With the October round-up of my articles at Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section, I shall be saying good-by. 
Some reorganizing is occurring at Blisstree, and the Arts and Crafts section will be discontinued, as far as new posts are concerned.  You should be able to find my previous posts if you’re interested in them.
It has been a great deal of fun sharing with you at b5, first in a Quilting and Patchwork blog, then through the Arts and Crafts section when Blisstree was formed.  I won’t be leaving Blisstree because I shall still be blogging at the Parenting section.  I also …read more

Beginning Quilters

I have a friend interested in learning how to quilt. She received some patchwork baby blankets and is intrigued by this art.  So she’d like to know about web sites and blogs that have good basic instruction.
I thought my readers might have knowledge of online places where she could find this information, essentially tutorials in beginning quiltmaking.
If you have or know of such a blog or web site, do let me know.  I’ll post them here at Quilting and Patchwork, with links to the blogs, because there must be other beginners out there.
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QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
You don’t need a blog if you’re a quilter or fabric artist.  However, it does make life fun and puts you in touch with so many more quilters, right from your own home (or wherever you access the Internet), than you’d meet otherwise.  A whole new world opens up for quilters with their blogs and by visiting other quilting blogs, too.
Jean, who left a comment on one of my posts, explained, “I just love to blog because then I get to know people like you that I probably would never have met without a blog!”
Why do quilters blog?

Meet other quilters …read more