I was at my Uhuru Quilter Guild meeting the other week and the topic was about quilting designs and ways to transfer the pattern. The suggestion was brought up to use tulle or bridal illusion to mark your design. I

I have been doing a bit more of facing a quilt rather than binding the edge. In part, I think it works a bit better with a curved edge and sometimes I just don’t want to see that extra lump

1 found inspiration in curves: the curved line of a fence and the curves on a windmill.

Today we went and saw windmills working.

We have been traveling in the Netherlands. Traveling is different with a three year old than with only adults. Our first night, we could admire the dance of two ferry boats across a canal. On each side, they would load

I have a great group of friends and one of them sent us an article from the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/26tier.html?ex=1204779600&en=f3105889859fb138&ei=5070&emc=eta1The article focused on how everyone has a difficult time limiting their options, even when doing so would be more “rewarding”.

Well, the quilts are up at the US District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD. My understanding is that a group quilt of mine, Essence of Fan, is up and generating a lot of interest. The courthouse is at 6500 Cherrywood Ln

In the middle of having a lousy cold that made it hard to see, I just now have had some time to work on a new piece. I have a group of friends in http://www.clothandchocolate.net/ with whom I exchanged Plus

If you are considering doing a round robin quilt project, what you are really doing is a series of borders around a single block. So, you will need to use your best border construction references as ways to deal with