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Quilting Process

Binding a Quilt – a Definition and How To

September 18, 2010

  Binding – a Definition My quilts (and most traditional style quilts) have 3 layers: the top: the layer of fabric which has the design, which I create by sewing pieces of fabric together. the batting: the hidden middle bit that provides body and thickness to the quilt. the back: which is a layer of [...]

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Moved!

June 27, 2008

We’re home! Yesterday was a long day with movers and packing and cleaning but I’ve turned over the keys to the old house and said goodbye. It feels great to be in our new place. The yard isn’t much as the house has been a rental for the past 10 years but the place has [...]

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Fabric Sketches

April 5, 2007

    Fabric Sketches – Structures Series   I very rarely preplan my quilts. The designs generally emerge as I am working directly with the fabric. On a rare occasion I’ll sketch out an idea on paper but that usually happens during meetings at work when my mind is wandering. Although most of those drawings [...]

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Dyeing – Rinsing out the fabric

November 28, 2006

Time to finish up my post on dyeing fabric. First, to tie it all together here are links to the previous posts: An overview of my dyeing process Information on the fabric I use Information on the dye and other chemicals I use and more on the process   After getting the dye solutions into [...]

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More Dyeing – the dyes and the process

November 21, 2006

A continuation of my fabric dyeing posts. The first here the second here. Procion MX Dyes come as a powder and there are many recipes for mixing dye concentrates. As I mentioned on the TV website I don’t really measure anything. So it’s best you look else for specific recipes. I add some dye powder [...]

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Labels

November 20, 2006

I’m working on a few more posts about the dyeing but they aren’t quite ready. This weekend I needed to dye the fabric for the back of a couple large quilts and I wanted a few more images for these posts, so my plan was to dye a couple yards just for demonstration. I’m not [...]

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Dyeing – The Fabric

November 17, 2006

A continuation of my dyeing posts as a result of being on TV demonstrating how I dye fabric. The first is here. I use Kaufman Pimatex PFD bleach white fabric when dyeing. Because I dye so much, I have an account with Kaufman to buy it direct. You can also buy this fabric online or [...]

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