingStars! Please email your respective street addresses to mjibson@interweave.com so we can send your fabrics to you.
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Quilting Arts Magazine, December 2012/January 2013

Indulge your passion for fabric and thread in this issue of Quilting Arts. Experiment with stitch, print, dye, and paint and discover ways to develop your own personal imagery. Learn techniques such as collaged imagery with Margaret Applin, piecing with Ann Brauer, itajime dyeing with Jeanne Aird, deconstructed
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6 Easy Quilted Gifts to Make for the Holidays - Free eBook

In this free e-Book, Handmade & Holiday Gift Ideas: 6 Free Homemade Gift Ideas for Art Quilters , we offer you six easy gifts to make for your friends or your own home décor.
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Quilts for Sandy Fabric Giveaway!

Since my last post encouraged you all to make quilts for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, I thought it only right to offer you some fabric to quilt with!
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Tips for How to Appliqué Circles

Last week I blogged about tricks for machine stitching in circles . Today, I thought I'd share how to appliqué a circle.
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Quilts for Hurricane Sandy Victims

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many are asking themselves, "What can I do to help?" While volunteer efforts and cleanup projects abound, not all of us can pack up the car and head to the affected areas to offer our manual labor. Still, there are other ways to provide relief for those
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Blend Hand Sewing with Machine Stitching - 7 Tips to Try

Hand sewing and machine stitching can happily coexist on the same fiber art piece. Personally, I love to add hand stitching to my sewing projects, even if the bulk of the stitching is done by machine.
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Machine Quilting Circles - The Perfect Solution

During almost a year of sharing quilting ideas with you via the Quilting Daily blog, I've noticed something interesting: circles are popular. Whether the circles are sewn with hand stitching or machine quilting doesn't matter. Every time I write about circle motifs, the post gets a big response
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Enter to Win a Mystery Box Filled with Fabric - Winners Revealed!

We know you love fabric giveaways, but we decided to get them a little twist. We've got a Mystery Box on our Facebook page, filled with $150 worth of fabric from Moda. There's just a hint of what it looks like . . . it's a mystery, after all.
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Notes and Trends from the Quilt-Making Mecca

I just returned from the Quilt Market trade show in Houston, and my head is buzzing with ideas. There was so much to see: so many colorful booths filled with the latest fabrics, embellishments, and tools for quilt making .
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Don't Sew During Hurricanes

Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of anxiety and damage in the Northeast this week. At our office, most people worked from home on the stormiest day. My noble house, a 100+-year-old Victorian, withstood the driving rain and wind gusts but inside I was unsettled
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Quilt and Crafting Contests and Giveaways - Hurry to Enter

Several quilting and sewing contests and giveaway opportunities have crossed my desktop, and I don't want you to miss out. Check the deadlines: they're coming up fast!
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Easy Beaded Fabric Embellishment Techniques & Tips

Did you ever have one of those quilts that was almos t finished, but just needed a little something ? A little sparkle, a little more texture, a little oomph to catch the eye? Chances are, what the quilt needed was some embellishment.
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Contemporary Quilt Blocks: Add Interest with a Spin

One really has to marvel at the talent of our quilting foremothers. With basic geometric shapes and materials they had at hand, these (mostly) women made quilt block patterns . Then they made them their own, taking the traditional quilt blocks and putting their own spin on the design.
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Fall Art Quilts

Though we here at Quilting Arts are always looking to the future for the newest techniques and the most talented up-and-coming art quilters, I thought it would be a fun ode to Fall to take another look at some of the autumn-inspired art quilts from past Fall issues of Quilting Arts Magazine . So put
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Does Your Kitchen Have a Patchwork Quilt?

It is an occupational hazard ― I see patchwork quilts everywhere. My kitchen-inspired chevron patchwork pillow. I look down at hardwood floors, and see a strip quilt pattern underfoot. Walking past the stone walls in my neighborhood, I can hear feel free
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's such a festive time of year. Decorations are going up. People are dressing in their finery. Gift planning is underway. No, I don't mean Christmas or Hanukkah. It's almost International Quilt Festival time in Houston! While you're
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Bead Embroidery Stitches Add Sparkle to the Ordinary

I'd love to tell you that I am already working on my handmade holiday gifts, but honestly, it's not happening. I do like to give gifts with handmade elements like quilting and embroidery , but this year, I'll have to streamline those efforts if I'm going to get it all done.
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Sew Longer and Faster with Bernina 7 Series

My studio time is precious. When I get a chance to play with my fabrics and thread, I want to get a lot accomplished with few interruptions.
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Quilting Binding and Finishing: New Techniques in this Free eBook

If you think quilt binding and finishing is the least creative part of your quilt making, think again. Our free ebook Quilt Binding and Finishing: Free Tutorials on How to Bind a Quilt Plus Tips on Finishing a Quilt has been updated, with 13 creative — yet easy — techniques for finishing
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In With the Old, In With the New

We quilters are fortunate to have so many wonderful tools and materials available these days. I for one could not create my quilt projects without my 'holy trinity': rotary cutters, self-healing mats, and acrylic rulers. I can't imagine tracing
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Surface Design Collaboration - Take a Ride on the Renga

What do you get when six fiber artists pass a piece of fabric around, adding surface design as they go? When In Stitches Editor Jane Dávila first proposed the idea of applying the collaborative concept of a round robin to surface design , I was worried the result might be a mess.
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Winners of our Fabric Giveaway

I'm pleased to announce the two winners of our Moda Zen Chic fabric giveaway: lydianna and SusanW@8. Congratulations! Please contact me at klundblad@interweave.com. Thank you to the over 400 respondents for leaving your comments. Please check back
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Our Latest Magazine and a Fabric Giveaway

Most days, working at Quilting Arts Magazine is like being a kid in a candy store--if that kid is a quilter and the candy fabric, notions, and accessories, that is. Fabric, quilts, magazines, and books are our stock-in-trade. We're giving away this
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Quilt Art and Friends: Q&A with Leslie Jenison & Jamie Fingal

Ever since 2009, artists Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison have curated an annual juried invitational exhibit for a group of artists they call Dinner at Eight. This year's exhibit, with the theme "Rituals," debuted at the 2012 International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California
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Fabric Painting: An Easy DIY Technique

Fabric painting is a fun way to create your own distinctive fabrics for quilting and mixed-media fiber art. In the 2011/12 issue of International Quilt Festival/Quilt Scene , Bonita Rose Kempenich showed this very easy technique for how to paint fabric.
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Patchwork Owls: One Way to Show You Give a Hoot

When I saw Lynn Krawczyk's Wishing Owl plushies in International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene magazine last fall, I knew I had to make some of my own. Encouraged by her suggestion to jazz them up in your own way, I gave mine patchwork bodies made from vintage feed sack fabrics.
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International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene 2012/2013

Quilting Arts Magazine and Quilts, Inc. are proud to bring you the fourth annual edition of International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene ! With this latest issue, you will capture the best of the contemporary quilt world in a super-sized 148-page special issue. Discover incredible features including: •
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Show Us Your Mug Shot: Introducing our 'Coffee or Tea?' Reader Challenge

We can't help noticing: the only thing that gets quilters going more than fabric and thread is a dose of their favorite morning beverage. Some can't function before pouring a mug of Joe. Others don't feel complete without breathing in the
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Do You Prefer Coffee or Tea?

