Two days filled with stunning quilts, vibrant vendors, inspiring demonstrations, and a welcoming community of makers. Whether you come to be inspired, shop, learn, or share your work – there’s something for everyone.
Recent Posts
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How To Fold Your Fabric To Fit Your Shelf
If your shelves are a mess of overflowing fabric, this quick tutorial from blogger Gracie will help you tame the tide. Read more
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Saving your ruler from wear
Are the corners of your rotary cutter getting splintered or worn? You can protect it by placing your fabric at the 1″ mark. Run the ruler backwards and then forward to keep from shaving off the corner everytime you start a cut. Read more
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Troubleshooting Snarls
Ever had nasty snarls of thread start cropping up on the bottom of your sewing? Before taking your sewing machine into the shop, take a few minutes to troubleshoot the obvious culprits. First make sure your bobbin hasn’t been put in backwards. As the thread unspools, the bobbin should spin clockwise in the case. If… Read more
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Virginia Dambach
When it comes to fabric (especially large florals), vintage laces, buttons, beads and trinkets, ribbons and trims. Virginia Dambach’s motto is You Can Never Have Too Much. She applies the same motto to Christmas ornaments, wrapping paper and gift boxes. Virgina’s parents named her for their home state, but she has never lived there. Her… Read more
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Feedsack Fabrics
Thrift Style at the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead There is a certain irony to the experience of viewing this exhibit from the Historic Costume and Textile Museum of Kansas State University. 80 years ago, waste fabric hardly existed. Outgrown clothing, worn bedding, empty bags were all resources to be mined for… Read more
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Pandemic Quilt Is Complete
During the Covid 19 pandemic, members of Fargo Moorhead Quilters coped as best they could without access to quilt shops, quilt shows or quilt get togethers added to the fear of the fast spreading illness. Member Bonnie Anderson challenged members to create quilt blocks that tell the story of how guild members coped with the… Read more