January quilting goals: How’d I do

It’s time to come clean on how well I did at accomplishing my quilting goals for the month. I had a pretty long set of goals, and in retrospect it was kind of like when you’ve waited to long in between meals and then go through a buffet line. I put more on my plate […]

Stephanie Soebbing

31 January, 2014

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Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker provides historical insight

I finally finished “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker” by Jennifer Chiaverini over the weekend. It took me a year to get through it, partly because I was sent the book for review right before my life got very busy, and partly because it just didn’t have the same I just can’t put it down qualities as some […]

Stephanie Soebbing

28 January, 2014

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Nickolai’s Noel makes for one steamy quilt novel

One of the fabric companies needs to come out with a line of solids that features 50 shades of gray to go with “Nikolai’s Noel,” by Alicia Hunter Pace. While it is missing the S&M of the popular trilogy, it is not often you find a black lace bustier in a quilting novel. And the steamy […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 February, 2015

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Quilting, crime and Christian lit come together in ‘Hidden in the Stars’

Following a brutal attack that killed her mother and stole her voice, Sophia Montgomery begins to unravel a mystery about her mother’s past and a discovers a quilt that holds the key to catching her mother’s killers before they return for her. “Hidden in the Stars” by Robin Caroll opens with Sophia waking up in […]

Stephanie Soebbing

3 September, 2014

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Review: ‘Let’s Get Creative with Quilt Labels’ offers inspiration, tutorials

Let’s face it. We love our quilts and hope those we give them to or inherit them after we’re gone, will cherish the quilts and always remember the occasion for which they were made. But we’ve all heard the horror stories of handmade quilts being sold at garage sales, or the tales of quilt appraisers […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 July, 2014

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The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting provides comprehensive in-depth instuctions

If you’ve been admiring art quilts and wondering where to start, “The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting” is a must have. Written by Linda Seward, the author of “The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Applique,” which as sold more than a quarter-million copies, her latest release contains more than 1,000 instructions and illustrations on art […]

Stephanie Soebbing

1 October, 2014

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