Saturday, February 18, 2006

Judy Allen - The Art of Feather Quilting

Judy Allen - The Art of Feather Quilting: "The Art of Feather Quilting
by Judy Allen
Unique drawing pads help you visualize every feature of the quilted feather.
Judy's signature style will have you creating beautiful curved crosshatching, crossover designs and Victorian-inspired feather patterns -- all suitable for quilts and stylish wearable art.
Popular feather categories are featured, including straight and undulating lines, circles, hearts and their variations, swags, scallops, plumes, paisleys, plus Double Wedding Ring designs.
Unique placement ideas fit feathers anywhere! Blocks, borders, and corners can be enhanced with elegant framing techniques and decorative motifs.
Over 100 pattern choices. Each is perfect for the hand quilter, for the domestic sewing machine, and any home quilting system or prefessional quilting machine."

Long Arm Quilting Machines - for quilters doing machine quilting for hire or sale

Long Arm Quilting Machines - for quilters doing machine quilting for hire or sale: "Every quilter who faces more than a few queen or king size quilt tops has a fantasy about getting one of 'those big quilting machines' - the big sewing heads on a twelve foot wide frame! Few of us do it, but it's fun to know about them and also to think about learning to use them at a place that might rent out time on them"

Sewing with Nancy

Sewing with Nancy: "Reproduce the look of quilts from bygone eras with easy timesaving techniques. Learn how to produce the look of an antique quilt with relative ease using Nancy's timesaving cutting and stitching techniques coupled with today's high tech notions and sewing machines. Take a trip down memory lane as you discover the enjoyment of creating very easy vintage quilts.
Part 1: Duplicate the look of antique quilts with easy timesaving techniques. Vintage fabrics plus high tech notions and machines make it easy to re-create the look of antique quilts. Guest quilt historian Carol Butzke details the history of 16-patch, 9-patch, and Triple Irish Chain quilts, and host Nancy Zieman shows contemporary methods for making a 16-patch table runner and a scrappy 9-patch table quilt. "