Silk quilt

Let me say from the outset, I am a cotton girl at heart! I've dabbled with silks for my Little Bouquet quilts, but never anything serious, or big like a quilt. So, for those of you that may be interested...

I want to share with you how to quilt using silk scraps. Quilting with silk is as easy as quilting […]

Silk cathedral windows silk quilt by Annabel Rainbow (UK), close up photo by Kameleon Quilt (Norway).

Our daughter Kate's been married for almost 8 years...I can't believe it's been that long! This is the quilt I made a few years ago from her reception decorations... We had silk "placemats" on the center of each table. A larger magenta or orange rectangle, then a green square set on point on that...topped with a grouping of bead wrapped glasses filled with gerber daisies in bright magenta and orange, along with some mini lime green mums. The colors really popped against the white…

In previous articles I wrote about the benefits of silk, most common types of silk fabric, and how to cut chiffon (and other slippery fabric). Now let’s talk about interfacing, threads, needles, sewing machine settings for silk fabric – basically the specifics of the tools and notions used for sewing silk. Silk fabrics especially chiffon, organza, georgette, gazar, gauze, charmeuse have a reputation of “difficult to work with”. In my opinion it is not the material itself that is creating…

It is the first week of the Ombre Puff Quilt Along, which means we are choosing our fabrics!

May is here and finally is is nice to be outside. Our weather has gone from 40's to 70's in a matter of 2 weeks. It's pretty nice out there. But, I am stuck inside for a few more weeks, at least mos

I made this quilt for my sister in law. It’s a gift for her Dad, who turns 60 this year. Each square is a swatch of silk cloth used for neckties. She sent me her collection of swatches and requested a simple quilt with a black background. I used Kona black for the sashing, and cut the squares at 4 [...]

For Father's Day, how about a show of quilts made from shirts and ties? We love the idea of making something new, useful and beautiful from ...

Made by Joung-Soon Kim of South Korea; entered in the category Traditional Pieced at the 2005 International Quilt Festival. (Oh, and I think that this one was all-silk.)