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Jun30
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Great Finds at Sydney Australia's Biggest Craft and Quilt Show...Material Obsession Shop Owners Guest Write and Give Us a Report
Here are some of the great thing Sarah and Kathy, of Material Obsession, found while attending, vending and spending at Sydney’s biggest Craft and Quilt Show…
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Jun29
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Material Obession's, Sarah and Kathy, Guest Report on the Sydney Craft and Quilt Show--The Biggest Quilt Show in the Southern Hemisphere!
Well, here they are...Sarah and Kathy, all the way from Material Obession in Australia guest reporting on the recently held Sydney Quilt and Craft Show.
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Jun27
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American Students Create a "Soccer-themed" Quilt and Win a Trip to Berlin, Germany to Watch World Cup Soccer
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Graders from Beaverton Oregon, created a quilt, entered an international contest and received an all-expense paid trip to Berlin, Germany to watch World Cup Soccer and to meet international soccer and rock stars.
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Jun26
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There is a new magazine in town… Quilter’s Home. And the premiere issue is on newsstands now. This is not your typical quilting magazine…it is different…
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Jun24
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Ok! Ok! Our family can’t get enough of the diet coke and mentos fun! My husband Hal has written more about it all on his company's website KnowMoreMedia.com and posted an awesome video from eepyBird.com where a couple of guys choreographed 101 bottles of Diet Coke and 523 mentos all blasting off in a musical dance of brown foam.
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Jun22
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New Products Coming From Tutto...To Help Quilters and Sewers Cruise Around in Style and Ease with Rolling Luggage
Susan from Tutto Bags called me the yesterday to tell me that she is developing a new rolling bag just for you crafty girls who not only own a sewing machine but also have an embroidery sewing machine. They currently have totes that fit most sewing machines and even serger machines, if you are lucky enough to have one of those!
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Jun21
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Quilting and Color Values...Dramatic Results Can Be Made By Changing the Color Value in a Quilt Block
Janet at Quilting@About.com has some great info on how to change the look of a quilt block just by altering its color value…
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Jun19
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But the BEST EVENT of the day…we did was the Diet Coke and Mentos BLAST! We saw this experiement on the News and we just had to try it for some Fathers Day Fun!
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Jun18
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If you have “opened up a can of worms” once before, now you can do it again! Because quilter, teacher and quilt retreat host, Debbie Caffrey, now has opened “Another Can of Worms”! In case, you are confused at this point, let me explain!
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Jun15
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I met a fun high-energy quilt designer/teacher while at Quilt Market last month and I just have to expose you guys to her—her name is Luanne Corts Spafford, from “Itza Lulu Designs”.
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Jun13
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Anyway, on “Little Miss Matched” website (great name, huh) they only sell socks in odd numbers. Really! “Only odd numbers and they don’t match,” states their site.
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Jun12
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Quilters Ready for Sydney Australia's Craft and Quilt Fair--The Biggest Quilt Festival in the Southern Hemisphere! Look for a Guest Report on the Show
The girls, Sarah and Kathy, from the "Down Under's" Material Obession Quilt Shop are getting ready to exhibit at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair which is the biggest quilt festival in the southern hemisphere.
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Jun 9
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CROC Shoes--Creating Comfort for Consumers...New "Mary Jane" Style Introduced This Week at Fashion Footwear Association of New York
And in case you do not know what I am talking about…CROCS are shoes. As a matter of fact they are a “new breed” of comfort shoe, according to the Croc website.
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Jun 8
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I had a chance to catch up with Robyn Pandolph while we were attending International Quilt Market last month. She is excited to now be designing for FreeSpirit Fabrics and she has been hard at work finishing up some new lines of fabric for them
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Jun 7
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Simply Delightful and Irresistible Quilt Patterns--Great for Showing Off Large Scale Prints Or Making a Scrappy Quilt
I discovered some new quilt patterns that I think speaks to you “modern quilters” or to the seasoned quilter, looking for a refreshing change
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Jun 6
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Cat lovers, quilters and sewers will love sewing this cat basket for their favorite feline friend. I ran across this tutorial through an online link at www.whipup.net.
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Jun 5
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This simple garter stitch “knitcushion” was the perfect project for our grandmother to teach us to knit.
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Jun 4
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A cool gadget I picked up while at Quilt Market, was a Cutting Mat Cleaner. This little rubbery thingy prolongs the life of your cutting mat by removing lint and fibers from batting, flannel, fleece and other soft materials.
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Jun 1
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If you are looking for something fresh and whimsical, Amy Bradley has the quilt patterns for you. Amy of Amy Bradley Designs has two new books out one called “Peek-A-Boo” and the other “Quilter’s Yearbook”.
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