Best laid plans

Plans are made to be broken and that’s exactly what happened last weekend. I went to visit my parents for the weekend so my husband could paint the nursery to match the crib quilt I made. But Saturday morning he woke up with the flu. The huddle under five quilts, only get up to go […]

Stephanie Soebbing

22 January, 2014

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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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Block A Day Challenge round up – Week 1

The Block A Day Challenge got a slow start this week, but the participants have made some good progress. I’ve sewn more blocks for my New York Beauty in one week than I have in the last six months. Here’s a few of the blocks that were completed this week:   If you’re hesitant to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 January, 2012

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Quilt withdrawal to be solved by Carol Doak

I haven’t quilted in at least a week because my husband and I have been busy packing and moving into our first home. I realized last night that quilting must have a calming effect on me and I should make time to do a little each night, because I’ve been super stressed over the past […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 April, 2010

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Block a Day Challenge roundup – Week 12

This week was an exciting one in the Block a Day Challenge. The blocks we’ve been making for the first 11 weeks, started coming together as completed tops and quilts. We finished four quilts and two tops this week in addition to 93 new blocks. Great job everyone, keep up the good work. And don’t […]

Stephanie Soebbing

23 March, 2012

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700 inches of binding

I’ve been spending a lot of time on the longarm lately. Thanks to my newfound flexibility in scheduling, I’ve been able to spend one day a week at Quilting By-You in Bettendorf, Iowa, renting time on a longarm to finally finish up some quilt tops. Two weeks ago I finished quilting one of my two […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 May, 2015

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A Quilted Christmas tree reveal

When I signed the Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild up to create a tree for the Festival of Trees in Davenport, Iowa, my goal was to show the community that quilting is much more than a hobby for little old ladies. Quilting is beautiful and an art in its own right. So with textiles and thread […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 November, 2011

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It’s a Christmas miracle, my holiday sewing is done early

Normally my Christmas Eve is spent sewing the binding on a massive quilt that I’ve spent every waking moment stitching for the last two weeks in order to finish it in time. Then I spend the holiday tired and heavily caffeinated. But not this year. I put the final stitch in my holiday sewing as […]

Stephanie Soebbing

22 December, 2011

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Block a Day roundup – Week 8

We continued our productive trend this week, by completing 82 blocks, 1 top and two quilts for the Block A Day Challenge. Keep of the good work ladies. You’ve got five more days to post photos of your blocks, tops and quilts completed in February to the Block A Day Flickr group to win this […]

Stephanie Soebbing

24 February, 2012

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An essay on clean underwear and quilting

This morning, for the second time this week, I had to wait for a load of laundry to finish drying so I could change my underpants before I left for work. This sad truth is neither an unusual occurrence, or a record of how many times a week I’ve woken up without clean skivvies. There are two reasons […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 December, 2011

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