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After 37 years of collecting antique quilts, award-winning author and quilt historian Judy Howard of Oklahoma City, OK, is giving her collection of 19th- and 20th-century quilts and textiles away to feed hungry children. Judy’s charity quilt giveaway will be donating 100% of the proceeds to charitable organizations that feed the needy. Want to help? [...]
Spring is here and so was the Cincinnati International Quilt Festival! There was a lot of great quilts on display this year like usual. As I was preparing my photos for this post I recognized a few of the designer/artist names. I must like their work because I had photographed their previous work last year. [...]
This year has really flown by for me! Gee it seems like 2012 just got started and now this year is in it’s final days! The old saying, “Time flies when your having fun” is very true. Working on the Quilt-it… today and Sew-it… today magazines has been fun and challenging. We currently have two [...]
I am a bit late getting this post out because this issue should just be hitting the newsstands now. The sister magazine to Quilt-it… today is now in print. Sew-it… today is filled with easy sewing projects you will just love. Just in time for you to whip up some gifts for the up coming [...]
Birds of a feather, definitely do flock together! In 1992, when my oldest boy was five years old, he spent a week at my parents house all by himself. My parents have always been very crafty and constantly making and fixing things. The original do-it-yourselfers. Well, my Dad wanted to involve my son in a [...]
I wanted to say, thank you to the wonderful and encouraging comments about our Quilt-it… today magazine! Deb Hearn (former Editor of QUILT magazine) and I have been working our tails off and pretty soon you will be able to see our hard work. Your comments made me realize I never gave the information about [...]
In eight more days (Sept. 25th) the premier issue of Quilt-it… today will be on the newsstands! I have been busy working for months to get that first issue ready. We are about to wrap up the first issue of the sister magazine Sew-it… today which comes out the end of October. As Assistant Editor, [...]
I just wanted to share my Crossed Canoes quilt that is in the current issue of Quilt Magazine Oct/Nov 2012. I used my Dilly Day fabrics for this quilt and it has a wonderful summer time feel to it. I love the nautical setting Quilt magazine used for photographing the quilt! Looking at the Quilt [...]
I know it has been a long time since I made a post, sorry but I have a good excuse. In late April I was approached about being part of a new quilting and sewing magazine. Well, it was an opportunity I could not turn down. I accepted an Assistant Editor position with a new [...]
I love it when readers send me pictures of projects they are working on that have been made from my projects or fabrics. I know you love seeing the projects too, so this is my third post dedicated to “What Others Are Sewing.” First I would like to introduce you to Kay Harold. She is [...]
