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Patchwork Quilting
Patchwork quilting is many things to many people, including you.
Whether novice beginner to professional… those of us that share a passion for patchwork and quilting have a desire to create beautiful quilted art. Whether functional quilts that warm our beds, or abstract pieces of art that adorn the walls of our homes, we all bring our lives, our experiences, techniques and passion to this craft of patchwork quilting.
While I have grown very comfortable with my online name of MaggieB, which I have had almost as long as I have been quilting, most of you, if you do know me in the real world know me as Marge Burkell.
In the 30+ years that I have been involved in patchwork quilting I have come full circle. I started out all those years ago wanting to make a quilt for the new baby on the way… that baby, my daughter Allison, will turn 30 years old this Saturday! Just last year I went full circle, back to “basics” as I started a fun and wonderful quilt for my new baby granddaughter, Alexis!
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Patchwork Quilting FREE Jelly Rolls & Bake Shop!
Do love the cute little Moda Jelly Rolls as much a this patchwork quilting gal does? Are you looking for more ways to use them? Well, while I get my, having previously owned a quilt pattern mind working, you need to head over and check out the Moda Bake Shop! Yes, bake shop! What else would you expect from a company that makes rolls of fabrics that they call Jelly Rolls??? LOL!
For those of you that might not be aware of what Jelly Rolls are in the patchwork quilting world, they are rolls of 40 strips of Moda’s fabrics that are already precut 2-1/2″ wide x the length of a width of their patchwork quilting cotton, which is usually about 45″. Now, don’t get those confused with the Honey Bun, which are 1-1/2″ wide strips! LOL, don’t you love it? Read the rest of this entry »
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BLUE RIBBON Patchwork Quilting Paper Pieced Quilts!
So now you are ready to start paper piecing your quilt!
But WHERE to get your patchwork quilting paper patches? Why HERE of course! Well at least for some of shapes and sizes. If you scroll to the end of this post you will find links to Diamonds, Hexagons, Triangles, and Tumbling Blocks. I have a sheet of each, covering 1″, 1-1/2″, and 2″. You are welcome to print them off, they are in pdf format, cut them out, and start YOUR paper pieced quilt today!
But, if you are like me, I am in much too much of a hurry (is that like an oxymoron when it comes to hand piecing a quilt?) to stop to cut all those pieces of paper out? Unless maybe its pretty paper? Anyway, I prefer to BUY my paper templates so I can get right to fondling my patchwork quilting FABRIC! Click on the MORE link so YOU can start fondling fabric too!
Patchwork Quilting PRESENTS: How TO Paper Piece Quilts
THANK YOU, all of YOU, for Staying TUNED for Patchwork Quilting now PRESENTS: HOW TO Paper Piece Quilts!
Some common paper piecing quilts you find throughout patchwork quilting are made of hexagons, as discussed, triangle, diamonds, and tumbler shaped patchwork quilting. The beauty is that the entire quilt is made of just one shape, one size! You just cut out [or purchase already for using] that finished shape by however many you will use in your quilt.
Then its just a matter of putting one paper patch to the back of a piece of patchwork quilting fabric that is at least 1/4″ larger all the way around, holding it in place, and basting that seam allowance down: Simply Click on the LINK BELOW for ALL the directions and diagrams! Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting “Quillow”
A number of people lately have asked me about how to make a “quillow”
A “quillow” is a combination of a quilt and a pillow. I made them for my kids years ago and they “dragged” them to sleepovers and they were GREAT in the car because, rolled up they took up hardly any room!
Here is one variation of the ones I made that measure the width of most cotton quilting fabric x approximately 6′ long. You can, of course, adapt the pattern as you desire or available fabric dictates. Just click on the LINK BELOW to get started on YOUR quillow today! Read the rest of this entry »
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Liberate YOUR Patchwork Quilting!
I would like to give just a quick overview and review on Gwen Marston’s new book, “Liberated Quiltmaking II”… which I was lucky enough to get my hands on this week…I first met Gwen when she had just published [along with Joe Cunningham] her first three books and took patchwork quilting classes from the two of them. I don’t recall what the subject of the other classes were but I do recall learning to draw feather quilting patterns without any templates. I used that class, and her books often.
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