Kathy Loomis at Art with a Needle has an opinion about how to efficiently help Japan. Her approach is certainly valuable and needed. And/Or you can less efficiently but very compassionately donate a quilt through Quilters Newsletter. I personally think any help and show of compassion is a good thing and feel no need to bash those who choose a different pathway of service. Here’s how you can be part of the quilt donation, if you choose:
• Send quilts of any size from baby to adult to:
Dana Jones
Quilters Newsletter
741 Corporate Circle, Suite A
Golden, CO 80401
• Mark your box: “Quilts for Japan.”
• Send quilts as soon as possible and no later than April 30, 2011.
Friday Favorites
The last few Fridays have seemed kinda bland to me but I wasn't sure what was missing. Then Kathy posted her tutorial on the perfect facing for a quilt. Tutorials! There have not been many tutorials lately! Anyway, I don't know that I agree with Kathy that a quilt has to be faced to be considered a work of art and not a pot holder but I do occasionally like to use a facing.
Another tutorial is here. It is a picture tutorial on tying a quilt without leaving tie ends flying in the breeze. The method is called a decatur knot. I am going to be trying that out!
I have been working on my artist presentation of Elizabeth Barton for my drawing class. As I have perused her blog entries for the last couple of years, I have found wonderful blogs that when put together could be a book on how to create art. Here is another excellent post--this one is on using values in a quilt. I don't know that it qualifies as a tutorial but it sure does teach me a lot.
The last tutorial I want to highlight this week was written by Rosalita at "...And Then We Set It On Fire." Rosalita went to great detail in her instructions for parfait dyeing. Do take a look at the tutorial, give the technique a try, and post a comment on the Fire blog.
Lastly, a give-away! Lynn Krawczyk is being interviewed this coming Sunday on Blog Talk Radio. To celebrate, she is going to give away a copy of her brand spanking new, not yet released DVD, "Print, Design, Compose" to a lucky listener. Here is the information about the where and when. The how will be told during the interview.
This Saturday is another dyeing day for me. I will be finishing my dyeing for Nancy Crow's class, doing some snow dyeing before the last of the snow melts, and maybe trying Rosalita's tutorial.
Friday Favorites
The last few Fridays have seemed kinda bland to me but I wasn't sure what was missing. Then Kathy posted her tutorial on the perfect facing for a quilt. Tutorials! There have not been many tutorials lately! Anyway, I don't know that I agree with Kathy that a quilt has to be faced to be considered a work of art and not a pot holder but I do occasionally like to use a facing.
Another tutorial is here. It is a picture tutorial on tying a quilt without leaving tie ends flying in the breeze. The method is called a decatur knot. I am going to be trying that out!
I have been working on my artist presentation of Elizabeth Barton for my drawing class. As I have perused her blog entries for the last couple of years, I have found wonderful blogs that when put together could be a book on how to create art. Here is another excellent post--this one is on using values in a quilt. I don't know that it qualifies as a tutorial but it sure does teach me a lot.
The last tutorial I want to highlight this week was written by Rosalita at "...And Then We Set It On Fire." Rosalita went to great detail in her instructions for parfait dyeing. Do take a look at the tutorial, give the technique a try, and post a comment on the Fire blog.
Lastly, a give-away! Lynn Krawczyk is being interviewed this coming Sunday on Blog Talk Radio. To celebrate, she is going to give away a copy of her brand spanking new, not yet released DVD, "Print, Design, Compose" to a lucky listener. Here is the information about the where and when. The how will be told during the interview.
This Saturday is another dyeing day for me. I will be finishing my dyeing for Nancy Crow's class, doing some snow dyeing before the last of the snow melts, and maybe trying Rosalita's tutorial.
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