Author Archives for Eric The Quilter

Stabilizer? Yes or No?

I’ve had a few people ask me about stabilizer for fabric the past few weeks. I decided to dip my toe in the water and ask everyone who reads this!

I’ve never used it, but every now and then, I think to myself, it would be nice for some projects, but I also hear it makes the fabric not as soft and makes it rather rigid and uncomfortable. I know people say to use it for wall hangings because you won’t be touching them, and it helps get you those perfect corners! I just don;t know, so I’m hoping one of the readers will help me out here, and help everyone else out as well by letting me know what they think.

Equality Quilt is Now in My Etsy Shop!

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You too can now have an Equality Quilt because it is available in my ETSY shop! You can get it in almost any colors you want, or ask for a pleasant mash up of colors like the one shown here!

Wouldn’t you like to get under this and snuggle with your significant other, or just get under it to snuggle up and watch a movie.

Project Vicki Update!

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I’m still not exactly sure what I’m doing, but someday soon I might just figure it out! So far, I’ve decided to make this quilt a “Rippling 9 Patch”. Yeah… Basically it is a sea of rich browns, and then this blue is rippling through it. It’s not a blooming 9 patch, but based on it I guess. I just wanted to do something different, and I’m actually liking it quite a bit! Once again though, that may change and I could redesign everything at a moment’s notice, but we’ll see

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The start of my next project!

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I started my next project. After I picked out the fabric, it just kind of hit me what to do with them. I’m not gonna say exactly what I’m doing, but rest assured, it will be epic! The reason I’m not saying, is because it very well may change by the time I finish it! I’m quite fickle like that!

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Picked out the colors for my next project!

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I’ve picked to colors of fabric for my next project! I’m not completely sure on the design yet, but it will involve these! Now, the fun part of this quilt is the fact that the blues I chose were all hand dyed by me about 3 years ago, and I have been hanging onto them for something special. I’ll let everyone know of a design as soon as I come up with one!

Interview Series: Quilts of Valor

Today is the first interview of a series I am doing on people involved in the textile world! Today, we have Carol Olson who is the Minnesota coordinator for Quilts of Valor!

Me: I’m here with Carol Olson, and we’re going to talk about Quilts of Valor’s Minnesota chapter. So Carol, can you explain what Quilts of Valor does for those of my readers who do not know?

Carol: Quilts of Valor is a non-profit foundation that was started in 2003 and they cover all warriors from World War II to the present with a healing quilt of comfort. Anyone who was touched by war, which is almost every veteran. It’s all donated, the pieces, quilters, long-armers. Ten percent of the quilts go abroad to the hospitals, so when they are wounded in the battlefield, they are automatically covered by a quilt. A small token from home, to show that we appreciate their service.

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