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PopSci Q&A: Kate Findlay Talks About the Confluence of Quilting and the Large Hadron Collider How A Quilter Ended Up In The Pages Of A Particle Physics Publication By Dan Nosowitz – Posted 03.02.2012 at 1:06 pm We first became aware of Kate Findlay’s work thanks to Symmetry Magazine, which publishes articles relating to particle [...]

Finding Needle Clarity By Liz Kettle Standing in front of the wall of sewing machine needle options can be daunting. Just what are all those different needles for? Thoroughly confused, you grab an assorted pack of universal needles because they should work for anything right? Back home you pick up your latest piecing project, some [...]

Create a Yoga Mat Carrier By Leslie Jenison This Tutorial Gives a Whole New Meaning to “Leftovers”     For a long time I have been in the habit of saving my quilted “trimmings” – those hunks that are cut off a quilt construction for one reason or another. I decided to make a new [...]

Eight Tips for Perfect Rotary Cutting By Liz Kettle Rotary cutting is one of the best tools in the modern quilter’s box. I was so excited when I got my first rotary cutter when I was a budding quilter but that quickly turned to dismay when it turned out a bit harder than it looked. [...]

Let’s Make Some Patchwork! By Terry White Patchwork refers to the technique of cutting pieces of fabric and then stitching them together to make a quilt top. The cut pieces of fabric are called patches.When the pieces are stitched together into a single unit, the unit is called a quilt block.When quilt blocks are stitched [...]