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Craftsy class review: ‘Help! How Do I Quilt It?’

I enrolled in one of Craftsy’s newer quilting classes, “Help! How Do I Quilt It? A Machine Quilting Manual” by Angela Walters last week to get some ideas for quilting my 2014 Block of the Month quilt. I have never quilted anything so large in anything other than an all-over pattern and wanted to do […]

Stephanie Soebbing

24 March, 2015

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The scrap quilt is coming along

I finally finished sewing my 400th flying geese unit last weekend for the scrap quilt I’m working on. It was a good feeling, let me tell you. I still have to piece a couple dozen quarter square triangles, and then all the 4.5-inch units that make up my 16-inch blocks will be complete. I’ve been […]

Stephanie Soebbing

17 March, 2010

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‘True Love Quilting Club’ makes quilts sexy

I was not expecting such a steamy book when I picked up “The True Love Quilting Club” off of my grandmother’s shelf. But once I started the book, I couldn’t put it down until I finished it. While there is a decent amount of quilting in this book, it is primarily a love story, and […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 August, 2011

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Chiaverini supports Project Linus by letting readers chose the twins’ gender

Jennifer Chiaverini is as civically minded as the characters in her book. At the Midwest Writing Center luncheon in Davenport, Iowa, Chiaverini joked about how readers were just dying to know the gender of Sarah’s twins and that Sarah’s pregnancy was really just a regular nine-month gestation period, even though she’s been pregnant for several […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 November, 2011

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Modern quilt inspired by an antique

I’m working on a new baby quilt. I designed the pattern to be a modern version of the pictorial kit quilts that were popular in the mid-20th Century. I have a few of the antique crib quilts in my collection. They feature one large image that is appliqued, embroidered or both. Some are on a […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 February, 2012

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Finishing my own quilt on the longarm

I’m quilting my triangle boot camp quilt tonight at Quilting By You in Bettendorf, Iowa. It’s a great place because there are three longarm machines that you learn to use and rent time on. Before Quilting By You, I always quilted on my home sewing machine, which was OK for crib-sized projects, but is a […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 April, 2012

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So … I set my iron on fire

Today we say goodbye to the iron which has served long and faithfully for more than a decade. A high school graduation gift from my aunt, the quilter, she must have known the iron would one day be needed for far more than the mundane task of ironing dress shirts I left in the dryer […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 December, 2013

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Virtual Shop Hop: The Cotton Blossom Fabric Shoppe, Madison, Miss.

The Cotton Blossom Fabric Shoppe is one of the cheeriest quilt shops I’ve ever been in. The entire store is filled with bright, fun fabrics that will put a smile on your face the moment you enter. The quilt shop is in a converted house with an open floor plan and high ceilings. That means […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 April, 2015

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Pattern Pieces features quilts made from wood, oil and canvas

When Kirsten Jensen and Louise Feder, booked Blanket Statements: New Quilts by Kaffe Fassett and Historical Quilts from the Collection of the Quilt Museum and Gallery York, UK, for the James A. Michener Art Museum, the curators started seeing patchwork everywhere. Collages created by the museum’s namesake discovered down in the vault, “quilts” made out […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 2015

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Unboxing My First Fabric Line! Nocturne a collaborative collection with QT Fabrics!

I cannot fully describe how excited I am to share this news with you all. My first fabric collection, Nocturne is now available for pre-order! Pre-order kits and bundles from the Nocturne Fabric Collection: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product-category/fabric/quilting-treasures/nocturne-by-stephanie-soebbing/ This is a collaborative collection with QT Fabrics, and it has been in development for about two years. So to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

14 June, 2020

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