Nap time quilting

http://instagram.com/p/qCYGpOP4aY/?modal=true Nap time quilting.  It’s a popular pastime among quilting moms, there are even entire blogs dedicated to it. And now I’m one of the nap time quilters cramming as much into nap times as possible. It’s amazing what you can get done when you know there’s only and hour, maybe two to finish it in. Last […]

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National Quilt Museum curator gets her wish with new exhibit

Ever since Judy Schwender joined the National Quilt Museum as its curator, she has wanted to group the critter quilts together. She is finally getting her with with “Into the Wild: Quilted Creatures,” which opened yesterday. The new exhibit features some of the best and most memorable animal quilts in the museum’s collection. One of Schwinder’s favorites […]

Stephanie Soebbing

27 February, 2015

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National Quilt Museum hosts ‘Quilts of Valor’ exhibit

The National Quilt Museum has teamed up with Quilts of Valor to honor veterans and bring the organization’s mission to a wider audience. “To Honor and Comfort: Quilts of Valor” opened last week at The National Quilt Museum. The exhibit features 34 Quilts of Valor made by quilters throughout the country. The quilts, which will be […]

Stephanie Soebbing

26 August, 2015

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National Quilt Museum open new exhibits featuring modern, antique nine patch quilts

The nine patch is one of the first blocks many quilters learn to make. But the quilts featured in The National Quilt Museum’s latest exhibit, New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Nine Patch, are anything but basic. The exhibit features 18 winners of an annual challenge to reinterpret a classic quilt block. The challenge began with […]

Stephanie Soebbing

16 March, 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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Netflix, hand quilting and an unfinished wedding quilt

Every August I pull out my wedding quilt with the intention of finishing by my anniversary at the end of the month, put in a few hand quilting stitches, miss my deadline and put it back away again until next year. Last year was my fifth anniversary. I had promised my husband I would finish […]

Stephanie Soebbing

14 August, 2015

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New Anna Maria, Tim Holtz and a whole lot more!

It’s been a minute since we did a new arrivals video, so we have A LOT to share with you today! We have beautiful new fat quarter bundles from Anna Maria Horner and Tim Holtz. Anna Maria delivers beautiful color contrasts with bold color choices and large modern florals and does not disappoint. Tim Holtz branches […]

Stephanie Soebbing

23 October, 2021

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New baby, new junlge crib quilt design

I’m going to have a new nephew in a couple months so that means it is baby quilt time. My very practical sister who is already thinking ahead to baby number two, chose a jungle theme for the nursery since it is gender neutral. Her husband suggested an underwater theme, not a colorful ocean scene, […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 February, 2013

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New barn quilt book offers much more than quilt stories

Part travelogue, history lesson and love story, “Following the Barn Quilt Trail” by Suzi Parron offers much more to readers than stories of barn quilts and the farms they decorate. The second book on barn quilts from Parron, the book records not just the tales of the barn quilts, but the adventures Parron had as […]

Stephanie Soebbing

31 August, 2016

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NEW Christmas fabrics! Cats, Nutcrackers and Cozy prints

Christmas fabric starts getting shipped to shops in June and July, so it’s not uncommon for us to be totally sold out of Christmas fabric by the time 12 Makes of Christmas ends. But this year we scheduled fabric to arrive the first week of December so you all could still get some holiday quilty […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 December, 2021

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