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Barn quilts abound in Shawano County

Quilt blocks on barns are becoming quite the trend, but they’re really popular in in Shawano County, Wis. You can find one on just about every rural road. I took photos of several when my family vacationed there over the summer. Enjoy! There also was an awesome field of sunflowers. It was really neat to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

29 September, 2011

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Barn quilts of Shawano County

I’ve been vacationing in Shawano County Wisconsin since I was a little girl. My family owns a cabin on Lake Shawano and some of my best memories were made there. But now every time I drive up there, I have to have my camera with me. The farmers around the county have erected more 200 […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 July, 2013

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Become a Quilt Addicts Anonymous Ambassador

We are starting a Quilt Addicts Anonymous Ambassador program and we are looking for some talented quilters and sewers who want some free fabric, patterns and exposure for their blog and/or social media channels and guidance on how to make money from your creative passion. Here is how it will work. Each month you can […]

Stephanie Soebbing

3 April, 2018

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Before & After: Counsel makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

  Have you ever made one tiny change in your home that lead to a major project? Like deciding to replace the faucets in your bathroom and pretty soon you have an entirely new bathroom and flooring in the adjoining hallway because one thing just keeps snowballing into the next? Well, that is pretty much […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 November, 2017

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Before quilt retreat: Christmas New York Beauty

I’m headed to quilt retreat on Thursday. It’s four glorious days of quilting, eating and sleeping. It’s a great opportunity to make significant progress on projects. I started a New York Beauty quilt in Christmas fabrics last fall at retreat and haven’t worked on it much since. This week I hope to get one half […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 October, 2011

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Before quilt retreat: Lonestar

I’m leaving for quilt retreat as soon as I publish this post and I can’t wait. But I wanted to share one more project I’ll be working on with you all, my lonestar quilt. The star center is done, and I’ve been stuck on the applique background for a while. I’m sewing it by hand, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 October, 2011

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Beginner quilters show off their work

I’ve been teaching a beginner quilting class at CommUniversity, an annual event in the Quad-Cities where local instructors and experts teach month-long courses on everything from religion, to Spanish, to knitting. I developed a pattern for my course that included the quilting techniques of strip piecing, basic piecing, fusible web applique, free motion quilting and […]

Stephanie Soebbing

27 February, 2012

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Behind the scenes: Getting ready for Quilt Market Vlog

Two years ago I went to my first Quilt Market. I had no idea what to expect and it ended up giving me the tools I needed to take Quilt Addicts Anonymous from a blog and small online store into a full blown business. Then I just had to get on a plane and go. […]

Stephanie Soebbing

21 May, 2018

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Behind the scenes: Unpacking a quilt exhibit

The 34 quilts that are part of the National Quilt Museum’s next exhibit, Food for Thought from SAQA, have finished their week of rest and rods are being inserted in preparation for their big debut on Friday, April 10. It seems like a strange concept, allowing an inanimate object to rest. But laying the quilts […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 April, 2015

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Bella and the batting

Years ago a very good friend of mine and I were both working at our local newspaper. In addition to our reporting duties, she wrote a mommy blog and I wrote a dog blog. Whenever either of us had a story to tell that involved poop, it was wickedly popular. Here’s your warning. If you […]

Stephanie Soebbing

26 July, 2015

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