Last week I explained how I dyed all the fabric patches in my quilt “Trinity” using an ink-jet printer. Here are some ideas about how you could use this technology in your quilts.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, I thought I would share one of my annual traditions. Every year, I make a fabric Christmas ornament for each of my neices and nephews. But I always make extra, because I have learned that they add a nice, personal touch to any gift.

It always surprises me when I hear people say that choosing fabrics for a quilt is the hardest part of the process. It’s the best part, I say! This article describes an easy and effective way to choose fabrics by using a multi-colored print fabric: a focus fabric. The focus fabric may be used in your quilt as patches or as a border, or it may not be used at all. Its purpose is to set the color palette for the quilt and to make choosing fabrics fun!