Like many, my mornings could not begin without a cup of coffee or two. OK, usually three. It is a routine, a ritual that I do automatically, always the same way. It starts my day with structure and familiarity. Atomic Coffee Break by bofogray Later, I
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Lotta Jansdotter Fabric Winner

Thank you to everyone who wrote about their gift-giving projects and plans on last week's blog post on the Quilt-in-a-day Patchwork Table Runner . Great ideas! And now, for the winner of the Lotta Jansdotter fabric squares: Annie-gram! Annie-gram
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Handmade Quilt Art - A Sisterhood Connected By Thread

Every Tuesday, the teams from Quilting Arts , Cloth Paper Scissors , and Stitch magazines gather in the common area of our office space for show and tell. Each week, we ooh and aah over projects big and small-from handmade quilts to encaustic experiments to toss pillow covers.
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Support Breast Cancer Awareness - Free Facebook and Twitter Art

I'm sure we all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer, whether it's among our own family and friends or in the greater art community. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and I'm pleased to let you know that over the next five days (through 11:59 PM MST on 10/5
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Quilt in a Day - Patchwork Table Runner

Small quilting projects like table linens, accessories, and home décor are perfect for the quilter who wants to create a handmade gift or refresh their décor or wardrobe — but has little time to spare.
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There's Another App for That - Q&A with Lisa Thorpe

It seems to me that the one constant on which we can rely in this world of technology is change. Just when I feel comfortable with a new piece of software or the latest digital platform, something changes.
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Empty Nest = Room for Quilting

I'm an empty-nester ... again. My 25-year-old daughter, who lived with me for the past year, just moved to the Pacific Northwest to start graduate school. Before she moved in, post-college, I had been alone for a couple of years. Of course I opened
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Use Screenprinting to Improve the Stash You Have

Maybe the most important lesson I've learned from Rayna is that rules and perfection are overrated — at least when it comes to surface design and art quilting. In fact, I think it's her laid-back attitude, coupled with a keen eye for color and design, that makes her such a brilliant artist
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Fabric Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of our fabric giveaway: Sewpro13 and tjmiata! Please email your respective street addresses to mjibson@interweave.com so we can send your fabric to you. Didn't win? We'll have another fabric giveaway soon, so be
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Still time to send us your staycation postcard, but hurry!

In the June/July issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, our theme was staycation and the fun things you can do with your fabric and art supplies without traveling far from home. We challenged our readers to create a staycation postcard - because who doesn't like getting a postcard from a friend or family
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How to Make a Quilt Sleeve, Step By Step

Put this in the category of "Why didn't I think of that?" A few weeks ago, Assistant Editor Kristine Lundblad came up with a terrific way to solve a problem we have at Quilting Arts .
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Endings, Beginnings, and a Fabric Giveaway!

This summer was one of the more eventful ones of my life. I graduated with my master’s degree from Boston University, got married, became an official resident of Massachusetts, started a new job with Interweave, and mourned the loss of my maternal grandmother—a woman who lived with my family
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Make Textured Photo Quilts with Digital Imagery

Digital imagery and products like digital ground make it easier than ever to print on fabric and create photo quilts . One artist who continually experiments with how to make a photo quilt is Wen Redmond.
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Quilting Arts Magazine, October/November 2012

Join the do-it-yourself movement with ideas and techniques from the contributing artists of Quilting Arts Magazine. Learn a versatile surface design technique from Carolyn T. Abbott to personalized your own fabrics, ways to improve your quilt photography with Maria Elkins, how to dye your own cloth with
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Introducing our ‘What's In Your Heart?’ ATC challenge and swap

Are you a hopeless romantic or a fool for poetry? Have you kept the love letters of your youth tucked in the corner of a lavender-scented shoe box? Has your idea of love and romance been shaped by a particularly juicy novel or a Hollywood heart-throb? The editorial team at Quilting Arts wants to know
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Win an Electric Hand Felting Machine Package from Simplicity Creative Group

When needle-felting machines came out, I got one, and I love the effects I can create with scraps of fabric and fibers.
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Wow us with your ATC

I am a hopeless romantic. My knight in shining armor is one, too. Every day, we show each other what's in our hearts with notes, texts, photos, and other tokens of affection. ATC by Pat Hobbs Well, you can show us "What's in Your Heart"
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Q&A with Modern Patchwork Artist Ashley Newcomb

I always love to hear how people began quilting. Did they make their first patchwork quilt at their grandmother's knee? Did they get bored and take a class that led to a passion? Did a friend drag them to a quilt show, and they were hooked?
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Texture in Stitching - The In Stitches 7 Blog Tour

You asked and we delivered! Starting today you can download Quilting Arts In Stitches volume 7 for your PC and Mac desktop computers, as well as for your iPad . We've arranged a fun tour of the blogs of some of the participating artists, so follow along and discover some fabulous art.
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Machine Embroidery Exercise for Blending and Shading with Thread

One of the differences between art quilting and traditional quilting as that in art quilting, thread is almost always part of the design. The choice of thread in machine embroidery , in particular, can affect the look of the quilt.
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Quilting Cat Caption Contest Crafts Five Winners

Cupcake the cat was flattered that so many humans took the time to craft a caption for her picture and vote on the clever entries. She wanted us to disqualify the people who referred to her, uh, size, and asked us to point out that the camera--and her
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'Quilting Arts TV' Heads into 11th Season

I'm trying desperately not to say "Lights! Camera! Action!" but, oops, I just did, didn't I? Sorry to be so cliché but I've just come back from the taping of "Quilting Arts TV's" 11 th season and I'm still
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Hand Sew a Fast and Scrappy Felt Circle Pillow

My living room sofa could use a few new pillows, which means I'm headed to the studio. I love making throw pillows, because they are easy sewing projects I can use to try out stitching designs and techniques.
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The Fall Fabric Giveaway Winner Is ...

The time has come! Ellen Myerly, you are the winner of the Fall Fabric Giveaway from Moda. Please send us your street address and we will get your fabric to you before the leaves fly. Thanks, everyone, for all your wonderful comments. You are all a busy
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How to Make Beaded Fringe

My wardrobe isn't fussy or frou-frou, but I do like to dress up and outfit with a unique — preferably handmade — accessories. For an evening out, especially around the holidays, I like to embellish with a little sparkle.
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Make a Monoprint with a Plate of Lace

Have you ever looked at a heavily stitched or textured textile and thought, "That would make a great pattern for printing?" Lace, embroidery, even free-motion stitching can all be inked up (or painted) for monoprinting and surface design .
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Summer's End - Fall Fabric Giveaway

The past three months have to go down collectively as one of the busiest summers of my life. Leave a comment to win these fabrics. On the home front, we've had out-of-town guests, significant birthdays, a burgeoning garden, and the usual family gatherings
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Quilting Arts Gifts 2012-2013

The latest issue of Quilting Arts Gifts is packed with ideas for all of your gift-giving needs this holiday season and beyond. Find inspiration from more than 30 holiday-inspired projects, including more than 11 gifts that can be made in an afternoon.
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Hand Stitch a Bevy of Boro Bobbles

Hand sewing is the foundation of needlecraft, and quilting is no exception. But trust art quilters to take needlework and turn it on its head!
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Quilting Arts Gifts 2012-2013 is here!

