It’s a good idea to take photos of all your quilting and fabric art projects.  It’s even easier today, with digital cameras, than when I had to get photos developed from negatives.  Sometimes you’re pressed for time and don’t bother.  Then eventually you wish you had documented that particular piece of fabric art.
Why take photos?  Here are 10 of the reasons:
 

To have a record
To remember specific patterns and designs
To document your techniques
To build a portfolio or album
To put on your blog
To show customers
To use for making your own fabric
To play with in photo programs
To enter contests and shows
To have for …read more

Super Bowl
Have you made quilts for the football fans in your family?  What have you found for fabrics related to their favorite team?
I just scanned through some photos of fabrics with designs for the Pirates, Cowboys, Steelers, Patriots and Packers on them. 
 What have you found and how are you using these fabrics?  Do you have anything up on your blogs showing what Super Bowl related projects you’ve undertaken?

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Quilting bees generally involve several women gathering together to help one another on a project.  They may be working on a joint project or finishing one a quilting friend has started.  These gatherings were the social affairs for ladies in pioneer days and have continued to the present.
When my daughter became ill and experienced a lengthy hospital stay, she had a  commitment to help someone finish a quilt.  There was a deadline for the project but Beth now couldn’t help.
So….the ladies in her quilting group took turns helping to finish it.  If they couldn’t do the hands-on work, they were …read more

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
 The Arts Bloggers have struck again!  Here are a number of fun posts with crafty projects and information.  
 Investigate a Crocheted Comfort Bear designed by Noreen Crone-Findlay at Hankering for Yarn.  It’s complete with 
uploaded pattern.
* At Layers Upon Layers, Cyndi Lavin advises you to use a lot of texture when you create a geometric collage, and it will never be boring!
*Look at Eileen’s New Toy at The Artful Crafter!  She  discovers the Scor-it Board to make professional quality hinge folds by hand in all kinds of papercraft projects. 
*Quilting With a St. Patrick’s Day Influence seems perfect for today, March 17, as I …read more