On the third Saturday of September each year, Moda Fabrics and local quilt shops everywhere celebrate National Sew a Jelly Roll Day. Save the date: September 17, 2022. What is National Sew a Jelly Roll Day? Quilters all around are encouraged to sew something fun and enjoy the day using a favorite precut, the Jelly Roll!…
Wrap Ukraine With Quilts
Gina Halladay and Beth Hawkins were days away from launching their next quilt adventure, a combination of online quilting classes and a fabric shop called Hello Cottons when the invasion in the Ukraine started. When they heard about the devastating occurrences through friends and colleagues living in Ukraine and Poland, and saw the images of…
Quilts of Valor, National Sew Day Goes Virtual February 6, 2021
Quilts of Valor will celebrate their 8th annual National Sew Day on the first Saturday in February 2021. Across the country, hundreds of local quilt shops, quilting guilds, American Legion Posts, and quilting community groups will again devote the day to creating quilts intended to lovingly cover service members and veterans touched by war. Normally,…
Sew Little Dresses for Africa
Wake up and turn on the news. What do you see? Hard things, discouraging comments, and maybe some inexcusable violence. Right now, we are vowing to add a little sunshine to your day by letting you know about a great cause dedicated to use the craft of sewing to brighten other people’s lives. Take this…
Helping to Heal the Hurt
Tina Bauer of Bittersweet Quilt Shop in Pinconning, Michigan is nearing the end of a heartfelt campaign to gather quilts and donations for those affected in the Paradise fire disaster in California. The Camp Fire is the deadliest and most destructive fire in recent U.S. history. It started in the densely populated foothill town of…
Covering Seniors With A Hug – One Quilt At A Time
Meet Shannon Ownby, the owner of Fabrics N Quilts in Jamestown, Tennessee. She is always ready for a challenge and committed to giving back to her community. When she heard about the Quilted EMbrace organization, she wanted to get involved herself and bring her customers into it as well. And thus a very special community-service project was born.…