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#66/1002007 Antigua Sunrise is a small quilt that commemorates my visit to the island of Antigua during my annual spring break trip with my daughter India. During my search for different and unusual fabric, I discovered the official fabric of the island. It is a bright orange, red and green plaid. I used this fabric [...]
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The Clara Ford Foundation will be “in the house” promoting African American quilting Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the YWCA Open Your Purse Event! The event is a fund raiser for the Atlanta YWCA. There will be over 400 women at the Downtown Ritz Carlton ready to open their purses to support the YWCA. For [...]
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Something Pertaining to God: The Patchwork Art of Rosie Lee Tompkins is on display at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT. The show was curated by Eli Leon, who spent 20 years assembling his collection. He will talk about the quilts June 21, 2007 at the museum. The quilts will remain on display until October [...]
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By BEN RAINESNewhouse News ServicePublished on: 06/06/07 Mobile, Ala. — Images of her handmade quilts adorn postage stamps, Visa gift cards and $5,000 rugs, but Annie Mae Young and some of the other quilters who made Gee’s Bend famous say they missed out on what has turned into a giant payday. Saying she has been [...]
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RaNae Merrill seeks interested quiters to help her with her upcoming book. Krause Publications has agreed to publish Simply Amazing Spiral Quilts and the release date is Spring 2009. RaNae needs the help of an adventurous group of quilters of ALL levels (beginniner to expert) who would be willing to use her technique to design [...]
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Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Show Chairperson Marva Swanson announced the winners of the Viewers Choice Awards. These quilts were selected by popular vote of those attending the May 5, 2007 quilt show. The winning quilt Najah’s Smile is shown here. The winners are as follows: 1st Place -” Najah’s Smile” – Nicole Blackwell2nd Place – [...]
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Rosie Chapman’s fabric post cards were featured in an article in the Detroit News. To read the article and get Rosie’s instructions on how to make them click on the link. Surprise someone special in your life with a fabric postcard.
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Arts Clayton Gallery presents its first fiber art exhibit this month with “Quilts: A Common Thread.” Showcasing fiber artists and quilters from the Southern Crescent Quilt Guild, this exhibit features quilts from traditional to contemporary. The incredible quilters featured are: Arlene Bellamy, Rasheeda Burston, Myla Chapman, Nancy DeCreny Franklin, Lynette Jackson, Beverly Lewis, Aisha Lumunba, [...]
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The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is organizing an exhibit which highlights quilts created by African American artists. The exhibit entitled SISTERS IN CLOTH will run from May 6 through July 12, 2008. The show will cover a wide range of styles, from the traditional to the more contemporary, and will showcase the varied works in [...]
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The Clara Ford Foundation has been incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. With the appointment of the Quilters Advisory Committee, the foundation is ready to move forward with some of its planned activities. The first such activity is a Christmas Tour of Quilts which will take place in Atlanta between Thanksgiving, 2007 and New Years, [...]
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The bi-annual Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Show will be held Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the Wesley Chapel Library in Decatur, GA. Show hours are from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. In addition to featuring over 80 vibrant and creative quilts, the show will feature demonstrations, children’s activities, and a silent auction. Always a highlight [...]
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The Great Lakes African American Quilting Network retreat will be held June 8 – 10 in Clarkston, Michigan. There will be classes, fun, prizes and surprises. Details of the retreat are on the web site at http://greatlakesaaquilters.tripod.com. The Retreat is open to members as well as non-members. Please, contact Wanda Nash, Retreat Committee Chairperson at [...]
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If you are a quilt snob, do not read this posting. For the rest of us, a bargain cannot be passed up no matter the source. As most of us in the quiting world know, Walmart has decided to discontinue its fabric department. As a result, everything is on sale. At my local Walmart, everything [...]
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The Quilters of Color Network quilt guild of New York is featured in the February/March, 2007 issue of Quilt Magazine. The guild just finished a succesful show at the Fuller Craft Museum. For more info on the museum visit http://www.fullercraft.org. The members of the guild create beautiful art quilts as well as charity quilts. For [...]
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Where will your quilting lead you? Have you set your goals for 2007? Perhaps you want to teach a class. Perhaps you want to publish your own pattern. Perhaps you just want to finally finish a quilt. Perhaps you want to see your quilt in a show. Maybe you want to win a prize or [...]
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Lisa Shepard has announced Cultured Expression’s third annual Quilter’s Retreat in Negril, Jamaica. The retreat is May 3 – 7, 2007 at Jackie’s on the Reef spa and retreat center. This year’s projects include African mosaic quilting and a quilted amulet pouch combining batiks, mudcloth, leather and more. There is time set aside to work [...]
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Famed fiber artist Juanita Yeager has announced the dates for her 2007 Quilt-Fiber-Art Design Symposium . The Symposium will consist of four sessions July 5 – July 20, 2007. All classes will be held in Durham, North Carolina. The multi-day symposium is designed for all who are interested in the art and craft of quilt [...]
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Sacred Threads 2007 is an exhibition of quilts exploring the subject themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, grief and healing. It is now accepting applications for entry. According to the web site, this biennial exhibition was established to provide a safe venue for quilters of all faiths who see their work as a connection to the [...]
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By Anita Once again the ladies of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild have risen to the occasion. I delivered 13 cheerful quilts made by members of the Brown Sugar Stitchrs Quilt Guild to the Gateway Homeless Center in Atlanta, December 22, 2006. All the quilts were quite beautiful, and I am sure that they [...]
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The Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, which bills itself as the largest on the eastern seaboard, will be held February 22-25, 2007 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, VA. The show will feature juried and judged quilt and wearable art competitions with over $30,000 in prize money up for grabs. There will be over 500 [...]
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