Quilting - Farmingdale Style!

Hi All,

Did you know that the Farmingdale Quilters group meets at the Farmingdale Public Library?  I didn't think so - but they do!

Here is a list of dates and the rooms' that they meet in for the rest of this year.   The Farmingdale Quilters meets on Tuesday nights at 7:00pm on the following dates:

Tuesday, September 9th in Room D
Tuesday, October 14th in Room F
Tuesday, November 18th in Room  D
Tuesday, December 9th in Room D

Here is a list of high quality, current, and very interesting quilting websites that you might want to visit next time you are on the web.

This first link goes to the ever popular website, Wikipedia.  The link is for the 'Quilting' entry and is quite comprehensive and detailed.  Click on this link for the section titled, 'Basics of Quilt Assembly'.

American Quilter's Society - links to American Quilter Magazine, Quilt Life Magazine, Quilt Shows, Fabric, Shop AQS, Authors, AQS Resources, Become a Member, My Quilt Place, Patterns & News, Free Newsletter, QuiltViews Blog and Book Sellers.  Comprehensive, authoritative and great pictures of anything and everything related to quilting.

Fabric.com - buy quilting fabric cheap and easily.  Includes sections for fabric that has Just Arrived, Quilting Fabric, Home Decor Fabric, Fashion Fabric, Notions & Fabric, Sales and much more. 

Quilt in a Day - again, sections include Shop Online, Classroom, Television & Video, Eleanor & Co, Events, Retail Stores, Community, Customer Service, Contact Us, Email Newsletter, Quilt Shop Locator.

And now for something completely new:  I did a YouTube search for 'quilting for beginners' - which yielded about 41,000 results and videos with titles like 'How to Sew a Block Quilt?', 'Quilting 101', 'How to Make Your First Quilt' and many, many, many more videos!


Finally, to get some possible ideas for your next project, click on this image search for 'quilting' from Google Images.   There are dozens and dozens of pictures of quilts - most with links - so you can probably get instructions on how to create the perfect quilt.

Please note that these are just some of the dozens and dozens of quilting and quilting-related websites on the web.  I am not endorsing any of these sites - the material is purely informational.

Enjoy the links and the quilting projects!


Regards,
Stu

Hobbies For Your Spare Time Part 2

Hi All,

I was looking at a list of the top viewed blog entries that I've written over the past few months and low and behold one entry seemed to stick out: Hobbies For Your Spare Time. It got an inordinately large number of hits from viewers!

With that thought in mind, I'd like to do essentially a 'part 2' of that blog entry. Just think of this as 'Hobbies For Your Spare Time, Part 2'.

I don't want to get to serious and/or library-like here, but if you are interested in a hobby, there are many, many associations that you can join to learn more about that particular hobby. For example if you click on this link you'll link to the Farmingdale PL database page. From here you can link to the Business databases where you will find a datbase called 'Associations Unlimited'. This is exactly what it sounds like - this resource will give you contact information and website information (when available) on thousands of organizations and associations.

If, for example, you are interested in gold, birding, antique book collecting, gardening, home repair, table making or any other hobby that you can think of, you can get the contact info from Associations Unlimited, Great stuff and if you think about it, an association that deals with your topic of interest is a great place to start and to get more information. One way to think about hobbies is that more than likely there is at least one organization or association that covers your hobby or interest.

Click here for an article entry from Wikipedia on 'hobbies' I found the headings used inthe article very interesting: collecting, games, outdoor recreation, performing arts, creative hobbies, scale modeling, cooking and more...

Below you'll find three popular hobbies and three links for each hobby. A very brief summary of each website follow that.

Wood Carving
Wood Carving Illustrated.com - Great wood carving magazine - advice, photos, FAQ's included.
Carving Patterns.com - Find excellent and easy to follow wood carving patterns here.
Ehow - Wood Carving Ideas - Get ideas for your wood carving projects - free!

Quilting
Quilters Home Magazine - Tips, patterns, ideas, FAQ's all on quilting!
AllPeoleQuilt.com - Show and tell, projects and ideas, try techniques, blogs, forums and more!
QuiltersVillage.com - Gallery, quilt shop directory and community are the notable parts of this site.

Knitting
Knitting From About.com - almost and all-purpose knitting site with advice, projects, suggestions and more
KnittingHelp - Free knitting videos to help you knit better.
KnittingPatternCentral.com - what more can you ask for? free knitting patters!

Hope you enjoyed these sites...and I might do a third installment of this subject (hobbies) if this entry generates enough interest.

Regards and happy hobbying!
Stu

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