Tag Archives: power of quilts

Weekend Plus

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

I was looking through my copy of Best Weekend Quilts 2013 the other day, and I noticed that Garden Pathways, the quilt I had chosen to interpret for the staff Weekend quilt challenge is displayed in the ‘Weekend Plus’ section. … Continue reading →

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Gigi’s Best Weekend Quilt

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

I definitely look forward to my weekends, not only because it’s a chance to catch up on everything that I let slide during the week, but also because it’s so great to have two whole days in a row to … Continue reading →

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Math and Quilts

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

In high school, you said you’d never need it again in your life. Well, there’s a good chance that you did, anyway. “That’s why they invented calculators!” and “Who cares about the area of a parallelogram?” may have come out … Continue reading →

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Quilts in Art

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

Artwork depicting quilts is certainly a small niche, but it occupies a little place in the art world all the same. Artists that take the trouble to render a colorful patchwork quilt in a scene are giving themselves more painstaking … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of Quilt to Give

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Bill Gardner

Editor’s note: This week’s guest blogger is Nancy Zieman, author, pattern designer, businesswoman, producer and national sewing authority, as well as host of Sewing with Nancy, which appears exclusively on public television stations across the U.S. and Canada. Follow Nancy’s … Continue reading →

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Free-motion Friday

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

I have recently been trying to improve my free-motion quilting skills. I went ahead and invested in a darning foot and I am ready to be great at it! I am definitely one of those people who wants to be … Continue reading →

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Happy Quilting Month! Quilts! Prizes! Love!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Julie B., and thanks to all of our participants!] Can you believe it’s already March?! It seems like just yesterday that I was sleeping through New Year’s celebrations. But now the days … Continue reading →

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Ribbons on a quilt

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

If you want tips on how to win a ribbon at a quilt show, Lori has some pretty good advice for you. This post may not help you with creating a ribbon-winning quilt, although hopefully it inspires you to experiment … Continue reading →

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Free quilting books!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

[This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Kay, Barbara and Kathy! And thanks to all who participated!] Who doesn’t love a good reference book? Quilting books, especially, are practically worth their weight in gold for all the valuable information they contain. … Continue reading →

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Fabric Love

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Gigi Khalsa

I hope everyone had a magical Valentine’s Day filled with happiness and love. Of course, it’s good to have days like that all the time. Love is too much of a priority to everyone, it seems, to be confined to … Continue reading →

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