Monthly Archives: April 2010

Encouraging Corporate Clients

Novel tip for encouraging art sales to corporate buyers, part 1 When a potential business client is sitting in a waiting room or corridor, the art already in place will be enhanced by displaying art work created by younger clients … Continue reading

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Knowing My Goals Before Building My New Website, Quilts For Special Kids

Revising my Quilts4U website to improve marketing of the Children’s Quilts another in the Internet Skills series of posts Recently I created a new website for the sale of my children’s quilts. I wanted to focus just on quilts for … Continue reading

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Do Fusible Products Harm Fabric

Fusible Products – Could they Harm your Quilt Art?* Research by the Canadian Conservation Institute and U. Nebraska- Lincoln has been published about the long term effects adhesive containing products may have on paper and fabric art work. To assist … Continue reading

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Removing Stains on Quilts and Textiles

Life leaves its marks – maybe you don’t want the “patina” Bubble gum, wine, ink, bleeding colors, mildew – what do you do when your art quilts, cherished family heirloom quilts, your childrens’ quilts and flea market finds come into … Continue reading

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Clothesline Art Quilts

Art Quilt Inspiration from the humble clothesline There is one activity that unites the whole world – everyone washes their clothes. There is little variation between continents and nationalities. You could say that fresh air, clean water and soap literally … Continue reading

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Springtime Blue Hues

Four Seasons in One Recess Where I live, north of Toronto in Canada, we still have ice on our pond. Gray blue snow drifts linger in deep shadowy pockets beside our bumpy rural road. The salt trucks have not been … Continue reading

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