The latest issue of Quilting Arts Gifts , Holiday 2012-2013, is now available! With over 30 festive projects, you will be inspired to make ornaments and gifts, home decor items and handmade journals, and much more. Eleven make-it-quick small quilting
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4 Free Patterns for Quilted Table Linens - New eBook

In this new downloadable eBook from Quilting Daily, 4 Free Patterns for Quilted Table Linens including Quilted Placemats, Napkins, and Quilted Table Runners , you'll find projects that will help you set an artful table.
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Add Depth to Fabric Art with Double Thread Stitching

Being on set when we taped the most recent Quilting Arts Workshop TM videos was a real education. Not only did I learn how the videos are taped (very efficiently!), but I also picked up lots of tips for quilting and fabric art .
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The Joy of Patchwork and Japanese Fabrics

I have a long history of finding, buying, hoarding, and using Japanese fabric. I can't bear to part with even the tiniest scrap. I am always looking to incorporate a piece in my patchwork projects.
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Submit a Caption, Win a Bundle

Quilting Daily invites you to submit captions for this feline fiber artist and vote for the best one on our Facebook page . The top five vote-getters will receive a bundle of magazines.
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Patchwork Mug Rugs Make Quick Quilted Gifts

I have made bed and lap quilts, holiday table runners, and other large-scale quilted gifts and décor. But more often I make small quilted gifts that come together quickly with the sewing machine and my abundance of fabric scraps.
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Sew Steady Table Winner Announced

Today's the day! Thank you so much to everyone who "liked" our Quilting Daily Facebook page and participated in our Sew Steady Table giveaway contest. We hope you'll continute to join in on the discussons we have there and learn about
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Does Your Surface Design Do the Tango?

Blues and greens are perennial favorites in fabrics and surface design . I love them, too. But, would you be surprised to find out that several people respond to our question with "orange"?
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How About a Gold Medal for Quilting?

If you have Olympics fever but your favorite sport is guiding fabric under the feed dogs of your sewing machine, perhaps you might like to know what kind of competitions, exhibits, and shows are available for you to enter your quilts. Luckily, we've
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Make a Memory, Quilt for Hope and Support

Sometimes fiber art is for art's sake: the joy of creating with color and texture. Sometimes, though, we imbue our artwork with meaning: memory quilts to honor a loved one's passing, journal quilts that recall special-and ordinary-days, story quilts that tell the world how you feel about an issue
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Make Your Quilt Art More Spontaneous

As a woman with a job, teens and pre-teens living under my roof, a husband I like to spend time with, a large extended family, and a long commute, I don't have much opportunity to be spontaneous. Even my art quilting is often pre-determined, as I try to complete long-promised gifts or projects for
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Giveaway Fabric Supply is Dwindling

In the June/July issue of Quilting Arts Magazine we offered to share our stash of hand-dyed fabric strips with you, our readers, as part of our reader challenge: creating a "Staycation" postcard. We have been delighted by the postcards we have
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Quilting Arts August/September 2012

Discovery and creativity abound in the newest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Focused on the art of the embellished quilt, this issue is overflowing with unique applications of beads, paint, ink, felting, and more. Explore profile artist Diane Savona's unique methods of burying embellishments under
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Quilt Binding Techniques for the Creative Quilter

I may have mentioned that binding a quilt is my least favorite part of the quilt-making process. But I've realized that if I'm going to reduce the number of UFOs in my studio, I'm going to have to learn how to bind a quilt in a way that I enjoy.
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Summer Fabric Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Summer Fabric Giveaway! ChristyC@6 and MAH4 have each won a roll of Moda Fabric in summery themes. Please contact me at klundblad@interweave.com with your street address so we can send your fabric to you. Didn't
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Art Business Tips - Advice on How to Get Published

When I started writing for publications like Quilting Arts® Magazine a few years back, other fiber artists asked me, "How did you get published?"
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Sew Steady Table and Accessories Giveaway

When you're quilting — especially free-motion quilting — having a level surface around your machine makes stitching so much easier. Sew Steady Portable Table and Accessories. "Like" the Quilting Daily Facebook page or be an existing
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Great News! The Desktop Interactive eMag Versions Are Back

We are thrilled to announce that because of the passionate response from fans of our desktop eMags, we will be reversing our decision to publish our eMags exclusively on the iPad and will be releasing them once again for the desktop PC and MAC viewing experiences.
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Summer Fabric Giveaway for Your Quilt Art

What could be better than sea breezes and New England cottage gardens? Fabric with sea and floral motifs, of course! I have two rolls of Moda fabric, and I'm giving them away to two lucky commenters. Summers in New England are pretty idyllic. With
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Create Three-Dimensional Fiber Art from Nature

The scene I see from my kitchen window is never the same from day to day. The changing view reminds me that nothing in life is permanent. It reminds me to slow down and appreciate beauty when I see it. And to apply it to my fabric art whenever possible.
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QATV to the Rescue!

We all have them. They keep us up at night and disturb our days. They confound us, frustrate us, and challenge us. Oh, those darned Unfinished Objects (UFOs)! Do you have a quilt that needs help? Would you like to have Pokey Bolton discuss possible solutions
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How to Add Dimension to Your Quilt Art

Stitch Technical Editor Mary Walter has a long history with quilt art including running a quilt shop, teaching classes, and judging contests. Here, she shares one of her own projects that includes art quilting techniques that create dimension.
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Marbled Fabric Painting - Ancient, Yet Modern Surface Design

I could easily while away a day — or a weekend — turning plain white fabric into a range of beautiful hues through fabric painting and dyeing.
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Hand Sewing Doodles for Every Day - Tips on the Feather Stitch

Every time I think I that I am too busy to make any art, I come across an artist who has found a way to fit fiber art into her day — even if it is just a bit of hand sewing .
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Improve Your Screen Printing Skills with These Tips

A few weeks ago I shared some of Margaret Applin's tips for creating a unique digital fabric design . Today I want to pass on her expertise for Thermofax screen printing .
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Favorite Fiber and Fabric Art Projects in One New Free eBook

There are so many beautiful fabrics and fibers in the world, why limit yourself to making quilts with them? No reason at all! Especially when you have this free eBook, Textile Art Techniques for Quilters: 5 Free Fiber Art and Fabric Art Projects .
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Experiencing a Photo Shoot

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
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How to Use Watercolor Art in Surface Design

A note from Vivika: Today our topic is mixing fiber art with wet media (specifically watercolor) to use in surface design . So, I called in my mixed-media colleague Cate Prato, Editor of Cloth Paper Scissors Today , to serve as guest blogger. Take it away, Cate!
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Fabric Giveaway Winner

First of all, I want to thank all of you for sharing your wonderful memories - it was truly a treat to read them! The randomly picked winner of the fabric bundle is Linda B@9 ! Linda, please email me at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing address
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Announcing 'What's Your Signature Color?' Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our latest reader challenge, "What's Your Signature Color?" We had over 150 responses to this challenge and we were thrilled with the rainbow of entries that were submitted!
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Quilt Design: Block Printing Secrets

Fiber artist Cynthia St. Charles, a former first-grade teacher, has this gift. Watching her demonstrate how to design your own quilt using hand-carved printing blocks, I was so impressed by her ability to explain the process clearly, artist to artist.
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What's Your Quilting IQ? Take Our Mini Quiz to Win!

