Here is a fun group of quilters I thought you might like to read about. Check out the “Fringe Sisters” (--their name sounds like they are latest “girl” band from the Disney Channel) from South Carolina who are stretching...
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Sep19
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Aug26
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From A Machine Quilter's View...Talented Quilt Artist, Pam Dransfeldt, Gets Her Work Showcased And Guest Writes Today
I notice quilting. Ever since I became a longarm quilter, that is the first thing I notice now instead of the last. Prior to becoming a machine quilter, I focused on the fabric, the design, and the style or...
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Jul26
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Quiltmaker Magazine Editor Wants To Publish Your Quilt Designs...And Read About The Makings Of The Quiltmaker Magazine
Now, that you have seen the inner workings of a fabric company....I thought you may also be interested in how a quilting magazine works and how it decides what content to put in its magazine. I have been talking with...
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Jul10
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This is cool.Build your own quilt online. You pick your fabric. You pick the pattern. And the magical folks at FabricMatcher will create your very own quilt kit and send it to you with the pattern of the project you...
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May29
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The Real "Quilters Hall of Fame" Finds Our Stories Interesting and Informative...Karen Alexander Writes To QuiltersBuzz
Dear Gina and readers of QuiltersBuzz, Gina, I enjoyed reading your challenge to the readers of QuiltersBuzz to nominate someone to the QuiltersBuzz Quilter's Hall of Fame. It is always interesting and informative to read other quilters' stories about who...
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May27
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First, I would like to say how enjoyable it was to read the stories about who you would nominate to be in the “QuiltersBuzz Quilters Hall of Fame”. Each comment could be a post unto itself! Each comment confirmed...
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Dec 2
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The Creative Quilted Works of Gee's Bend, Nancy Crow, Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston...Are Inspiring, Bursting With Color! My Photo Friends Are Capturing Some of These Works on Film....And "Prints Charming" Gets Their Yardage....
I am a fan of The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Nancy Crow, Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston also “speak to me”. And I had myself a “Ding, Ding Ding” moment when I saw this post by the girls at Material...
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Nov16
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Punch Needle and Projects With Wool Continue To Be "Hot" ...And Especially At "The Cotton Shop"...Read A Roving Reporter's Review of the Shop
The owners of "The Cotton Shop" quilt shop say they can not keep their punch needles in the store. The other hot seller for them is wool, overdyed wools and assorted wool projects.
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Nov13
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Another Fabric Designer's Approach to Quilting...Meet Kathy Brown of "Teacher's Pet"...See Her New "Happy" Fabric Line and "Take 5" Pattern Series
You can actually give the same 5 fabrics to 5 different quilters, five them a Take 5 pattern and send them on their merry way. When they return with their quilts - none of them will look the same. Individuality is the key that has made this pattern series so successful! says Kathy Brown, quilt designer.
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Nov10
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Anna Maria and Heather...FreeSpirit Designers Making It Happen In The Quilting World...New Fabrics and Patterns Are On The Way
My new found friends, Anna Maria Horner (mother of five) and Heather Bailey, (mother of a ten and two year old) are cool and hip artists and quilt fabric designers…And they both made a BIG splash at Quilt Market.
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Nov 9
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And for the past several years, they have invited me to come to the classroom and talk about quilts and why I love them. I do a bit of a show and tell, and they all get to handle the old and new quilts that I bring. They tell me about the book and I tell them about quilting.
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Oct28
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Shops Owners Gather in Houston for Quilt Market..."Prints Charming" Designers Debut Their Line, "Follow Your Imagination"
Fabric is flying--literally! Orders are being rung up! Deals and being drawn! But most importantly, quilt shop owners from around the country (and world) are getting excited to bring back home to you--their customers--some of the best that Quilt Market has to offer!
