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Leisure Arts quilt patterns

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

If you have not yet tried Leisure Arts quilt patterns, stop by your local library or bookstore to see what you have been missing! Leisure Arts is one of the world's largest publishers of craft ...

Depression Era Newspaper Quilt Patterns

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

Americans relied on their local newspapers for more than information during the United States' Great Depression. Newspapers during that time also provided a service to quilters. Many newspapers published quilt patterns for their readers during ...

Games for Quilters

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

If you find yourself in charge of planning games for quilters for an upcoming club meeting, retreat, or party, you have a fun chore ahead of you. All you need is a little imagination, which ...

Origin of Quilt Block Names

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

Did you ever wonder how quilt blocks are named? As you look through a book with hundreds of quilt blocks, several interesting things pop up. You may discover quilt blocks with a different design while ...

Beautiful Fabric Designs Coming From the Sun

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

Just imagine taking something as boring as a gasket and creating a beautiful piece of fabric. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? And maybe a gasket is a silly example, but how about the grill from a ...

Creative Ties for Quilts

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

Sometimes quilters are desperate to finish a quilt, but reluctant to simply tie it because it seems like shortchanging the quilt. While hand quilters love the look of a skillfully hand quilted quilt, and machine ...

Use Simple Shapes to Create a Complex Quilt Design

By Penny Halgren · 16 years ago

Quilts and quilt designs are created when the quilt maker combines blocks. A block is the basic unit of a quilt top. Typically blocks are square. They can be made any size, and frequently a ...