design – Fabric Bias http://fabricbias.com color ~ cloth ~ texture ~ design Sun, 31 Jan 2016 04:33:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Bali Pops Precuts and Bali Breezes Quilt Pattern http://fabricbias.com/2015/05/bali-pops-precuts-and-bali-breezes-quilt-pattern/ http://fabricbias.com/2015/05/bali-pops-precuts-and-bali-breezes-quilt-pattern/#respond Fri, 22 May 2015 16:25:03 +0000 http://fabricbias.com/?p=5114

Years ago, I had a quilt plan in my head that called for a LOT of different fabrics. I thought that the best/easiest way to get the fabric variety I needed would be to use precut strips, and I purchased … Continue reading

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Hoffman 1895 Bali Batik Swatches for Electric Quilt http://fabricbias.com/2015/02/hoffman-1895-bali-batik-swatches-electric-quilt/ http://fabricbias.com/2015/02/hoffman-1895-bali-batik-swatches-electric-quilt/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:46:22 +0000 http://fabricbias.com/?p=5016

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working with a new Watercolors Bali Pop from Hoffman Fabrics to design a quilt. This Bali Pop has 40 2½” x 43″ strips of Style #1895 Handpainted Bali Batik fabrics, and came … Continue reading

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Ten Ways to Mark a Quilt Top for Quilting http://fabricbias.com/2015/02/ten-ways-to-mark-a-quilt-top-for-quilting/ http://fabricbias.com/2015/02/ten-ways-to-mark-a-quilt-top-for-quilting/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:41:06 +0000 http://dreamweavers-quilts.com/?p=4683

I’ll admit it. I’m old school. I like marking quilting designs as opposed to just winging it and making it up as I go along, and my quilting quality is much higher when I have a line to follow. And … Continue reading

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Sunday Stash and InchieSee Playtime http://fabricbias.com/2014/03/sunday-stash-inchiesee-playtime/ http://fabricbias.com/2014/03/sunday-stash-inchiesee-playtime/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:35:54 +0000 http://dreamweavers-quilts.com/?p=4225

Last week I made a quick trip to my LQS to pick up my Pfaff 1475 with its brand new motherboard. Ouch on that. The machine is probably nearing 20 years old and it’s been packed up in the original … Continue reading

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Work in Progress Wednesday–Finding the Groove Post Icepocalypse http://fabricbias.com/2014/02/work-progress-wednesday-post-icepocalypse/ http://fabricbias.com/2014/02/work-progress-wednesday-post-icepocalypse/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:25:44 +0000 http://dreamweavers-quilts.com/?p=4061

Last week was definitely weird here in the South. The Snowpocalypse a few weeks back was bad enough, but the Icepocalypse was much worse for us. Augusta was the hardest hit by that storm, and here we were right in … Continue reading

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Work in Progress: From the Depths of the UFO Cabinet http://fabricbias.com/2014/02/work-progress-depths-ufo-cabinet/ http://fabricbias.com/2014/02/work-progress-depths-ufo-cabinet/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:00:55 +0000 http://dreamweavers-quilts.com/?p=4034

I had an idea the other day that sent me digging through my UFO stash. Years ago, and I mean a LOT of years, I made a bunch of Jacket Jazz jackets. Remember those from the books by Judy Murrah?? … Continue reading

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