DreamWeaver's Quilts Quilt Epiphany Weblog

I’m back from Quilt Market in Houston, and what a wild ride it was! Kimberly and I had a great time traveling and rooming together, with much laughter and fun, even during the rotten flight over. The flight on Lufthansa was just plain painful, and not nearly as nice or comfortable as the one to [...]

After an unanticipated two week break for the flu and house hunting, I’m back in my Bookmarks folder today to share another Melange on this happy Monday. Today I’m surfing through some art, computer and Internet related links. The Art of Monica Van der Weer—I love her artwork, and she offers it for download to [...]

Here’s an oldie but goodie that hangs on the wall in my stairwell. I completed this in 1999 (or so it says on the back; this one actually has a label of sorts, unlike many of the other older quilts around here—shame on me, I know), but it was probably started long before that. I [...]

For many years I’ve used plastic tags and a tagging gun to baste quilts together for quilting. In fact, this is the only method I’ve ever used, since I purchased the tagging gun when i was making crafts to sell (BQ) and needed to tag them with prices and info. When I started quilting, I [...]

After all that paper yesterday, I came home and had to have some HOF (hands on fabric) time. ITMan and I each received a slick new iPod Touch as a late Christmas present. We got them free because I took some programming classes in November and December. Great freebies! Not that we needed new iPods, [...]

The Perfect Four Patch Demo is now available for download. It’s a short demo which will show you how to make the perfect four patch, with perfectly matching seams and the “twirling trick” to reduce bulk. It’s free, just download and click to play. Other demos are coming soon, but will only be available to [...]

To celebrate the NQA Award, I put together a screensaver, just for you! The screensaver is full of pictures and close up views of the Stars In My Hand quilt and is available with or without background music. You can download the musical or nonmusical version, and install it on your computer for free! Enjoy!