Spoiler–I don’t have one! I use a lot of red—but I wouldn’t say it is my favorite. To me, colors are like children–who can chose their favorite child? Each child does well in a certain field, has particular charms and even goes through a period when you are not sure you even like them! ButContinue reading “What is your “favorite” color?”
Author Archives: Judith Oswald
“Runners”
Hmmm…how can I tie this post to the Olympics finishing up in Tokyo? Fifteen different running events are listed for men and women in the official Olympic program –sprints, middle distance and long distance. That is not counting the hurdles, relays and steeplechases! And at the October Quilt Etc.Sale, we will have that many orContinue reading ““Runners””
Decorating for the Holidays
Normally getting ready for the holidays can be stressful. Lots to do and so little time! Last year during the COVID pandemic and no one coming to our home for parties or family gatherings, I was in an especially funky mood. I wanted to decorate our home for Christmas but really didn’t feel like spendingContinue reading “Decorating for the Holidays”
Fifteen fabrics or More
“Scrappy” may sound like a small but fierce puppy’s name. Or it could describe a child who doesn’t let a few bullies stop them. But in quilt circles it refers to a quilt top made from many fabrics or scraps leftover from other sewing projects. At the County Fair judges have a category for “quiltsContinue reading “Fifteen fabrics or More”
Do you Appliqué?
This will not be a term paper on the art of appliqué, there are books and books on that subject. My objective is to help make you a more discriminating quilt shopper! The term appliqué is a method of sewing a piece of fabric onto another piece of fabric to create an image or design.Continue reading “Do you Appliqué?”
What does ETC. mean?
At the Quilt Etc.Sale in October at First United Methodist Church we will have a lot of items that are not quilts. All the items are made of fabric..with the exception of a “barn quilt” or two. (Barn quilts are made from wood and are painted and meant to hang outside.). The ETC. items makeContinue reading “What does ETC. mean?”
It’s Not a Lost Art
When quilts are listed, one of the important pieces of information is “machine” or “hand” quilted. The Quilters at First do both methods of quilting but with the majority being machine quilted. Hand quilting takes skill and patience. A quilt can take up to 300 hours at the frame- stitching one stitch at a time.Continue reading “It’s Not a Lost Art”
Not Your Mother’s Baby Quilt
I still have two quilts my grandmothers made for me before I was born. The quilts were used to keep me warm in a home heated with wood stoves. They are not pristine but they are treasured. Both are a careful combination of pink and blue–gender was unknown before the big day. Each of theContinue reading “Not Your Mother’s Baby Quilt”
30’s and 40’s reproduction fabrics + new tool= 1 Quilt
I am not sure why I like the fabrics that are reproductions of designs from the 1930s and 1940s. What is it about tiny little yellow ducks, or simple five petal flowers, or the typical basic color ways? Maybe it reminds us of what we perceive to be a simpler world (although there was aContinue reading “30’s and 40’s reproduction fabrics + new tool= 1 Quilt”
Save the Bees!
Our world depends on bees to survive. Bees are needed in the production of food. We have been encouraged to grow flowers and trees to feed the bees and to become as chemical free as possible. Not only are they essential, they are a part of the spring and summer landscape and a symbol ofContinue reading “Save the Bees!”
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