We know our Quilting Daily readers are an intelligent lot, but just for fun, we thought we'd put you to the test. Art by Rose Hughes. Take a good look at this image of "Heartfelt Landscape" by Rose Hughes, then follow the link to answer
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An Interview with Lida Enche - and a Fabric Giveaway!

First of all, the winner of last week’s giveaway is vlove1215 . Please email me at lmurray@interweave.com and I will get you your fabric! I had the pleasure of interviewing Lida Enche about her second fabric collection, Painted Summer, for In The
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Hand Embroidery Tips and Tricks

Idle hands were frowned upon in my house when I was growing up. There was always something to do. If I wanted to watch TV (and I wanted to watch TV!), I had to be doing something productive at the same time. So I would sit down with either knitting or embroidery , and watch to my heart's content
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Multi-colored Fabric Dyeing - One-of-a-Kind Sketchbook, Part I

A note from Vivika: The is the third in a series of guest posts by fiber artist and fabric dyeing expert Candy Glendening. Be sure to check out her tutorials on how to dye baby clothes and free-motion machine quilting a motif for a baby t-shirt , too
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Perfect Handmade Gift: Stitch a One-of-a-Kind Sketchbook Cover, Part II

Now that you've dyed a spectacular piece(s) of multi-colored fabric , it's time to show it off. What better way than to make a one-of-a-kind Sketchbook? Featuring a piece of multicolor fabric with a thread-sketched abstract mum design on the cover, this cover holds a 7" x 10" coil-bound
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Summer Scorcher and a Fabric Giveaway!

Today is a true Boston Summer scorcher - and I couldn't be happier. The only thing that is getting me down is the fact that I am inside for this 100 degree weather. I do know, however, that a lot of people out there think that this weather constitutes
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Fabric Painting Tips from Judy Coates Perez

Although I consider myself a mixed-media fiber artist, my media are mostly dry: fabric, fibers, paper, and thread. I do dye fabric. But fabric painting ? That's an area of surface design I haven't explored much.
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What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

What does "modern quilting" mean? There are a lot of opinions on what modern quilting is — and isn't. But one thing's for sure, modern patchwork quilting is hot right now.
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Digital Design for Screen Printing: Tips for Making it Work

I've heard it said that artists see what others don't see. Fiber artist Margaret Applin has a way of taking a familiar surface design technique and turning it inside-out to create designs and textures with a different look.
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Announcing the Winter Wonderland Ornament Challenge

The editorial team at Quilting Arts Magazine ® is inviting fiber artists from around the world to make a fabric art ornament for our first Quilting Arts Gifts reader challenge. We'd love to see your interpretations of our theme: Winter Wonderland
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Sharing the Love of Quilting Arts

The June/July issue of Quilting Arts Magazine is here and it is my first complete issue--I joined the team in February as Assistant Editor. Putting an issue of Quilting Arts together is both complicated and exhilarating. There are proposals to review
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Summer Quilting

Over the weekend I decided to go outside and get some color for my upcoming wedding (Yes, I was wearing sun screen!). I searched around for a good quilt to take outdoors and realized that I didn’t really have any I was willing to use outside. Then
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How to Make a Modern Patchwork Quilt Fun and Functional

The first time I laid eyes on Malka Dubrawsky's quilts a few years back, I sat up and took notice. Now, here was someone who was taking basic patchwork quilt blocks and giving them a fresh and contemporary spin using color and freehand cutting and piecing.
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How to Make a Quilt with Metal as an Embellishment

I'm pretty sure that when most people think about how to make a quilt , "metal" isn't the first thing that pops into their mind. But there are so many ways you can incorporate metal into your quilts and wall hangings, adding texture, dimension, shine, and that element of surprise.
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Hand Stitching Tips and Tricks

I for one am always impressed by quilts that have been quilted by hand. There is nothing like the texture of a quilt that has been hand quilted. While I admire other people's hand quilting , I have always found it to be a rather d aunting task. But
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Learn a Newsworthy Technique for Your Quilt Art

Lately I've become interested in adding paper to my quilt art . There are so many different ways to do this; I could make a paper quilt, make fabric paper to use in an art quilt, or even just stitch paper directly onto a fabric collage.
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Freshly Picked Baby Outfits: Free-Motion Quilting

This post will show you how to sketch free-motion machine quilting designs like a bird motif on a bright piece of fabric and embellish the shirt to create the cutest little outfit.
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We're Throwing a Quilting Modern Blog Party!

Some things in life are worth celebrating, like the launch Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts . This new book is a huge milestone for quilt artists Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen, two pioneers in the modern quilting movement!
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How to Make Etsy Work for You (and the fabric winner from last week)

OK, first off the winner of last weeks fabric giveaway is danby miller ! Please send your mailing address to me at lmurray@interweave.com so I can send the fabric to you! How to make Etsy work for you An interview with artist, author, and dedicated Etsy
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How to Make a Fiber Art Pyramid

My head is still full of all the sights and textures of Quilt Market in Kansas City. I'm processing all the trends I saw there and considering how they translate to the kind of quilting and fiber art we do here in the Quilting Daily community.
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How to Dye: Freshly Picked Baby Outfits

A note from Vivika: I'm happy to introduce you to Candy Glendening, who is going to be a guest blogger for the next four weeks, teaching you how to combine dyeing and stitch. Candy has been a guest on 'Quilting Arts TV,' has her own QA Workshop video, and has appeared in several Interweave
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How to Quilt in the Future

A trip to Quilt Market is like time traveling to the future. And I'll tell you, the quilting future is filled with fabric. Specifically, the future is about how to quilt with your own fabric or fabric by a designer.
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81 Tips on Free-Motion Quilting and Thread Sketching Techniques - free eBook

In this free eBook, Free-Motion Machine Quilting Techniques: 81 Tips for Free-Motion Quilting, Thread Sketching and Quilting Motifs , three highly respected quilt artists, Frieda Anderson, Robbi Joy Eklow, and Susan Brubaker Knapp share their knowledge and expertise for successful free‑motion quilting
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Quilting Arts June/July 2012

Our “Staycation” issue is full of fresh and innovative techniques, including creating hand-dyed fabric, surface design, and machine quilting. Enjoy inspiring work from our talented readers, an exhibit from the QUILTART group, and much more!
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A Little Office Excitement - and a Fabric Giveaway!

