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I have taken 5 classes at QuiltUniversity.com. It's terrific! They post new lessons every friday so you can begin working on your new homework that weekend. Most classes run from 3 to 6 weeks. They have a forum where you can post questions and interact with other students which is very helpful. Most...
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Hello art quilters -- I am new to this and want to know how large the hanging sleeve needs to be for a small art quilt. Should it be big enough for a 1" dowel or will a smaller sleeve be sufficient?
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Hi Everyone! I've been interested in drawing and painting portraits ever since I can remember. A few years ago, I began to sew and quilt. I wanted to take it a bit further and combine quilting with painting to create an art piece. I found quilting arts magazine and was in heaven!!! I look forward...
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Everone has self-doubts, that normal. My self-doubts only occasionly deal with the art in my quilts. Now that doesn't mean they are perfect, far from it. But nothing is perfect. My art quilts help me to stay sane, I have a need to create things. Some times it is cooking, sometimes it is an art quilt...
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Being a non quilter I've always wondered this too. Particularly when an official bod answered my query with "the usual two layers" - errrrrrm I thought "the usual" was THREE layers. Then someone went to a show and came back and told me there was a piece made up of broken china...
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Glad to be here, still have alot of checking the site out to do- but it looks like a great place so far! Tracy :-)
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Hi Debbie, Happy 4th to you too. I am also celebrating my 19th wedding anniversary today. In celebration, my husband helped me soda soak some PFD cotton and silk and make 5 batches of dye concentrate. What a good day! In answer to your printer question, I use an Epson printer because of the pigma ink...
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I'm on blogger as well and I'm really pleased. I'm a fairly new blogger (since March) and it has been really easy to set up, edit and add gadgets as needed. Good luck with your project. My blog can be found at htttp://SewDanish.blogspot.com if you want to have a look. Birgitte
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Hi. I've just join here and wanted to introduce my self. I'm Birgitte a Danish textil/fiber artist living in England with my American husband. I make art quilts and free style machine embroidery pieces, often combined with a bit of mixed media. I love working with texture, building up my surfaces...
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HI! I am all excitied about meeting new quilting friends. I am an art quilter working mainly with smaller pieces. I mostly fussy cut clothing and applique it to background fabrics. Some of my pieces are mixed media too. I am currently trying to get a bigger quilt finished for a show at the end of the...