The next meeting of the Textile Study Group of New York will feature a lecture by quiltmaker Emiko Toda Loeb. Emiko Toda Loeb, Japanese-American quiltmaker, best known for her reversible quilts built upon a traditional “log cabin” foundation using American and antique Japanese fabrics. The two sides of these quilts are so surprisingly different from […]
Shannon at knitgrrl points to the beautiful genome quilt designs of Beverly St. Clair, where she has created a way to encode DNA information into her quilt art. Pictured above is the Human Red Cone Pigment Gene. From the site, Beverly’s origins of her genome quilt designs: My idea for genome quilts grew from the […]
Marmadaisy made a duvet cover in 2 days by overlocking three strips of fabric together and then cutting them into smaller pieces. It is a pretty clever idea for a patchwork experiment.
Happy Zombie pointed us to Anyone Can Quilt’s extensive post on machine quilting 101 that’s filled with lots of tips. My favorite is using 505 fabric spray fix to baste your quilt instead of all those safety pins!
Oh, Fransson! has been experimenting with vintage sheets and rick-rack to create these bright, playful quilt blocks–and luckily for us, she shows us how she did it.
House on Hill Road has a tutorial on the Sew, Mama, Sew blog on how to sew a summer beach and picnic blanket.
Craftster user Tangerine_Dreams did a fantastic job making the Color Wheel Quilt from Joelle Hoverson’s book Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts. I especially love the colorful backing fabric she chose, which coordinates in a really playful way.
