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May23
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Daisy Dew Drop Gets A "Backing"! Rubber That Is! You Wanted To Know What To Use To Make a Rubberized Backing...Here It Is
Hey, thanks for the great response about my "Daisy Dew Drop" creation! (Pattern is in the works, give me a week or so!) More than a few of you have emailed requesting the product used to add a rubber backing...
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May21
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Things are funny sometimes. We worked like crazy to get quilt patterns, samples and quilts ready for Quilt Market. Two nights before I had to get on a plane to head out, I was fooling around with fabric……Wee Play...
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May18
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Presentation is what it is all about at Quilt Market…Hours and hours are spent designing and creating backdrops, props and display items. Full crates and pallets are sent to Quilt Market days before the event. We sent 15 giant...
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May17
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The fun begins at Quilt Market…with the School House. A few thousand quilt shop owners went back to “school” today as the International Quilt Market kicked off in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center. The show started Thursday and...
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May16
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Last night at exactly 8:00 pm, the doors to the ballroom at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland parted and like a tsunami that had been building miles offshore, a wave of quilters flooded onto the beach of Sample Spree....
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May 9
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I want to share with you the last 36 hours or so of the life of a pattern designer getting ready for Quilt Market.My design studio, Threaded Pear Studio, has the opportunity to receive cuts of fabric from fabric companies,...
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May 8
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Here Are Some "Yummy Goods" Coming Your Way! Take A Sneaky Peek At Melissa Averinos' "Sugar Snap" Fabric Line, As She Guest Writes Today
I am looking forward to see this fabric yummy…New from Free Spirit Fabrics “Sugar Snap”. Here is a quick sneak peek from Yummy Goods creator (and blogger) Melissa Averinos…and a bit more about her Sugar Snap line. This line...
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May 6
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Amy Butler, That Super Modern Midwest Girl, Readies For Spring Market....With New Fabric Collections, New Patterns and New Solid Fabrics! Amy Butler Guest Writes.
I checked in with Amy B. and she had few minutes to give us a studio update. Amy has new fabrics, new patterns and new "solids" fabrics. Below is a personal sneak preview from Amy Butler and what she is showing...
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May 3
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Free. Free. Free Comic Book Day! Oh Yeah, And Check Out This Comic Book Quilt. Make Comment And I Will Send You Free Fabric!
After Free Cone Day from Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream and 31 cent Cone Day from Baskin Robbins, now what? Reader, Blogger, Quilter and Comic Booker Cheryl made a comment notifying u all about Free Comic Book Day.I don't imagine...
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May 1
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The International Quilt Market show for Spring is just a few weeks away. It all kicks off on May 15th and runs through the 18th at the Oregon Convention Center. For me, planning for Market means anticipation, crazy hours the...
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