Let’s Talk About Fabric, a Bear Paw Quilt Co. Blog

BY PAUL MCKIBBEN | COMMUNITY RECORDER STAFF WRITER

BURLINGTON - Boone County could some day have at least two dozen barns each with a painted quilt for passers-by to view.
The [...]

By ANN NICCUM, aniccum@edwpub.net
The Madison County Association for Home and Community Education (MCAHCE) kicked off a fund-raiser on Monday to help children with cancer.

The group is raffling off a quilt that is hand embroidered and hand quilted.

Special Activities Director Pat Harmon said the quilt was made locally.

“Bea Tebbe, of Highland, did all the [...]

Thisis a picture of my Crown Royal Quilt. About 2 years ago we owned a nightclub and my husband had saved the purple bags that Crown Royal comes in. He had over time collected 30+ bags. One evening my husband Bill asked me if I could create a quilt out of them. I gave the [...]

Muriel Feldshuh and one of her creations. Photo by Sara Heidinger.

Clifford the Big Red Dog. Maisy Mouse. The Stinky Cheese Man. These are a handful of the original illustrations included on two children’s illustrator quilts designed and hand-stitched by Muriel Feldshuh, a Brooklyn-based United Federation of Teachers retiree. A third quilt is in the works.
“I [...]

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Please send me your quilt stories, pictures of your projects or anything quilt or fabric related you would like to share with our readers. Trust me they are very interested in whatever you would like to share.
Send your quilt stores to betty@bearpawquilting.com

By PATRICK J. CROWLEY, Reformer Staff

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Quilting was first introduced to the Islanders of [...]

Delta Airlines Press Release on webwire.com
SALT LAKE CITY - Delta Air Lines employees are sending more than 1,200 handmade quilts to the Primary Children’s Medical Center as part of an ongoing partnership between Salt Lake City’s hometown airline and the city’s leading children’s hospital. The handmade bedcovers, which will be on display in the Energy [...]

By Tony Sapochettitsapochetti@pantagraph.com
Jane Tripp of Springfield said that she needed a little inspiration for her new hobby, quilting.
“I’m just starting,” she said. “I’m just gathering more things than actually stitching at this point.”
So with camera in hand, Tripp headed to the 2007 Quilt Spectrum, presented by the Hands All Around Quilt Guild of Central Illinois, [...]