DreamWeaver's Quilts Quilt Epiphany Weblog

When you photograph a quilt or other flat, rectangular artwork, watch out for keystoning. Keystoning happens when the edges of the quilt are not parallel with the edges of the camera frame and the quilt looks crooked, with one edge shorter than the other. To prevent the keystone quilt look, photograph the quilt straight on, [...]

Tracey Pereira says “Use a surge protector” for your sewing machines, sergers and other electronics in your sewing room. Great advice, as some sewing machines today are just as sensitive to power surges and spikes as your home theater and stereo systems are. Tracey shares the complete hows and the whys of using a surge [...]

Though less popular among quilters than twitter or facebook, the professional networking site Linked In is starting to get infiltrated by the quilting community. Groups are emerging that give quilt professionals and enthusiasts a place to connect, ask questions, solve problems, and share knowledge. Linked In discussions tend to be more focused on a specific [...]

Quilters from all walks of life have embraced twitter.com as a quick and easy way to connect with other quilty friends across the U.S. and world, 140 characters at a time. Use Twitter’s search function to find twitterers with similar interests. By simply typing in search words like “quilt”, “quilting”, “applique”, etc., you’ll meet interesting [...]

If you like to use your printer for photo transfer, you prepare your fabric and iron it to freezer paper, cut it to size and insert in the printer. Sometimes the paper curls or separates from the fabric and nasty things happen. Your fabric gets ruined and you have to start over. To avoid this [...]

Facebook isn’t just for kids anymore. Quilters tend to be social animals by nature, so its no surprise quilters are all over this popular social networking tool. Most of the quilting publishers have “fan” sites, and many popular designers, authors, teachers, and other quilting professionals maintain an active presence on facebook. Whatever your area of [...]

Visit Tag Galaxy, type in ‘quilting’, click on one of the planets, and brace yourself for some awesome eye candy! This tip submitted by Dorothy H. Thanks Dorothy!