Tag Archives: Craft Ideas

Quilting

• Quilting Bee (The Alleghany News)
  AT RIGHT: QUILTING—Margaret Killon (left) and Jacqueline Brooks worked on an "Old Susanna" quilt for Killon's granddaughter Madison Suzanne Fender during a community quilting bee that was held at the Blue Ridge Business Development Center's atrium Monday.
• 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.
• Owner brings 40 years of sewing to Judy's Quilting & Embroidery (Fremont News-Messenger)
  FREMONT -- Judy Brooks has a quilt shop on the east side of town.
• Area quilting guild warms hearts as well as bodies (Jefferson City News Tribune)
  Kelley McCall/News Tribune Cathy Sagaser, left, and Betty Lock look for just the right place to attach a presentation label to a newly completed quilt Saturday at the Coca-Cola Community Building.
• All Those Quilters (Jacksonville Daily Progress)
  Anita Johnston wants more quilters learning the craft in her store. The owner of All Those Quilts in Bullard, Johnston said growing the quilting community is a goal of hers. Johnston, a retired Jacksonville Independent School District educator, said her shop on U. S. Highway 69 opened in November, 2009. “I’ve been into long-arm quilting for a couple year […]
• Geraldine Courturier, Best Scrap Quilt, Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild’s 30th Annual Quilt Show (Metro Pulse)
  Geraldine Courturier tells Rose Kennedy about where she finds her quilting scraps, how being a Gemini affects her quilting routine, and how her quilts are for more than show.
• 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.
• Teachers taking ‘easy’ classes for raises (KATU Portland)
  Some Portland teachers are using taxpayer money to take graduate-level courses on topics such as quilting, yoga, personal finance and even an Alaskan cruise, the Willamette Week found.
• 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!
• Quilters Help Support Main Street (Portsmouth Daily Times)
  March is National Quilting Month and to celebrate, quilters can take time to reflect on the rich traditions of quiltmaking and the contributions to family and community made by quiltmakers for many...