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Quilting and Patchwork

June 29th, 2006

Red, White & Blue for July 4th Quilts

Decorate with red, white, and blue quilts, hangings, table cloths, runners and more for the Fourth of July celebrations.  Also, check out your fabrics and start some red, white, and blue patriotic projects.
My daughter found, among her fabric stash, red-white-blue printed fabric with flags on it.  “This will be great for a table runner for the […]

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June 28th, 2006

Quilts 4Cancer

Quilters from Pahrump, NV have organized a project, Quilts 4Cancer, to give Christmas quilts to children with cancer.  They plan to provide 500 quilts made from fabric with a holiday/Christmas theme.  If you don’t have time to make a quilt, you can donate fabric with holiday designs.
More information can be found in the current Havasu Quilts […]

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June 6th, 2006

Summer Quilt Ideas

Browsing through quilt patterns brings us to a variety of names that call to mind summer and warmer weather.
Among these are patterns which refer to the sun:  Sunshine and Shadow, Basket of Sunflowers, Sunbean, Sunflower, Sun Dial, Sunburst, Blazing Sun, Harvest Sun, Rising Sun, Sunshine, Triple Sunflower, and Kansas Sunflower.
From the garden we may find Corn […]

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