http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilts-blog.html This blog includes updates and news items to Quilt-Pictures.com en-us quilts Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:49:53 GMT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:49:53 GMT quilt-pictures.com http://www.quilt-pictures.com/halloween-present-block-of-the-month.html Here is the top to my Halloween block of the month quilt. It was originally designed as a block of the month, but my mom found the whole pattern and gave Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:26:26 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/pink-frog-quilt.html This quilt was made for a couple reasons. First, I love frogs and have a frog fabric collection that I need to use up. And secondly, because I found Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:40:17 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/tammys-purple-mustang-meets-the-statue-of-liberty.html This 30 x 27 wallhanging was made for my daughter Tammys birthday. Tammy has loved Mustangs since she was a kid. Her dad bought her a 65 Mustang convertible Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:02:24 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/dancing-flamingos-and-flying-pigs.html Pattern is Wacky from Crazy Curves Continues book by Elisa Wilson. Since this is a result of a class I took and a learning experience, I used fabric Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:02:10 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/class-star.html This quilt is a result of a class I took at the Quilt Festival in Chicago in April of 2010. I chose colors outside my comfort zone, starting with the Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:01:56 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/babys-quilt.html This quilt was made for a friend's new niece or nephew. The pattern is Bright Scrappy Throw from Weekend Quilting Wonders. Most of the fabrics used were Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:47:26 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/for-my-dad.html Prayer Quilt for Dad. These quilts are for my dad, daughter and niece. I have other in progress that I have not decided to keep or give away. Most people Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:46:26 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/under-the-sea.html The hat was for Mia, this is Alexis' quilt Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:44:20 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/my-only-daughter.html I love Asian inspired things, so I made this strip quilt for my daughter. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:43:09 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/fun-quilts-for-family.html These quilts are for my dad, daughter and niece. I have other in progress that I have not decided to keep or give away. Most people are pretty happy when Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:38:21 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/headgear-for-mia.html This was for my niece Alexis Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:35:02 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/sewing-roomliving-roombedroom.html You wouldn't believe this. My quilting has come alive and taken over my house. The only room with no quilting items is my daughter's bedroom. Only because Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:05:52 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilts-blog.html#Airplane-Quilt-Block-contest The Experimental Aircraft Association hosts an airplane quilt block contest each year during the AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I entered a block this year that shows my dad's Cessna 421 and our favorite vacation spot he'd fly us to - Long Island, Bahamas. The blocks are on display for a year, until the contest next year! My block is the 2nd from the right in the bottom row. I'll have to plan a trip to visit it soon! Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:50:41 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/tammys-sewing-room.html My space is a small spare bedroom, about 10' by 10'. I have a hardwood floor to make it easy to sweep up threads, scraps and pins that end up on the floor. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:27:13 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/design-a-sewing-space.html Design a sewing space for yourself. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:31 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/construction-time.html Here's a quick and easy quilt made from 1 piece of fleece and a cotton backing fabric. The fleece has printed and embroidered contruction equipment on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:54:29 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/cat-circles.html This is a quilt that I made in a class while learning how to use 1/4 circle templates. We were told to bring lots of light and dark fabrics that contrasted Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:54:06 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/whoos-watching-over-selena.html My grandma loved owls and when my cousin was expecting, I decided to make her new baby an owl quilt. I hadn't found any pattern or fabric that I liked, Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:43:29 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/featured-site.html The featured site of a quilting related business. The featured site changes from time to time. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:16:56 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/santa-wall-hanging.html This little quilt is all raw-edge appliqued. The tree branches are 2 layers of fabric with wire sandwiched in between to make them 3-D. There are also Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:52:46 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/christmas-card-holder.html I found this beautiful blue Christmas line of fabric and bought some with the idea of making something for my mom because blue is her favorite color. