Here’s what you need, according to Project Repat. A sewing machine Fabric scissors Quilt batting Quilt backing fabric Thread T-shirts (20 for a large quilt, six-eight for a small) If you plan on ...

Most of the contributions have come to the Museum as gifts, and many of those are from the quilt-makers’ families. The collection illustrates needlework techniques, materials, fabric designs and ...

I’m also a quilter with years of experience and have designed quilt patterns for magazines and fabric companies. Blankets—making them and sleeping under them—are one of my life’s passions.

Landscape fabric could be your golden ticket to a weed-free landscape. By acting as a physical barrier between the soil and the sun, landscape fabric prevents seeds from seeing the light of day ...

Bar Harbor resident and quilter Cara Ryan was given a quilt by a friend whom had recovered the item from an apartment in ...

Traditional quilting is the practice of combining different cuts of fabric to make a large panel, the quilt top. This panel is then layered with wadding or batting underneath and a backing layer ...

Hundreds of needles on a special machine form loops. The loops are stitched in the primary backing fabric into vertical columns (rows) and horizontal lines (switches) forming cut and/or uncut loops ...

Debbie Shore says: This type of quilt can be made in any size you ... clothing When you have the size you like, cut a piece of backing fabric to the same size, then sew bias binding around the ...

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That includes not just thread and yards of colourful fabric ... are entered in modern quilt shows (made up of a decorative top layer, a fluffy wadding layer and a backing material) are a more ...

Backup to Dropbox and the like is a nice feature to have. FTP and SMB/AFP: Backing up to other computers or NAS boxes on your network or in remote locations (say, your parent’s house ...