–January 25, 2025– Local Quilt Shop Day is a worldwide event designed to raise awareness of the importance of independent quilt shops to the local economy. It is a day for consumers and retailers to celebrate the creative pursuits of quilters, sewists, fabric enthusiasts, and crafters everywhere and to support the local quilt shops that…
Local Quilt Shop Day - Saturday, January 25, 2025
Worldwide Quilting Day - Saturday, March 15, 2025
Worldwide Quilting Day
–March 15, 2025– Worldwide Quilting Day is the time each year that we celebrate quilting around the world and explore the ways that it binds us together. This event, held each year on the third Saturday in March, was created to connect quilters and the shops that support them. Your local quilt shop may be planning to…
I Love Fabric Days - August 15-17, 2024
I Love Fabric Days
–August 14-16, 2025– I Love Fabric Days is a worldwide celebration for everyone who loves fabric! This event, held annually at the end of the third week of August, is intended to bring retailers and fabric lovers together to celebrate their shared commitment to fabric and all the ways we use it. In 2024, I Love…
Making A Difference
Sew-A-Thon to Benefit School Girls
September is National Sewing Month! A wonderful way to celebrate our favorite passion is to partner with Sew Powerful and participate in their Sew-A-Thon Fundraiser to support their work in Zambia. Their goal is to enroll purse makers to sew as many purses as they can in the month of September. The goal for their…
Industry Buzz
United We Stand
Reposted with permission from Weeks Ringle, Modern Quilt Studio The past few years have brought tremendous changes to the world of quilting. Shops have closed by scores. Magazines and book publishers have shuttered or merged with other publishers. American Quilter Society has ceased publishing books all together. City Quilter in New York is closing. Tension…