Quilters across the country are coming together for a powerful purpose—creating quilt tops to honor Service Members and Veterans still waiting to receive a Quilt of Valor. On June 5, the Quilts of Valor Foundation invites you to take part in their National Catch Up Day, helping complete quilts for those who have been waiting…
Charity Sewing at Sewing & Stitchery Expo 2027
Sewing & Stitchery Expo – March 4-7, 2027 Puyallup, Washington Every year, the Sewing & Stitchery Expo supports charitable organizations benefiting from hand-made or home-sewn projects. 2027 Partnership – Project Linus This year, the Sewing & Stitchery Expo is excited to partner with Project Linus to include a fun opportunity to serve our community. Named after the security blanket-toting character from the…
Aprons for Autism
Natalie Caldwell of Quilt Culture in Red Bluff, CA, is a grandmother of three very much loved grandchildren who manage the daily struggles of autism. She has first hand knowledge of the challenges families are faced with. Natalie’s daughter asked her to sew aprons for her children to wear to help make it easier when…
United We Stand
Reposted with permission from Weeks Ringle, Modern Quilt Studio The past few years have brought tremendous changes to the world of quilting. Shops have closed by scores. Magazines and book publishers have shuttered or merged with other publishers. American Quilter Society has ceased publishing books all together. City Quilter in New York is closing. Tension…
How Quilt Shop Quality Fabric Can Make You {Look Like} a Better Quilter
By Maddie Kertay, founder of the BadAss Quilters Society. Being a hands-on quilt shop owner means I spend a lot of time acting as confessor and therapist to a wide variety of patrons that visit our shop. Some need little more than hand holding and a quick lesson on how to spiff up their mitered…
10 Reasons to Shop Locally
Published with permission from the Institute for Local Self Reliance.
Don’t Skip The Store
Re-published with permission from Shannon Ownby, Owner of Fabrics N Things. See the original posted November 3, 2015. We all know that our world is so much smaller than it used to be with the technology that has exploded in the last 15 years. It would be hard to be completely unplugged. For those with…