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Category Archives: Kathy Patterson
A Long Distance Quilting Team Makes a Wedding Beauty
McCall’s Quilting senior editor Kathy Patterson and her mother Jeanne wanted to make a wedding quilt together, but they live 1600 miles apart. To further complicate things, Jeanne, a hand-piecing enthusiast, wanted to make a traditional Double Wedding Ring, while … Continue reading
Emergency Evacuation: What Would YOU Take?
Teri Hurly of Minot, North Dakota, found the McQ & A page in our September/October issue very timely. In it, the McCall’s Quilting staff was asked what 5 items from our sewing spaces we’d take with us if an emergency … Continue reading
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Win Moda Cosmo Cricket Fabric!
The October/November 2011 issue of McCall’s Quick Quilts features a very cool cover quilt by Emily Bailey, made with fabrics from the Circa 1934 collection by Cosmo Cricket for Moda. To celebrate, we’re giving away this wonderful pack of fabrics … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, Kathy Patterson, McCall's Quick Quilts Issues, Quilty Giveaways
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Meet Our 2011 Quilt Design Star™ Finalists
Our 20 finalists are hard at work on their Challenge 1 quilt tops. We’ve added bio pages for each of them to our website, and they’ve certainly got some interesting quilting stories and inspiring photos! Click here to read them … Continue reading
Twenty Questions
Twenty finalists, twenty quilters all asking themselves the same question…”What should my Challenge 1 quilt look like?” The public has spoken, and our Quilt Design Star™ judges have approved a record 20 finalists for this year’s competition. Challenge 1 assignments … Continue reading
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Ask Us a Question…And Win!
We’re looking for some fun questions for the McCall’s Quilting staff to answer on our McQ & A page. Generally, these are opinion-type questions, as opposed to questions about specific patterns, etc. Post potential McQ & A questions … Continue reading
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Flower POWER
Holy delphinium! These flowers just arrived in the office from McCall’s quilt designer extraordinaire Gerri Robinson, who is apparently also the nicest person in the universe. They’re a consolation for those of us who did not go to International Quilt … Continue reading
McCall’s Sneak Peek
It just went off to the printer today, so you won’t see it on newsstands or in your mailbox until mid to late May, but we can’t wait to show you this gorgeous cover, with quilt by Ann Weber … Continue reading
Easter Quilt Shop Sale
Our online store, QuiltandSewShop.com, is holding an Easter sale now through 4/26 that gives shoppers 20% off entire orders! That’s 20% off exclusive McCall’s quilt kits, patterns, back issues, and loads of other quilty merchandise. Hop on in (hey, somebody … Continue reading
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Come See the Sightlines!
Landthreads: Sightlines by Pat Owoc This fantastic prairie-scape is just one of 14 amazing art quilts about to be hung in the gallery we share with our sister magazines. This special exhibition of Sightlines, sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates … Continue reading