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Pauline Rogers - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Pauline Rogers has travelled throughout Australia and New Zealand for over 20 years, teaching the art of patchwork and quilting. She operates an award winning shop, Quilters World, in Toowoomba, Queensland as well as a successful mail order and online service. She founded Quiltfest, an annual quilting event and Margie's Quilts of Hope, a quilting challenge which raises funds for breast cancer research.
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- Explore the Wonderful World of Quilts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Quilt making is a process of creation. There are so many different aspects that even experienced quilter's always have new areas to explore. For those just learning there are many sampler quilts, structured to give the beginner practice in basic techniques while building a foundation of skills. In quilt making there's something for all tastes.
- What Tools Do You Need For Beginning Patchwork?
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The tools you use can help you enjoy your hobby or cause you to abandon a project before completion. Many quilters spend hours of discouraging drudgery until they discover the tools of the trade, and the proper way to use them. There are certain tools necessary to get you started in patchwork.
- Patchwork & Quilting - The Importance of Fabric Grain
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] In patchwork and quilting, understanding fabric grain is helpful in achieving the results you want in your finished quilts. Find out exactly what fabric grain means and how it can help you achieve professional results in your quilting.
- Charm Quilts - A Magical and Charming Pastime
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Charm Quilts usually feature a single shape, such as a square, hexagon or diamond, with no two patches cut from the same fabric.The collecting is probably a large part of the appeal of a Charm Quilt. Collecting is a pastime many enjoy, with the challenge being to acquire as many different examples of an item as possible. Scraps of fabrics gathered and traded with friends and relatives, sewn into a quilt, would have been an appealing hobby for young women. It would also be a reminder of pleasant times and the loved ones.
- Tips for Frustration Free Patchwork & Quilting
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Hobbies should be fun and satisfying, not frustrating. When learning new things, such as patchwork and quilting you aren't aware of all the tricks and tips that come with years of experience. Here are 14 fabulous tips to make quilting more enjoyable.
- The Quilter's Horoscope
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] A humourous compilation of character traits of quilters according to their zodiac signs. Compiled by a quilting tutor with over twenty years experience teaching patchwork and quilting but zero years writing horoscopes.
- The Rotary Cutter - It's Not a Pizza Cutter
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The rotary cutter has revolutionalize quilting. Informative article on how to get the most out of your rotary cutter.
- The Seven Wonders of the Quilting World
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Information on the seven handiest tools for patchwork and quilting. These are the must have tools to help make quilting easier and more pleasurable.
- How to Keep Your Quilts Beautiful
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Creating a quilt requires much time and effort. Meant to be cherished and enjoyed, quilts can end up damaged by improper use, cleaning, storage and display. Whether created for every day use or as heirlooms, proper care will ensure that they last to bring the pleasure intended.
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