Quilting
Up until fifty years ago, the overwhelming majority of women could sew. All the women that I knew as a child sewed and knitted and manufactured some of the clothes for me and my four brothers. When I was eight or nine, I and each other child in my class was taught the fundamentals of knitting and before I went off to college, my mother taught me how to take up my jeans, sew on patches and repair my clothes.
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If you’ve been involved in a quilting community for some time, you will be acquainted with just how popular roses are for a quilt pattern. If you are not, lets just say : a lot!
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If you’re into quilting, then you may have a quilt (or several quilts) that you’ll be wanting to keep for as long as possible. To keep them in good shape, there are one or two straightforward things you can do.
If you’ve put together a few quilts, chances are at least a couple of them have been patchwork quilts. If you’ve got a couple under your belt and have yet to do a patchwork one, now is a great time to start!
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Interested in sewing or quilting? Are you considering purchasing a new sewing machine or updating your present stitching machine that you use for your quilting jobs? You wont just be quilting but you do wish to have a machine which does quilting well. There are a bunch of factors to consider when it comes to buying the best sewing machine for quilting, or any sort of sewing task for that matter. The following is a simple guide for getting a new unit which will help you complete your quilting jobs with ease.
Rolling on with our series on must have quilting tools, we come to
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If you missed out on our previous article we covered the different types of scissors (and the reason why they are a life saver) and covered the finer points of cutting mats.
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For those of you who are new to quilting, you ‘ll find that there are as many ranges of styles and techniques as there are quilters. Everyone has their own methodologies, ideas and habits.
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If you’ve never heard about “Sashiko” before, don’t feel bad, it isn’t the most common of quilt designs out there. While there’s a strong following, not everybody has a Sashiko quilt.
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Welcome back to our must have quilting special. In prior articles, we covered the basic tools that without them, it’d be almost impossible to make a quilt.
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