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Virtual Shop Hop: The Quilted Nest, Collingswood, N.J.

One day Robin Laino came home from a particularly horrible day working in finance and decided she was done with corporate life and would open a quilt shop. “I said to my husband, ‘You know, I’m done working for crazy, I can do crazy all by myself,’ ” Laino recalled. “And the next day I […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 2015

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2016 BOM pattern reveal!

I am so excited to release the 2016 Block of the Month pattern, Stars in the Night. Next year we will break away from the center medallion structure. We will make 12 different blocks designs ranging in size from 3 inches to 18 inches square. The ranges in size adds a fun dimension to the […]

Stephanie Soebbing

17 August, 2015

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Virtual Shop Hop: Cotton Creek Mill, West Branch, Iowa

If I ever opened a quilt shop, I would want it to be like Cotton Creek Mill. Located on a historic main street in West Branch, Iowa, the quilt shop has character you often find. There are original hardwood floors, stained wood shelves, painted wood trim facade. Every detail about the building is beautiful. And […]

Stephanie Soebbing

20 July, 2015

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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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Gender-neutral baby quilts are not easy

  It seems like everyone I know is having a baby in October, which means I have three baby quilts to make this month. I already shared one preview, now it’s time for a second. This mom isn’t going to find out the sex of the baby until the little one arrives, that means I need […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 September, 2011

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Virtual shop hop: Quilting Divas in Green Bay, Wisconsin

  One of my favorite things to do on vacation is visit quilt shops. I love seeing what’s popular in other areas of the country. Last week I found Quilting Divas Sewing Boutique in Green Bay, Wis., an amazing shop were sassy meets quilting. Take the store’s mascot for example, a life-sized stick figure quilter […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 August, 2011

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Christmas in July quilt top reveal

Sometimes when you go into a fabric store a line just grabs you. And that’s what happened to me when I spotted Holiday Frost by Jan Shade Beach for Henry Glass & Co., Inc. I picked up one panel, two yards of the red snowflake, one yard of the silver snowflake and one and two-thirds […]

Stephanie Soebbing

23 July, 2013

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Sewing studio reveal

My sunroom to sewing studio/office transformation is finally complete. If you’ve been following along, the room started as a sunroom that was half finished after storm damage forced us to completely rebuild it. And it was filled with junk. Since the room wasn’t being used for any useful purpose and the dining room table looked […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 August, 2015

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2016 BOM fabric swatch sneak peak

I’m starting to plan the 2016 BOM quilt pattern. I’ve got a layout planned out and am in the process of selecting fabrics. One of the fabric lines I’m considering is from Majestic Batiks, which makes hand-crafted batiks using Indonesia’s centuries-old method of hand dyeing fabric. There is a beautiful selection of fabrics available, but these are the […]

Stephanie Soebbing

9 July, 2015

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Virtual Shop Hop: Phat Quarters, Galena, Ill.

Awesome name, disappointing quilt shop. I really don’t like to hate on quilt shops. Without them we’d never get the opportunity to feel the hand of the fabric we’re considering for our next quilt, stack bolts on top of each other and see if they’ll go together for our next project and get inspired for […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 March, 2015

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