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  • Quilting for Profit, Even in Slow Economies
    If you love quilting and would like to make extra money to help your family through these tough financial times, there's no time like the present to start a quilting related business!
  • Quilt Patterns for Dog Lovers
    There are almost as many dog quilt patterns as there are breeds of dogs!
  • Get Away and Quilt
    Most avid quilters have more than one project going at a time. Often, there's one quilting project that gets put aside so long that it seems almost impossible to complete. If you find yourself in a quilting rut, maybe it's time to consider quilters retreats.
  • Making Rag Quilts
    If you are a beginner quilter looking for near-immediate gratification or an old pro who wants to create a different look, why not try one of the rag quilt patterns on the market?
  • Great Gifts for Quilters
    To pick the perfect gift ideas for quilters you know, it's important to know what kind of quilting they enjoy. It's easy enough to ask if you don't already know.
  • Gifts for Quilters
    Christmas gifts for quilters are abundant and fit in any budget.
  • Piece or Applique Christmas Art into Quilt Patterns
    When you find the right Christmas art, quilt patterns to showcase it usually fall right into place.
  • Using Free Fonts to Personalize Your Quilts with Letter Applique
    There are thousands of fonts available free of charge on the Internet. Starting your letter appliqué quilt pattern search on a free font website is a good idea.
  • Sue Garman Quilt Patterns
    Sue Garman quilt patterns delight whimsical and traditional quilt lovers
  • Use Your Embroidery Machine to Quilt? You Bet!
    Machine embroidery offers exciting options to quilters.
  • Custom Applique Designs are Easy to DIY
    Creating a custom applique is easy. Simple drawings can help your custom applique dream become a reality...and you don't have to be an artist.
  • DTG Printing Gives Natural Look Quilters Love
    Direct-to-Garment printers offer photo options for quilters.
  • Painted Quilt Blocks on Display
    Iowa quilt blocks on barns bring in tourists and promote the art of quilting.
  • How are Quilt Blocks Named
    As you look through a book with hundreds of quilt blocks, several interesting things pop up. You will probably discover quilt blocks with a different design while having the same name. Likewise, you will find quilt blocks that look the same yet have different names. How did this happen? And what is the inspiration for naming quilt blocks in the first place?
  • Elements of Your Quilting Design
    Effective quilting designs don't need to be intricate and detailed to be effective. A quilter might choose a pattern that simply echoes the pieced or appliqué design, outlines a particular design feature, or creates a grid or series of parallel quilting lines.
  • Doll Quilts - Antique Style
    Girls in the early nineteenth century were trained from the time they were very young in what was thought to be their life's work. Before sewing machines were common in homes, hand sewing was important for girls to learn since they would likely be stitching all of the clothing, linens and bedding for her home. It seemed natural, then, that doll quilts would be the perfect practice piece.
  • And I Thought Making a Needle was Simple
    It has been said that the invention of the wheel was the milestone that changed the future of mankind. But, consider this. The man who invented the wheel was wearing animal skins that had been sewn together with a needle. Being able to sew skins together to craft clothing for warmth and protection enabled Stone Age men to remain in northern areas of the globe, thus breaking away from their nomadic existence.
  • Beautiful Fabric Designs Coming From the Sun
    Sunprints are fun and easy to make, and the good news is that you don't need to be a chemist to make them. You don't even need to have the chemicals around. It is easy to find pre-treated fabric to make your sunprint, yet the process is basically the same, and your result can look modern, or take on an antique look
  • Tying Your Quilt with Something Different
    Quilters want to finish their quilts, but often by the time they get to the quilting stage, the quilting design presents a challenge or the time to actually quilt the quilt is overwhelming. So the quilt just sits in a box or on a shelf. Tying a quilt can get the quilt finished in just a few hours for someone to enjoy.
  • Create an Interesting Design for Your Quilt with Simple Shapes
    Quilts and quilt designs are created by combining blocks. By changing the shapes of the pieces within a block and/or changing the placement of the colors of the pieces, you can create a whole new quilt design while keeping construction of your quilt the same.
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