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Quilting

• An Old Time Quilting Bee (BellaOnline)
  Here is a delightful poem about An Old Time Quilting Bee and the way they used to speed date back in the good ol' days!
• Perfecting quilting, one piece at a time (The Buffalo News)
  LOCKPORT--Ruth Ohol knows that there's nothing more comforting than wrapping yourself in the embrace of a quilt made by loving hands.
• Quilting for Haiti (The Wahpeton Daily News)
  A dozen or so members of Grace Lutheran Church in Breckenridge annually devote their time to crafting quilts to meet needs worldwide, but now they're focusing on Haiti.
• Get involved (Detroit Free Press)
  The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House is to host a sewing workshop for children ages 8-13 from 1-4 p.m. today. The fee is $15 per child and $10 for members. Supplies are to be provided for this old-time quilting bee. The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House is at 1100 Lake Shore Road. Call 313-884-4222, or go to www.fordhouse.org.
• Quilting regains popularity as art form locally, across state (The Gadsden Times)
  By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Gary Batson was 5 years old when he learned how to quilt. He had asthma as a child and couldn't play outside.
• Quilt show to be on display throughout March at museum (The Belleville View)
  The 17th annual Western Wayne County Quilting Guild's quilt show, "Patches and Patterns: A Celebration of Quilts" will be on display through March 31 at the Belleville Area Historical Museum, located at 405 Main St. in downtown Belleville.
• Students share stories, seek prize with quilt (49 ABC News Topeka)
  Students at Williams Magnet School are quilting their way to a cash prize and pizza party.
• Sewing store ties up some loose ends (Orlando Sentinel)
  Dear Greg : On Feb. 18, I went to the convention center in Tampa for a sewing and quilting expo. While there, I ordered a sewing machine from Keep Me In Stitches, a Tampa company. The total price for the machine and software package was $6,419. Four days later, I called the store in Tampa to cancel the order. The owner said she would not order the machine, b […]
• Western North Carolina Quilters Guild celebrates National Quilting Day on March 20 (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  HENDERSONVILLE — Western North Carolina Quilters Guild will mark National Quilting Day with an exhibit 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 20 at Blue Ridge Mall on Four Seasons Boulevard.
• Cooinda's got quilting shows stitched up (Warrnambool Standard)
  COOINDA Enterprises clients at Terang are displaying outstanding patchwork quilting and craft skills, with their work taking out prizes at several south-west shows.