When at the Sudbury offices of Interweave it is always good to expect the unexpected. Our latest unexpected event was the fire alarm going off at about 10:00am on Monday morning. Let me tell you, our fire alarm is LOUD. It was actually painful it was
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Hand-dye Some Fabric With Your Friends

Several friends and I got together this past weekend to enjoy a beautiful, warm spring day and eating, drinking, laugh ing— and dyeing fabric by hand! Our dyeing party started with these colors. Ranging in age from 13 to 70-something, our band of
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Hand Sewing Q&A with Deborah Boschert

I often look at someone's art and wonder who inspired them to quilt, embroider, and stitch. Did they start by hand sewing or go straight to the machine?
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Vote on Our Supply Showdown

I just got back from Quilt Market in Kansas City. We had a blast, but my oh my were there a lot of new fabrics, notions, and surface design supplies to see. It was overwhelming...almost. I almost rode away with a bike basket full of supplies at Quilt
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Community Rules Update - Please Read

Hi Everyone! We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of the community here and to let you know about some updates to our Community Rules and Guidelines . The social media landscape has changed a lot since we established our community here. You may have noticed the social sharing
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Quilting Arts Episode 1013: Colorful Illusions

We often explore different ways to create unique surface effects with paints or dyes, and this episode’s designers share some very interesting ways to add and take away color. First up Jo Fitsell presents a fabric marbling technique using stencils
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1012: Artfully Pieced

Contemporary quilters are redefining just what modern means. First, Heather Jones presents a scrappy contemporary log cabin pillow with a modern quilt aesthetic. Then meet Deborah Boschert for illuminated letters—using text as a design element for
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1011: It's One-of-a-Kind!

One of the trademark characteristics of art and artists is uniqueness. Artists pride themselves on taking a personal approach to the artistic process. This results in work that reflects their personality and is one-of-a-kind. Jo Fitsell is our first artist
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1010: Art Meets Stitch

This episode looks at thread and stitch and their impact on projects. Rebecca Kemp Brent starts us out with a small drawstring bag. All sorts of stitching is prominent, from the machine-embroidered redwork designs to the enhancements with needle felting
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1009: It's a Color Conundrum

Color has the ability to change the look and focus of a quilt, especially when it comes to fabric choices. Our guests on this episode change or modify their initial fabric choice for a brand new look. We begin with Rayna Gillman and a fabric makeover
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1008: Stitch, Quilt, and Finish

It’s hard to define the common elements of an art quilt, but at the most basic level all have stitching, quilting, and finishing plus the added element of a contemporary attitude. This episode begins with a segment taped on location with Valori
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1007: Paint and Dye

One key element of quilt design is fabric. Learn to create your own fabrics with paints and dyes for truly one-of-a-kind patterns. First, Marcia Derse begins with techniques for painting fabrics with silk screening paints. Hand painting fabric creates
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1006: Creative Quilting

Every once in a while we need to jump-start our creativity. Maybe it’s finding a new source of inspiration or a new supply, and sometimes it’s as simple as learning a new technique. This episode does all three. First it’s simple shibori
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1005: Quilts at Play

Quilting is all about having fun—don’t take yourself or your quilting too seriously. We begin with Heather Jones as she stretches her improvisational piecing skills with an easy wall hanging. Then Deborah Boschert is back to create a sheer
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1004: Free-Motion Work

Free-motion stitching is a favorite topic for art quilters; unique thread patterns are an all-important layer in contemporary quilting. We begin with Ellen Anne Eddy and her free-motion techniques for making flower motifs. She’s making pattern-free
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1003: Make it Work!

How do you make your quilting work? What determines if all of the elements come together in a harmonious way? This episode looks at some of the ways to have a finished project where all of the “pieces” come together! First up Helen Gregory
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1002: Experimental Quilting & Surface Design

This episode introduces some experimental concepts using both thread and paint. Learning is a lifelong process in every endeavor and especially in something as creative as quilting. Ellen Anne Eddy starts out with a demonstration of free-motion bobbin
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Quilting Arts TV Episode 1001: Modern Day Quilting

Contemporary quilters are redefining just what modern means. First, Heather Jones presents a scrappy contemporary log cabin pillow with a modern quilt aesthetic. Then meet Deborah Boschert for illuminated letters—using text as a design element for
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Making Something New from Something Old

It's never too early to start thinking of gift-giving season, and I've been busy plotting, planning, and designing things already. I know it's still spring but here at Quilting Arts Magazine we're already working on our annual holiday
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How to Design Mini Quilts for Maximum Impact

Small art quilts are fun to make and generally take less time than larger art quilting projects. I especially like working on small quilt wall hanging and fiber art pieces like prayer flags because they are usually portable.
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Vintage Quilts at Brimfield Fair (and a giveaway winner)

First of all, Congratulations to Quilnan for winning the fabric! Please send me an email with your mailing address so I can send the fabric out to you! This past weekend, my fiancé and I went to the Brimfield fair. I have been hearing about this
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Inspiring Dyeing Advice from Jane Dunnewold

I have to say that the most fun I've had at Quilting Arts so far--and I've had a lot of fun--is the parfait ice fabric dyeing party the QA team organized for everyone in our Sudbury office. Not only was it exciting to watch the ice-dyed fabrics blossom into spectacular, colorful surface design
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How to Dye Fabric with Fungi

It's common knowledge that certain mushrooms are associated with dying. But did you know they can also be used for fabric dyeing ? And if you're thinking, "Sure, but who wants boring brown and gray dye?" think again.
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Some of my Favorite Fabrics... And a Fabric Giveaway!

For me, this is the hardest time of the year to inspire myself to get into my studio. The weather is warming up, the days are longer, and I want to spend more time outside. That being said, I think that it is important to get crafting at least once a
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Make Fabric Art to Soothe a Child

What do you do with a sick child? After the visit to the pediatrician, the diagnosis of strep throat, the journey home via the pharmacy and supermarket (Popsicles), and before plopping in front of the television ("Toy Story"), we made some fabric art .
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"What If?" reader challenge finalists announced

Go to our Blogs tab and click on Reader Challenges to find out if you are a finalist in the "What If?" reader challenge. Thank you to all who participated in this challenge and congratulations to the finalists! Kristine
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Color in Quilting Designs: Q&A with Cover Artist Carol Taylor

Carol Taylor is one of my very favorite quilt artists, and I was thrilled to be able to feature her work on the cover of the April/May issue of Quilting Arts . Carol uses color to stunning affect in her quilting designs , and I thought you would be interested in reading about her approach to color.
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Announcing "What If?" Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our latest reader challenge, "What If?" This challenge seemed to affect many of you deeply, and your stories were sometimes funny, sometimes heartrending, and always touching. We thank you all so much
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Customize Your Buttons with Surface Design

In reality, can you ever have enough buttons? To me, it seems that no matter how many I collect, there are times when my stash is lacking just the right button to complete a quilt's surface design .
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My New Inspiration to Quilt

Over the weekend, my fiancé and I adopted our first pet – a 1 year old rescue cat we named Ringo Star. He is adorable, and both of us absolutely love him. Naturally, since I am trying to think of ideas for decorating all of the wall space
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A Foiling Technique for Writing on Fabric

Incorporating words into your artwork can literally help get your message across. There are many ways to put text on your textiles using surface design techniques like screen printing, fabric painting, digital image transfer, and simply writing on fabric.
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Hand Embroidery Tips for Contemporary Fabric Collage

Fiber artist Deborah Boschert and I share a love of hand embroidery . Although hand embroidery stitches are often associated with antique and vintage textiles, Deborah uses classic embroidery stitches to add interest and texture to her contemporary quilts and fabric collages.
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Time is Running Out for "What If?" Reader Challenge

Time is running out to submit to our "What If?" reader challenge! Use your quilting skills to t ell us about your "what if" moment. The entry deadline is Monday, April 30, by 5 p.m. EST. For more information, visit http://www.quiltingdaily
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Grab Some Friends and Get Away

What's better than a weekend away with the girls? Adding quilting, of course! I was lucky to get away with six friends recently, and we rented a house for the weekend in Rockport, Massachusetts.
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Have a Creative Summer with your Kids (and giveaway winner is announced!)

