Challenges–Love or Hate?
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by Kathy Schmidt I absolutely love a good challenge! And so does my small group! Creative Seasons is a small art quilt club that grew from the Guild and has been active for many years. We all work at being textile artists and almost all of us have a background in traditional quilting. Obeying the […]
Did Sunbonnet Sue Survive COVID-19? The Answer Revealed!
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By Henya Rachmiel, Annette Tolley and Susan Schwandt NOTE: The Sunbonnet Sue COVID quilt and many, many beautiful quilts will be available for public viewing during the GAAQG Quilt Show, July 30-31at Washtenaw Community College. The idea for making a Sunbonnet Sue COVID-19 quilt evolved from the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild online Book Club […]
Laudable Labels
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By Camie Roper How’s that quilt entry coming along? By this point, we hope you have at least chosen a design and fabric. Take a step outdoors, breathe in that almost-spring air, and use the earlier-sunrise and later-sunset hours to make progress on your creation. Quick quiz: How many creators of the following works of […]
Binding as a Counterbalance to Your Quilt
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By Camie Roper Counterbalance: a weight that balances another weight. Each quilt has a certain substance or weight. Binding helps balance that weight. Keep this in mind when planning your quilt entry. A quiet binding can calm down a very colorful quilt. Other quilts very clearly incorporate their design into the binding. Yet others add […]
Quintessential Quilting: “A Thing of Beauty is a Joy for Ever”
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By Camie Roper John Keats must have had quilts in mind when composing the romantic poem Endymion. A quilt is the perfect combination of art and function. Its quilting holds three layers together, and adds beauty, motion and texture. First-timers entering the 2022 GAAQG Quilt Show have many options when it comes to quilting. Aesthetically, […]
Out-of-the Blue Quilt Backs
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By Camie Roper Are you entering your first quilt in a quilt show or your hundred-and-first? Did you know that you can get double exposure by adding an alluring back? Think about it and get stitching! Consider the back of your quilt a blank canvas for even more creativity. Use extra blocks from the front, […]
Planning for a Different Kind of Perfection
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By Camie Roper The expert quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama are remarkable. Their sense of dignity is palpable and their unusual quilts are not what many expect. They are quite self-sufficient, raise their own food and enjoy a tight-knit community. Their quilts reflect their spirituality, resourcefulness, pride and grace. Maris Curran’s brief online video about […]
Taming Your Textiles
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By Camie Roper “I made the quilt on my bed with paper I got from the craft store! It was a breeze to cut and the pieces went together perfectly,” said no quilter ever. That first wash would be a doozie! Bias edges and even cross-grain edges can stretch out of shape. How do […]
Being Choosy with Color
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By Camie Roper For a long time, I used too many colors in my quilts. I just loved color and wanted to use as much as possible. Then I learned about the value of a color scheme. How did I learn this? I viewed thousands of quilts: from friends, lecturers, online, in books, magazines and […]
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 9 – Butterflies
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“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” […]