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Quilt Along1 comment

Anne wrote 1 month ago: Now that I’m all inspired from the quilt festival (I still have tons more to look at), it … more →

Tags: Quilts, bumblebeans, fabric, quilt along

Mashed Sweet Potatoes6 comments

KJ wrote 1 month ago: This has been one busy week. On top of regular work projects that needed attention and various urgen … more →

Tags: Birmingham history, Recipes, Farming and Agriculture, vegetarian, mashed sweet potatoes, soul food

It's a matter of

sewpam63 wrote 2 months ago: perception…  Have you seen this or heard about it?!  I worry about the polar bears.  I cried a … more →

Tags: Quilting, Joshua Bell, Violinist, polar bears, Perception, Art, Beauty

Quilts in Sisters, OR4 comments

bonniehull wrote 4 months ago: Last week was quilt week in Sisters, OR, culminating in the big outdoor quilt show Saturday.  I drov … more →

Tags: Art Work, Cynthia Wilcox, Quilting, Bonnie Hull, Quilts, Karla Alexander, Sisters Quilt Show, Lucy Mingo

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show1 comment

quiltingcomfort wrote 4 months ago: Last year I went to the APNQ Quilt Show.  It was amazing in the quilts that were presented.  Every q … more →

Tags: General, Barbara Copeland, Sisters Oregon, Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters Quilt Show

Gee's Bend Quilts2 comments

thesilverlining wrote 5 months ago: dear ada alterted me to these incredible quilts made by women in Gee’s Bend, a community in so … more →

Tags: Design, Art, Textiles, Quilts

Gee's That's A Lot of Yellow9 comments

littlebluecottage wrote 5 months ago: This month, it’s all about me.   Well, me and Adina.  For the Cottage Quilting Bee, the two of … more →

Tags: Blankets, cottage quilting bee, Craft, denyse schmidt, Design, fabric, handmade, quilt along, Quilting

early influences in the world of quilting

Patricia Mumau wrote 5 months ago: i suppose it really started when i was 7ish as a 4h-er at the county fair.  i had gone to the fair g … more →

Tags: Design, Life, denyse schmitt, Quilts

Gee's Bend Quilts

jandkjohnston wrote 6 months ago: This from Gee’s Bend Alabama. We purchased this at Thomaston Alabama’s Rural Heritage Ce … more →

Tags: Art, Quilts

New and not

thequiltersalley wrote 8 months ago: I have said before that I see myself as a kind of archeologist of craft sorts. Whether, I’m  u … more →

Tags: Work, projects, Handwork, Patterns, Quilt Show, Craft, Embroidery, Sewing, Fabric, Quilts, Art, FIT

McKissack Book: Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

Rebecca Morrison wrote 9 months ago: Another Patricia McKissack book (her latest!) we’d like to feature on Can You Imagine?: Stitch … more →

Tags: Books, Inspiration, Patricia McKissack, Barbara Gray, Around Cincinnati, Gee's Bend Quilt, School Library Journal, random house children's books, William Arnett

Opening Tonight

emilypothast wrote 9 months ago: There are some crafty exhibitions opening tonight in Pioneer Square.  Greg Kucera has mounted the ga … more →

Tags: Art, Events, Seattle, james harris, Greg Kucera, collage, Platform, William Kentridge, Cut

fridays after 5:303 comments

myconey wrote 12 months ago: the american folk art museum, located a rock’s skip throw from MoMA, offers free admission fri … more →

Tags: General, ian hundley, MoMA, american folk art musuem

Bird & Anchor

thequiltersalley wrote 1 year ago: In a curious twist of synchronicity,  I received these two punches from Shara as we were driving to … more →

Tags: proud mama, projects, Handwork, Patterns, Quilting, Quilts, Sewing, the quilter's alley, Husqvarna Viking

Coming October 28th

Rebecca Morrison wrote 1 year ago: Patricia McKissack’s newest book: ISBN: 978-0-375-83163-8 (0-375-83163-0) image from Random Ho … more →

Tags: Books, Inspiration, Patricia McKissack, quilt, Random House

Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

Rebecca Morrison wrote 1 year ago: Author Pat McKissack is working on bringing her newest book, Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Ge … more →

Tags: Videoconferences, Books, Inspiration, distance learning, Writing Workshop, Videoconference, New Links to New Learning, author visit, Pat McKissack

Gee's Bend2 comments

hoffmakatie wrote 1 year ago: The Denver Art Museum recently hosted an exhibition of some of these remarkable quilts. I had to com … more →

Tags: abstract, Art, art issues, collage, Contemporary Art, Fine Art, Inspiration, abstract art, outsider art

Press Release Journalism: "It's Time For Action Tour" - Day 1

mediaherd wrote 1 year ago: MediaHerd announces Day 1 of its “Press Release Journalism Tour.” MediaHerd will follow … more →

Tags: Politics, 2008 presidential campaign, Media Manipulation, iraq, John McCain, selma, Alabama, Stephen Colbert, White House

This is not a Gee's Bend quilt 5 comments

lockemonda wrote 1 year ago: Today’s New York Times Magazine (Sunday, April 6, 2008 issue) includes a full-page print ad fo … more →

Tags: Art or Commerce?, authorship, Quilts, Slavery, American History


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