A quilt is not just another blanket or comforter, used to warm your toes on a chilly night. It is stitched with utmost care, putting in a lot of time, effort and a lot of love. Often quilts have memories attached to it, like a quilt given as a gift at someone’s birth or someone’s […]

Expert quilters pass their craft down through the generations to those just beginning to learn this art. Quilting fabrics, they say, are wide and varied according to the taste of the creator and the patterns. Some types of fabrics are more suitable than others, and a poorly-chosen fabric won’t hold up through time. It’s common […]

Quilting has become a passion with many and with some even a tradition where the family will put their efforts together in order to finish a larger quilt or project.The reason why quilting can become addictive is that you can create your own from scratch. You don’t need experience or previous practice to create your […]

Quilt-making can be traced back to the 12th century when Chinese, Russian and Native American civilizations created three-layer garments that provided warmth during the cold winters and protection when metal for armor was scarce. The crude needles of the time became valuable tools to quilt makers who crafted their work to provide basic needs rather […]

Japan is well-known for the exquisiteness they attach to everything they touch. They adopted the bonsai art form the Chinese, and promoted it to heights that were unimaginable; even the most ordinary Japanese person will have an superbly engineered garden, complete with a waterfall, rocks, and what not which leave a ‘new world’ person with […]