The Minnesota Quilt Show – 2026

NOTE: This is a long post, photo heavy with fabulous eye candy. New readers, you can automatically get my weekly blog post plus more content in my newsletter, my preferred source if you are interested in following me. My weekly newsletter includes that week’s blog post, a Quilt of the Week, an article about something…

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The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show – 2026

NOTE: I won’t post next week as I will be in Daytona Beach, Florida teaching. My home guild’s show was last weekend and it was faaaaabulous!! The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild always puts on a good show, but this one was one for the records. The weather was perfect, attendance was heavy and the…

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Quilt National at the San Jose Quilt and Textile Museum

NOTE: I am not sure if I will post next week, Dec 24. I may post on the 31st; I’ll play that one by ear. I drove 2.5 hours to the San Jose Quilt and Textile Museum to hear a talk by Nancy Bavor about their current exhibit, section A of Quilt National. I saw the…

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Pioneer Quilt Show – 2025

UPDATE: I haven’t posted a blog or newsletter for 2 weeks! I was having back spasms which rendered me unable to sit at a computer. That was no fun, but thankfully it was a fleeting thing, not a condition. Now I am dealing with an unrelated heel pain issue; oy! I don’t know what caused…

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Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2025: Market, classes and people

This is my last post on this year’s Houston Int’l Quilt Festival (and Market); previous posts are here, here, and here. I arrived 2 days early so that I could view the quilts and attend Market. Market is for industry professionals only, so shops, vendors, and buyers will be in attendance, as well as other…

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