Month: October 2014

Quilt Guild

by Jenna Farquhar As I learn more and more about the quilting community, I was invited to attend a quilt guild meeting. There are groups of people that get together for the love of quilting? I had to check this out. I attended my first Crossroads to Texas Quilt Guild meeting and had a blast!… Read more »

Quilts of Valor – #2 Vietnam Vets Commemoration

by Jenna Farquhar Laura was able to speak to top leaders and prominent members of the community about Quilts of Valor (QOV) and the work done by the Quilters with a Heart group. The Quilters with a Heart come together once a month to work on Quilts of Valor projects to be awarded to those… Read more »

Enjoying the Creative Process

by Jenna Farquhar The warm blanket that is the end product of quilting is a nice reward, but the process of creating a quilt is an enjoyable journey. In a fast paced world, learning to quilt is definitely teaching me to slow down and concentrate on each step of the process. Each step is a… Read more »

Why Quilts Matter

by Jenna Farquhar The more I learn about quilting, the boarder scope that is revealed to me about the craft. Quilts are so much more than pieces of fabric sewn together, they matter so much in so many ways. If you ask fifty people what a quilt means to them, you will get fifty different… Read more »