Sarah J. Doyle | August 29, 2009
I have several quilts that my grandmother made, and oh how they are so special to me! She passed away years ago, but the love of sewing and quilting that she and my mother instilled in me will last my lifetime! My daughter is a trememdous seamstress, quilter, pattern designer — all of it, and [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | June 12, 2009
Even if you’re not a quilter, you could still make money in a quilt business by recycling old quilts and giving them new life. The odds are good that you’ve got some lumpy old quilts around your house that you don’t use anymore, but they’re just too charming to throw out!
Try turning your “vintage” [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | March 29, 2009
While there are many of us that do quilting for a business, there are others of us who just do quilting for the fun of it. Today I’ve picked a couple of quick and easy quilts that can be made for yourselves, for a child or just to tuck away as a memory!The first quilt [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 24, 2008
Add New Dimension to Your Sewing — Make Memory Quilts!Memory quilts, like the one above, can be done several ways. The finished size of the wall hanging memory quilt shown is 23″ x 32″ tall, and has loops at the top in order to use a dowel for hanging.This particular one has fabric pieces of [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 15, 2008
I have a palm tree pattern that I downloaded free from Patterns2Go, and have been trying to decide how to use it to show off the beauty of it.
The pattern is a counted cross stitch pattern, however because I’m convinced that those of us who sew and do crafts ALSO do other things, such as [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | October 2, 2008
The population of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania will double this Saturday, October 4th, as more than 2,000 people flock to an unusual and beautiful once-a-year sight. Quilts — hundreds of them — will blanket the streets. The handmade quilts will hang from windows and porches of picturesque Victorian homes and in store displays, flutter from lines strung along the [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 12, 2008
Quilting might seem like something Aunt Bea from The Andy Griffith Show would do with her friends, while dishing the dirt about the inhabitants of Mayberry. Princeton resident and former Wall Street Journal reporter Meg Cox begs to differ, however.It is anything but elderly ladies bending over wooden hoops, needles in hand.In her third book, [...]
