Category Archives: WEBSITE REVIEWS

Children’s Quilts For Orphanages in Chernobyl

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Gina

Canadian Aid For Chernobyl Thousand Islands Quilters’ Guild, Brockville, Ontario, Canada has made over 750 handmade quilts for the children in various orphanages in Belarus.  Each quilt has a small tag sewn on the back, written in Russian explaining that … Continue reading →

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Quilting for Children in Nepal

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Gina

EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH QUILT MAKING IN NEPAL James Hopkins, founder of Quilts For Kids Nepal, has graciously given me permission to share the Quilts For Kids Nepal website with you. I want to help raise awareness of the multiple goals … Continue reading →

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Dandelions, Spirals and Butterflies

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Gina

Elemental Shapes that speak to master quilt maker Jane Sassaman The  colorful, energetic and delightful quilts that Jane S. Sassaman creates stimulate an uncommon sense of curiosity and adventure for the viewer. Jane has created over 75 garden inspired quilts … Continue reading →

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National Quilting Association celebrates National Quilting Day

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Gina

March 20, 2010 is National Quilting Day Website review of The National Quilting Association, Inc. Attractive, practical, informative and comprehensive – these must be goals of the National Quilting Association for its website. And these first impressions really are the … Continue reading →

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Stereograms to Inspire Your Quilt Art

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Gina

Gary W. Priester’s 3D Stereogram Gallery In this post you will see 4 stereograms created by Gary W. Priester, c0-author of several Magic Eye books of stereograms. Gary also has a lot of information on stereogram creation on his Eyetricks.com … Continue reading →

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The Quilt Index-mother of all quilting resources

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Gina

a website review of The Quilt Index – quiltindex.org The Quilt Index is a growing research and reference tool designed to provide unprecedented access to information and images about quilts held in private and public hands. It is a joint … Continue reading →

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Sharon Schamber’s Spirit of Mother Earth

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Gina

Website Review – The Spirit of Mother Earth For the most exquisite machine quilting, design layout, choice of color and entire quilt integrity you must visit this link to view Sharon Schamber’s award winning quilt. Sharon lives in Payson, AZ. … Continue reading →

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Thai Silks – a retail gem

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Gina

a review of Thai Silks and thaisilks.com Thai Silks is the internationally famous storefront fabric shop in Los Altos, California. If you are fortunate to live near or be visiting the San Francisco area, be sure to allow 1-2 hours … Continue reading →

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a Quilter’s Companion

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Gina

Website Review of Quilting Assistant.com Discovering this website was like scoring 100 on an exam, (excellent), the Oxford English Dictionary, (exhaustive), a Monopoly board, (sensible layout) and Niagara Falls, (refreshing). Quilting Assistant.com devotes itself to helping the reader/quilter learn and … Continue reading →

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