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If you always do what you've always done

... you'll always get what you've always got!

That is so true!

Scared of leaving your quiltmaking comfort zone?

Don't try new things because they might not work?

Step outside that comfort zone and play for a few minutes every day and surprising things can happen.

Playing with photos on fabric

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Playing with images
at Sat 21, 2012

A Moment in Time book coverSeveral years ago I wrote a book (A Moment in Time) about printing photos on fabric and using these in quilts.

The process is now so much simpler, as manufacturers have produced more and more pre-prepared fabric, ready to print.

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The Farmer's Daughters Choose Blocks for Their Quilts

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Courses at patchwork school
at Thu 22, 2011

The Farmer's Daughters decided to choose their own blocks for their glory box quilts.

The demure daughter chose Four X Star and the other daughter chose The Farmer's Daughter. Guess what?

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The Farmer's Daughters

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Courses at patchwork school
at Tue 20, 2011

There once was a farmer who had two lovely daughters. They were as different from each other as chalk and cheese.

One was demure and pretty, the other bright and outspoken. They each decided to make a quilt for her glory box.

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Playing with garnet stitch

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Playing with machine quilting
at Tue 20, 2011

Stitches00Garnet Stitch

Stipple quilting is what makes the beautiful sculpture of your design more prominent. Not meander stitch, that's too hard! Try garnet stitch, it's so much easier — you are allowed to cross!

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Playing with curved instead of straight seams

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Playing with patchwork
at Tue 20, 2011

thumb shooFly2Playing with new looks for blocks

By making curved triangle squares instead of good old fashioned regular ones, you get fascinating new looks to traditional blocks. Usually triangle squares are made with a straight diagonal seam.

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Playing with images for design

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Playing with images
at Fri 16, 2011

crop scaleCroppers for play

If you ever use image aditing software on your computer like Photoshop Album or ArcSoft, you will have seen the Crop tool. It looks like two Ls crossing each other.

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The Quilt Club

Posted by JanTUB, This article was posted in Uncategorized, Chatting to quilters
at Thu 25, 2011

Playing with other quilters at The Quilt Club

It's free to join The Quilt Club! Come and visit, join in and let's piece the world together, one quilt at a time.

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