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Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway: Day 5

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Danielle

It seems only yesterday we began our Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway, but alas, today is is the final giveaway, Day 5. All week long I showed you quilts out of our newest special issue, Best Weekend Quilts 2013, which hopefully … Continue reading →

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Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway: Day 4

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Danielle

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Peggy and Darlene! And a big 'thank you' to everyone who entered!] What a beautiful day for another giveaway, not that I can really think of a day one wouldn’t be pleased … Continue reading →

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Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway: Day 2

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Danielle

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Susan C, our randomly selected winner for Day 2! Thanks to all for participating!] Good morning loyal followers, how is your Tuesday so far? How about some free fabric to get you … Continue reading →

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Best Weekend Quilts Giveaway: Day 1

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Danielle

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Donna, winner of the Avalon bundle and copy of Best Weekend Quilts 2013! Thanks to all who entered!] Happy Monday everyone! We’re in for a rainy day, but what a nice, sunny … Continue reading →

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It is (finally!) time for a Twitter Super Giveaway!

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Danielle

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Elaine and B.J., our randomly selected winners! Thanks to everyone for their support and participation!] We here at Quilters Newsletter are active participants in this crazy, fast-growing world of social media. As … Continue reading →

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Earth Day and organic fabric giveaway

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

[Please note: this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to our five winners: Julie, Richard, Karen, Stephanie and Naomi! Thanks to all who entered!] Today is Earth Day, a wonderful excuse to talk about one of the articles in the April/May 2013 … Continue reading →

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A getting-ready-to-quilt giveaway

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

It’s National Quilting Month, and I am on a mission. I’ve decided that for all of my blog posts during March, I am going to try to convince you to quilt. Not to cut and piece but to quilt, to … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Joyce Gross

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

We recently learned from our friends at the Quilt Alliance that quilt multi-hyphenate Joyce Gross died on Christmas Eve 2012. A UC Berkeley graduate who majored in history, Gross joined a small quilting bee in 1969 and began her career … Continue reading →

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This is for N and C

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Mary Kate Karr-Petras

Quilts can be fun and beautiful. But they’re also a historical product of women’s work and a document of women’s lives, which are not always fun and beautiful. Sometimes quilts represent the difficult and tragic parts of our lives. Continue reading →

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LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Susan E. Geddes

Land of Enchantment is an apt description of New Mexico. My husband and I visited that state for a few days between Christmas and New Years. The countryside is beautiful in that dry, sparse western way. There was snow on … Continue reading →

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