Posts tagged quilting

• 24 Mar

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Crazy for Quilts 2009 Contest! The Alliance for American Quilts

     The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ) is hosting a quilt contest with wonderful prizes: 1st place is valued at $750 - $1000, 2nd includes a generous array of quilting tools and supplies valued at $500 and 3rd includes EQC software and books valued at $250.  There are two easy categori

• 19 Nov

  Episode: Projects

  Caroline Hwang, Quilting, Threadbanger

  This week, quilting artist Caroline Hwang, shows us how-to do some basic quilting techniques. Rob shares a bunch of great quilting resources and Corinne takes a look at quilts done by the Threadbanger community. Quilting aint just for grannie anymore!Caroline Hwang Don't Quilt Your Day JobRenegade

• 14 Nov

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  How to English Paper Piece- Quilting technique

  Rob meets up with quilting and painting artist extraordinaire, Caroline Hwang, for a tutorial on English paper piecing. Easy to do and beautiful- see how Caroline interprets it into her artisitc and modern quilts.Watch the full episode here! Cut out a hexagon of paper and a piece of fabric. You can

• 10 Sep

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Free Beginner Quilt Pattern

  Quilts are beautiful. They're historical and old and elaborate, and have that essence of country style and pioneering. Grandmas, cornbread, and wood carpentry always come to my mind somewhat randomly. But as colonial and old fashioned as they've been, they can equally be trendy and fanciful. Like e

• 02 Jul

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Bring Back the Quilt!

  Patchwork isn't just for grandmas anymore. Cause really, what is more diy than quilting? I hereby call for a return to quilting -- and no, it doesn't have to be the traditional precisely measured block piecing. Check out some of these modern takes. A lot of them are free-form, and specifically m