Tag Archives: quilts

Comfort Quilts

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Carolyn

Four days after Christmas a dear friend told me her 2-year-old nephew Sam had just been diagnosed with cancer. My heart went out to Sam and his family knowing the long, uncertain road ahead for all of them. I wanted … Continue reading →

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Pin It!

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Carolyn

Over the years, I’ve collected lots of different pins—from quilt shows, different guilds I’ve belonged to—you name it, I’ve got a pin from it. Right now, they’re sitting in a plastic bag, neatly tucked away in a drawer. I’ve always … Continue reading →

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Quiltmaker Visits AccuQuilt

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Diane Harris

A       CC       U       QUILT! Gimme an A! Gimme a Double-C! Gimme a U! Gimme a QUILT! What you do get?   AccuQuilt!   That was the spirit of fun and excitement at AccuQuilt last week when I attended the Second … Continue reading →

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One Man’s Trash…Giveaway!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Diane Harris

One man’s trash…is another man’s treasure. Nowhere is this more true than in our circles of quilting friends and acquaintances. My homet0wn guild had a little garage sale at its April meeting. I’ve been looking forward to it since February! … Continue reading →

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Infinite Variety: Red & White Quilt Exhibit

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Diane Harris

It’s not often that an experience leaves me speechless. But the recent exhibit “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts” in New York City was an exception. I’ve known for a while that I wanted to see this … Continue reading →

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More Great Scrap Squad Quilts

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Diane Harris

  Today we present the remaining projects by the QM Scrap Squad; they are scrappy versions of Raspberry Dessert by Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts. Here is Julie’s quilt which appears in the brand-new May/June issue of Quiltmaker. Raspberry Dessert … Continue reading →

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*QM Scrap Squad Projects Revealed: Giveaways!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Diane Harris

The QM Scrap Squad has been busily sewing on their scrappy versions of Julie Herman’s Raspberry Dessert. You’ll find this quilt in the May/June Quiltmaker which begins mailing to subscribers today. The Scrap Squad got the pattern February 1 and … Continue reading →

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Quilt Show Humor: Giveaway

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Diane Harris

I got the funniest press release this week from the Home Machine Quilting Show, scheduled for May 5–7 in Salt Lake City. It highlights five of the wonderful teachers who will be there, like Renae Haddadin and Suzanne Hyland. Just … Continue reading →

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Dress the Bed!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Diane Harris

A lovely quilter named Kaye invited me to an area guild’s special event last weekend. It was an old-fashioned “bed turning” and luncheon called Dress the Bed. I had never been to a bed turning and it was so much … Continue reading →

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*Q&E: What’s Your Thread Stash Like? Giveaway!

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Diane Harris

We had a lively discussion about fabric stash here recently, and we started wondering about another kind of stash. How much thread do you own? What kinds of thread do you buy? Do you embroider by machine?   Our friends … Continue reading →

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