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Taking the plunge

Two weeks ago I was laid off. No warning, just called into the boss’ office and told that the social media department I was hired to build just wasn’t large enough to cover my salary and that was that. I probably should be mad. I was only there for seven months, and while at my […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 March, 2015

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Dare to DIY: Homemade gifts

My friend Kim Woodward is hosting a Dare to DIY blog party over at NewlyWoodwards.com. This week the challenge is to make homemade gifts. Over the weekend I whipped up some Christmas stockings for my sister, brother-in-law and new nephew. When my sister asked for stockings I reminded her that I still haven’t made stockings […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 December, 2011

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Making quilting a family affair

I’ve been working on a super-secret quilt. Correction, my mom, cousin and I have been working on a super-secret quilt. My mom and cousin are learning to sew, so we got together for a family sewing day over the winter. My mom wanted to work on her first quilted table runner and my cousin wanted […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 April, 2013

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Feeling the Christmas crunch

I started my career as a journalist, which means I like a good deadline. It also means I’m a procrastinator, a bad habit that bites me in the rear every holiday season. The gifts are bought, most of them are even wrapped, my cards have been mailed, but I haven’t even begun the handmade presents. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

21 December, 2015

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Dare to DIY: Deck the halls

I had a sewing marathon last weekend. I spent most of the time working on Christmas presents and my Christmas fabric exchange quilt. I still haven’t started the Christmas stockings for my family. So I’ll share photos of the paper-pieced tree skirt I made for the Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild tree at the Festival of […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 December, 2011

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Stunning Christmas tree skirt in batiks

I LOVE batiks. I can’t get enough of them. So I was in heaven when the benefactor for the Mississippi Valley Quilt Guild suggested buying fabric from SewBatik.com to make Judy Niemeyer’s Christmas Celebration Tree Skirt. The benefactor business, Quilting By-You in Bettendorf, Iowa, is purchasing the fabric and donating the quilting for the tree […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 October, 2011

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Block a Day Challenge round up – Week 3

Major progress was made by the Block a Day Challenge participants this week. Together we completed one quilt… Three tops… And 69 blocks, many of which were submitted in pairs or sets of four. One over-achiever posted a photo of 28 blocks! And since we all don’t have to be over-achievers, here’s photos of some […]

Stephanie Soebbing

20 January, 2012

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I’m spoiled by the long arm

Occasionally quilting really frustrates me, and now is one of those times. When I first started quilting I finished everything myself on my home sewing machine. But then I discovered Quilting By You in Bettendorf, Iowa, where you can rent time on a long arm machine and I’ve been spoiled ever since. On a long […]

Stephanie Soebbing

2 January, 2013

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Utilizing vertical space in a small sewing room

My sewing room is a tiny eight by 12 feet. At that size it is critical that I not only take advantage of each square foot of floor space, but also the vertical space. You might not think of your walls as potential storage for sewing items, but that’s what I’m doing in my sewing […]

Stephanie Soebbing

27 May, 2015

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Finished quilts of 2011

There was a baby boom among my friends and family this year, so 2011, was the year of the baby quilt and stash busting. There was the alphabet baby quilt for my friend Shelly’s first child. We know each other from book club, so I thought this panel that I already had in my stash […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 December, 2011

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