A quilting friend of mine, Lyn, is going to have a booth at the local art fair with me and we're going to sell accessories that use hand dyes as well as hand dyed fat eighths. And probably not manage to make a cent - but it'll be fun!! I've uploaded 3 pics of our projects for you to see. ...

anybody remember what quilt book cover has art nouveau aplique flowers? I was planning on doing pillows with these patterns and somebody sent me one, plus I printed the cover but now that I am ready to do them I cannot find any of the printouts or any info online... -- Dr....

Hello all... Our first Art Quilt Exhibit hosted by the Fiber Arts & Animals Festival ( http://www.FiberArtFest.com ) will be October 3 and 4 in Marshall, Michigan. Our theme this year is "New Directions In Fiber". Hours are 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday, October 3 & 4. Free Admission. ...

Hello fellow quilters, The Fiber Arts & Animals Festival ( http://www.FiberArtFest.com ) is hosting an Art Quilt Exhibit in Marshall, Michigan on October 3 & 4 from 10 AM to 5 PM. Handmade or embelished quilts are being produced by one of our local quilting groups. Several artists will be...

DH, 2 DS and I went to the Washington State History Museum this afternoon. There is a new temporary exhibit of Art Quilts. I'm not really into art quilts but this group knocked my socks off! DH and boys went to some other exhibit and I concentrated on the quilts. I stayed so long in that...

Art Quilt Permanently Mounted on Stretchers Greetings: I am finishing up an 'Art' Quilt and want to permanently mount it to a frame / stretcher to use as a wall hanging. I think my technique will be to sew a 4" border of canvas around the outer edges of the quilt in place of binding and then...

Hello everyone, I received some pictures of the art quilts that are going to be diplayed at our October festival. I had to share them. Honestly, I wasn't expecting anything this exquisite. My personal favorite is 'Life Entwined'. Here's the link -...

Hello group, We are putting on our first art quilt show in Oct 2009. We are hosting Running With Scissors quilting group. Although we have many years of producing our fiber festival, I have not ever hosted a art quilt exhibit before. I was wondering if you all could share your good, bad and...

Hejsan Everybody!!! As some of you may remember, I tried to post a pic before Yule but due to problems with my Service Provider not having sacrificed the proper sort of rubber chicken to the deities of the Internet, my side was down for a few days. Fortunately, the gods have since been appeased...

I've now made two bed quilts, two baby quilts, and am finishing up a set of six placemats (using Timm's Convergence technique). So, I'm not exactly a total novice anymore, but I'm still very, very, VERY inexperienced. I've only used very basic piecing techniques. Ultimately, I want to make art...

Months ago our group decided to take a piece of art, blow it up really big, cut it into sections and each of us take two sections and make them however we wanted to. Then we would put the sections all back together, quilt the thing, and put it in the Guild show this fall. I was skeptical, but...

The new contemporary and modern designed suspension lights as those from Artemide Tolomeo are creating waves in the market giving a romantic touch to the room through their illumination. These lights by Artemide Tolomeo reflect your taste and add a finishing touch to...

Does anyone have this pattern by Jane Townswick?

I finally ordered this book ! I have had a print out on it for years and finally going to make this one! Has anyone else made this Jane Townswick applique ? barbie in williamsburg

Has anyone done this quilt? I am looking at it online trying to decide if I should buy it and wondering if I could machine applique it? I want a new quilt on my guest bed in "Williamsburg style" and thinking this is a neat one. I do not want to hand applique it though; any ideas ?

Members of Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. You might get a kick out of some of these. http://www.quiltersofsc.org:80/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm Musicmaker

Maybe this has already been posted to the ng, but these one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness are fantastic. http://www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm Donna in SW Idaho

members of Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. The exhibit consists of 49 original works of art which are unique, entertaining, humorous, and beautiful to make the public aware of breast cancer, to memorialize those lost to the disease, and to...

A local math prof has a bi-weekly article in the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper, and this past week it was devoted to math and quilting. Thought it might be interesting, and she also gave a plug for our quilt show next weekend! http://tinyurl.com/5h2m2o --...

Hey all, We're looking for article submissions for the new embroidery resource portal page: http://www.embuniverse.com/ If you have a project that you've done that you'd like to describe in detail, or a technique that you use, or any hints or tips, we want to hear about it.