Monday, August 10, 2015

Monday Browsing 08-10-15


Author of western literature Ivan Doig has died, this review is of his final book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/books/review/ivan-doig-last-bus-to-wisdom-review.html?ref=books

Lately I’ve had several conversations about facing a quilt instead of binding it.  Here are a few different techniques:




I bind a quilt with the curved inside corners, it is currently my favorite way of finishing the quilt edge. Kathleen Loomis used this method until she found a way that works better for her:
 http://artwithaneedle.blogspot.com/2011/03/facing-why-i-changed-my-tune.html

To further explore just Google “Facing a Quilt”.  Skip the ads, move down to the “Web Results” section.  Sometimes you need to look at several tutorials to find one that speaks the same language you speak.
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