With summer fast approaching, many parents with kids are scrambling to figure out how to keep their kids entertained for the summer—without letting them indulge in hour upon hour of screen time. Enter this wonderful book by Heather Swain, a mother
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How to Personalize a Baby Quilt

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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Fabric Tins for the Kitchen - plus a fabric giveaway!

I might have mentioned a few weeks back that my fiancé and I were moving into our first house. We LOVE the house, are thrilled to be in it, and are slowly making it our own. I am trying to keep costs down by thrifting, using what we already have
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Fabric Painting Advice From The Kemshalls

Note from Vivika: Today I've asked mixed-media fiber artist Jane Dávila, who is also editor of the eMags Quilting Arts In Stitches and the new Surface Explorations to share farbic painting tips she learned from Linda and Laura Kemshall. Take it away, Jane !
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Introducing a New eMag: Surface Explorations!

I have some exciting news —drum roll please —our newest eMag called Quilting Arts Surface Explorations is now available! In this eMag we will be delving into the world of Surface Design and bringing you new techniques, projects, as well as
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Embellish on the Fly: Tips for Sewing Beads on the Go

I have just realized — like so many others with busy lives — that if I'm going to get any of my own artwork done, I'm going to have to squeeze it in on the fly, embroidering by hand here and sewing embellishments there.
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Free Modern Patchwork Quilt Pattern: Nine Patch Rearranged

Whenever I visit my local quilt shop, I delight in the displays of fresh new fabrics, all cut and folded in beautiful and unique ways. Jelly rolls? I have them at the ready for strip quilting and quick patchwork projects . Fat quarters? They are tucked into baskets in my studio.
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Machine Quilting: Avoiding the Dreaded Nest

This time of year, I am “nest obsessed.” The birds are chirping outside my office window, and the robins especially are actively searching for blades of grass and small twigs to use in their nests. These architectural wonders may seem like
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Sharing Your Work With Others

One of our core values here at Interweave, the parent company of Quilting Arts Magazine , is “make it fun.” (I know what you’re thinking: How cool, right? Yes it is!) Parfait ice dyeing. Just layer PFD fabric, ice, and dye. Quilting
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An Easy Quilt Binding Technique for Small Quilts

I will be the first to admit that quilt binding is not my favorite part of the quilt-making process. I understand that binding a quilt frames it and, done correctly, enhances the design of the body of the fiber art piece. And of course, if you're going to use a quilt (rather than hang it on a wall
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Create a Portable Wall for Quilt Designs

When it comes to creating quilting designs , one of the most useful tools to have is a design wall. I know I'd be lost without mine (or at least, I would make good design decisions less consistently). There is something about taking your fabric pieces and other elements off the table, putting them
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Free Pattern for a Gadget Case

Right now I have traveling on the brain. For Easter, my fiancé and I are going to Ireland to spend the holiday with his family. I am more than excited— not only am I meeting his family in person for the first time (unless Skype counts as
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Patchwork Sewing Patterns You Can Make Your Own

I'm so inspired by fabrics and the endless combinations you can create. Maybe that's why I'm particularly drawn to patchwork sewing patterns . Once you start working with them, you can easily change out the fabrics and alter the arrangement.
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Fabric Painting on the Wild Side

When I think of fabric painting , Mickey Lawler's Skydyes and the wholecloth quilts of Hollis Chatelain and Judy Coates Perez come to mind.
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Modern Patchwork is now available

We're pleased to announce our latest special issue, Modern Patchwork Magazine, is now available for pre-order. Click here to learn more and to order your own copy: http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/specialissues/archive/2012/03/28/modern-patchwork
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Modern Patchwork 2012

Modern Patchwork is a special issue of Quilting Arts Magazine for today's quilters and sewists . Featuring quick and stylish items with a modern-day appeal, Modern Patchwork 2012 is packed with inspiration! The contemporary and fresh aesthetic of these projects pays tribute to the modern revival
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Incredible Ideas for Shrinking Fiber Art

From the moment we start learning to work with fabric, we're taught that shrinking means disaster. But when it comes to fabric art , shrinking — before or after you stitch — can be a friend to your design.
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Share Your Sewing Story with Coats & Clark

Coats & Clark is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.
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New Free eBook on Quilting for Beginners

If you've wanted to learn how to quilt but didn't know where to begin or didn't want to take on a big projects, our new free downloadable eBook, Quilting for Beginners: 5 Easy Quilt Patterns Plus Lessons on How to Quilt for Beginners , is for you!
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Pass On Your Passion Winners Announced

We so enjioyed reading all your Pass On Your Passion stories. And now, here's you reward: the winners announced. Winner of The Best of Quilting Arts and QATV Series 900 DVD set (One gift for the winner, one to pass on to a friend): ErinF@3 who wrote
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Pass On Your Passion: Stitched and Quilted Bag Patterns

We're nearing the end of our Pass On Your Passion celebration of National Craft Month and Giveaway Extravaganza , so I thought I'd sneak in a few more treats for you to enjoy and pass on to others. Today I'm sharing three easy quilted bag
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Use An Art Journal to Inspire Quilt Designs

Over and over I've heard fiber artists talk about the power of keeping a sketchbook or art journal. Keeping a sketchbook can help you develop quilt designs and quilting motifs, record patterns and textures you see on your travels, and jumpstart your creativity when your muse is on vacation.
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Announcing "From Sketch to Art Quilt" Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our latest reader challenge, From Sketch to Art Quilt. We received 114 entries, and the photos of your quilts and sketches truly impressed our editorial staff. This challenge seems to hit a chord with many of
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Announcing "From Sketch to Art Quilt" Reader Challenge finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of our latest reader challenge, From Sketch to Art Quilt. We received 114 entries, and the photos of your quilts and sketches truly impressed our editorial staff. This challenge seems to have hit a chord with many
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"What's your Signature Color?" Reader Challenge

Whether you love hot pink or cherry red, deep navy or aqua blue, you probably have a signature color. The folks at Pantone® have decided that 'Tangerine Tango' is the 2012 color of the year, but maybe your personal palette leans towards a
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Quilting Arts April/May 2012

Indulge your passion for color in the newest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Create colorful cloth with stencils, rubbing plates, crayons, dye, and paint. Stitch together bright and bold scraps to make a unique canvas for embellishment, learn the modern quilting technique of perfect quilted circles
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More Pass On Your Passion Giveaway Prizes Added

In the spirit of Interweave's Pass On Your Passion celebration during National Craft Month, I am announcing an additional prize package for our giveaway, plus a giveaway from Candy Glendening. I'm giving away two packages of Quilting Arts back
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Sew Many Fresh Ideas for Quilt Blocks

