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Quilting News

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Saturday | Carroll Co. Times

Connecting to quilts

Jennifer Bernard knows talent and execution are key factors in winning a quilting contest at the Iowa State Fair.

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Related Topix: Life, Webster City, IA

Saturday Oct 11 | WisInfo

Crafters get hooked on quilting

If the thought of quilting brings to mind images of women generations ago stitching endlessly to create a means of keeping their families warm, think again.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Kaukauna, WI, Appleton, WI, Appleton Metro

Saturday Oct 11 | Tallahassee.com

Mark Hohmeister: Keeping the art of quilting alive

Quilting always brings to my mind visions of early America, women dressed like characters in 'Little House on the Prairie' as they sit around and stitch and gossip.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Tallahassee Metro, Tallahassee, FL, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fri Oct 10, 2008

San Marcos Daily Record

Quilting club helps out campers

The Kyle Quilters Group prepared and quilted the first ever 2008 Camp HeartSong Bereavement quilt and presented it to CTMC Hospice Care as a token of kindness.

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Related Topix: Kyle, TX, Life, Hobbies, San Marcos, TX

Times-News

Quilting for a cause

YAHOO! Story published at magicvalley.com on Friday, October 10, 2008 Last modified on Friday, October 10, 2008 12:05 AM MDT ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Susan Stallings stands next to a quilt, which will be donated ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Twin Falls, ID

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Washington Daily News

Mitchell awarded a Viewers Choicea award for quilting

By KEVIN SCOTT CUTLER Lifestyles & Features Editor On Wednesday morning during the monthly meeting of the Pamlico River Quilters' Guild, a Washington woman who began quilting as a youngster was awarded the ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Washington, NC, Bethel, NC

Wed Oct 08, 2008

The Daily Press

Quilt project raises awareness of breast cancer

In an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer, Elk Regional Health Center is sponsoring the a oePatches for Prevention Quilt Projecta .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Life, Hobbies, Ridgway, PA

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Deseret Morning News

Bits of color: Quilting expert offers advice fabric

Have you ever looked at a quilt and thought to yourself, "I wonder why the quilter used those fabrics"? Have you looked at unusual color combinations and thought, "I would never dare use those colors together, ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Fountain Green, UT, Sewing

Mon Oct 06, 2008

London Free Press

Her quilting bug shows no sign of slowing

It began as the search for a hobby. Before long, it turned into a small Internet business.

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Related Topix: Life, Canada,

Sun Oct 05, 2008

The Northern Rivers Echo

Wrapped in kindness

Jenny Dacombe of Dooralong puts the finishing touches to a quilt. Thirty handmade quilts will add a splash of colour and homeliness to the newly opened Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit at Lismore Base ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Fri Oct 03, 2008

The Times-Tribune

Womana s lifetime of quilting part of annual display

Clara Kobeski began to quilt as a teen in the 1940s with her mother and sister while growing up in Moosic.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Moosic, PA, Tunkhannock, PA, Factoryville, PA

Thu Oct 02, 2008

The Doings Weekly

America's longtime love of quilting showcased

Some aren't old enough to have yet collected dust, but each of the quilts on display at the Elmhurst Historical Museum represents a craft that has its roots in centuries past.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Elmhurst, IL, Lombard, IL, Entertainment

Baxter Bulletin

Hopkins to headline quilting conference

Approximately 400 quilters will attend the annual Ozark Quilt Guilds Association Quilt Congress 2008 'Quilters on Fire' in Mountain Home Friday and Saturday.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Mountain Home, AR, Yellville, AR

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Kewaunee County

Barn quilt project aims to promote tourism

Kewaunee County 4-H and Youth Development Agent Jill Jorgensen, along with committee members Jennifer Gozdzialski and Nancy LaCrosse, have launched a barn quilt project.

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Related Topix: Kewaunee County, WI, Life, Hobbies, University of Wisconsin Green Bay

The Honolulu Advertiser

Waianae Library to Host Hawaiian Quilting Event

In celebration of the art of Hawaiian quilting, Waianae Public Library is scheduled to host a Hawaiian Quilting Event featuring Betty Rezentes and her Quilting Club on Saturday, October 18th in the Meeting ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Waianae, HI

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Central Ohio

Quilt Show attracts 125 participants

More than 125 people participated in the annual Quilt Show Friday and Saturday. President of the Ross County Quilters Guild Pam Haas said this year, they had quite a turnout.

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Related Topix: Ross County, OH, Life, Hobbies

Sun Sep 28, 2008

Wcco.com

Finding Minnesota: Quilting, Woodworking Combined

Sep 28, 2008 11:22 pm US/Central Inside Gruber's Quilt Shop in St. Cloud, the walls are laced with geometric patterns in a sea of vibrant colors.

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Related Topix: Life, Woodworking, Hobbies, Sewing

The Capital-Journal

Sewing and quilting bee brings the gift of warmth

Whether their talent was sewing, stitching, crocheting or knitting, nearly 150 women had a job to do Saturday at the annual sewing and quilting bee at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2401 S.W. ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Knitting, Crochet, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Topeka, KS

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Anniston Star

Quilting contest winners announced

The Gadsden Museum of Art recently was host to the second annual statewide quilt show 'Stitching Across Alabama.' The Gadsden Museum of Art recently was host to the second annual statewide quilt show "Stitching ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Birmingham Metro, Anniston Metro, Anniston, AL

Journal-Courier.net

A stitch in time: Quilting group displays old-time craft at Steam Show

About 2,250 feet of thread, more than 40 hours of meticulous work and about $200 worth of batting, binding and cloth went into "Americana Sampler," the large quilt being raffled off at this year's Prairie Land ...

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Related Topix: Jacksonville, IL, Life

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