In all my trips up to Portland, Oregon, I’ve yet to be able to make the trek out to the Pendleton Wool Mill Store. I’ve read so many great stories about the place from Diane and Pam, that it will be at the top of my “Must Do” list the next time I get up […]
Leah Evans of Madison, WI, stitches up these incredible quilty textile pieces that resemble aerial views or topological maps. [Thanks, Matt!]
Kim at True Up points us to this amazing quilt from Sherri Lynn Wood. She started a quilt along for the Mod Mood Quilt during the summer, but the archives are still active, so you can go back and learn how to make your own.
By Christine Koh My daughter Laurel and I love working on creative projects – she says she wants to be a designer when she grows up so we can work together. And since this summer represented our first summer off (prior to elementary school Laurel attended a year-round day care), I thought it would be […]
Kate of Two Little Banshees shares a great tutorial for putting together this baby quilt using six different fat quarters of fabric.
I love this 2000 piece by artist Elizabeth Demaray: This is a view of a 10 ton 1957 Nike-Hercules Nuclear/Conventional Warhead, sitting on its launch pad. I have upholstered it in eighty-eight yards of light blue quilted satin. The piece involved softening and familiarizing this object by hand mapping it in its silo at the […]
George Hart on Make: Online writes: The traditional craft of quilting can be used to make many mathematical forms. While quilters have always used geometry to work out repeating patterns, some modern quilters go further in using mathematical objects as the subjects of their quilts. Here are two impressive examples by Sarah Mylchreest and Mark […]