This year, we'll be bringing completed nine-patch quilt blocks for the charity quilt. In honor of the day we're meeting, St. Patrick's Day, each quilt block with have a green square in the center.
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Quilting Arts TV recap

As I mentioned in my last post, I attended the Quilting Arts TV (season 10!) taping in Cleveland, OH last week. I had so much fun meeting with some of my favorite artists, watching the show being taped, and of course getting to see Pokey Bolton again
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Not Just for Kids - Easy Fabric Painting and Resist Technique

Sometimes an idea for surface design is so simple, you wonder why you never thought of it before. That's how I felt when I first saw Rose Hughes' tutorial on using crayons — the kind kids use, nothing fancy-as a resist method with fabric paint.
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Pass On Your Passion for Quilting (Giveaway)

Quilters are passionate about fabric, thread, embellishments, embroidery, surface design, and a whole lot more. But I think what we're most passionate about is sharing our artwork and techniques with others. To celebrate National Craft Month, Quilting
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How Hand and Machine Embroidery Affect Your Quilt Design

We're just a week away from the deadline of our current reader challenge , "From Sketch to Art Quilt," and I can't wait to see the results from our talented readers. (You still have time to submit!)
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Quilting Arts TV taping and the winner of the Machine Gloves

First off, congratulations to Cindy Hennes for winning the gloves from last MOnday's giveaway. Cindy, please email at lmurray@interweave.com, with your mailing address so I can ship them out to you. This week I am in Cleveland, OH at the Quilting
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Modern Patchwork Quilts: How to Free-Piece the Blocks

I love the new modern patchwork quilt designs with improvisational piecing and simple, clean lines. And I'm not alone: these graphic, contemporary quilts with off-kilter blocks and wide expanses of solid colors appeal to a wide range of quilt artists.
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Gelatin Monoprint Mash-Up (or How to Disguise Bad Fabric)

Earlier this week I blogged about using stencils to create faux appliqué. Today I'm going to talk about another surface design technique: using gelatin monoprinting and stamping or screen printing to create your own fabric-or turn an ugly piece of fabric into a thing of beauty.
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How to Applique a Quilt the Faux Way

As I explore the possibilities of surface design, one of the things I've noticed is that you can use paint, foil, dye, and so on to make your fiber art look like it has appliqué quilt designs .
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in Stitches vol. 6 Blog Tour Kick off (and a Giveaway!)

I am so excited to share the latest issue of Quilting Arts in Stitches with all of you. Volume 6 is jam-packed with great free-motion tips, unique ways to incorporate stitching into your work (think 3D birds!), and even a bit of history about stitching
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How to Sew a Quilt with Dense Echo Quilting

Echo quilting is a sewing technique that can add texture and lushness quilts. It is one of those quilting techniques that can take some practice and patience to learn, but it's well worth the effort. And a bit easier to do if you know a few tricks of the trade.
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In Stitches Volume 6

The latest issue of Quilting Arts In Stitches (volume 6) features an abundance of stitching inspiration! Learn new techniques and exciting twists on existing techniques with interactive features such as colorful slideshows, pan-and-zoom photographs, informative videos and detailed illustrations. Get
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Quilting Books in my “to read” pile and the Fabric Winner

First off, congratulations to mrsracer , you won the fabric giveaway from last week! Please email me at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing information so I can send the bundle to you. I often see a quilting book and KNOW that I am going to be sitting
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Use Your Scraps Fast with Our New Small Quilting Projects eBook

In this e-Book, 7 Small Quilting Projects: Free Designs for a Quilt in a Day, Small Quilts, and Other Quick Quilted Projects , some of our favorite fiber artists present artful and quick quilting projects and sewing patterns you can quilt in a day or weekend.
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A Quick Trick for Piecing Patchwork Quilts

One reason why many quilt artists prefer to fuse rather than piece their quilts is because piecing can be time-consuming.
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Happy Valentine's Day! (Want to Win Some Fabric?)

Happy Valentine’s Day! I am a huge fan of this holiday. Any excuse to celebrate love is good in my book. My wonderful Fiancé somehow slipped a bouquet of roses and a frog stuffed animal (I ADORE frogs) into my bedroom this morning. Talk about
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How to Sort Fabric Art Scraps - Or Not

The other day someone asked me how I sorted all the scraps I use for my fabric collages. I laughed ruefully and said, "I sort them by color in drawers."
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Hand Quilting: Do You Pass it On?

Recently a coworker brought in a treasure she'd acquired while visiting a friend in the Midwest: six vintage handmade quilt squares. Each one had been carefully pieced using the tiniest of hand stitches.
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Want Advice on How to Save Your UFO?

Right now we are gearing up for the next season of Quilting Arts TV. Per usual we are planning on featuring a few UFOs of our readers. Your host, Pokey Bolton, will help you solve the conundrum of how to finish that project that has you scratching your
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Trouble-shooting Tips for Machine Quilting and Embroidery

Like any other technique, "painting" with machine embroidery takes practice to get the result you want. And there are many technical variables that come into play, such as tension, choice of feet, the warp and weft of the fabric, and type of machine quilting thread used.
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Fabric Painting Without A Brush

While looking through past issues of Quilting Arts Magazine and past episodes of "Quilting Arts TV" for ideas, one easy method of surface design caught my eye.
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A Quilt for My Mom (and the Fabric Giveaway Winner)

First off - Congratulations to quiltnc , you won the Moda fabric bundle! Please send me an email at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing information so I can send the fabric out to you! In my last post, I had very high hopes about how much I was going
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Unplug with Japanese Sashiko Hand Sewing Projects

Hand stitching is one of my favorite ways to enjoy some unplugged studio time, and Japanese sashiko is one of my favorite hand sewing techniques.
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What Are You Up to This Weekend?

My fiancé, Fergal, is working on Saturday so I am going to “work” too. We are closing on our first house in a little less than 2 weeks (!!!!!) and there are a few things that I want to make before we move in. My mom was the recipient
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I'm New to Surface Design - Got Any Advice?

One of the things I'm looking most forward to as editor of Quilting Arts Magazine is learning more about surface design.
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How to Make Flower Quilt Designs That Pop

Flowers are one of the most popular motifs in art, and quilting designs are no different. From antique quilts to the most contemporary quilt design, the flower often takes center stage.
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The Crafter’s Guide to Taking Great Photos blog tour

THE CRAFTER’S GUIDE TO TAKING GREAT PHOTOS BLOG TOUR We’re kicking off a fun new blog tour today to celebrate the international launch of Heidi Adnum’s book, The Crafter’s Guide to Taking Great Photos , which is now available in
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In Stitches Volume 5

Today’s leading quilt artists bring their tips and tricks right to your studio! Introducing the latest eMag from Quilting Arts...in Stitches 5! Explore all of the interactive features, like slide shows of images that you can zoom in close enough to see every stitch, and videos you can play, pause
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Get Our New free eBook with Easy Resist Fabric Dyeing Techniques

Batik is one of the oldest methods of dyeing fabrics for surface design. Using hot liquid wax as a resist for dye, batik yields beautiful patterns and rich colors.
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Making a Journal Cover... and the Winners of Last Weeks post

First off, congratulations to Cheryl Goyer and hollywolly for winning the Riley Blake fabric giveaway from last week! Ladies, please email me your mailing information at lmurray@interweave.com by February 1 st so that I can mail the fabric bundles out
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4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

I love the idea of being able to repurpose some of my designs that I have painstakingly created in appliqué or collage, and printing them on fabric. It would be a wonderful way to quickly and easily make a whole coordinated line of fabrics that I could then use to make lovely fabric art gifts
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How to Organize Quilting Supplies

I love fabric and quilting supplies, and I try to keep them contained. But sometimes I look around my studio and think, who let the hurricane in?
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Get Inspired to Keep Your Crafting Resolution (and a fabric giveaway to get the new year started off right!)

