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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sep 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today SVP Worldwide, owner of SINGER(R) brand sewing machines–the world leader [...]

Frances Burks
June 15, 2007

Scrapbooks date back as far as the 1590s, when “commonplace books” included drawings, newspaper clippings, and diary notes. British philosopher John Locke published New Method of Making Commonplace Books in 1706. In it, Locke offered advice on preserving ideas, proverbs, and other items. You can carry on the scrapbooking tradition [...]

By ED MOORHOUSEBurlington County Times
SOUTHAMPTON — Susan Painting has learned her craft one stitch at a time.
The 67-year-old retired school teacher and Southampton resident has been quilting since 1985.
Later this month, a 96-square-inch quilt that she completed last year will be an entered in the prestigious Vermont Quilt Festival, held annually at the [...]

by Jennifer Priest Mitchell

If you saw Bob Eldred at his “day job,” where he works for Homeland Security at the Portland International Airport, you may not think that he quilts in his spare time. But he does. And he’s proud of it.
“Well, my wife’s been quilting for 30 years, and I’ve been trying to get [...]

By Judith Farrell, The Daily News
“American Patchwork: True Stories from Quilters” edited by Sonja Hakala, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 217 pages, $23.95.
There is no better remedy for the soul than this collection of 67 stories contributed by quilters nationwide and edited by Sonja Hakala, who has a knack for nurturing her readers.
Pop culture [...]

By Michael Mager/Features Editor
In 1498, Leonardo Da Vinci completed one of the great masterpieces of the Renaissance, “The Last Supper.” Five hundred years later, retired dentist [...]

By Alison Bell
Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS — [...]

By KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
rockinghamnews@seacoastonline.com

KINGSTON — When Linda Heminway started the My Brother’s Keepers quilt group in 1999, all her materials fit in one oversized tote bag.
“Now,” she said, “we have a walk-in closet the church gives us to store stuff. Fabric mates and reproduces.”
Heminway and her group will tie off their 300th quilt this month. [...]

By Richard D. Walton

For more than 30 years, Avon’s Jeanetta Holder has fashioned a special quilt for the Indy 500 winner. the quilt behind here will be raffled off for charity. - Richard D. Walton / For The Star

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By SAMANTHA ARNOLDsarnold1@thespectrum.com
CEDAR CITY - The fifth-grade students at Fiddlers Canyon Elementary School showed off their knowledge of American history Wednesday, showcasing their quilt-making projects.
Out of the three fifth-grade classes, 66 quilts were completed, said Janette Stubbs, one of the fifth-grade teachers in charge of the “American history enrichment project.”

After [...]