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Quilters Newsletter has released a new ebook called Basket Favorites. Similar to the past, the magazine company periodically releases free ebooks for their newsletter subscribers.

This week Quiltmaker Magazine has release a new free ebook called “Try Hexagons: Expand Your Skills!” at http://www.quiltmaker.com/free-hexagon-quilt-patterns .

Quilters Newsletter Magazine announces the release of their newest eBook, Patriotic Quilts, which is provided free at http://www.quiltersnewsletter.com/free-patriotic-quilt-patterns.

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Opening Feb. 7, 2013. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation’s Art Gallery highlights our country’s African-American heritage and civil rights history with the work of painter Bruce Johnson and members of the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild.

Quilters and sewists everywhere will celebrate Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day - January 24, 2013. Join the party! Grab free widgets for "I Love My Local Quilt Shop" and "Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day" at www.quiltshopday.com

Quilt celebrity, Alex Anderson, is joined by hundreds of guests to celebrate new era for AccuQuilt, makers of GO!®, GO! Baby® and Studio™ fabric cutters. U.S. Congressman Lee Terry lends support at ribbon cutting.

This new online version of Fabric Studio™ aims to highlight the features that made its desktop software popular, while further simplifying the process of creating custom fabric for the global craft and quilting market.

Winning designs in the third annual AccuQuilt Barn Quilt Contest will be displayed on AccuQuilt’s Omaha headquarters building. Winners will be announced by Ricky Tims at the AQS-Paducah quilt show in April.

Book includes 40 photographs in 64 pages for projects also suitable for AccuQuilt’s GO Baby!® Fabric Cutter.

With contrast-colored foam cutting dies, quilters and fabric crafters can easily see where to place fabric, so every bit of fabric can be used for quilt and craft projects

Quilters and fabric crafters can access quilting information, store locations and inspiration anywhere using their phones and mobile devices

Mixing it Up with strips paired with designer, appliqué and geometric shapes.

Quilt celebrity Ricky Tims reveals Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners

The AccuQuilt Gallery presents inspirational quilts honoring those who have sacrificed so much for our country.

Recently the magazine publishing company, Creative Machine Embroidery offered its new ebook called “4 Free Embroidery Fabric Tutorials” for newsletter subscribers.

Quilters Newsletter has released a new ebook called Basket Favorites. Similar to the past, the magazine company periodically releases free ebooks for their newsletter subscribers.

This week Quiltmaker Magazine has release a new free ebook called “Try Hexagons: Expand Your Skills!” at http://www.quiltmaker.com/free-hexagon-quilt-patterns .

Quilters Newsletter Magazine announces the release of their newest eBook, Patriotic Quilts, which is provided free at http://www.quiltersnewsletter.com/free-patriotic-quilt-patterns.

Family business is only in the area to offer wide variety of crafting lessons and long arm...

(OMAHA, NE) Now in its 4th year, AccuQuilt’s Barn Quilt Design Contest 2013 is set to be the biggest yet, kicking off during National Quilting Weekend (March 16 – 17).

Product advancements keep the GO! Fabric Cutter on the cutting edge.

Opening Feb. 7, 2013. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation’s Art Gallery highlights our country’s African-American heritage and civil rights history with the work of painter Bruce Johnson and members of the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild.

Laser Craft Tool for Aligning Elements is the Perfect Holiday Gift for Crafters of All Types

Quilters and sewists everywhere will celebrate Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day - January 24, 2013. Join the party! Grab free widgets for "I Love My Local Quilt Shop" and "Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day" at www.quiltshopday.com

AccuQuilt Chief Energizing Officer, Steve Nabity, joins Quilt Alliance board as “Quilters Take Omaha” event honors retiring member and AccuQuilt Global Sales Manager, Linda Pumphrey.

Quilters Club of America is sponsoring a “Fabric for Life” Sweepstakes where more than 50 winners will be selected for exciting craft prizes including free fabric for the next 20 years.

Jay McCarroll, the fashion and textile designer known for winning season 1 of Project Runway will be visiting Z Fabrics in Portland, ME and teaching a workshop there.

Quilt celebrity, Alex Anderson, is joined by hundreds of guests to celebrate new era for AccuQuilt, makers of GO!®, GO! Baby® and Studio™ fabric cutters. U.S. Congressman Lee Terry lends support at ribbon cutting.

International quilting company AccuQuilt and Country Traditions quilt shop, invited quilters everywhere to attend two quilting retreats. Attendees will include famous quilter Alex Anderson and three editors of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.

As Britain’s festival season creeps in, the not so obvious art of quilting makes an appearance at the NEC in the Festival of quilts. This article explores the historical life of quilting and its place in today’s society as an up and coming hobby.

The public is invited to AccuQuilt’s first-ever celebration of quilts at its new Omaha, Neb. headquarters. Festivities include free tours and sewing projects sponsored by American Patchwork & Quilting magazine and the American Heart Association.

Two Rivers Three Sisters enlisted nearly 20 fabric artists to produce one 40-foot quilt with Whychus Creek running through it, to raise awareness of this Wild & Scenic waterway and native fish reintroduction.

