Sarah J. Pierce, a Florida artist, has recreated some of the ladies from Leisure Suit Larry game in fabric and thread. The small quilts are 8″x10″ and use splash-dyed fabrics for things like hair and skin color variations. – [via] Link.
With nearly 8,000 people having signed up for the Handmade Pledge already, a lot of WIP (works-in-progress) photos are beginning to pop up on Flickr and across the blogosphere. One that particularly caught my eye is this striking quilt by Steph DosReis. I love the clever use of applique, as well as the combination of […]
The quilt my mother made me is falling apart. It seemed as soon as I moved to Arizona (a much drier climate than previously), the fabric started to crack and shred. Does anyone know why this would happen? My cat doesn’t scratch my quilt at all. If you have any idea, post in the comments. […]
Happy Zombie has a quilt pattern to make her Jingle Jolly table runner. I love the pattern! Link.
Amandajean of Crazymomquilts is having a Quilt -A-Long. Each week for the next 12 weeks, she’ll show you how to make 1 special quilt block. At the end of the Quilt-A-Long, you’ll have 12 blocks, enough to assemble into a finished quilt top! Link.
Check out the new special issue of Quilting Arts Gifts, perfect in time to start making your holiday gifts. Pictured here starting at the top left (clockwise) Tower of Snowflakes by Helen Cowans, Holiday Advent Calendar by Judy Coates Perez, “Celebrate Home” created by Tracie Lyn Huskamp, and the Holiday Cheer Wine Bag by Brenda […]
Kevin of Feed Dog points us to his finished quilting project. This card catalog quilt fetaures blocks are 3×5″, the size of cards from those lovely old-school library card catalogs. The cards were then inkjet printed and detailed with grommets. See more photos in his Flickr and read more about it on his blog. Link.
