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Quilting and Patchwork

Archive for September 2006

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September 6th, 2006

A Memory Quilt to Educate About Alzheimer’s

To develop more awareness of Alzheimer’s and spread knowledge about this disease, quilters in Blount County, Tennessee are designing a memory quilt which will hand in the Blount county Museum.  The Blount County Outreach Council, under the direction of Trula Jones, whose mother has Alzheimer’s, developed a plan to increase community awareness and help fight this [...]

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September 4th, 2006

Inspiring Other Quilters

We never know when we’ll encourage or inspire other quilters.  Today at our yard sale, a lady came to me with hands full of fat quarters, patterns, and other fabric. 
“When I saw your sign, I just had to stop.  I hoped you’d have some more fabric.”  Then she mentioned she’d talked with my daughter last [...]

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September 2nd, 2006

Quilters Seek Out Yard Sales

Quilters were excited today to find my daughter had quilting supplies, particularly fat quarters, at our yard sale again.  Weather permitting, our family often holds a yard sale over Labor Day weekend.  Today was no exception.
I enjoy chatting with quilters about their projects when they bring their items (fabric, quilting notions, books, and patterns) to [...]

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September 1st, 2006

Creating Quilted Post Cards for Fundraising

The fascination with quilted or fabric post cards has evolved into fundraising. with quilters contributing their fiber art for a cause.  Virginia Spiegel has organized Fiberart for a Cause; funds from selling these donated post cards will go to the American Cancer Society.
This is an opportunity for quiltmakers and fiber artists to share their creations and donate [...]

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