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‘Food for Thought’ opens at The National Quilt Museum

Cherry pie so realistic you could just stick a fork in it, heirloom tomatoes that look like the juices would flow right out if you bit into them and reminders that in a country of abundance, there are still many who go hungry. That’s just a few scenes depicted “Food for Thought” an exhibit that […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 April, 2015

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National Quilt Museum, Quilts of Valor honor veterans

The National Quilt Museum and Quilts of Valor honored veterans earlier this week by giving the patriotic quilts that made up the To Honor and Comfort exhibit to 34 veterans of war. The exhibit at the Paducah, Kentucky museum featured premium examples of patriotic quilts made for the Quilts of Valor organization, which seeks to provide […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 November, 2015

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Block of the Month May 2016

Click here to download the May Block of the Month pattern.

Stephanie Soebbing

5 July, 2016

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Free Block of the Month – Quilt Addicts Anonymous – February

Join the FREE Block of the Month pattern from Quilt Addicts Anonymous. Each month you’ll learn a new tips, tricks and efficiencies that will improve your quilting and give you the chance to try new blocks you might not want to make an entire quilt from. For fabric requirements, cutting instructions and free printable instructions, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

1 February, 2014

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Quick weekend projects

I started and finished three quick projects on Saturday. First up was a fabric book for my six-month-old niece. Since fabric books come in ready to cut out panels, this project was very quick. All I had to do was cut out the page spreads, fuse half of them to fusible fleece and then sew […]

Stephanie Soebbing

1 December, 2009

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Getting ready for my first fair

I haven’t blogged much recently because I’ve been very busy getting ready for a craft fair this weekend. I’ve never been in a fair before, so I was afraid I wouldn’t have enough items to fill my six-foot folding table, but as I arranged them all last night, I realized my problem is that I’m […]

Stephanie Soebbing

23 September, 2010

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Illini baby quilt reveal

My sister- and brother-in-law welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world last week and since I think every baby should have at least one quilt, I made one just for him. My husband’s side of the family are big Illini fans, so I’ve made four Illini quilts since we met, that’s one a year. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 October, 2011

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Upcycled sweater mittens are a great project

I forgot my mittens when I went to Minnesota to visit my college roommate earlier this month. That was a bad move. So when I saw an adorable pair of upcycled sweater mittens lined with fleece. I tried a pair on and was about to buy them until I looked at the price. They were […]

Stephanie Soebbing

28 December, 2011

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‘Sonoma Rose’ packed with suspense

The air is thick with tension as Rosa’s abusive husband John leaves the house, mistrusting of who his wife might entertain in his absence. The guest that does arrives is not Rosa’s childhood sweetheart and former lover, Lars Jorgensen, but his family’s hired hand Elizabeth Nelson, Sylvia’s cousin, who was the main character of “The […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 February, 2012

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Free motion quilting: Swirls and circles

I put a secret quilting project on the longarm last weekend. I can’t show you too much of it because it still needs to bound and gifted, but I can show you the all over free motion quilting stitch I used without giving too much away. If you can do loops, then the swirls and […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 March, 2014

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