Archive for April, 2011


What Makes a Patchwork Quilt

If you’re new to quilting, have not made a patchwork {quilt} before or are plain curious, I’d like to tell you about the wonderful world of patchwork quilts. These types are truly something else. Where a normal {quilt} is typically made up of one main colour or has a wall decoration or stitching pattern on [...]

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Patchwork Quilt Essential Tools: Scissors And Rotary Cutters

In this post Id like to cover a few essentials about quilting, most especially about the cutting tools youll need to start with your patchwork quilt. Scissors Scissors are the “meat and three veg” for nearly any craft, so you’ll need to have a good pair since be using them time after time. Make sure [...]

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Bowl Them Over With Your Next Rose Quilt

When debating quilts with a girlfriend of mine, she said ‘if you have seen one rose quilt, you have seen them all ‘. I explored why she felt like this and she went on to claim that on lots of the quilts, the roses looked the same, the layouts similar and that not a lot [...]

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