AccuQuilt’s new Omaha building, near Cabela's® off Interstate 80, includes quilt gallery and state-of-the-art quilting studio. Only 40 miles from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

Set of quilting dies for the GO!® and GO! Baby® Fabric Cutters helps quilters create precise geometric designs for a variety of quilt block sizes.

Two winning barn quilt designs will be displayed on the inside and outside of AccuQuilt’s new Omaha headquarters. Top barn quilt winners use quilting to relax and express creativity.

This new online version of Fabric Studio™ aims to highlight the features that made its desktop software popular, while further simplifying the process of creating custom fabric for the global craft and quilting market.

Winning designs in the third annual AccuQuilt Barn Quilt Contest will be displayed on AccuQuilt’s Omaha headquarters building. Winners will be announced by Ricky Tims at the AQS-Paducah quilt show in April.

Book includes 40 photographs in 64 pages for projects also suitable for AccuQuilt’s GO Baby!® Fabric Cutter.

Children’s book by Nebraska author N. L. Sharp, illustrated by Timothy Hantula and designed by Lynn Gibney wins one of state’s highest book honors from Nebraska Center for the Book.

When you make a gift for another person, it’s more meaningful. Coming up with creative ideas for handmade gifts can be challenging for most. Find "fast-scratch" and "almost-homemade" kits for easy big results!

Delightful GO!® And GO! Baby™ Fabric Cutter die designs with whimsical themes reflect professional talents of the quilting industry’s most influential quilt experts.

Saturday Oct. 8th & Sunday the 9th, the Montrose High School will host the "Quilts of the Endless Mountains Quilt Show" at the Montrose High School. Featuring 100 plus quilts from around the region along with the Hoffman Challange, a traveling show.

With contrast-colored foam cutting dies, quilters and fabric crafters can easily see where to place fabric, so every bit of fabric can be used for quilt and craft projects

Included: Appliqué Alphabet, Square and Half-Square Triangle Multiples, Ribbon and Rick Rack Borders and Strip Cutter — for Use with GO!® Fabric Cutter

AccuQuilt, the world's leading maker of fabric cutters for quilting and fabric crafts, announced the appointment of Lynn Gibney to marketing director. Gibney offers 20 years of marketing, design, fabric crafting and quilting experience.

The two speakers at the 8-16-11 Montgomery County Toastmasters Club meeting were Todd Austin, who spoke about how he came to be a sideline chiropractor for the Springfield Foxes & Nita Markos who demonstrated how she became such a talented quilter.

The Quilts of the Endless Mountains Quilt Show (QEM) is being held at the Montrose High School, Saturday Oct. 8th and Sunday the 9th. The committee is looking for quilters to display their works. Entries must be received by September 10, 2011.

The Patchwork Rose Zippered Bag Project (You Can Never Have Too Many Handbags)

Quilters and fabric crafters can access quilting information, store locations and inspiration anywhere using their phones and mobile devices

10 Top Quilting Blogs Connect to Put ASF's Beam N Read LED Hands Free Light to the Test

AccuQuilt hosted 73 quilt enthusiasts at the first ever Let’s GO! Quilting Retreat June 9-11. While there, quilters were treated to three fun-filled days of cutting the GO!® way, sewing, laughing and meeting the AccuQuilt family.

AccuQuilt hosted more than 300 fans and quilt enthusiasts at the 2nd Annual Barn Quilt Unveiling held on June 10. The unveiling celebration was the conclusion of the 2011 AccuQuilt Barn Quilt Design Contest.

House-Mouse Designs® Artist Ellen Jareckie will a featured guest at the Vermont Quilt Festival.

AccuQuilt will unveil its newest 17’ x 17’ barn quilt block on its headquarters June 10. Quilting icon, Eleanor Burns, will have a special presentation on barn quilt blocks as part of the day’s fun.

AccuQuilt announced Candace Door of Sidney, Neb., as the grand prize winner of the Second Annual Barn Quilt Design Contest.

Quilters can now download GO! Fabric Cutter shapes in digitized form to plan quilts in EQ7 software, then use the AccuQuilt GO! cutter to cut the shapes for their quilts.

AccuQuilt announces the release of its It Fits! die collection for the GO! and GO! Baby Fabric Cutters. Included in the release are quilt piecing and appliqué shapes plus new strip cutter sizes.

Designer and Illustrator Kathy Weller of WellerWishes Illustration & Design announces partnership with Northcott Silk, Inc. with debut fabric line slated for a release of Fall 2011

Margo Krager, owner of ReproductionFabrics.com, launched an exclusive new line of Chintz Center Panels for quilts. These Center medallions are High Quality Giclee Fine Art Prints made in America

House-Mouse Designs® Artist Ellen Jareckie will a featured guest at the Vermont Quilt Festival.

Want to learn about the fabrics of the day during the Civil War and 1860s? The Bozeman Quilt and Textile Study Group is presenting a historical exploration of the fabrics of time.