Kaffe Book cover Shots Stripes

I received an advance copy of the book, Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes written by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. Their publicist (thank you!) allowed me to ask the authors a few questions and I’m going to share …

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Year of Art

The bidding starts today (10 AM CST) for the fiber art pieces from “A Year of Art”. In addition to the 10 artworks, Pokey Bolton of Quilting Arts TV has donated a tote filled with goodies. Virginia Spiegel interviews her …

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Moda Friendship Quilt Along

Heads up! There’s a blog hop starting February 18th sponsored by the Moda Blog. Moda fabric designers will take a turn showing us their take on a 9 inch friendship quilt block. Moda invites quilters to join the fun and …

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Becky Goldsmith quilt exhibit Austin

If you are in the North Texas area now thru March 15th, don’t miss Becky Goldsmith’s quilt exhibit at Austin College. She’s half of the team at Piece O’ Cake. Their happy applique quilt patterns always bring a smile …

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Round Robin Row 1

I’d frame this image by Mary of The Tulip Patch. It’s  her four Delectable Mountain quilt blocks mounted on an old door. Gorgeous! She’s the designer for the Round Robin Row 1 in Patchwork Posse’s Winter Wonderland Quilt Along. …

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Quilter's Calendar

Check out this new tool for quilters, an online Quilter’s Calendar. I just did. I clicked on Pat Sloan’s name on the 16th of February. A pop-up tells me she’ll be teaching at the Vereins Quilt Guild in Fredericksburg, TX. …

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I’m so excited, ’cause I get to go to QuiltCon – the first conference of The Modern Quilt Guild. But it gets better, I’ll be making the trip to Austin with Anne Weaver, the Sewing Editor at Craft Gossip …

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free pattern B Brackman Red WhiteThe first Friday of February is National Wear Red Day. Barbara Brackman of Material Culture honored this year’s campaign with a free quilt pattern inspired by an antique quilt (1840-1860). It’s made up of two blocks.  Visit her blog

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NancyCabotSewAlong

This is a great idea! Candace of Moore About Nancy is hosting a Quilt Along based on the quilt blocks Nancy Cabot published in her daily column while at the Chicago Tribune in 1933. Of her event, she explains,

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Dresden hopThe Dare to Dresden blog hop is in progress. I cannot wait to see what participants make with their Dresdens. Go to Quilt Monster in my Closet to get the schedule.…

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Heart Local Quilt Shop Jan 24Ellen of The Long Thread is planning to visit her local quilt shop Thursday (read her post here) as part of the Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day campaign. Will you be visiting yours? Before you run out the …

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SewCal Gal Golden Quilter AwardListen up stitchers! Nominations are now open for the 2013 Golden Quilter Awards hosted by SewCalGal. She explains,

The Golden Quilters is all about recognizing those in the business. And, like the Oscars we want to identify the best of

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80s partyThe much-anticipated first conference of The Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon, is almost here. If you’re lucky enough to attend, there’s going to be an 80s Dance Party on Friday, February 22nd. Sounds like fun! Sponsored by Baby Lock, it’s …

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Bonnie of Quiltville is hosting an Easy Street Link-up event you don’t want to miss. So far there are 149 links to mystery quilts and participants can keep adding links until January 13th. Bonnie gushes (rightfully so) over Marsha’s quilt, …

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I have a thing for vintage trailers, so no surprise this art quilt – Airstream Dreaming by Jamie Fingal – caught my eye. It’s one of eleven pieces from A Year of Art slated for auction in February with proceeds …

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