American Patchwork & Quilting

Easy answer - a lot. Better answer - a seriously cool goal that will be reached one day soon. That's Noa Pogany. She's eleven. She learned how to sew last year and since then, she's made 100 pillowcases to donate. She then delivered the pillowcases to the pediatric intensive care unit of a local...

Saturday is National Quilting Day - the 25th Anniversary celebration. It's my favorite day of the year - right after National Waffle Day. (That's next week so mark your calendars for the 25th.) Begun in 1989 by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society as a "Quilter's Day Out" on the 3rd Saturday of...

It is National Sewing Month. So I'm allowed - and required. There's a whole bunch to share today so let me get to it! First up are pillowcases - the APQ - 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge is having a Sew-A-Thon on Friday and Saturday. If you're in Des Moines, the American Patchwork offices at the...

Happy Monday! Did you sew this weekend? Did you watch the Super Bowl? I did though I admit it is always to see the commercials. Yes, the "Lost Dog" Budweiser commercial made me cry. On the sewing front, it was more pressing and cutting than sewing.. I added some fabric to both the Reproductions and...