Shannon Brinkley Studio Blog

Quilting All Around the World -- discover different methods May 21, 2019

Want to take a quick trip? Grab your passport, let's jump on a virtual plane, and explore how quilting has evolved all around the world! 

First stop: Great Britain -- Broderie Perse

In the year 16...

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Quilts for Travel Lovers Mar 19, 2019

My husband and I LOVE traveling. It's essential to us. 

I used to daydream that I was a gypsy traveling through Europe, making a living by tap dancing on the street. But I digress...

So when I start...

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An Introduction Japanese Yosegire Quilt-Making Aug 21, 2018

Kon'nichiwa, my dear. Today we are traveling to Japan!

By https-//www.flickr.com/photos/reggiepen/, via Wikimedia Commons

Each month in the online guild, Meander, we explore a different quilt-making...

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An Introduction to Hawaiian Applique Aug 14, 2018

Hello and Welcome! Or shall I instead say, Aloha and Welina.

 

Ok, my dear, grab your swimsuit, sunscreen, and a good beach novel, because we are traveling to Hawaii!

Each month in the online gui...

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Quilt-Making Styles from Around the World Aug 09, 2018

The craft of quilting has been around for thousands of years. 

The earliest known quilted object is on a carved ivory figure of a Pharaoh of the Egyptian First Dynasty about 3400 B.C. (source

Thro...

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