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Monthly Archives: March 2009

March was a Busy Month for Sewers

March 28, 2009 – 11:54 pm

As March comes to a close, I hope you were active in promoting some of the month’s “causes”. March is National Craft Month, and since most of us consider sewing to be a craft in the broad sense of the word, we’re all active ambassadors for our “craft.”
March also brought us National Quilting Day on March [...]

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Pictures from the Amish Country Quilt Show

March 25, 2009 – 10:53 am

We’re back home after a great show in Ohio! Our sincerest thanks to the Holmes County Expo Center and to Gramma Fannie’s Quilt Barn (the show’s original creator) for their hospitality and support. This was the show’s 9th year – the first under our ownership – and we are already planning next years show and [...]

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Amish Country Quilt Show update

March 21, 2009 – 11:13 am

Hello from the show floor at the Amish Country Quilt Show! This is the last day of the show and it’s been a pretty amazing 3 days. This is the first year the show is in an Expo hall (it was in the church hall in previous years) and we have more vendors and more [...]

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Fabric Shopping in Hong Kong

March 15, 2009 – 12:01 am

I recently returned from Hong Kong where the fabric shopping was just as great as ever–from street vendors to department stores and a few unconventional venues as well, like the shanties covered in tarps and metal sheets where cashmere awaits for about $5-8 per yard, but only for the adventurous who enter. The alleyways are [...]

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Amish Country Quilt Show

March 6, 2009 – 6:35 pm

In the middle of January, 2009 – not that many weeks ago! – we became the new owners of the Amish Country Quilt Show in Holmes County, OH. The show is now in its 9th year and is planned for March 19-21 in the town of Walnut Creek – in the heart of Ohio’s Amish [...]

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