2013 AQS-Lancaster Show Winners Announced
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric The American Quilter’s Society has announced the winning quilts in the 2013 AQS QuiltWeek show in Lancaster, PA. This......
View ArticleQuilt Museum Faces Funding Crisis
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric The latest news from the San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles is dire. Marie Strait, President of the Board of... [[...
View ArticleHow to Piece Patterned Fabrics
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Sometimes when you’re cutting from fabric that should be just barely big enough you make a mistake or you find out...
View ArticleSan José Quilt Museum Meets Fundraising Goal
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Good news! The San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles has announced that they have met and surpassed their immediate......
View ArticleLabel Idea for Comfort Quilt
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric It can be hard to decide what to put on the label of a comfort quilt. If you’re like me, you want it to be loving,... [[...
View ArticleThe Best Quilt I Ever Gave
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric My dad has always been difficult to read. Growing up, I could never really tell if he liked his gifts or not; every... [[...
View ArticlePfaff Announces “World’s Most Creative Sewer”
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Susan Dunnavant of Greenville, South Carolina has been selected by Pfaff as the winner of their 150th anniversary... [[...
View Article“Technicolor Dream Quilt” Pattern
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Materials Needed: 2 yards colorful scraps, jellyrolls or yardage in at least 8 different colors or prints 1 yard black......
View ArticleCraftsy Offers Free QuiltCon Lecture Series
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Craftsy, the online crafting community, is offering free access to a series of lectures recorded at QuiltCon in Austin,......
View ArticleIf You Quilt It They Will Come
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Have you noticed the unique phenomenon that happens whenever you have a quilt nearly finished? The perfect owner... [[...
View ArticleDonation Quilts Needed for West, Texas
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Quilter and author Judy Laquidara is coordinating the collection and distribution of quilts for the victims of the... [[...
View ArticleQuilt Blocks Collected for Boston Bomb Victims
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is reaching out to the quilting community for donations of quilt blocks which the guild......
View Article10 Ways Quilts Are Like Babies
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric They’re all beautiful. They come in all colors and sizes. They’re irresistibly soft and cuddly. They smell so great...
View ArticleQuilt Alliance “Twenty” Contest
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric If you’re interested at all in winning a HandiQuilter Sweet Sixteen machine-quilting system, you might think about... [[...
View ArticleNew Textile Gallery at Denver Art Museum
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! The Denver Art Museum celebrates the opening of its new 7,000 square foot textile art gallery with a campus-wide exhibition Spun: Adventures in... [[...
View ArticleSpace Station Astronaut is a Quilter
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Karen Nyberg seems like a lot of other quilters. She’s a working mom who learned to sew at an early age, has done both......
View ArticleQuilters Newsletter “Traditional to Modern Challenge”
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Here’s a quilt contest that might appeal to you modern quilters, or to anyone else who’s thought about experimenting... [[...
View ArticleQuilts Sought for Oklahoma Tornado Relief
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric The Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild has announced that they are now collecting donations of completed quilts for... [[...
View ArticleCharity Sewing: The 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric Quilters tend to be generous people: generous with our time, generous with our skills, and generous with our fabric... [[...
View ArticleGrand Central Terminal Centennial Quilt Challenge
Check out Quiltcentric for articles and more ! By Janelle Cahoon, Quiltcentric The City Quilter quilt shop and American Patchwork & Quilting magazine are sponsoring a quilt contest in honor of......
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