Quilting
In 2006, My sister-in-law, Lorraine, turned me on to quilting when we went shopping for fabric for a king-sized quilt she offered to make for our guest room. I’ve made several quilts since then and each time I try to incorporate new techniques or styles I haven’t used on previous projects. I’m now quite addicted…RSS Feed to Hobby Stash » Quilting
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Victory Quilts – 3006
The sixth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers the Broken Sugar Bowl and Contrary Wife blocks… [vimeo id=”2465921″…
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Kaleidoscope Star: Hand Basting
With all my previous quilts, I’ve used the pin basting technique. When I ran across Sharon Schamber’s Hand Basting a…
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Organizing Fabric Tips
I certainly will give this one a try! [youtube id=”rkTlaMqRlwo” width=”600″ height=”350″]
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Victory Quilt: Hope of Hartford
The second block in Eleanor Burns’ fifth video for her Victory Quilt series is the Hope of Hartford block…
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Victory Quilt: Army Star
I enjoyed making this block using Eleanor Burns’ technique. Army Star is also featured in my Blue Lagoon quilt…interesting how…
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Kaleidoscope Star: Lesson 3
I’ve really enjoyed this series of lessons from All Our Quilts. I chose to do the intermediate lesson for this…
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Victory Quilts – 3005
The fifth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers the Army Star and Hope of Hartford blocks. [vimeo…
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Victory Quilt: Sky Rocket
This the fifth block I’ve made for the Victory Quilt and is covered in the fourth video of Eleanor Burns’…
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Victory Quilt: Radio Windmill
The fourth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers two blocks: Radio Windmill and Sky Rocket. Here’s Radio…
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Fussy Cut – Eleanor Burns
I like the technique of tracing the flower. [youtube id=”PUF2UYOqHx0″ width=”600″ height=”350″]
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AOQ Block Exchange 1
I’m participating in a quilt block exchange on AllOurQuilts.com. Our first block is a scrappy nine-patch star…
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Victory Quilts – 3004
Fourth video of Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series… [vimeo id=”2354403″ width=”600″ height=”350″]
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Victory Quilt: Silent Star
The third video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers two blocks: Silent Star and Comfort Quilt. Because I am…
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Victory Quilt: Fala
The second video in Eleanor Burn’s Victory Quilt series covers two blocks…Mr. Roosevelt’s Necktie and Fala. Here is Fala…
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Mitered Border Corners
What an interesting way to do a mitered border. I’m not sure I would use this procedure with a large…
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Blue Bayou: Friendship Star
After a frustrating morning working with RSS feeds, I decided to reduce my blood pressure by starting on the second…
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Magical Basting
Sharon Schamber illustrates basting techniques for correcting quilt assembly distortions with a great technique using starch to ease out puckers..very…
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Hand Basting a Quilt
Sharon Schamber illustrates her hand basting technique, provides tips for fabric preparation, and itemizes tools/supplies she uses. I watched the…
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Victory Quilt: Mr. Roosevelt’s Necktie
The second video in Eleanor Burn’s Victory Quilt series covers two blocks…Mr. Roosevelt’s Necktie and Fala. I’ve finished Mr. Roosevelt’s…
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Learning to Quilt
I recently purchased this book for one simple reason. ..I was looking for a variety of simple blocks I could…
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Blue Bayou: Panel 1
The first panel is done. Each block has a finished size of 9 inches. I will add the outer sashes…
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Blue Bayou: Monkey Wrench
I’m having a lot of fun doing both an afghan and a quilt using the same blocks….here’s the third quilt…
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Victory Quilt – 1941 Nine Patch
My template tool for this square arrived and I’m finally ready to start. I’ve decided to follow along doing the…
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Blue Bayou: Ohio Star
I thought it would be interesting to make a quilt matching the Quilt-to-Crochet sampler afghan I’m currently working on. I’ll…
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Machine Quilting in Sections
Marti Mitchell’s Machine Quilting in Sections tackles the quilt-as-you-go approach. She illustrates some interesting techniques for putting a quilt together…
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Waiting for the Postman
I’ve decided to make the Victory Quilts sampler squares in the order Eleanor Burns has published her videos. Unfortunately, I’m…
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Infinite Feathers by Anita Shackelford
I bought this book shortly after I first started quilting and fell in love with it. Anita Shackelford does an…
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The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
A very charming story about Sara McClure’s introduction to quilting. She strikes a bargain with an award-winning, if somewhat crotchety…
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Victory Quilts
I ordered this book as soon as I’d watched Eleanor Burn’s first video on this series. It arrived yesterday and…
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Applique the Basics and Beyond
I have several quilting projects planned and one of them is an applique quilt. Towards that end, I purchased this…
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Thousands of Bolts Only One Nut
Fabric shopping is a subjective thing, particularly online. You can’t touch and feel the fabric and are restricted to just…
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Victory Quilts – 3001
I was so inspired by this video tutorial, I just ordered the book. . . should be here Friday. [vimeo…
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EQ6 Simplified by Fran Gonzalez
I actually started out with Electic Quilt 5 and upgraded to version 6 earlier this year. I had the program…
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