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Journals, Memorial Textiles, Scrapbooks & More from the Arts Bloggers

Mary Emma Allen — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:51:54 +0000

More projects this week from the Arts Bloggers that you won’t want to miss. If you don’t have time now, tuck them away for future use.
Heather at A Creative Journal links to the amazing 1000 Journals Project, in case you’ve missed it so far.

Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork wonders what you think of the proposed Orphan Works Bill in the US Congress and how it will affect artists, writers, and artisans.

The incredibly talented Judy Coates Perez has done an artist profile for Layers Upon Layers!

If you have a die cut machine and some pretty cans, you can make your own embellishments from aluminum cans. Just don’t cut yourself to ribbons while you’re making them! warns Katelyn from Stamping Mad.

Noreen Crone-Findlay, of Hankering for Yarn, has posted pics of some of the ways that she organizes and figures out storage solutions for her yarn stash.
Advice from Eileen at The Artful Crafter: If you save precious photos on your computer, you need to know about Carbonite online backup subscription service.

Chloe, from Tangled Thread had finished the memorial textiles created in honor of her grandmother.

Peggy, at Junk Creation is being very creative by reusing a sour cream container as a planter and scrapbook all in one.

ENJOY! And share your creative ideas with us.

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Journals, Memorial Textiles, Scrapbooks & More from the Arts Bloggers

Learning about Quilt Fabric Grain

Mary Emma Allen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:46:29 +0000

Janet Wickell has posted some very interesting information on fabric grain, Understanding Fabric Grain Improves Your Quilting Skills, and the importance of quilters and fabric artists being knowledgeable about this topic. Using straight grain pieces and bias cut pieces can produce totally different results…and sometimes not the results you desire if you don’t know the characteristics of each.

There are a number of articles suggested in addition to Janet’s information about fabric grain and when to use what.

This post builds upon my previous one, Learning Which Quilting Fabric to Select.

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Learning about Quilt Fabric Grain

Gift Wrapping with Quilt Fabric

Mary Emma Allen — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:12:33 +0000

Create unique gift wrapping by using some of the fabric and embellishments in your stash. Some of these may be fabrics you use in your quilting. Others may be interesting fabrics you’ve selected for fiber art projects.

Also, if you’re giving a gift to a quiltmaker or fiber artist, what better way to wrap it, thus giving them an additional gift of fabric and adornments.

This book, Gift Wrapping with Textiles by Chizuko Morita, will give you many ideas on how to utilize fabric for Christmas gifts and others year round.

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Gift Wrapping with Quilt Fabric