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How do you make strip patchwork for star quilts?

April 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Patchwork

I am trying to make a star blanket and I need to know how to use the strip patchwork method i heard about. Does anyone know of a dvd or site? I also to be specific it is called a lone star quilt. Share and Enjoy:

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Beginner Quilting – Instructions For Chenille Quilts

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Quilting Fabric

Chenille is a tufted velvety yarn is known as soft or Imitation chenille. Unlike some of the other quilting textile which you can find on the market, chenille is not very old textile. It’s popularity only arises only in the recent times. Ten odd years ago its existence was not common. Not many quilters actually [...]

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Start Your Own Business: Sell Baby Quilts

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · For Quilting

If you have made and given baby quilts as gifts, chances are that you have given some thought to selling baby quilts. Making and selling baby quilts is a legitimate business and it can be as big or as small, as part time or as full time as you would like. If you have had [...]

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Blanket America’s Version Of Patchwork Quilts Are Really Leaving A Mark

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Quilting News

A new program is creating the Patchwork Heritage Quilt, a keepsake commemorative that can offer warmth to two families. Blanket America is gearing up to supply over 1,000,000 blankets to the poor and underprivileged this year with your help. This program is in support of President Obama’s message honoring our patchwork heritage. Within the Inaugural [...]

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History Of Patchwork Quilts

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Patchwork

The article title inspires images of a gaggle of ladies companionably gathered around a patchwork quilt exchanging tidbits of gossip, usually called a quilting bee. Or maybe a housewife all alone, late at night in her pioneer home, laboring over clothing that has long been worn to pieces, sewing the different parts together with love [...]

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