Archive for January, 2009

Quilt Crafting or Manufacturing?

Jan 5

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Quilt Crafting or Manufacturing?

As I spend more and more time working on this blog and my web pages I have been struck by the large amount of quilt manufacturing information that is being labeled as “quilting”. Call me old school but to me crafting a quilt – designing from scratch or adaptation of a pattern to fit your vision of the finished quilt – using saved scraps to make your quilt top – machine stitching your blocks and then hand quilting, not buying a kit or manufacturing by punching into you software program what you want your quilt to look like! Don’t get me wrong some of those quilts are very nice but, that does not make you a quilter. The art – and it is an art - of quilt making was born out of a basic need, a warm garment or blanket made from what ever fabric you had pieced together into a functional piece of clothing or cover. For me seeing an originally designed, hand pieced, hand sewn quilt is quilt crafting at its best. So what if there are a few imperfections – a conner thats not quit matched, a seam that wavers a bit. In this got to have it now – got to be perfect – society that we seem to embrace in this country we seem to have lost what is really valuable – us!

Tags: General Quilting

Simple Homemade Card

Jan 4

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Christmas Cards 2008

I used a scrap booking technique to make the front of the card. Four recycled cards were used to make the two different fronts. One card is background and is not cut, the other foreground one is cut. Putting the foreground cards face down on the bathroom window, i used a ruler and a pencil to mark the corners of the center motif. Still using the ruler and pencil connected the dots. Then on a flat surface, on the back of the card, move the ruler 1/4″ and make another square – then repeat, repeat. The design may stay symetrical, see santa, or not see angel.
The next step was scanning into the computer so i could do some more enhancements with Print Shop program. Then I printed out copies (two per page), turn the paper and printed again. I then added one layer of glitter glaze.
Finally fold the card stock, edged with gold metallic paint, glued the “face” to the front. Inside I used a snow flake stamp, flying reindeer & deer stamps. The message was printed using a blue snowflake background.
Use can use the same processes to create cards for any seasonal greeting, just change your themes to match up. Have fun.