Atkinson Designs: “Tag Along Tote” Project: Tag Along Tote designed by Terry Atkinson, featuring “Urban Couture” fabrics by Basic Grey. Click here for bag pattern. Click here for fabric collection. Finished Size: 7” x 8” x 2” Skill Level: Confident Beginner Techniques: Free Motion Quilting Binding Basic Bag Construction Useful Supplies: Machinger’s Quilter’s Gloves (click here) Fusible Fleece (click here & here) Aurifil 28 weight thread for machine quilting, top-stitching, and bag construction. Project Description: The pattern states: “For a fast fashion statement, make this tote in your favorite colors. I’ve made a lot of bags lately, and some pattern designers clearly stand apart from the crowd. I love the way this little bag comes together. Also, the fabric requirements are simple. Disclaimer: This blog is meant to illustrate the ease of bag construction, and demonstrate some useful tips. Let’s get started… Quilting fabric “sandwiches” for a bag is a good opportunity to practice free motion quilting.
Videos! Okay, you guys! I'm a bit camera shy when it comes to videos, but with the help of my son Jeff, I'm working on some videos to show you how to do various things like using specialty rulers. You will find these videos below! 12/13/2013: Cutting with the Easy Angle Ruler: 11/29/213: Cutting with Tri Recs Rulers: 11/29/2013: Sewing with Tri Recs Rulers: 11/29/12: Flying Geese with the Easy Angle ruler and Companion Angle Ruler: Pinning Tutorial! These next two videos are from the Double Delight mystery years ago, but shows how I pin to match point to point --and show how I web a block together! This little video shows how I trim square in a square units:
America's Quilting History, Quilt Styles and Quilting Myths Travel from Colonial times through the Civil War and theVictorian era up to the 20th century quiltmaking revival. Including the styles that you expect like Baltimore Albumand Crazy Quilts and others that will surprise you. Native American, Black American, Mexican American Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts. Discover how researchers have separated fact from myth.The truth can be more interesting than fiction. Links to resources and a search of selected sites. © 1998 - 2012 Judy Anne Breneman Do not reproduce any material from this site without permission. Find more Breneman and other quilt sites here.
Free Videos Of Quilting Techniques For Quilt Making This is a list of quilting videos I have found useful. These videos show a specific technique in a short and precise manner. If you know of one you think should be here, let me know! Here's a tip for those on dial-up: click the video to start it loading, then click the pause button and minimize it. The video will continue to load while you do other things. When you are done, come back and hit the Play button. Binding Miter Tool - how to use this tool to make binding with the corner presewn. by Jackie Robinson Cathedral Windows in three dimensions. Chain Stitching example HST (Half Square Triangle) Methods Hand Quilting - a close up video by Ann Miller Titus How to add a flange border as a piping accent to your quilt. How to make a Stem Stitch Embroidery Stitch for Redwork using size #8 Perle Cotton explained by Pat Sloan. How to use the June Taylor ruler to quickly cut strips for your project. Flying Geese Methods Making Flying Geese using the Quilt-in-a-day Flying Geese ruler.
Amish Quilts -- A Thing Of Beauty in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country Amish women of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country have been creating exquisite Amish quilts since the mid-1800′s (and some believe even earlier). Amish quilts are an expressionof frugality. They not only serve a practical, functional purpose, but serve as a form of entertainment as well. Many times groups of Amish and Mennonite women gather for a quilting bee. The bee is a form of socialization and relaxation for these women. It’s a time when they can get together to visit and “catch up” with one another once their household duties have been completed. More recently, this social gathering has turned into a business enterprise for many Plain women. There are a couple large quilting events that take place in the Lancaster County area each year. For quilt-making supplies, see our Quilting Supplies & Fabrics page. Quilt Shop at Miller’s 2811 Lincoln Hway. Quality. Coupon Almost Amish Lancaster County, PA 866-471-4614 AmishQuiltShop.net 717-545-3360 or Toll Free in US: 877-235-3360 Amish Country Quilts
Quilt History - A short introduction to period quilting By Lady Sarah Davies c/o Karen Evans 5 Deerfield Drive Easthampton, MA01027 aol.com The word "quilt" summons a host of images: thrifty pioneer housewives piecing elaborate patchworks for their families; album quilts signed by every member of a community as a gift for a departing mayor or pastor, or perhaps raffled for a worthy cause; perhaps even a wholecloth petticoat worn by a colonial dame as she danced with George Washington, or a brightly colored scrap quilt made by a grandmother or aunt during the Depression. The popular image of the quilt is of the quilt is modern, calico, and American. The problem with this familiar stereotype is that it doesn’t go far enough. The word quilt is derived from the Latin culcita, meaning a padded and tied mattress similar to a Japanese futon. It appears to have originated in Asia sometime before the first century C.E. The next evidence of quilting in Europe appears in a French poem of the 12th century, La Lai del Desire. --------------. Rae, Janet.
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