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Oilguard Fabric to the Rescue

We all know how great it is to collect fabrics of all sorts, but a new fabric could help rescue the Gulf Coast residents from the oil pollution affecting the beaches.
The manufacturing company, HeiQ Materials, based in Bad Zurzah, Switzerland, has produced a fabric called Oilguard, a non-woven treated with chemical compound that selectively absorbs oil, while repelling [...]

Spring trends from Quilt Market

I just returned from Minneapolis where thousands of quilt retailers, designers and industry icons gathered for Spring Quilt Market, a trade show for quilt store owners. For days I was surrounded by beautiful art quilts, new designer patterns and all things quilter-ly.
Market is where store buyers go to purchase the things that you see in [...]

Fall Quilt Market 2009

Each fall quilt shop owners descend upon Houston, Texas for the extravaganza of the season–Quilt Market. They come to buy things that they later sell to us in their stores. As a writer, I’m allowed in to look for new products and network with the various companies in attendance, so I can share their news with you [...]

Off to Fall Quilt Market

I’m about ready to get on a plane to Houston, Texas to attend one of the industry’s largest events–Quilt Market. You’ve probably heard about it, or its counterpart Quilt Festival. Market is where shop owners go to see the latest new products and fabrics, and order them for their stores…they’re ordering fabric by the bolt, [...]

National Sewing Month

As you’re harvesting veggies from your garden and perhaps still stitching some warm weather wardrobe components, think ahead a bit to the month of September. Every September is National Sewing Month, and this year’s theme is “Reuse, Remake, Restyle.”
A topic very apropos to today’s economy, this theme opens up the option for many types of [...]