We are creating a Gallery in QCA that you'll be able to use to search for various quilt images (and post your own to your very own Gallery!) - and we want to have a list of the most common terms and tags to make your search as easy as possible. To that end, we need your input!
What are the most popular:
Just respond to this post and be sure to include the heading along with your list. Doesn't matter if there are duplications! For example:
Blocks:
Fabric:
Techniques:
Thanks for your help!
QCA Peg
Blocks: Log cabin. square in a square, HST (half square triangle)crazy quilt blocks
techniques: free motion quilting, trapunto
Fabrics: wovens, or homespun, wool, chintz
quilt sizes: king and queen for me
Blocks: card trick, turning twenty, scrappy, stars, panels
Fabric: flannel, fleece, batiks, charms, jelly rolls, jelly cakes, etc.
Techniques: quilt as you go, miniature quilts, stained glass, BOM's
Sizes:lap top, wall hanging, baby, table runner
North of Boston MA
gini in north idaho
Thanks for the responses so far! Keep 'em coming!
Quilt Blocks
double wedding ring, stars, bargello, mariner's compass, french braid, grandmother's flower garden, fans, kaliedescope
Vinton, Virginia
blocks: any star block - examples - friendship star - 6 pointed - 8 pointed -
fabrics - cotton - sateen cottons - flannels - homespun - fleece - silk - satins -
techniques: hand and machine embroidery, applique - all types from raw edge to needle turn - also freezer paper and fusibles and interfacing techniques - plus the newest water soluble fusible
quilt sizes - queens - kings...
Block Types: Pinwheel, Drunkard's Path, NY Beauty, Dilectible Mountains, Snowball, Kaleidascope, Storm at Sea, Snail Trail.
Techniques: Hand quilted, machine applique, hand applique
Fabrics: Silk
Linny T
curved piecing; foundation piecing; hand piecing; binding (single fold, bias, french fold, prairie points, back to front); proper pressing; rotary cutting; template piecing; making templates; tracing; embroidery (hand and machine); embellishing; thread painting; tea dyeing
Also working with panels.
QCA Admin: What are the most popular: blocks used in quilting? stars, nine patch, 4 patch, etc. techniques used in quilting? hand quilting, hand applique, machine piecing, machine applique fabric types and patterns used in quilting? cottons, prints, florals, plaids, civil war, reproduction quilt sizes? doll quilts, crib quilts, throws, bed quilts.
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thebronwen, welcome to QCA i hope you find time to join us in forums gini
I'd love to see more articles on applique, both hand and machine.
www.designingquilts.com
welcome eileen, i agree gini