San Francisco Quilt Guild Speaker

Sheila Schneider will talk on 17 July at the San Fran Quilt Guild meeting at the San Fran Seventh Day Adventist Church. Sheila has been happy to produce some award winning quilts fitting the quilting in between lecturing and giving workshops. She is also the author of “Pieced To Fit,” the subject of her presentation […]

Grouseland Foundation Annual Quilt Show

Grouseland Foundation is holding its annual quilt show October 12 and 13 at Vincennes University’s Green Activities Center in Vincennes, Indiana, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The group is accepting entries for both hand quilted and machine-quilted quilts of diverse sizes now.

A highlight of the show will be a lecture by popular quilt authority, Kaye England […]

Did you notice I was missing?

Hey folks - sorry for the lack of posts, but I’m in the process of moving while working full time (and on weekends!). The process will be over first of June, and I’ll be updating the site at that time. Stick with me!

SF Quilt Guild - Eli Leon

Eli Leon has been studying, exhibiting and writing about improvisational African-American quilts for the past 25 years. A 1989 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship allowed him to expand his research from his home base in Oakland, CA to east Texas, southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana - the geographical area from which most of his […]

A Brief Hiatus

Hi folks - I’m going to take a few days to visit my globe-trotting daughter, so updates between now and the beginning of the week are going to be put on hold. Just keep your eye on the calendar so that you don’t miss any upcoming quilt events.
Have a great weekend and I’ll see you […]

Another Record for Fiber Arts for a Cause!

Oh, I’m so proud! I went to visit Virginia’s “Fiber Art for a Cause” Reverse Auction site this past Thursday to see how her fund raising for the American Cancer Society was going, and I couldn’t believe my eyes…the piece shown here, by Lynn Krawczyk, was still available! I emailed Virginia immediately (at about 2am) […]

Quilts 4 Leukemia Update

However, blocks donations are welcome, whether it be from the Antarctic, Arizona or Antarctica! We are a bit short on Scandinavia and the Middle and Far East, not to mention the Russian States. surely there must be some quilters out there?
I heard from Clare at the Quilts 4 Leukaemia site, and she was […]

Mystery Textile Blog

This blog is a gem among quilt blogs, simply because of this blogger’s meticulous journaling about various textile techniqes and experiments. There’s no name attached to the entries, which is a shame because the work is simply stunning.

Polson Women Whip Out the Quilts

At right: Photo by Karen Peterson/Leader
A big hand to the fourteen ladies in Polson, Montana, who finished up 40 quilts in 40 days for various charitable causes.
Last year, the ladies donated their blankets to The Intermountain Children’s Home in Helena, and a camp for children with cancer, received blankets. Local firemen were stocked with blankets […]