Monthly Archives: February 2009

a valentine doodle

February 11, 2009 – 10:54 am

I admit to feeling a certain creative rush when I walk down the card-making supply aisle at the Paper Source or at Michael’s. There’s all those fun do-dads that scream “make something with me!” And sometimes I do. Yet there’s always part of me that flinches at the cost and environmental impact of all of [...]

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how about an artisan stimulation package?

February 9, 2009 – 1:35 pm

While Congress spent the weekend debating how to stimulate the US economy, I was reading the fascinating book Knitting America (which I’ll review later in depth). Author Susan Strawn explains that Britain enacted the Cappers Act of 1571 to protect the domestic knitting and cap-making industry. “Every English resident older than six years and of [...]

By Weeks | Posted in general crafts, just a thought | Comments (2)

nibble tray

February 7, 2009 – 3:04 pm

a valentine cookie too good to eat (well, almost) an origami bouquet for your sweet? the antidote to the Sponge Bob Square Pants Valentine

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designing wild bunch

February 7, 2009 – 2:45 pm

With the our Balancing Act quilt appearing in current issue of  American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine we’ve had a lot of calls to the FunQuilts studio with people wanting to order fabric and know more about how it was designed. So I thought I’d explain a bit about our unusual method of fabric design. When [...]

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Balancing Act in APQ

February 3, 2009 – 4:35 am

We’re thrilled with the beautiful shots of our Balancing Act quilt in the April issue of American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. The quilt shown is made with fabric from our Wild Bunch line of hand-drawn botanicals. This is an exceptionally good issue I think because it has 101 tips from well-known quilters from modern to [...]

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