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If you love art quilts, you will not want to miss the Nancy Crow exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum. The exhibit runs January 31 – May 9, 2010. The museum is located at 455 Oak Street, Brockton, Massachusetts 02301. Visit www.fullercraft.org for more info.
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The featured quilt of the week in the January 24, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter is called My Point of View. It was created by Nina Moore. Each year the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild, the Intown Quilt Guild and the Phoenix Quilt Guild, all guilds in the [...]
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Quilt Artist Myrah Brown Green is completing a book entitled The Presence of African Symbols in North American Quilts. Before finishing the project, she is interviewing quiltmakers who use African symbolism in their quilts. According to Myrah, “the symbols can be anything from masks, fabrics and cowrie shells to narrative African panels, piecing techniques etc., all indigenous to Africa. Your [...]
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Now is a great time to enroll in a block of the month program. Most quilt stores and some online sites sponsor them. In a block of the month program, you complete a block each month. At the end of the year, you assemble the blocks into a quilt. For beginning quilters, this is a great [...]
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On the weekend when we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the January 17, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter featured a quilt that honors a person who is building on Martin’s dream. The quilt is called Obama Honored, and it honors our 44th President of the [...]
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Atlanta, along with much of the country, has been under a deep freeze this week. When it snows in Atlanta, the city stops, and everyone hibernates until it all goes away. For that reason, the name of the featured quilt in the January 10, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter seemed [...]
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The entry deadline for the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show is January 31, 2010. Visit www.bullochhallquiltguild.com to download the entry form. Bulloch Hall is located in Roswell, GA. The theme of this year’s show is “Tomorrow’s Classics Today”. The show will run from March 13 – 21, 2010. Show hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. [...]
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The featured quilt in the January 3, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt is called Adorned, and it was created by Elaine Parker. Elaine is known for her exquisite bead work, and this quilt is no exception. The piece which measures 12 x 12 inches starts with an appliqued lady on [...]
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The Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show is scheduled for January 14 – 16, 2010 at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens in Oklahoma City, OK 73102-9219. The OKC Community Quilt Guild, a creative group of African American Quilters, will offer a variety of make-it-take-it projects at this event. The show will include a large vendor mall, [...]
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The Clara Ford Foundation is dedicated to preserving and celebrating African American quilting. Our goal this year is to celebrate each and every quilt made by an African American that is in a quilt show or exhibit, and to celebrate every African American quilt that is sold. We all want to be valued, and African American quilts are no exception. [...]
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