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Feb28
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There is a great new way to get a “taste” of four different fabrics …by buy a half yard of just one piece of “fat eights” fabric. This is new concept from designer, Marsha McCloskey, is called “Fat Eights and Friends” is produced by In The Beginning Fabrics.
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Feb26
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Hey Denyse Schmidt fans! In case you wanna see it all…You can now see Denyse’s entire line of “Flea Market Fancy” on FreeSpirit Fabrics.
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Feb24
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There are some girls from “Down Under” who have inspired me. These girls, Sarah Fielke and Kathy Doughty, wanted to bring the art form of quilting into the 21st century…and their contemporary quilts and patterns do that!
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Feb17
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What I was more interested in was the many quilts displayed on the walls—all contributing to the “cozy” atmosphere of the hall. ("Housetop" quilt, circa 1965) The stage curtain was perhaps the biggest “crazy quilt” I had every seen—being at least 40’ x 40’ big! Giant wood frames house the 15 or so full size quilts displayed on the walls.
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Feb13
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Kim and the other members (about 30 so far) of the “Modern Quilt-Along” club post about projects they making from the inspirations of the book The Modern Quilt Workshop: Patterns, Techniques, and Designs From the FunQuilts Studio by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr.
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Feb11
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I love the Olympics. If I could, I would watch all day, every day of the 2-week long adventure.
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Feb10
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We are going be piecing, quilting for others, and making “quilted comforts” to sell. Continue Reading |
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Feb 8
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Another product that was recently reviewed in the latest issue of Quilters’ Newsletter Magazine was Black & Decker’s Power Scissors.
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Feb 7
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What makes a good quality fabric? Quality fabrics have the same number of threads per inch in both directions. They fray less, don’t stretch or shrink unevenly, yield finer appliqué points and curves, and allow hand quilters to achieve more stitches to the inch, so says the March 2006 edition of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine.
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Feb 6
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All Amy Butler Sewing Patterns will now be printed on 100% Post-Consumer Waste, Non-Chlorine Bleached Papers!
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Feb 3
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Quilts. Quilts. Quilts. And lots of Gold Medals.I just got back from a dinner held at the home of Olympic champion, Peter Vidmar. His home, if you can imagine, is beautiful. And it holds many beautiful items, including hundreds of...
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Feb 2
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Amy said in her email, “I have just received the first strike offs and I’m editing as we speak! I love them, they are totally luscious.”
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Eliminate the fabric stash! That was one of my New Years Resolutions. And I am working on it. And so is a bunch of bloggers who formed the “Stash Quilts Blog Ring”.
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Feb 1
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When it comes to sewing machine needles…Size does matter! Sharpness also matters.
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