Have you been lurking or participating in the quilt festival at park city girl – well with nearly 700 participants its big. I spent a couple of evenings trawling through all the links and found some amazing quilters out there … here is just a very small selection of some of my faves. The last in the quilt festival roundup – go and check them all out for yourselves.
Have you been lurking or participating in the quilt festival at park city girl – well with nearly 700 participants its big. I spent a couple of evenings trawling through all the links and found some amazing quilters out there … here is just a very small selection of some of my faves.
I love these stories of quilting together – the first image is from Dolls from the loft and tells the story of two wedding quilts – one never finished – the second image – from domesticat – is a star quilt for a baby shower with lots of donated fabric.
Join Lark books fun quilting contest – quilters have to incorporate 3 of 5 preselected elements: bird/s, silver, mountains, repurposed fabric, and beads – here is more information …
Have you been lurking or participating in the quilt festival at park city girl – well with nearly 700 participants its big. I spent a couple of evenings trawling through all the links and found some amazing quilters out there … here is just a very small selection of some of my faves.
jewel box quilt - I want a better view of this one – the rich colours look amazing – from prairieopolis
I love the solids on the grey on this quilt – really gorgeous – from one shabby chick.
this arrows quilt is pretty cute – love the yellow – from Zonnah
Have you been lurking or participating in the quilt festival at park city girl – well with nearly 700 participants its big. I spent a couple of evenings trawling through all the links and found some amazing quilters out there … here is just a very small selection of some of my faves.
Have you been lurking or participating in the quilt festival at park city girl – well with nearly 700 participants its big. I spent a couple of evening trawling through all the links and found some amazing quilters out there … here is just a very small selection of some of my faves.
I love the colours and festive spirit in this simple quilt at polka dot chair
Thanks Kath for hosting my first stop of my Color Mastery blog tour at WhipUp! I’m an avid reader and am so excited to share my latest news with WhipUp readers. My new book, Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts, is all about helping quilters have more fun and be successful in coming up with their own color palettes for their quilts.
I’ve taught color classes to quilters and fiber artists for years, and I was frustrated by the lack of a practical book I could use in class. Before I became a mom, I was Director of Courseware Development for a large computer training company, so I decided to develop exercises, handouts, and quilt projects I could use in my color classes. I was soon spending a small fortune on paper and ink, and decided it was finally time for me to gather it all into a book.
I make an eclectic range of quilts, from funky traditional to fine art, and for a loooong time I was frustrated in coordinating colors for my quilts. I’m passionate about color and it’s the reason I’ve stayed a quilter when so many other art forms appealed to me. Quilts allow me to put color, texture, scale, line, and gorgeous design all in one piece that I can hang on my wall, keep me warm, or give to a loved one. What other art form can do that?
In these tough economic times I know a lot of quilters have resolved to use more of their fabric stash, so I’ve shot a video that shows how to coordinate six different color palettes starting from one piece of fabric – and all from your stash. I love those pre-coordinated fat quarter bundles from my local shop, and I challenged myself to develop my own gorgeous combinations from my stash, and now you can too!
[Thanks Maria for the fabulous video and for guest posting over here at whipup, I hope whipup readers enjoyed the video and will now go and delve into the stash to make lots of little bundles. Check out the rest of Maria's blog tour - tomorrow over at Trueup.]
Don’t forget creative living media are offering free online subscriptions to one of their great mags – lots to choose from – including quilts, beading, sewing, paper and more…
Scrapblog: a free and easy-to-use web-based application offering users the ability share online and transform their one-of-a-kind scrapbooks into high-quality books, postcards and greeting cards. If you are a digital scrapbooking fan then this online tool looks like lots of fun.
Nikon Instruments is giving you the chance to test your skills and interact with microscopic images typically only viewed by scientists with its new online game, “Identify the Image.” This is a fantastic resource for designers and artists – Real world inspiration for design is right under the microscope.
Do you want to showcase a project that you’ve finished from a Potter Craft book? Potter craft are looking to feature your beautiful finished projects in the You Made It section, on the Potter Craft blog. If you have photos of a project you’d like to submit, please send to crownmarketing@randomhouse.com.
Amy at Hallmark magazine blog is giving away 2 free knitting books . Hurry one day to win these two books, winner will be chosen on Thursday October 2, 2008 to enter – More info and to enter here.
Creative living media – the people who publish down under quilts Magazine, and lots more too – recently put their print magazines into digital format and are giving them away for free including over 12 months of past issues – sign up here.
Creative media are also sponsoring a fabulous Australian tour of Gees bends quilts as part of their quilts indulgence festival – the quilts are touring to Brisbane and Sydney.
Details:
Brisbane – 10-12 October – RNA showgrounds, Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley.
Sydney – 31 October – 2 November – Canterbury Racecourse, King Street, Canterbury.
by Maria Peagler published by Willow Ridge Press; (December 1, 2008)
