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Quilting and Patchwork

January 12th, 2008

Quilting and Cooking Often Go Hand-in-Hand

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Ever since the days of the early quilting bees, we seem to associate quilting and cooking as related arts.  The ladies who gathered to help one another on their quilting projects usually enjoyed eating together, too.  Then in the evening their families might join for a social evening.
When my daughter’s fabric arts group meets, they […]

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September 6th, 2006

Recipes for Quilters

I’ve noticed some of the quilting newsletters sometimes contain recipes.  Also, quilters frequently publish cookbooks with recipes and food ideas from various members of a guild or online group.  This collecting of recipes may date back to the early quilting bees which was a social time with food and fun along with working on quilts.
For […]

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June 4th, 2006

Quilters’ Cookbooks

Quiltmakers in today’s society also are interested in foods, as were the pioneer quilters who made favorite recipes for their quilting bees.  Nowadays quilters even publish group cookbooks with recipes they’ve all contributed.
Some of these books are compiled as fund raisers to help quilating groups with their projects and quilt shows.  Others are simply compilations […]

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