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:52:13 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/free-quilt-patterns.html Free Quilt Patterns from fabric manufacturers Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:54:58 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/my-sisters-50th-birthday.html I've been machine embroidering for about 4 years and slowly teaching myself to digitize. I've always been fascinated with photo stitch but had only successfully Wed, 26 May 2010 13:08:01 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/easter-vacations.html I made this quilt block for a contest that the Experimental Aircraft Association is having during their AirVenture aircraft show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:50 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/retirement-quilt.html This quilt was made for my sister's friend who is retiring from being an elementary school principal after 16 years. The school staff sent pictures of Mon, 17 May 2010 13:57:39 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilts-blog.html#My-current-projects I'm almost finished with my first commissioned quilt, just binding and label left to do. Then I'm doing a block challenge for the EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, WI. Then I can get back to other things already in progress, 3 projects from classes I've taken. First is quilting a top done with quarter-circle templates, next a prairie star top and last a shattered image block that I plan to make more of and turn into a lap quilt. Busy, busy. How about you? Thu, 13 May 2010 16:19:55 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/lone-star.html Making a Lone Star block isn't as hard as it looks. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:33:46 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilting-fabric.html Finding the perfect quilting fabric for you is easy with Fabric.com Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:01:15 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/fabric-for-kids.html There are many manufacturers that make fabric for kids. Everthing from Angelina Ballerina to Olivia the Pig. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:51:00 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/shanas-french-braid.html This French Braid quilt is for my niece Shana. The greens and purples were so much fun to work with Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:38:34 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/hollys-kaleidescope.html This Kaleidescope quilt is for my niece Holly. The dark batiks look so rich Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:38:17 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/paiges-strips-that-sizzle.html This quilt is for my niece Paige, she lives in Arizona and I wanted to use the colors of a Southwest Sunset Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:37:59 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilts-blog.html#Paducah-Show-Winners If you couldn't make it the quilt show in Paducah, you can take a look at the winners here. Absolutely beautiful quilts!!! Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:20:08 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/christmas-runner.html Here's a picture of a table runner and matching hot pads I made for a friend. She just sent me this picture. I used a charm pack and a length of matching Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:07:33 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/shatter-and-sew.html Shatter and Sew is a new quilting technique I just learned. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:24:33 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilting-resources.html Use these quilting resources to enhance your quilting experience. Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:53:53 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilt-magazines.html Subscriptions to quilt magazines are a great way to be inspired. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:09:53 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/the-healing-quilt.html This is one of the more unusual Lone Star quilts I've designed and created because of the origin of the cloth, the reason for it's creation and the special Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:38:17 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilt-stencils.html Quilt Stencils create the design for quilting on your quilt. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:13:42 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/halloween-braid-quilt.html If you've read much on this site, you'll know that I love Halloween. One year for my birthday (in August), my mom gave me this huge box filled with all Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:50:26 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/lighthouse-quilt.html This was made as a raffle prize for our Children of the American Revolution group. Their theme this year was related to lighthouses. So I picked up about Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:49:56 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/making-a-quilt-quilt.html I had received a fabric panel showing steps to make a quilt in a gift basket. It took a while to figure out what to do with it. Since it was printed Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:49:37 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/quilts-blog.html#Jennifer-Chiaverinni I celebrated National Quilting Day by attending a quilt show in Ottawa, IL, and a book signing by author Jennifer Chiaverinni. She has written 16 books so far about a group of quilters that started a quilt camp. Jennifer was a very engaging speaker, read us the first chapter of her newest book called "The Aloha Quilt", and answered lots of questions from the audience. She also told us there will be at least 3 more books in the series. We were very glad to hear that! Click on more info to visit her website. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:14:35 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/the-beatles-and-a-movie-for-bob-back.html This was made as a Christmas gift in 2009 for my 16 year old nephew. He is a HUGE Beatles fan and also loves movies. I'd purchased the movie fabric from Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:06:26 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/the-beatles-and-a-movie-for-bob-front.html This was made as a Christmas gift in 2009 for my 16 year old nephew. He is a HUGE Beatles fan and also loves movies. I'd purchased the movie fabric from Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:06:06 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/dog-days.html This is the third quilt I've made from the Happy Howlidays line of fabrics. It was my sister-in-law's Christmas present this year because she loves dogs Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:59:07 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/blow-your-whistle.html My friend's husband is a steam train buff. I'd been looking for steam engine fabric for along time before I finally found this. The quilt was made for Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:58:40 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/purple-it-is.html When I asked my sister-in-law what theme I could use for a quilt for my niece, she said purple. So, I made Purple It Is! for my niece for Christmas 2009. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:57:51 GMT http://www.quilt-pictures.com/bens-race-track.html This was made for a friend's 2 year old son from a panel. I just quilted around the track and landmarks on the panel. It is backed by a black and white Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:43:16 GMT