SEWING 
Sewing Projects: Tote Bags and Purses(0)
Tote
This carryall is as stylish as it is sturdy, thanks to a simple pattern in threads of varying colors and textures. Trace circles onto a cotton-canvas bag using a disappearing-ink pen (we used a glass as a stencil); cover the entire bag, or arrange the circles randomly. Stitch along the circles, using a different thread [...]
National Quilting Day
NQA began sponsoring National Quilting Day with a resolution passed by members attending the 22nd Annual Show in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 1991. The third Saturday in March is officially designated as National Quilting Day, but quilters are flexible and we love a celebration — especially when fabric is [...]
Thousands expected to attend quilt and craft festival
by Karen Voyles
TRENTON — A confluence of events are about to make North Florida a hotbed of a centuries-old craft — quilting.
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An international quilting star will land in Gainesville this week.
By the weekend, thousands of quilters and quilter wannabes will be strolling through the small town of Trenton admiring [...]
Learn to design traditional quilts
ONANCOCK — A quilt-making workshop led by Lois Sprague will offer students the opportunity to construct a quilt top of traditional designs. Each of 12 squares comprising the quilt top will be a different pattern used in making quilts during earlier times in American history.
The quilt top will be about 60 by 76 inches and [...]