Why take photos?  Here are 10 of the reasons:

1. To have a record
2. To remember specific patterns and designs
3. To document your techniques
4. To build a portfolio or album
5. To put on your blog
6. To show customers
7. To use for making your own fabric
8. To play with in photo programs
9. To enter contests and shows
10. To have for PR purposes

And…Just to have for memories

 Why do you take photos of your quilting projects?

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10 Reasons to Photograph Your Quilts

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?

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Super Bowl Fabrics for Super Quilting Projects

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 there with encouragement.  Today, the last finishing stitches will be taken.

Also, Beth’s group of quilting and fabric art friends made a friendship lap quilt for her.  Each one contributed some of the blocks.  Then her daughter delivered it to her hospital room.

Friendship and quilting bees continue to bind quilters together!

What have been some of your friendship quilting projects…either something you made for a friend or a joint contribution?

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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The Quilting Bee Goes “Modern”

 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 encourage visitors to Quilting and Patchwork to discover the many quilt and fabric art patterns with a connection to St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish.

Chloe Findlay-Harder at Tangled Thread is creating one-of-a-kind printed fabric using bleach gel pens.

Heather Goldsmith at A Creative Journal, invites you to experience some Visual Delights.  She says, “If you don’t keep a visual journal you will want to once you’ve seen this website.”

The Purple Haired Puppet Lady shows us how to make embroidered flower brooches  at The Creative Bride, using thread, beads & netting.

Are there other types of projects you’d like to see?  Is there something you’d like to learn from any of these bloggers? 

What are you doing in the arts and crafts area right now? 

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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The Arts Bloggers Have Struck Again!