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Quilt Showcase: Grand Old Gal

2025-05-21
By: MPS Admin
On: May 21, 2025
In: Articles

Once a month, we will try to showcase a quilt from one of our MPS members.  Whether we’ve been quilting for decades or are just beginning our quilting journey, we are a talented bunch; and we inspire each other regularly with the many wonderful quilts that are created.  So it seems fitting that we showcase a quilt in hopes it will inspire others.  (You can click on any of the images to see a larger view.) grand old gal This quilt top spent many, many years in a travel trunk. Then it was given to Marcia, because the owner of the top knew that sheRead More →

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Repurposing Old Quilts

2024-11-13
By: MPS Admin
On: November 13, 2024
In: Articles

What would you do if you had a “hoard” of old quilts and a craft shed that needed furnishing?  Well, Emily of “Style by Emily Henderson” decided to use hers to upholster her benches and stools in her newly refurbished art barn. Ruthann recently sent us this article that shows how Emily acquired the quilts and how she then used them to brighten up her new craft shed.  It’s an interesting read, and will make you think about old quilts in a new light.  You can read the article by clicking this button. And if you’d like to take a trip down the proverbial rabbitRead More →

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