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t care if it s the up and down of the needle on your sewing machine or you re doing it with your hand you ve got the motion of the needle that you are pushing through the fabric she said first of all you need to focus on what you are doing then the other part is repetition to me this is the part that is relaxing in the process she believes quilters find a quiet space where they can take their minds off life s troubles the therapeutic benefit of quilting is the underlying theme of the latest of her 13 books on quilting zentangle art to go published by the aqs in august 2016 zentangle is a very easy drawing method in which a person defines a space into shapes and then fills that space with designs that require only a very minimum of strokes she said the art form was created by rick roberts and maria thomas who compared it to an artistic form of meditation from which they drew the name zen tangle refers to the images drawn in the art form as the method became accepted the practice established a headquarters in whitinsville massachusetts zentangle is not your grandmother s quilting pattern photo diane mackillop flickr browning is a certified zentangle instructor and has applied the concept to various art forms including jewelry but most notably to quilting i am a quilter and i wanted to share this with the quilting world she said adding that applying the zentangle method of drawing to quilt design just seemed logical to her when you are designing the background for a quilt it s a whole lot easier to take that background space and divide it into sections and then fill it in than it is to try to come up with a single design to fill that space it also adds a lot more interest to a quilt so i took the drawing method and then adapted it to how we could use it in quilting by combining the quilting and the drawing to convert the drawing into continuous stitches on a quilt there s something very therapeutic about that process it s a process that she believes can be an effective mental health therapy for all stages of life whether it s for children with attention deficit disorder someone going through chemotherapy after cancer surgery or seniors in assisted living is coming up with a design concept difficult not according to browning i tell everybody if you can make a dot a circle a c an s and draw a line you can draw any of the zentangle designs these designs are typically drawn on three and a half inch tiles there are tons and tons and tons of designs on the zentangle site she said they don t copyright the designs because these are all designs that have been used for centuries in architecture flooring and almost every place you look even places like fences millions of quilters there are a lot of quilters out there photo philipimage shutterstock of course many people are drawn to quilting as a hobby for artistic competition or for reasons other than its therapeutic benefits there are 16 4 million quilters in the united states with 10 3 percent of all u s households 12 62 million having at least one quilter according to the quilting in america 2014 survey conducted for quilts inc which is based in houston and is the parent company of several quilting shows for the public and soft crafts industry if you think of these quilters in the stereotyped image of little grandmas sitting in a rocking chair sewing pieces of fabric together browning said to think again in the early days that would have been absolutely correct she said and in those early days they had quilting bees you know it was an opportunity to get neighbors together and they would sew together and maybe they were making a quilt for the minister it was a social time as well as satisfying the need that they had to have blankets that still goes on today just exactly like that ladies in the church get together to make quilts for charity but today s quilters run the gamut of age and other demographics said browning of the aqs s 73 000 members browning said that while the aqs surveys show the average of their members to be about 56 that means we have quite a few older and quite a few younger members for our medium to be that age quilting as an art form can mean big prize money the aqs for example will award more than 121 000 in prizes at its fall show in paducah kentucky from sept 13 to 16 quilts make people happy it s just science photo maria evseyeva shutterstock there are also plenty of non competitive and relaxing local and online opportunities for casual hobbyists to enjoy the craft almost every city in the country has at least one quilting group browning said sometimes they have a daytime group and a nighttime group if you want to find a quilting group near you just do an online search using the keywords quilt and the name of your city or town she suggested no matter what your interest in quilting browning is sure you will be able to find a group that matches those interests if you can t find one locally you can almost certainly find one online the aqs for instance has a free quilting community called myquiltplace there are thousands of quilters on the site who share their quilts and there are discussion groups of all kinds browning said it doesn t make any difference what kind of field of quilting you are in it s a public group and anybody can go in there and participate to whatever level they want in the unlikely chance you can t find a group that piques a special interest create one she suggested if all you use is black and white fabrics for example you could start a black and white fabrics group pretty soon you ll have a whole bunch of people in there talking to you about that there are thousands of pictures in there of quilts that people have made from around the world the aqs she added is active in every state in the u s and in 80 countries worldwide storing quilts if you have a spare bed it s the best place to store a quilt photo pyrozhenka shutterstock for those who are not quilters but who have a quilt that s been handed down through generations browning said it s important to know how to take care of it rule number one she said is don t put it in a cedar chest the call i get a lot is i have this quilt and we stored it in a cedar chest and now it s got brown marks on it most of the time there is absolutely nothing you can do about those brown marks because they are from acid in the wood leaching into the fiber in the quilt the very best way to store a quilt is to put it on a spare bed and put a sheet or something clean and soft on top of it browning said if you have several quilts you can pile them one on top of the other that puts less stress on any part of the quilt she said if you want to put a quilt on a shelf in a closet she recommends putting it in a cotton pillowcase so the quilt won t touch anything but the pillowcase if you do this she advised taking the quilt out of the pillowcase every few months refolding it in a different manner and returning it to the pillowcase so the creases are not in the same spot this is important she said because the creases are hard on the fabric be especially careful of exposing quilts to light as sunlight is probably the most damaging thing to quilts even indirect light just light in a room can be hard on the fibers in a quilt she said cleaning quilts if you washed your quilt by hand drying it on the grass is probably your best option photo danak waterpenny flickr it is not necessary to take a quilt that has not had any attention for a while to a dry cleaners