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Terricat 10-07-2011 02:30 PM

Does anybody know anything about "Travelling Quilts"? I just returned from vacation in the Seattle area, and we had stopped in a small quilt shop and there was a group of ladies having a class, making their travelling quilts. They were using their vacation photos or postcards or picturesque brochures transferred onto the fabric via fabric pages, and they looked just great! How creative! Of course each person's wall hanging or quilt was totally different and individual, but it seemed like such a wonderful idea. Please help me find some information or demos or tutes on how to do this. I'd love to ask my LQS to do a class on this.

S D G 10-07-2011 02:50 PM

1 of our local quilt stores does fabric transfers. They teach a class on it, but I haven't taken it.

Dailey Rose 10-07-2011 03:08 PM

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I have a Wall Hanging..Her Name is "Traveling Geisha" when I go on vacation then she goes too..My friends even take her!
we take pictures of her where she has been. I have them posted on my facebook. She has her own Journal & Map.

LadyElisabeth 10-07-2011 03:24 PM

What a novel idea. I like it.

blueangel 10-07-2011 06:27 PM

Beautiful

Terricat 10-07-2011 06:41 PM

Very pretty, but not like what I saw. The project they were making ended up looking like a large Postcard or scrapbook page of the vacation you just took. One lady's had PARIS lettering on dark blue fabric for the sky, and an Eiffel Tower image printed and applique'd on, and some other sights she had seen, and then a couple family snapshots printed on the fusible fabric and also added in various positions on the face of the card/scrapbook page. Another lady's "Travelling Quilt" was all about her trip to Hawaii. Very interesting. Maybe the answer is for me to contact that LQS and ask for the info from that instructor of the class . . .

wolfkitty 10-07-2011 07:14 PM

I like the idea of a quilt that travels with you. You could put white label-type pieces on the back with the names of locations it has been.

Terricat 10-07-2011 08:04 PM

OK, I found a site that might give you all a better idea than I'm able to describe. Check this out: http://quiltkeepsake.com/memory-quil...-wall-hangings

Scotlass 10-07-2011 11:21 PM


Originally Posted by Dailey Rose
I have a Wall Hanging..Her Name is "Traveling Geisha" when I go on vacation then she goes too..My friends even take her!
we take pictures of her where she has been. I have them posted on my facebook. She has her own Journal & Map.

I like that a lot better than a "Gnome"!! sure is a pretty quilt~

Dailey Rose 10-08-2011 06:18 AM

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Thank You Very Much! :-D


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