–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…
Worldwide Quilting Day - Saturday, March 15, 2025
I Love Fabric Days - August 14-16, 2025
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 2025, I Love…
Local Quilt Shop Day - Saturday, January 24, 2026
Local Quilt Shop Day
Save the date for 2026! – Saturday, January 24, 2026 – 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…
Making A Difference
California Fire Relief
So many people have reached out to so many organizations asking how they can help those in need affected by the fires in the Los Angeles area that occurred in January, 2025. In the sewing community, calls for quilts and blankets for those that have been affected by the fires and have lost everything, have…
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…