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July 15, 2015 The Quilt Show presents quilts by Renae Haddadin and Karen Kay Buckley in a Smilebox slide show: Renae’s long arm quilting is spectacular!  I have seen her quilts at the International Machine Quilter’s Showcase, which was in Kansas City...

I am delighted to have Patsy Thompson as our December FMQ Expert, for the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge.  When I personally set out to learn FMQ, it was Kelly Jackson of I Have A Notion (IHAN) that recommended Patsy's DVDs to me.  Based on Kelly...

Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 (2014) Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area invites the public to attend the 8th Annual Quilt Show, April 26-27 from 10am-4pm on Saturday, and 10am-3pm on Sunday at The Homeplace. Program is included...

“Trading Cards” One of the few pleasures in pushing 80 is that you get to revert to your childhood without being subjected to criticism.   Up to 80 you are expected to act your age.   This week, jumping the age thing by a couple of years, and therefore...

Please welcome Leni Levenson Wiener, world-renowned art quilter and author of Pictorial Art Quilt Guidebook to the blog for today's National Sewing Month post! As I am a figurative art quilter, I often look for fabric I can use to depict skin tones...