Archive for August, 2011


What Is A T-shirt Quilt And How Do You Make One?

For those of you who don’t know what a t-shirt quilt is, it is literally a quilt made out of t-shirts. It works alongside the same principles as a patchwork quilt design but is unique in its own special way. The basic notion of these quilts is that you use the designs from old t-shirts, [...]

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Learning The Passap Machine Knitting System

When a hand knitter moves to machine knitting, it is sometimes a shock to the more creative side of us. The common thought is that machine knitting is cheating, or that it is straightforward. Just throw yarn at the machine right? The fact is that machine knitting takes a great deal of persistence and your [...]

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Have You Seen a Sashiko Quilt?

Patchwork quilts come in every shape and size, so it shouldn’t be any surprise when you come across new techniques and styles when it comes to quilts. I’ve been looking into a more obscure type of quilting called Sashiko quilting. This is a type of quilting that originates from Japan. “Sashiko” itself literally interprets into [...]

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