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Maybelle Maddison - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Maybelle Maddison is a true Southern belle from Atlanta, Georgia. You can usually find her behind a sewing machine whipping up a new quilt or digging through bolts of fabric at her local quilt shop.
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- How to Improve Your Quilting - 5 Tips
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] How can you make sure that you will improve your quilting from year to year? Just like any other art, quilting improves with practice. By doing a couple of things, however, you can make sure that you will continue to improve.
- Where to Find Quilting Material
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Supplies] Whenever we are starting a new project or new hobby, just about anything can cause us to stop. For new quilters and sometimes for folks who have been quilting for a while, we can become obsessed about having the right quilting material. The good news, however, is that there is no "right" fabric to work with when it comes to quilting.
- Tips to Embellish Quilts With Beads
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] If you are interested in tips to embellish quilts with beads, you have come to the right place. Quilts have moved beyond simple coverings to works of art due partly to the addition of embellishments such as beads. This article will explore how you can ensure that your beaded quilt vision comes to life by asking yourself four simple questions.
- Beginning Quilting - 3 Great First Projects
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] For new quilters, the trick is to choose projects that are quick and easy so you can build your confidence. Here are three projects that are tailor-made for those beginning quilting.
- Recycle Crafts - Using Old Clothes in Quilts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Supplies] Using recycled materials in crafts is nothing new. The first quilt I owned was made from rags by my great-grandmother. The motto "reduce, reuse, recycle" then seemed to be only for frugal folks.
- Easy Quilt Patterns
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The following easy quilt patterns look gorgeous and can be finished quickly. In fact, for a baby sized quilt, the quilt top can be completed in less than 24 hours.
- Easy Sewing Projects For Beginning Quilters and Anyone Else
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] OK. So you have decided to take the plunge and start quilting. The challenge is that you do not feel comfortable with your sewing machine.
- Seven Quilting Shortcuts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Do you love quilting, but it doesn't seem like you can find the time to have fun with your favorite hobby? Here are some shortcuts to get you quilting and finishing your projects.
- How to Choose a Baby Quilt Pattern
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Any quilt pattern can be a baby quilt pattern. What makes a quilt appropriate for a baby is the size and the fabric choices. For the size, going with a three foot by five foot quilt is always safe.
- How to Find Unique Baby Quilts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Are you looking for unique baby quilts to give as gifts? You have come to the right place. This article will discuss three ways to find those gifts that will have everyone at the shower drooling.
- How to Organize Patterns Printed From the Internet
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] If you're looking for help organizing your sewing and quilting patterns printed from the Internet, you have come to the right place. This article will show you how using office supplies can help you easily organize all that wonderful information.
- How to Quilt - A Step-by-Step Overview
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Have you ever thought about quilting, but you are not sure that you could actually finish a quilt? Well, you can quilt. This article will take you step-by-step through the quilting process.
- Beginner Quilting - 5 Essential Tools
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] If you are in interested in beginning quilting, you have come to the right place. Here are five essential tools to get you started on your way to designing and making your own beautiful quilts.
- Five Mistakes Beginning Quilters Make
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Anyone who has seen a quilt must at some moment have wondered about beginning the craft themselves. It is no wonder that in their excitement, beginners can make mistakes that may cause them to quit quilting. This article will detail the top five mistakes new quilters make and how to avoid them.
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