It’s Christmas in my mailbox again

I’m participating in my first fabric exchange hosted by Quilting Under the Influence. I exchanged 5-inch squares of Christmas fabric with Kelly Goheen and Linda Lewis Ezuka from QUTI, Deanna Pavay from Dizzy Little Kingdom, Marta Preusser, Dawn Nichols from Dawns Quilt Corner, Lizzie Marie from Wandering Stars, Jan Peoples from Sew Sowin Love, and […]

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9 November, 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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Children’s quilts tell the stories of our lives

Quilts are important because they tell the stories of our lives, and that’s the message I’m trying to get across with the Children’s Quilts exhibit at the Quad-City Botanical Center which I curated for the Misssissippi Valley Quilters Guild. The quilt show features more than 20 quilts with a mix of modern, antique and not […]

Stephanie Soebbing

7 November, 2011

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Q&A with Elm Creek Quilts author Jennifer Chiaverini

So if you want to check out the Cliff Notes version of this interview, read my story in the Quad-City Times. But if you’re like me and can’t get enough of Jennifer Chiaverini and the Elm Creek Quilts series, here’s the transcript from my interview with the New York Times best selling author. Stephanie Soebbing: What […]

Stephanie Soebbing

31 October, 2011

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‘The Wedding Quilt’ ties up loose ends

I’ve read all of Jennifer Chiaverini’s novels in the Elm Creek Quilts series except “The Union Quilters,” which I just picked up from the library. I’ve loved all of them, so it’s not much of a surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed “The Wedding Quilt,” which goes on sale Tuesday. Warning: There will be a few […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 October, 2011

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Have questions for Jennifer Chiaverini?

I’ve got a pretty sweet day job. I’m work at a daily newspaper and occasionally get to meet and interview some pretty cool folks. Tomorrow I’ll be chatting with Elm Creek Quilts author Jennifer Chiaverini. She’s coming to town next month on her book tour for her latest novel, “The Wedding Quilt.” So if you […]

Stephanie Soebbing

24 October, 2011

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T-shirt quilt tutorial – Attaching fusible interfacing

Supplies: Rotary cutter 12.5 inch square quilting ruler 6.5 inch square quilting ruler (optional) Cutting mat T-shirts Pellon Quilter’s Grid Fusible Interfacing Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts

Stephanie Soebbing

21 October, 2011

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How to make a T-shirt quilt – Part 2

Learn how to attach interfacing to the back of the T-shirts. For more videos and fabric requirements go to http://quiltaddictsanonymous.com/tutorials/. Post photos of your work in progress in the Quilt Addicts Anonymous Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/tshirtquilts/

Stephanie Soebbing

21 October, 2011

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After quilt retreat: Lonestar

My lonestar also did not receive that much love and attention at quilt retreat. I did manage to nearly finish the appliqued leaves on two of the background squares. But I still have to applique all of the flowers which take about an hour each to complete. I pinned the sections up on my design […]

Stephanie Soebbing

20 October, 2011

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After quilt retreat: New York Beauty

Most of my time at quilt retreat was taken up by the paper pieced Christmas tree skirt. But I did manage to get some work done on my New York Beauty quilt. I finished four more blocks for a total of 12 completed. That’s nowhere near the 32 I hoped to have finished by now, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

19 October, 2011

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