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Quilting Inspiration: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Studio

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What I’ve always loved about Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs is the way he used basic geometric shapes together. In fact, many of his famous art glass designs have even inspired quilters.



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Quilt Market Portland 2013 Review

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Now that last weekend’s Quilt Market in Portland has wrapped up, we can get a peek at what it was all about. Take a look at what’s up and coming in fabrics, patterns, and products!



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My Quilt is on QUILTY!

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This past winter I was approached by Mary Fons about bringing in one of my quilts to the set of Quilty, and you can see this special episode of “This is My Quilt” right now!



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Sew to Serve with Bumble Beans Basics

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Victoria Findlay Wolfe began quilting to serve others through her Bumble Beans Basics project. Over 700 quilts later, Bumble Beans Basics continues to help those in need – see what you can do to join in and sew to serve others!



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Take Us Back to The Makerie, Please!

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The BERNINA team was thrilled to spend a beautiful Friday and Saturday at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, CO for The Makerie retreat – three days filled with sewing, quilting, relaxing, and yes, more sewing. Almost 20 BERNINA 350 PE’s stitched away for two days straight, joined by women from all over the wor



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Sewing to Serve Boston

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The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is sewing into action to help comfort those directly affected by the recent tragedy in Boston. Read on to see how you can help!



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Quilting Kari Carr’s “Straight & Narrow” Quilt

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Were you inspired by Erika’s Sunrise Baby Quilt? Then I think you’ll like this “Straight & Narrow” quilt as well. Kari Carr of New Leaf Stitches provides a free quilt pattern and shows us how to combine stitches on the BERNINA 550 QE and use them for a nifty variation on traditional straight-line quilting.



Sew to Serve others through the Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project

Sew to Serve the Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project

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You can help the Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project heighten awareness of Ovarian Cancer and raise funds for research through quilting.



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Chevron Fever

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While a single chevron is a V shape made with a line or a stripe, rows of chevrons next to each other create zigzags. And, these repeating chevrons have been turning up in all kinds of sewing projects lately – here are some of my favorites!



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Quilting With The Running Stitch

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Have you seen the running stitch in quilting lately? This usually utilitarian stitch has been slightly altered to make a beautiful gently waving quilting stitch.