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Have you watched the new documentary on Netflix –The Quilters? It is a 30 minute film about a group of men in a Missouri prison who make quilts to donate to foster children and special needs persons. These men certainly do not match the stereotype of quilters–“little old women”. These men are doing long orContinue reading “Zero Waste”

Just like everything else in life, our new quilt introductions go in cycles. Sometimes we have nothing to show you and other times we have a treasure trove! This week we had several finished projects come to Wednesday Quilting. Soooo, here they are! This is my MaggiePearl! I love the name and as I mentionedContinue reading “New Treasures!”

Did you get a pop-up on your computer reminding you this Sunday is Mothers’ Day? Yup, it is the second Sunday in May, officially Mothers’ Day. Do you know how and why this special day shows up on our calendar? I have been preparing for a Church class presentation on Methodist women, past and presentContinue reading “Second Sunday in May”

Have you ever found a quote or saying that sums up what you have been thinking or pondering but that person said it better than you could? This is a simple quote I have lived by but couldn’t put in words –“A Home is a Portrait of a Person” by Alessandra Branch. If you walkedContinue reading ““A Home is a Portrait of a Person””

Remember the commercial for LIFE cereal back in the 1970’s and early 1980’s with Mikey, the little brother that was the guinea pig for his two older brothers when they were served a new cereal? “Let’s get Mikey” and “he likes it!” became catch phrases. We quilters have adopted/adapted that phrase to “Give it toContinue reading “Seeing the Potential”

March is such an interesting month. One day dog walkers are passing each other on the side walks with greetings about the lovely spring weather and the next day, snow is blowing across your windshield. Daffodils are blooming, trees are budding, but there is ice on the sidewalks from over eager homeowners watering their lawns.Continue reading “Everything from pincushions to quilts!”

I promise I will show some great quilt projects in the second half of this post but first I wanted to share with you another interest/commitment by several members of Quilters at First. If you look out of either of the tall windows in our quilt room any time of the day, you will seeContinue reading “There is more to life than Quilting-really!”

Good bye February, hello March! Are you going to be as extreme weather-wise as February was? One of the clients where I volunteer told me with confidence that we had seen the last of our cold weather..and the very next one predicted that there would have one more big snow storm before spring! Guess weContinue reading “Hello, March!”

“THE MOVE” is behind us! Although we had 2 inches of fresh snow on the road yesterday morning, I counted twenty six people ready to help! By 2 o’clock we were putting the finishing touches on the machine quilters’ room and the hand quilters had their quilt frames re-assembled and all the boxes in theirContinue reading “We Moved!”

It is February….shortest month in the year that occasionally feels like the longest month. Silly to expect spring yet, but most of us are “over” winter, especially after our record breaking temperatures in January. But, traditionally, Kansas gets the most snow in February. We need the moisture so guess we will be happy to takeContinue reading “February-the shortest or longest month?”