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Audrey ZohnerU.S.
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I am an expert rag quilter. I have made over 100 rag quilts and would love to assist others with questions and methods. I don't know much about actual quilting like machine or hand quilting or applique. I am, however, the resident expert on rag quilting in my town. If you want to make a rag quilt, I am your woman. | |
Dawn PaolettiU.S.
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I would love to help anyone with beginning quilting, free motion embroidery and quilting, raw edge applique and art quilts. I am also a cyber quilter. That means I can help you use your computer to search for quilting techniques, quilt patterns, supplies, etc. I can also help other beginner fabric dyers. | |
Julie SilberU.S.
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I can speak to the age, design, style, region, history, and value of antique quilts. | |
Connie HesterU.S.
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Quilting and applique expert.Can advise on the following topics:quilting, art quilts, quilt design and construction, machine and hand quilting, paper foundation piecing, machine piecing, hand piecing, raw edge applique, turned-edge applique and fiber art. | |
Susan DrudingOn Vacation
returns 11/30/2009 |
Questions on all aspects of quilting are welcome: both art quilting and traditional. I have been involved with the textile arts for more than 30 years - history, technique, materials. Helping beginners as well as experienced quilters find quilting teachers and finding quilt resources on the Web is a specialty. |
Hi Dawn. Lovely name you have, if I may say so! I understand how you feel, Dawn. All that work and you can't even enjoy your quilts for very long. I am assuming you are machine sewing and not hand
Julie, Kudos for trying free motion! You'll find it is much fun and lets you be more and more creative. You can sew through fused fabric, I do it all the time. In fact, if you don't fuse the edges
Hi again, Thanks for photos -- they help. Storing: please do not store against wood directly. Put the quilt into clean cotton first -- a clean cotton pillow case or wrapped in a sheet. Cleaning:
Hi, And thanks for your question. From what I can see, your quilt definitely fits with some broadly defined characteristics of Southern quilts. I am seeing only a detail, but the color especially
Hi again, Thanks. It is typical for the silks and taffetas of this era to crack or break. When these fabric start to "fail" there is no going back. It is not from use or abuse -- it is in the nature

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