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Behind the scenes: Getting ready for Quilt Market Vlog

Two years ago I went to my first Quilt Market. I had no idea what to expect and it ended up giving me the tools I needed to take Quilt Addicts Anonymous from a blog and small online store into a full blown business. Then I just had to get on a plane and go. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

21 May, 2018

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Become a Quilt Addicts Anonymous Ambassador

We are starting a Quilt Addicts Anonymous Ambassador program and we are looking for some talented quilters and sewers who want some free fabric, patterns and exposure for their blog and/or social media channels and guidance on how to make money from your creative passion. Here is how it will work. Each month you can […]

Stephanie Soebbing

3 April, 2018

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FreeSpirit purchased by Jaftex Corporation, producers of Henry Glass Fabrics

FreeSpirit will continue under the Jaftex Corporation umbrella, which also produces Henry Glass Fabrics, Studioe Fabrics, The Blank Quilting Corp., Fabric Editions and A.E. Nathan Co., Inc. The sale was announced Monday, February 26, in an email to FreeSpirit customers from Scott Fortunoff, owner of Jaftex Corp. The email detailed that Jaftex Corp., plans to ensure […]

Stephanie Soebbing

26 February, 2018

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Free Spirit is closing, here is what it means for your orders

Yesterday designers at the Free Spirit/Coats team received word that Westminister Fibers, the parent company, is shutting down the fabric company and will not be filling any orders after May 31, 2018. A copy of the email was posted on the Craft Industry Alliance blog yesterday. You can read it here. Obviously this is a […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 February, 2018

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Future quilter or fashion designer?

Now that my husband works full time at Quilt Addicts Anonymous with me and this little blog has turned into a full blown business with a ecommerce and brick and mortar store, that means the entire family spends most Saturdays at the quilt shop. At 3-years-old, the future quilter does really well at the shop. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 January, 2018

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Sit & Sew Radio Episode 39: Darlene & Andy Girton, the Featherweight Doctors

For Episode 39 of Sit & Sew Radio, a Quilt Addicts Anonymous podcast, we are excited to have Darlene and Andy Girton of Featherweightdoctor.com as our guests. This husband and wife turned their passion for Singer Featherweights into a business in which they buy and restore the fabled workhorse sewing machines. They restore the machines […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 January, 2018

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Kaffe, Christa and cupcakes

So I’ve had a crazy two weeks. In the last two weeks we’ve had five large events at the brick and mortar Quilt Addicts Anonymous, for which I made 78 cupcakes and one quilt for. And the cat used up one of its nine lives. Here are all the fun details, with pictures. First up […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 December, 2017

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Check out Leah Day’s podcast! I’m on it this week …

I will do interviews with local media any day of the week. Our brick and mortar shop is kind of the weak link when it comes to net revenue in the Quilt Addicts Anonymous brand. It makes money, but barely, and I know every time I chat with a local reporter, that number goes up […]

Stephanie Soebbing

2 December, 2017

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Before & After: Counsel makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

  Have you ever made one tiny change in your home that lead to a major project? Like deciding to replace the faucets in your bathroom and pretty soon you have an entirely new bathroom and flooring in the adjoining hallway because one thing just keeps snowballing into the next? Well, that is pretty much […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 November, 2017

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Kaffe’s Artisan Trunk Show is in the shop!

The UPS guy is pretty much my favorite person in the world that I am not related or married to. He brings me all kinds of goodies and today he brought the Kaffe Artisan Trunk Show to the shop! It is made with fabrics included in Kaffe’s Artisan 2017 collection. You can shop fabrics from […]

Stephanie Soebbing

24 November, 2017

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