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Varieties of Quilting Patterns

By on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 | No Comments

The art of holding three or more layers of fabric together by a stitch is known as Quilting. It is a stitching art to create designer product. Quilt can either be done by machine or hand. Special kind of thread and needle is used in the process of quilting. If performed by hand, quilting is done on a frame using needles which are specially crafted and are called “betweens”. Machine quilting is done on a conventional sewing machine and matching thread is used to bring about the design. An artist who creates quilt is known as a quilter. The three layers of fabric that are the top material, the sandwiched fabric and the backing material can be joined together either by straight, rocking or a running stitches. Quilting is done to create bed covers, clothing, wall hanging and other designer products.

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Build Your Own Beautiful Gift Basket

By on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | No Comments

Today the term “Gift baskets” appears on the top ten home creative businesses. It is a quickly growing business option for the talented and creative person. Gift baskets are a great gift to be presented to someone with care and affection. While wondering and mulling over a special gift or unique gift option, it is difficult to find a better solution than making your own gift basket. You can show your love in the form of a creative gift basket for any occasion like Birthdays, Weddings, Christmas or even a holiday. Though many find it difficult to make this sort of a gift, either because of choosing the contents or wrapping it around, it actually is quite simple. You just need your imagination and creative ideas to take a front seat and voila!

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Darice 80-Piece Professional Art Set

By on Friday, January 13th, 2012 | No Comments

Studio 71 deluxe art set overflows with color and creativity. For the serious artist. Set includes 24 color pencils, 24 oil pastels, 24 watercolor cakes, 2 paint brushes, 2 drawing pencils, pencil sharpener, kneaded eraser and sanding blocks. Provides an artist with a wide range of materials in a compact, portable wood case with handle. Small parts, not for children under 3 years.

If you are looking for a craft drill, you can click on the link to our previous post.

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Types of Quilting Kits

By on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | No Comments

Quilting is an artistic method of sewing which is used to join two, three of more layers to form a thicker material. All these base materials are joined together by using a needle and a thread. Hence, a process of making a thick padded material by joining two, three or more layers of materials using a needle and a thread is known as quilting and the final product is known as a quilt. The artist who makes a quilt is known as a quilter. There are various methods available to make a quilt:

  • By hand
  • Sewing machine
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