Applique quilting is a technique of where pieces of fabric are stitched to a larger piece of fabric. The applique pieces can Over Christmas I went to visit family and had a lovely time. I got some great video of kangaroos at my daughters property for my travel channel Travel Tripz and I also caught up with my very talented daughter in law who makes beautiful quilts. I … [Read more...] about What Are Applique Quilts?
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Readers Project: Valerie’s Gift bag
Note from Alanda Craft: I do love the material the Valerie has used for her gift bag, it's very festive looking and ideal as a birthday gift bag. I think gift bags give such a lovely, personal touch to gift giving. And you can make them in any size to suit the gift you are giving. They can also be a great scrap busting project if you have some festive fabric in your stash. In … [Read more...] about Readers Project: Valerie’s Gift bag
Readers Project: Carol’s Family Love Wooden Plaque
Note from Alanda Craft: You can make so many great projects using your ScanNCut. Carol's 'Family Love' plaque shows just how versatile your machine is. It cut's vinyl with ease making it ideal for decorating and embellishing your projects. I have used vinyl and my ScanNCut to make labels for spaghetti containers, decorate notebooks and many other projects. Carol has taken … [Read more...] about Readers Project: Carol’s Family Love Wooden Plaque
Readers Project: Cindy’s Rag Quilt #2
Cindy has sent through a photo of her 2nd rag quilt that she made for her daughter using multi-colored blocks. I think she has done and amazing job, her quilt looks awesome. Here is a link to Cindy's first rag quilt. Thank you for sharing your project with us Cindy. For my second quilt, I wanted to rag the sides, since the first one I put on a border. I also wanted to do … [Read more...] about Readers Project: Cindy’s Rag Quilt #2
Broken Blocks Quilt Tutorial
We recently received our second bundle of fabric from Cotton Cuts. It's always a lovely surprise to see what is in the box and this time the fabric came from the Murano collection by Odile Bailloeul for Free Spirit. And I would just like to mention that Cotton Cuts have a number of different membership types available so that you can receive fabric when you want, which makes it … [Read more...] about Broken Blocks Quilt Tutorial