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It's been a rough winter and we could all use a little Spring in our lives!

Designed by Shannon Gilman Orr, the wonderfully whimsical Woodland Secrets fabric line was inspired by time the artist spent living in a 100-acre wood in the New Hampshire hills.

Woodland Secrets will have you thinking Spring with tiny trees, florals, mushrooms, acorns, deer footprints, and gingham!

We have Woodland Secrets available as a Jelly Roll and a Layer Cake, and patterns to go with each.

The Layer Cake contains 42 - 10" x 10"  squares and is perfect for making the Lakeside pattern.

Plus, Bed of Roses by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts has arrived!

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Two Socks by Natalie Mosher is a wonderful rendition of a wolf created with fabric collage. We love the aboriginal fabric that she used and the fact that you can see other animals prancing about as they enhance the beauty of the design.

Natalie's quilt was on display as part of the Animal Kingdom exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.

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Laura at SewVeryEasy has created a simple fan table runner that only needs 4 fat quarters and 3/4 yd of a featured fabric for the top. Laura says her fabric for this project was "on vacation." Find out what she means when you watch the tutorial.

Click here for the pdf file.

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So many people loved the "Stitched" movie (and so many were sad they missed it) that we have secured the rights for our Star members to see it any time they would like to. It will be housed under "WATCH>FEATURED GUEST DVDS" with our other bonus membership videos. Enjoy!

See all the shows, classes, and DVDs including Stitched.  

What a joy to watch and see the talents and the hopes and the skills. All quilts are of value. All quilters bring art into the world with their fabric created treasure. Thank you - Winnie

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Looking for a fun project to keep you busy on those chilly winter days?

Mini Mosaic Kits will get your creative juices flowing!

Mini Mosaic Kits are fast and fun small projects. Each kit for an 11 x 14 inch mini quilt contains the pattern, sticky stabilizer for assembly, "tile" and "grout" fabrics, tulle netting for finishing your mosaic, and full instructions. You will need to provide small fabric pieces for the sashing and border from your stash.

Below are just a few of our favorite designs (to be honest, we love them all!). We have limited quantities of each, so don't wait! 
         

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Love is in the air! The Quilt Alliance would love to match you up with a QSOS interview to show your passion for the rich herstory (and history, of course) of quilts and their makers. Could you make a $25 donation today to sponsor a QSOS interview conducted between 1999-2017? Give securely on Facebook or on the Quilt Alliance website here: https://quiltalliance.org/p…/qsos-20th-anniversary-donation/

The Quilt Alliance is making all 1,200 QSOS oral history interviews available on a new website (You can see Alex's QSOS here). Each interview will be converted to digital audio, indexed (keywords and narratives created) and presented on the new site with new and improved tools for searching, browsing and sharing. The family of quilters and quilt lovers is the most generous and loving community in the world--thank you for helping us preserve our family history.

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Birgit Schueller intentionally put holes in her quilt, Hole Cloth. Find out why and discover other different design elements she used to create her quilt.

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Like many of you have experienced or are experiencing, Alex's mother (Dorothy) is in memory care. Dee has settled in very well but truly lives in the moment. Alex made the quilt of Dee's house years ago and it hung in the livingroom. It is now with Dee in her new home and it is one of the things her memory has retained. The other day as Capt'n John sat with her, she pointed at the quilt and said, "I love that quilt. That is my house." Alex made the quilt for Dee's 60 birthday over 32 years ago. The house was an old home that was rebuilt by her father. It is now a Historic House in town.

Comfort, familiarity, and connection mean a lot at this stage of life. Maybe there is a small wall hanging that you have made or could make that would be a comfort to your loved ones?

(Plus it is pinned to the wall and is the one thing she hasn't lost.)

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Double Wedding Ring quilt by Hilda Keasey c. 1972. Image Quilt Index
 

Feed Sacks are Coming
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D. Curator of Clothing and Textiles,
The Museum of Texas Tech University

I’ve been enmeshed in feed sack materials for the past year.  The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, the South Plains Quilt Guild in Lubbock and generous individuals enabled the Museum to acquire the Pat L. Nickols collection of feed sacks a few years ago and in the meantime my team has been cataloguing and photographing the 5612 piece collection. As is typical when a push is made to acquire a certain type of material at a museum, donors with similar materials come forward. Today the collection of feed sack materials at the Museum of Texas Tech University numbers over 6,000 items and is likely the largest collection of these materials in public hands.

At University museums, peer reviewed publications are encouraged and this much material is idea for research. A manuscript is working it’s way through the peer review process and is planned for publication mid 2019 by Texas Tech University Press. Thanks to United Notions/Moda and the CH Foundation 550 color photographs will be included.

Some of the quilts are just wonderful.  The Sunbonnet Sue quilt below has a great story. Not only was the maker careful to use the free fabric from feed and flour sacks but she had already used that fabric to make dresses for her twin daughters and when they outgrew their dresses she cut them up to put into this quilt.

 
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt made from feed sack fabrics by Margaret Dollie Wilson
(B. 1912, m.1928, d. 1968, Mrs. Harry) of Pampa, Texas.
Gift of Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles), TTU-H2015-084-006.

Margaret Dollie Wilson was born in Pampa, Texas in 1912. At the age of 16 she married Harry Wilson and at the age of 17 gave birth to twin girls. Life in Pampa during the Depression, Dust Bowl and WW II was difficult and money was scare. Mr. Wilson worked as a custodian at the local school and then o the railroad. Margaret supplemented the family’s income by working in the school cafeteria and taking in ironing. She raised chickens for their “egg money,” and the chicken feed sacks provided fabric to make dresses for her twins.  When the dresses became too small she cut them up to make quilts. The one pictured here is a twin bed size that one of the twins used on her bed. It was inherited by Margaret’s only female grand child who donated it to the Museum in 2015.

This is just one of several quilts that will be included in the upcoming book to accompany the exhibition planned for June 22-December 20, 2019. The book should be available beginning in June via Amazon and other outlets.

Learn more about the Museum of Texas Tech University Textile Collections.

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