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My favorite (quilting) things

It’s the biggest shopping weekend of the year, so I put together a list of my favorite (quilting) things. These are products that make my quilting life easier and I use them all the time. If you don’t already have them in your quilting supplies, I absolutely recommend adding them to your Christmas list. What […]

Stephanie Soebbing

26 November, 2015

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Husqvarna Viking releases new embroidery machine, plus tips on purchasing a new sewing machine

Husqvarna Viking released a new entry-level sewing and embroidery machine last month. The Designer Jade 35 was designed with two goals in mind: pack as many features into a machine that could be sold at a beginner price point and create a design that was appealing to 25- to 35-year-old sewers that are embracing creative […]

Stephanie Soebbing

25 November, 2015

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Quilted: Laura’s sunflowers

Some of you may recognize this pattern. It is a variation on Bonnie Hunter’s 2015 mystery. It was pieced by Laura Koppenhoefer, a woman I know from church who I’ve spent more than a few Saturdays making baptismal quilts with. I normally don’t quilt for others, but I made an exception for Laura. She has […]

Stephanie Soebbing

25 November, 2015

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The Eleventh Hour features rare quilts from WWI at The National Quilt Museum

A rare collection of quilts from the World War I era is on display at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, through February 9, 2016. “The Eleventh Hour: Quilts of World War I” curated by Sue Reich and provided by the McCraken Public Library, features a collection of Red Cross quilts and signature quilts […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 2015

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Strengthening the creative muscle with Kaffe Fassett

Kaffe Fassett is one of the most prolific quilters of our generation, one of the fabric and pattern designers credited with helping to popularize the generations-old tradition and modernize it with his bold use of color and pattern. But Fassett is not an artist working in a vacuum. His accomplishments are shared with his long-time […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 2015

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Blanket Statements: Not your grandmother’s quilt show

When prolific quilter and Pennsylvania resident Liza Lucy approached James A. Michener Art Museum Director & CEO Lisa Tremper Hanover about hosting an exhibit of internationally renowned quilter Kaffe Fassett’s work, Tremper Hanover admits she had never heard of the man. The Doylsetown, Pennsylvania, museum had hosted an exhibit of quilts in recent memory and […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 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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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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Virtual Shop Hop: The Little Shop, Haddonfield, N.J.

Debbie Hagy has been a sewer all her life but quilting wasn’t a part of her family’s tradition. So when she wanted to make a quilt for the first time, she enrolled in a class at The Little Shop in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The quaint quilt shop in a charming main street community, has been […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 November, 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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