and have it professionally cleaned browning said instead she said there are several ways to safely clean a quilt at home one is to lay the quilt on a flat surface put a piece of plastic screen over it and vacuum the quilt with the hose end of the vacuum cleaner that will remove any loose particles that might have collected in the fabric through the years she said the screen will also prevent the vacuum from sucking pieces of the fabric of the quilt up into the hose if a quilt is made from cotton and was made fairly recently it can be washed in a washing machine and dried in the dryer if you have machines that will handle the size of the quilt browning said if your laundry equipment isn t large enough for a quilt you can wash it in the bathtub just use a very mild liquid soap like orvus or woolite and let the quilt soak browning said then she said drain the tub squeeze the soapy water out of the quilt and repeat the process several times using clear water with no soap to remove all soap from the quilt after that take the quilt outside and lay it on a clean sheet on the grass to let it dry you ll will need to turn it over and dry it on both sides to completely dry the quilt don t hang a quilt to dry though the weight of the wet quilt will cause it to stretch and lose shape said browning does your old family quilt have monetary value read more posted by bonnie b the quilting tangler at 3 22 pm no comments labels bonnie browning interview mother nature network quilting tom oder writer zentangle art to go zentangle drawing saturday january 28 2017 creative cities network meeting in ostersund sweden 2016 while i am working on the computer this morning i decided that i need to share some of the photos i took when mary hammond and i attended the 2016 unesco creative cities annual meeting in ostersund sweden in 2013 paducah kentucky was named the 7th creative city of crafts and folk art now there are 20 cities around the world with the crafts and folk art designation the other u s city with that designation is santa fe nm the creative cities network is comprised of 116 cities in 54 countries ambassadors from more than 100 cities met in sweden ostersund is a creative city of gastronomy so they laid out food of all kinds for our meals we ate reindeer the sami people who herd and care for the reindeer in the north part of sweden have a museum in ostenburg that we visited the speakers discussed maximizing urban rural connections through interventions based on culture and creativity fostering partnerships and exchanges intended to support the mobility of artists and cultural professionals within the network revitalizing cities through culture and creativity fostering the role of research and locally generated data to assess and monitor the impact of creativity for sustainable urban development we were greeted at the ostersund airport by local musicians östersund is located at the shores of sweden s fifth largest lake storsjön a photo of the delegations to the unesco creative cities meeting in ostersund sweden the mayors of the creative cities of crafts and folk arts taken during our section meeting this photo is all of the delegates in the crafts and folk arts section cities in this section include aswan egypt 2005 icheon south korea 2010 kanazawa japan 2009 santa fe new mexico usa 2005 fabriano italy 2013 paducah kentucky u sa 2013 jacmel 2014 jingdezhen china 2014 nassau bahamas 2014 pekalongan 2014 suzhou china 2014 al ahsa saudi arabia 2015 bamiyan afghanistan 2015 durán ecuador crafts and folk art 2015 isfahan iran islamic republic of 2015 jaipur india crafts and folk art 2015 lubumbashi democratic republic of the congo 2015 san cristóbal de las casas mexico 2015 sasayama japan crafts and folk art 2015 many times our food was served on these wooden planks they could made up ahead and they were east to serve the whole group in a short amount of time see how they cut slots in a birch tree to insert the wooden plates we just walked by and took one at their museum i snapped some photos of textiles i was intrigued with this wallhanging made from foiled cloth that was displayed in their museum at another event i was thrilled to meet the young artist who had made that foiled wallhanging it was fun to learn how she had done the foiling traveling by bus from the refugee camp we went around some round a bouts in the highway i don t remember ever seeing these in a highway like this before we passed by this beautiful old church our driver told us they have many weddings in this church sorry for the poor quality of the photo we were moving pretty fast when we spotted it we also had lunch prepared for us at a refugee camp where more than 300 refugees from various countries wait for papers to stay and work in sweden the native dishes they served were mostly rice or beans and they were very tasty they have a choir at the camp that helps them to learn the swedish language we sang with some of the choir in swedish it is hard to imagine being driven from your home country for the safety of your family one evening we needed transportation to their folk museum this was my chariot they had a variety of old classic cars and even some really old buses mary hammond and i had a very busy six days and enjoyed every minute of it once our luggage arrived this is my first international flight that my luggage did not make it at the same time as i did it arrived a day late was sitting in chicago lesson learned be sure to pack an extra top too paducah will be hosting the first ever unesco creative cities meeting in the united states for the creative cities of crafts and folk art section it will be held in september 2017 can t wait to host the many international friends we have made at the creative cities network meetings all for now bonnie posted by bonnie b the quilting tangler at 12 50 pm no comments labels bonnie browning creative cities creative cities of crafts and folk art mary hammond ostersund sweden unesco i have not posted in a while it is because i have been really busy is is chilly here today so i m staying inside and catching up we currently have registration open for all three of our spring aqs quiltweek shows that is daytona beach fl lancaster pa and spring paducah ky the reason it says spring paducah is because we are doing a second show in paducah in the fall it will be the fall paducah quiltweek that means we have been very busy working on new things for all of these shows if you want to check them out go to www quiltweek com and then click on the location my new ironing board arrived this week this morning i opened it while i was in south korea last year i had seen a commercial of this ironing board that had a large table and it could be flipped over cutting the amount of time it takes to iron a shirt i finally found it in the u s through a kickstarter program i donated to the kickstarter and received an ironing board some of the good features of the ironing board 1 the top is 18 5 inches across so a full fat quarter of fabric will fit perfectly 2 it has an iron rest 3 the legs are very sturdy and it can be raised and lowered to a variety of heights 4 folds up and stores easily it has wheels so you don t need to pick it up and carry it 5 a sleeve board is stored at one end of the ironing board 6 almost forgot it has clips to hold pant legs while you iron now i really do need to get my iron out and try it but meantime here are some photos i took as i opened it if you want 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