A SASHIKO FARMER’S COAT
This example of sashiko, a technique from Japan in which two layers of fabric are quilted
together, shows the highly decorative geometric patterns that strengthen the fabric.
Deborah Pulliam

Sashiko Designs
Dustin Wedekind offers four sashiko designs to use on your own projects.

AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS AT THE
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
The author, senior curator at the American Folk Art Museum, presents four stellar
examples from the museum’s collection.
Stacy C. Hollander

TWO PAINTED CRAZY QUILTS
Crazy quilting and painting with oils on silks and velvets were both popular during the
late nineteenth century, and many crazy quilts of that era feature painted fabric panels.
Linda Moore

Painting on Fabric for a Crazy Quilt
Learn how to paint on fabric with fabric dyes, which are robust enough to withstand
everyday use and periodic cleaning.

Stitches for a Crazy Quilt
Linda Moore offers stitch diagrams for some of the decorative, ornate, and whimsical
embroidery stitches used on crazy quilts.

ISLAND PRIDE: The Nantucket Agricultural Society Quilt
A signature quilt played a role in the Nantucket (Massachusetts) Agricultural Society’s
first fair, held in October 1856.
Aimee E. Newell

STITCHING FOR CASH: Three Fund-Raising Quilts from an Iowa Town
The author and other residents have been documenting and exploring the history
of quilts recently discovered in a single archival box in a storage room in the basement
of the Keota Library.
Andi Milam Reynolds

A SIGNATURE WEDDING QUILT
Even though she was not an experienced quilter, the author decided to make her husband-to-be a wedding gift of a quilt that would celebrate the people who had been significant in his life.
Patti McAfee

A PATCHWORK OF MEMORIES FROM
THREE FAMILY QUILTS
In 1898, Mary Elizabeth Cameron (1859–1930) moved from Alabama to Colorado to start her married life. Quilts found in a trunk in 2004
connect her life to the present.
Rachel Wiley

MY LABEL QUILT
The author describes her “mending project gone mad.”
Libbie Gottschalk

RESCUING ANTIQUE QUILT BLOCKS
Quilter/quilt designer Camelia Elliott used 1940s-vintage blocks that had belonged to her grandmother to make three quilts for her family.
Gilda V. Bryant

Repairing Worn Patchwork Quilts
Melinda A. Barta shows how to cover damaged quilt pieces to prevent additional damage and stabilize the quilt.

Quilt Squares for Photograph Albums
Colorful and often whimsical reproduction fabrics make the perfect insert for windows on the covers of photograph albums. Melinda
A. Barta shows you how to make your own using the Log Cabin quilt pattern.

Decorative Knitting, Part IV: Knit Patchwork Cuffs
For this installment of her ongoing series, Nancy Bush chose a diagonal rib pattern found on mittens from Estonia.

Help with Adobe Acrobat (PDF) On the Web: Knit Quilt-Block Greeting Cards Ann Budd used three motifs that resemble traditional quilt blocks to embellish cards made of handmade paper.

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