So Many Kinds of Quilting Fabrics
October 15, 2006 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
When I began quilting during our country’s Bicentennial years (1975-76), there were only a few companies offering fabrics focused especially for quiltmakers and fabric artists. I’m amazed now, when I visit quilt shops, web sites, online stores, and read magazine, to see such a variety of quilting fabrics.
Some of them center around a theme, era, event, region or country. Others simply are fabrics that strike the manufacturer or designer’s fancy. Also, quilt artists, once they become well-known, often design fabrics for a manufacturer. You’ll also find fabrics designed by quilter/authors, such as Jennifer Chiaverini (www.elmcreek.net ), who writes the Elm Creek Quilters novels. She designs for Red Rooster Fabrics.
Reading the current newsletter and looking around the Fat Quarter Quilters web site (www.fatquarterquilters.com ), gave me a glimpse of a variety of fabrics from various lines with interesting themes for projects. Some mentioned in the newsletter, with pictures on the site include: Star Struck from Buggy Barn, Blackbird Village Quilts designed by Kathy Schmitz, and All Quiet on the Potomic by Brackman & Thompson. The latter have a Civil War theme.
Do you have favorite quilt designers or manufacturers for your quilt and fabric art projects?
