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		<title>AQS to Stop Publishing Books, IMQA Shutting Down, Quilt Shows Closing...There's a Lot Going on in the Quilting Universe</title>
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			<title>Julie B. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[1. Is it even ethical to stash fabric? Cotton production has severe environmental and socioeconomic impact around the world. Buying it to make functional objects is one thing, but buying it "because an artist needs a stash" is irresponsible. The great quilters in the beginning of the tradition did NOT have hundreds of yards of fabric lying unused and wasted in their closets, and they did fine work. 2. Never let anyone shame you into thinking an expensive machine makes a great quilter (or as I call it, the Bernina Fallacy). A machine doesn't make a quilter. Practice does. So do good pressing and accurate cutting, all of which can be accomplished with inexpensive tools.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Julie B.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:28:19 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Handmade menagerie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[#cultusquilter Are you actually suggesting that we "older" quilter who have built our stashes up over years or decades, and from which we pull daily, and which have cost us thousands of dollars, should just give them away because you don't think you should have to pay whatever your area charges for them? Seriously?!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Handmade menagerie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:18:30 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>cultusquilter says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quilting cotton in Canada can be around $22.00 a meter so the American prices seem a bargain. It is too bad that older quilters who have built up a huge stash cannot pass it on reasonably to young quilters who cannot afford the current price of cotton.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>cultusquilter</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:02:19 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>clairequilty says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quilting has become a craft for the wealthy. My good fortune to build a stash has come from scraps left by students from the expensive quilt lessons by well-known teachers. My skills have been learned from The Quilt Show programs, You Tube videos, and the many wonderful quilt bloggers. Thankfully there is a Quilt Angel for those of us who have shallow pockets.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>clairequilty</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:56:42 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Leann says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have what some would call a small stash, and I build it when I can. I, too, regret the increase in the price of cotton and most recently paid $16 (US) a yard and thought perhaps I should scale down. Quality anything is expensive and I'm glad I have bought my top of the line Bernina and APQS Millie BEFORE retirement, which will not provide enough income to afford them in that day soon to come. While I love online classes, which fit my schedule better, there is no substitute for hands on with a good teacher. My students ask me time and again to please teach another class. While I thoroughly enjoy traditional quilts, I have begun to embrace the modern quilts and enjoy seeing the next generation fuel up. I don't believe it is gloom and doom for the upcoming sewists, but a weeding out of excesses. Great article.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Leann</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:36:33 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Sharon Joy Frear says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We have found that in the last few years more quilt shows have been bringing in jewelry and other products unrelated to quilting. Maybe the sponsor needs these to fill their booths; I don't know what the solution is. I've also noticed that quilt guilds who hold their own quilt shows are expanding their own "boutiques" in order to bring in more money for the guild. One show we participated in a couple of years ago had 6-8 booth spaces right across the front of the show dedicated to the "boutique". I think this is overkill and detrimental to the vendors.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sharon Joy Frear</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:09:05 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Juliet Fitness says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am a New Zealand quilt tutor, and increasingly find my classes cancelled because of lack of enrollments. I hear comments like "I can learn that on YouTube for free". But is it the same as having that one on one personal tuition from a quilt tutor? Our hourly rate to teach may be quite high, but we have spent many hours developing the class, making the class samples (at $30 a metre for fabric), printing out the class notes and then teaching for 6 hours or more, often dealing with 20 students in a class, all with different abilities, different ideas of colour and speed of working. Personally I love the Modern Quilt movement. I support my local quilt shop, rather than shop online and have to pay heavy shipping costs from the US as well as the exchange rate. I still buy the best quilt magazine published, the NZ Quilter magazine.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Juliet Fitness</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:30:45 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Susie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fabric in Australia is $30 a yard from a LQS and about $20 at our equivalent of Joannes.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Susie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:06:39 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Susie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trying living in Australia, good quality quilting fabric starts at $30 a yard.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Susie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:01:20 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Denise L. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for sharing Jake's article. I am still feeling sad about Quilter's Newsletter magazine, and I still miss The Quilt Life! We will adapt to changes, and create and Quilt On!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Denise L.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Connie Cindle says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[#3, you are very fortunate to live near Judith, Ricky and Justin. It would be nice to have play dates and be so creative.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Connie Cindle</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:39:13 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Lorraine Carter says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is a brand of cotton made in the US from field to shop that sells for $5-7/yd. Are some of the other high costs due to overseas manufacturing with multiple middle men?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lorraine Carter</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:18:18 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>OHSue says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pardon my ramble but the decline of the quilting industry came when manufacturers found new demographic in the higher earning demographic that could buy a sewing macine priced higher than my car, fabric prices soaring and patterns at 20. Everyone scrambled for this newer breed and left the rest of us in the dust. I like the friendly atmosphere at my LQS, but why pay as much for a class as a membership on the Quilt Show where I am exposed to many national / international quilters. Why pay much more locally than an online retailer for fabric when I can get the same stuff. I have been in quilt classes where my 'lesser' machine is made fun of. Yes, hobby quilters need to make hard decisions about spending the family vacation fund at a quilt show or with the family. And quilt retailers need to realize their place in todays economy.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>OHSue</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:42:26 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Peggy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the cost of fine sewing machines soared to over $12000, our pocket books did not. Fabric went as high as $17 a yard and local quilt shops closed as their owners retired. Thank heavens for on line classes, on line fabric sellers and on line pattern sellers. It seems to be the wave of the future and it is good because we can keep sewing one stitch at a time]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Peggy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:55:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Jackie Davis says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the U.K. we pay between £12 - £14 ( $16 - $18 ) per metre for quilting cotton]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jackie Davis</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:58:07 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Tommilard says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for this article. Learning to like modern quilts has taken awhile, however, there are some very pretty ones, even a couple I want to make. Older hobby quilters may be slower to change, but this 80 yr old is still turning out all kinds. Perhaps because of The Quilt Show, and being lucky enough to live close to LaVeta, Colo, where there is inspiration from Ricky and Judith Baker Montano. I also keep buying fabric to go with my stash.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tommilard</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:11:03 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Louise says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fascinating article, along with links that provide a wide perspective on what's happening in the industry. One of the basic things not mentioned, however, is the soaring cost of cotton. When we look at quilting fabric anywhere from $8.00 to $12.00 and up per yard, we think twice about just "adding to our stash" or making several quilts as opposed to one. I wish I could offer a solution, but with other industries like construction, syphoning off cotton for insulation, who knows where prices will finally level out.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:33:28 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Clara Lawrence says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Change can be tough, but it can also be exciting. New ideas can bloom in this kind of situation.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Clara Lawrence</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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