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Woven heart quilt block

Learn how to make a woven heart block. This block is made with alternating squares and rectangles. It's an easy block that's ...
The crossroads quilt block is a great way to showcase a variety of fabrics. Feel free to use precuts or select fabric from your stash. This block is made using just two basic units arranged just so to ...
The age-old craft of quilting is being honored at the Petaluma Library with an exhibit put together by the Petaluma Quilt Guild. Petaluma women have undoubtedly been quilting since pioneer women ...
As a one-time prop stylist on photoshoots for major magazines like Harper’s Bazaar, Bon Appétit, and even Architectural Digest, Beatrice Smith knows exactly how much hard work goes into making ...
Whether you're a keen sewer looking for a new challenge or a craft fan looking for a project to practice your sewing skills, quilting could be just the thing you are after. Don't worry if you haven't ...
Enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire soon. The Senate on Thursday failed to advance two competing health care proposals aimed at addressing a spike in costs that are expected for ...
Suzanne Bednarchik has known she wanted to start a sewing shop since 1990. “A friend made this beautiful quilt,” she says, “and I was hooked.” Now, her store, The Quilting Bee, has served Lakewood ...
A decade before Joel Redon died of AIDS in Sonoma County in 1995, the young writer traveled to Morocco to study under American expat author Paul Bowles at The American School of Tangier. Patrick ...
A Manhattan judge temporarily blocked the firing of more than 25 unionized hotel workers Monday, ruling that OYO Hotels violated state law by failing to give them adequate notice before terminating ...
The fabric she chooses features a melange of blues, from sky to Carolina to navy. Pulling in swatches of yellow, gray and white, she snips each one into a shape. She selects shapes to sew to other ...
Reports emerged of multiple immigration raids on Friday on Chicago's Northwest Side, including one in which tear gas was deployed by an agent near a grocery store and a school. Four hours early Friday ...
I work a full-time job and spend my after-work time parenting my 2-year-old daughter. I get one hour of free time between her bedtime and my own, and every night, I spend it quilting. I've been ...