QNM Issue #407 Dec/Jan 2009
Includes:
On the Cover: Midnight Rose - Kazue Takao's hand-stitched compasses and hand-appliqued roses and vines make a stunning quilt that is a study in careful use of fabric
To a Quilt Maven - Julie Scribner shares her delightful Christmas poem, a comic rewrite of Poe's The Raven
Quilting's Top Pod People - Annie Smith, Alex Anderson, and Bonnie McCaffery are making sure quilters with iPods have interesting things to listen to!
Patchwork in Pictures - Take a look at the many ways quilters today are using traditional patchwork in their contemporary, pictorial quilts
Thread Embellishment - Simple fused scenes can take on a whole new life with a little free-motion machine embroidery.
Here's how!
Easy Lesson: Cricut Applique - Use the Cricut cutting machine, a tool scrapbookers use to cut paper, to cut fusible fabric applique shapes in seconds
Meetin' Place - Meet the Three Sisters-Helen Godden, Annette M. Hendricks, and Gail Thomas-whose phenomenal collaborative quilts are taking Houston by storm!
Eyes on the Prize - Learn what all quilters should know about keeping their eyes safe from the potentially harmful effects of fabric chemicals, lint, and strain
C&T Goes Green - Quilt book company C&T Publishing shares the steps they have taken to reduce their impact on the environment
Readers' Quilt Show - Quilts inspired by architecture from around the world
Wandering Star - J. Renee Howell made six color variations of one simple block to make a surprising secondary pattern appear across the surface of this quilt. Use flannels or homespuns to make this easy-to-piece beauty that will call to mind Christmas in a cabin in the mountains
Happy Hannukah - This wall hanging, designed by Cheryl Lynch, has a strip-pieced menorah, paper-pieced dreidel blocks, and fused stars and words to make Hannukah in your home even more special
City Girl - Svanhild Schmidt-Hovstad's original block makes up a bed quilt that showcases the City Girl fabric line designed by Kitty Yoshida for Benartex. The chocolate brown, robin's egg blue, and pistachio green mix beautifully for a fresh, contemporary look
Acanthus - Fabrics from Kaffe Fassett's new Arts & Crafts collection combine on a splashy strippy quilt he and Liza Prior Lucy designed especially for QN readers
Dutch Circus - Part 2 of 2. Finish this bold quilt by Sandi McMillan by adding the folksy appliqu? and stylish wreath quilting.
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