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Applique The Easy Way

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:07:24 +0000

Applique The Easy Way - Chap 1 - Blanket Stitch Applique
Here Michelle Steel teaches you how to produce perfect applique with no effort. Applique the Easy Way is a step by step close up look at various applique techniques so you’ll end up producing professional looking applique every time.

Duration : 0:5:39

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Talking about The Christmas Hexagon Patchwork Quilt

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:07:22 +0000

The Christmas Quilt was designed and created by Jackie Wills back in the late 1980’s - the pattern for the quilt and templates can be purchased from www.patchworktemplates.com. This is just one of many patchworks created by Jackie Wills over the last 38 years.

Duration : 0:3:55

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Quilt Binding: Joining Ends, Marci Baker of Alicia’s Attic

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:07:17 +0000

Learn how to easily join the ends of your quilt binding so that no one can tell the last seam from any other. Just one part of our Clearview of Quilting.

Duration : 0:5:10

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How to Quilt : Sewing Quilt Bindings

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:07:17 +0000

How to sew a quilt binding with a sewing machine; get expert tips and advice on making a quilt in this free instructional video.

Duration : 0:2:32

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Quilters and Patchworkers Worldwide Networking Forum

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:21:49 +0000

Helping the community feel of quilting bees throughout the globe is a new online “community” website for quilting and patchwork enthusiast.

“MyQuiltPatch.com has been designed to offer members a range of informative quilting related resources, as well as a wealth of social media tools that enable members to be interactive online.”
Some features that I particularly like are the:-

The photo gallery to showcase artists works and portfolios.
The ability to create a simple Quilting blog to act as an online journal to record your projects and share with friends.
Also most importantly is the online forum which is essential for sharing tips, tricks, problems, frustrations and successes with the worldwide quilting community. This is a great way to share knowledge and solve your questions. So what ever your frustration from selecting a design through to binding the quilt, the answers will come from the forum members.

Other features include: Member’s Reviews, Create a “Quilting Website”, and online audio and video “Chat” as well as a number of additional software tools.

The “My Quilt Patch” website has been especially designed with ease of use in mind and can be readily utilised with a minimum of technical know-how. Despite this, the site has a wide range of interactive tools that members can use online.

Be aware you will need to pay an ongoing subscription fee of approx $7USD a month, however they are currently offering a free 30 day trial. If you do not enjoy the site make sure you cancel within the first thirty days.

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Binding a World of Peace through Binding a Quilt

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Can Binding Quilts bind our world to Peace? The world is getting smaller and the strength of the quilting community is tightening our bonds across borders.
This is clearly visible by such projects as the Worldwide Quilting Exchange that has been taking place every year since 2000.

This project was developed by Gerry Eitner, Founder of Communities of Peace and “involved children from 23 different countries worldwide who added their own unique patchwork themed on peace.”
“Eitner says the quilts have taken on an inexplicable power because they were made by children with hopes of peace. “

You can check out the video on You Tube to see a small impact the quilts have had. “The quilts actually contains an energy,” says Eitner.

Officially called the Children’s Cloth of Many Colors, the quilts were be on display on the West Lawn of the Capitol on Saturday 9th August at 5 p.m.
I would love to know if anyone has images or contact details on where the Children’s cloth of many colours can be viewed online.

Click here to read the full article at WTOP http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1454016

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