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Sep29
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THINK PINK! Just a reminder: "Quilt Pink Day" is on Saturday! Make a Quilt Block, Benefit Breast Cancer...See Details Here
Stop by your local shop and make a block. Your block will go to help make a quilt. The quilt will be auction this Spring and proceeds benefit the research for breast cancer.
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Sep20
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Quilter, Alex Anderson, Shares Her Plans For the Future in Part Two of Her "Writing Gig" For QuiltersBuzz
“People ask what is next, and frankly I don't know. But I do know this; life has offered me an incredible ride, one I could have never charted in my wildest dreams. To be able to touch people with the magic of quilting, people I might never meet, is an awesome honor, of which I am grateful”.
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Aug14
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My daughter, Macy, a college student and aspiring artist, creates amazing abstract paintings that I would like to incorporate into a quilt design. I have been searching and researching contemporary quilters for inspiration and direction.
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Aug10
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Quilters Buzz Hits the 100,000 Mark! And Threaded Pear Studio Has Been Going Strong From the Get Go!
100,000! I had an exciting day this week when traffic on the Quilter’s Buzz hit 100,000 page views! Thanks to all you loyal readers in the United States, but also from many other readers in other countries including Australia, Portugal, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Spain, Brazil just to name a few…
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Jul29
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She learned to quilt on Monday. Her stitches all were very fine. She forgot to thaw out dinner. so we went out to dine. Continue Reading |
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Jul26
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Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Displays Over 1200 Quilts, Read About the Show From Guest Writer, Kesten Blake
"This year was the 31 annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. This event takes over the very small town of Sisters (Population 947) for the second Saturday of July every year. This year more than 1200 quilts were displayed around town.
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Jul16
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The Quilt's of Gee's Bend Are Being Exhibited at San Francisco's Fine Arts Museum Beginning Today...Ending A Three-Year Tour
The final venue of the exhibit’s 3-year tour begins today at San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museum and runs through November.
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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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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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May16
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Sew with Denyse Schmidt at a "MakeWorkshop"--Or Join A "Denyse-flavored" Block Swap or Quilt-Along for Inspiration
Denyse holds workshops where you will have this hands-on opportunity to spend an afternoon learning her intuitive design techniques, while building a foundation for bringing your individual style to quilts or projects from her book, or your own creations. Lots of fun!
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Apr24
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Knowing standard mattress sizes will help you design and make a quilt that fits a bed just right.
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Apr 4
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The first ever national “Quilt Pink Day” is coming…on September 30 of this year.
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Apr 1
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I was impressed with the quilting goals set by Patti of “Quilting is My Passion.
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Mar15
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There is a brand new product on the market for you budding quilt designers! It is called Quilt Design Wizard.
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Mar11
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Our theme is A Place Where Friendships Grow, and we are proud of the fact that so many customers have met one another in our store and wonderful friendships have grown.”
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Mar 6
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The book is called “Bundles of Fun” Quilts from Fat Quarters. This book features 12 “stylish” ways to use you fat quarter bundles.
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Mar 1
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Jessica at Seedpod Books and Art is starting a BLOCK SWAP! You can sign up starting today March 1 with the sign-ups ending on March 8.
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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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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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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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Jan26
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I had to know more…. so I asked. And Denyse Schmidt was happy to answer all my questions about the new line of fabric coming out this spring called “Flea Market Fancy”.
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Jan25
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I never knew you could do so much with a worm! (A worm is a 2 ½” strip of fabric.) I attended a class at the “Road to California Quilt Show” last week and in Debbie Caffrey’s class “Open a Can of Worms,” I was amazed at all the different blocks and quilts you could create using the “worm” and the Omni-grid’s 96L ruler.
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Jan 2
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I can't say that I have a great track record of making or keeping New Year's resolutions. That is okay. Each year I set out to do a little better than the year before. Even if I don't totally succeed, the process is good for me - I like it.
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Dec 9
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Need a good holiday gift idea for your favorite quilter? How about the perfect gift of fabric and fudge!
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