This is going to be a big year for me, and although I am not one to wish my life away, I cannot wait for the exciting stuff to get here! I am meeting my fiancés family (in Ireland) for the first time over Easter, buying a home with said (amazing
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Sewing Patterns for the Patchwork & Vintage Textile Lover

I have a ton of vintage textiles that I like to incorporate in my artwork. I have been using many of my more fragile pieces in my Prayer Flag Project, stitched to sturdier pieces of muslin or linen.
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Announcing the Time Flies Reader Challenge Finalists

If you've ever listened to Frank Sinatra's "It Was a Very Good Year" and felt a little nostalgic for the good old days or perhaps have a favorite memory or moment in time that makes you smile whenever you think of it, then you know how
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New Life for Your UFOs with Re-imagined Quilt Designs

It's a new year: have you made any fiber art-related resolutions? One of mine goals for 2012 is to complete — or repurpose — at least one UFO (unfinished object) in my stash, and I'll bet that might be on your list, too.
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A Gift of Nature in Fabric and Embroidery

I am so enjoying my new role as Quilting Arts Magazine editor and am excited to be joining the Quilting Daily team. There are so many tips, tricks, and techniques I'm looking forward to sharing with you, and I hope you'll share back on my blog.
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Happy New Year! The Winner Is . . .

Happy New Year, everyone! May 2012 bring peace, joy, love, and lots of quilting! The winner of the giveaway for my signed copy of The Best of Quilting Arts is . . . CC in WI Congratulations!
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Embellishment Techniques to Make your Pet Portraits Pop

You know I'm passionate about my pets; I'm particularly taken at the moment with the newest addition to my menagerie, Clarence.
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Fabric Dyeing with a Side of Mashed

Now that I'm all moved in down here in Houston, I'm ready to get cooking on some fabric dyeing and other surface design techniques.
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Best of Quilting Arts Book Giveaway!

Guess what? Santa came a bit early to me this year, dropping a box of freshly printed copies of The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration on my doorstep.
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Go from Flat to Fabulous with Hand Stitching

Sometimes I think I'm finished with a quilt. I've surface designed it, free-motion stitched it, maybe even appliquéd it. But it still looks a little flat. It needs a little . . . something.
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Fabric Painting Tip: Don't Go Near the Water

Has this ever happened to you? You're in the midst of a good surface design session, blissfully working with fabric paint, masks, screens, stamps, etc., to create your own textiles.
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Affirmative Quilt Challenge – Finalists

Hello! First off, the winner of the Birch Fabric giveaway is NicoleNR . Nicole, please email me at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing information. I want to congratulate our "Affirmative Quilt Challenge" finalists. They did an amazing
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Quilting Arts February/March 2012

Celebrate art quilt collaboration in the newest issue of Quilting Arts . Learn about the award-winning Coastal Quilt Artists, a husband and wife quilting team, and the Twelve by Twelve challenge group. Create stitched fiber photographs, make a monoprinted art quilt, and construct an artful and embellished
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Announcing the New Editor for Quilting Arts!

A couple of months ago I announced a few sizable changes at Quilting Arts (you can read more about those changes in this post ). Now I’d like to share the fantastic news that we have a new editor for Quilting Arts! Meet Vivika Hansen DeNegre, a
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Breaking Down the Quilt Block

When I first became interested in quilting, I spent hours staring at traditional quilt squares trying to figure out how they were pieced. Some, like the log cabin pattern, are pretty obvious.
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Machine Embroidery Designs: No Perfection Required

We often advise artists to practice, practice, practice if they want to improve their machine embroidery skills. But practice doesn't have to make perfect. In fact, I recently spent time with two artists who embrace imperfections in their machine embroidery designs.
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Interview with QA Cover Artist Cynthia St. Charles

A warm welcome to the December 2011/January 2012 Quilting Arts cover artist Cynthia St. Charles. Not only is Cynthia an incredibly talented and prolific quilt artist, but she's also a repeat Quilting Arts cover artist and a frequent contributor to
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It's Hip to Make Quilt Squares - 4 Free Quilt Block Patterns

These days, in the quilting and sewing world it's hip to be square. The popularity of modern patchwork designs means that fiber artists are creating — and clamoring for — contemporary quilt block patterns for quilt designs and other patchwork projects.
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An Art Quilting Pattern of Success: Q&A with Helen Gregory

Last week, my colleague, friend, and co-conspirator Helen Gregory took over the reins as Editorial Director for Interweave's Quilt, Paper, and Sewing Group.
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5 Fast and Easy Sewing Projects for Handmade Gifts

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.
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Jumpstart Quilting Designs with an Easy Sketchbook Exercise

I usually have a variety of quilting designs kicking around in my head at any given time. But often, when I finally get around to actually designing a quilt, I draw a blank. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by fabric and surface design choices. Other times, I just don't know where to start.
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Photographing Your Quilt Art: It's All in the Angles

As someone who has been looking at quilt art and photos of quilters' art for more than a decade, I can tell you that it's not that easy to get good pictures of fabric and fiber.
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Surface Design Delights: A Cornucopia of Love

On this Thanksgiving Day I am in transition. I'm settling into my new Houston digs in preparation for my fresh adventure with Quilts Inc. while still consulting for Quilting Arts and preparing for the next season of "Quilting Arts TV."
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All in the Details: Use Machine Quilting to Add Texture

Choosing the right machine quilting pattern for your piece is as important as the thread and fabric selections.
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Calendar Giveaway Winner + A Glimpse inside the QA December 2011/January 2012 Issue

A huge thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway for a Quilting Arts 2012 calendar. I loved reading your stories about your art quilting memories from 2011! The randomly chosen winner of the calendar is kjheaverlo. If you could please email me at
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Sewing Patterns Art Quilters will Love

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 collected for inspiration and amusement.
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An Interview with Birch Fabric's Cynthia Mann -- and a Fabric Giveaway!

I always love to discover new fabric. There is something wonderful about seeing a new line or pattern. My head starts to kick into high gear and I think about all the different ways that I could use this new found fabric. I have fallen in love with the
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Worry-free Quilt Designs with Digital Photos: 6 Tips

I've been using digital photos as a basis for my quilt designs for quite some time now. Digital technology has improved so much, too.
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There's a Science to Creating Colorful Fabric Art

Why is fiber artist Candy Glendening holding up a dye chart that looks like the periodic table of elements? Her training as a research scientist made it seem like the most natural thing in the world to do.
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