River City Quilt Guild Opportunity Quilt
River City Quilt Guild Opportunity Quilt
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Lava Lamp
Some quilts have a long and twisted story. This Lava Lamp quilt I completed yesterday on 6-24-14. It started over a year ago at Spring Market in Portland when Northcott Fabrics showed me their upcoming line of Shimmer Fabrics. The fabrics are a collection of colors with 9 shades per colorway, all with gold or
Quilt Facing
This quilt facing technique is wonderful but difficult to understand with only written instructions. You will use it for the Tulip Trio and Iris Cameo quilts. So here is the video:
Showcase Quilt Pattern
What do you sew with big bold fabric prints? This quilt pattern has big, bold squares to show off your beautiful fabric. There are 3 pattern options. The Showcase Fabric option has three sizes to choose from. The featured quilt has beautiful Jane Sassaman fabric in purple, green, and yellow. The Showcase: Morris features one
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Do Quilters’ Lives Matter?
The old lady who first taught me to quilt was one of the kindest individuals. She directed a diverse group of beginning quilters with quiet charm. She was the one who knew how to run the sewing machine. The rest of her group cut donated fabric into squares using a cardboard template, felt tip pen,
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What is the Deal with Guilds?
Are you a member of a quilt guild? Do you remember your first visit to one? My first impression was that there were similarities to a church service. There were announcements, the main speaker, community service appeals, and opportunities to socialize. But the part of the guild meeting that impressed me the most was the
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Does the World Need Quilting?
You work hard in your sewing room to create your next quilt and you wonder if it is important. When you give this quilt to the new baby, or graduate, or bride, will they like it? Will they use it or use it to shreds? The best quilts get used to shreds. They are given
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The Modern Quilting Bee
Times have changed! It used to be quilting bees that got women together to complete quilts. Now we use other titles for the same sort of thing. I belong to a group of 12 that get together twice a month to sew and share our lives. We used to have two rules: 1. No food.
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