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Peace bookI want this book. You can take a peak inside at Quilting for Peace online.

Via wisecraft

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SAQA logoSewCalGal wants you to mark your calendars for SAQA’s benefit auction starting Thursday, September 10th, 2009. She explains how the auction works and provides a preview of a dozen art quilts. Go here to see more

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Magic Baby quiilt_Piece N QuiltNatalia of Piece N Quilt blog shares how to make this baby quilt using the magic of Jelly Rolls and Ric Rac. It’s so pretty and quick to piece, it would make a great last minute gift or donation quilt. Get the…

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In case you haven’t heard it through Twitter or Facebook let me tell you what IBOL Guy is doing. He’s heading up a project called Iraqi Bundles of Love (IBOL) to send fabric and sewing items to Iraq before his unit leaves. Here is the…

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_june-bug-raffle-quilt1Quilt guild Pinetree Patchworkers made “June Bug” as a group project headed up by it’s designer Karla of Karla’s Color Corner blog. That’s her standing in front of this beautiful quilt. Go here to see how to purchase a ticket.

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Image from Piece O' Cake
Image from Piece O’ Cake

The best bloggers are generous folks who share with us great finds like this: Pastel Party by Judy Twitter. Piece O’ Cake blog clued me in to this patchwork beauty that was part of the Artful Bras exhibit at the Knoxville…

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Image from Empire Quilters

Image from Empire Quilters

I visited the Empire Quilters website this morning and was totally blown away by their 2009 Raffle Quilt, shown here with permission. If all raffle quilts were this amazing the world would be a better place in terms…

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Do you ever get stuck picking out a border color for your quilt top? I know I do, especially when the top has numerous colors and varied fabric styles – descriptive term super-scrappy comes to mind.

Image from Spring Water Designs

Image from Spring Water Designs

This…

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Scarlett's Kennel Club quilt

Scarlett's Kennel Club quilt

This is my entry for Park City Girls first annual Online Spring Quilt Festival. Go here to see all entries. Time is running out (festival closes April 24th), so hurry and enter your own favorite quilt, I want to see it and hear…

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bilde.jpgFor the last six years Terry Hodskins has been working with quilters from around the country to provide quilts for some very special children. Through the Wrap-a-Smile program, Terry and others have donated more than 8,000 quilts to children in third world…

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bilde1.jpgCharitable sewing by students is a wonderful quilt project that benefits many in the Reno area.

From the Reno Gazette Journal:
Galena High School junior Christi Mannos, 16, leads a group called Comfort Quilts, which makes quilts and delivers them to patients at…

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If you are looking for a great way to make a contribution through your quilting skills, take a few minutes to learn more about the Quilts of Valor Foundation.

From Appen Newspapers:
‘The Quilts of Valor Foundation, an organization out of Delaware, sends homemade quilts…

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Project Linus is a wonderful organization that has donated more than 2 million quilts to children in need. That’s a lot of blankies!

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Project Linus:
It is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who…

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1316a.jpgHave you surfed on over to eBay to see the beautiful pink quilts on auction? Better Homes and Gardens and American Patchwork and Quilting organized the event. All of the proceeds from the auction will go to the Susan G.…

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