‘The Quilt Life’ Archives
For the new traditionalist…
For those of us with mobile, blended, extended, or decidedly non-traditional families, those comforting (or not) holiday rituals we grew up with just might not be happening. But we still find ourselves wanting to do something besides simply trotting out the good dishes. [Read More]
Tradition!
Meg Cox is an expert on tradition. She’s been researching and writing about the importance of family traditions for almost 20 years (a tradition in itself!) Meg wrote an article for the December TQL, sharing a holiday tradition a friend created for Meg’s son, Max. Every [Read More]
11.11.11
11-11-11 is an auspicious day. Numerologists, apparently, see today as the first day of the rest of your life – a day to set goals and start something new. A quilt, perhaps? To really make the most of this numerological opportunity, begin doing, thinking, planning at [Read More]
and another…
We continue to marvel at all the amazing, hand-appliqued details in Mary S. Buvia’s TQL-December-centerfold-turned-big-winner fantasy, Loading Dock. Here’s another astonishing piece of workmanship. [Read More]
Just look at this
Here’s a little panda – just one of the tiny details in Mary Buvia’s quilt Loading Dock. [Read More]
Old Friends
Those of us in the quilt magazine business are pretty lucky. We get to “meet” so many people while we’re working on articles about them, and they really seem like old friends by the time we go to press. So this week we were so proud and happy (but not surprised) when [Read More]
Group envy
I’ve said it before. I’ve got group envy and I want to be a Rogue. A Rogue Art Quilter, that is. The amazing results of the group’s River Quilt Project is 39 feet long and winds its way across five whole pages of TQL’s December issue! I had to know more about [Read More]
Free Ornament Patterns
Don’t miss these cute ornament patterns designed by Carol Doak and brought to you by The Quilt Life magazine. They are called Santa is a Star and Snowflake Star. These easy foundation-pieced ornaments will look lovely on trees, gift packages, and will be great for [Read More]
Are the home fires burning?
Is that smoke? Or just you, burning the candle at both ends? The theme of the December TQL is home – a wonderful place we think about even more fondly as the holidays approach. Our thoughts turn to decorating, cooking, baking, gifts we’ll make – and things to do [Read More]
