Do you know the value of your quilt(s)?
*The quilt or hanging you just made
*The quilt you purchased at a yard sale or auction for a low price
*The quilt Grandma or Great Grandma made
*The old quilt in the attic that has holes, but still has good sections, too, with intricate hand quilting
*The quilt that a child […]
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Quilter and blogger, Jean Murray, visited the International Quilt Festival/Chicago and was in awe of the numbers of quilters, displays, and quilting supply booths. She reports about this adventure, Baby Boomer Women are HOT for Quilting!, at her b5media blog, Small Business Boomers, she co-authors with Jim Gordon.
Unbelievable. The traffic getting there was backed up for miles, with […]
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According to an article in Asheville Citizen-Times, Saturday, March 15, is National Quilting Day. Festivities and folk art demonstrations will take place as quilters spend the day doing what they love…quilting.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild will celebrate National Quilting Day on Saturday by sponsoring demonstrations and a quilt display at the Folk Art Center, Milepost […]
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As I reminisced about the square dancing of my youth and it’s connection to quilting bees in Square Dancing and Quilting Bees, I recalled some of the recipes of my youth. I also have two cookbooks that the ladies of my childhood community put together as church fundraisers.
Here’s a recipe they might have made to sell at […]
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As I watched the first and second graders learning to square dance in music class, at the school where I was substitute teaching, I recalled my younger years in a farming community. Our 4-H leader taught my friends and me to square dance, waltz, and polka.
This prepared us for the monthly community square dances […]
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Sandy Mitchell, of All Holiday Cafe, gives us insight into the origin of Black History Month, going back to 1926, when Prof. Carter J. Woodsen designated Negro History Week in mid-February, near the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
She also provides a round-up of posts about Black History Month around b5media. She included my Quilting […]
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Throughout the country, myriad events are taking place in the quilting world to commemorate Black History Month. Among them, you’ll find the following:
Freedom Quilts Exhibit to celebrate Black History Month.
This year’s exhibit features the contemporary needlework of several local quilters who have reproduced the Freedom Quilt patterns believed to have helped escaping slaves traveling […]
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The continued controversy about Gee’s Bend quilts and the numerous exhibits around the country seem to have increased their popularity and the familiarity of the name. To read about an exhibit at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY and a very balanced article, check out Do quit promoters exploit folk artists? by Diane […]
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With the Super Bowl high on the entertainment schedule this coming Sunday, even quilters get into the mood. They may not be attending the game nor even watching it on TV, but they’re planning their own parties.
You’ll find Super Bowl sales on fabrics and quilting supplies. If shops are open in your area on Sunday, plan […]
I recently realized that Katelyn Thomas, at Stamping Mad, hosts a monthly Arts and Crafts Blog Carnival. I immediately decided to participate since I enjoy carnivals. Her January 2008 Carnival is up today.
I participated with my Family Legacies Extend to Arts Other Than Quilting. It was fun writing this post and now seeing it in the […]
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