In the Q-niverse: Get Away From it All at the Makerie retreat

April 3, 2013

Let’s indulge in a fantasy here. On a whim, you bought a lottery ticket and, guess what? You won! Maybe not a ton, but let’s say it’s a little more than your family’s annual joint income. What to do, what to do? Well, we vote for going away on a creative weekend with some of [...]

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Now Touring: Threadbias Design Tool Launch!

March 27, 2013

  So when the folks from Threadbias, the online sewing community, approached the GenQ gang and asked if we wanted to be a part of their blog tour to launch their new web-based Quilt Design Tool, of course the answer was a loud resounding YES! Then they asked if I actually wanted to play with [...]

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Talking Quilts (+ A Giveaway)

March 21, 2013

  Our quilts tell stories with designs and fabric colors, but they totally clam up when it comes to other important details, such as who made them and where/when they were born. They need a mouthpiece, like a label. And only you can help. We get it that a label is probably the very last [...]

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Proper Q-Care & TLC (Or, Never Use a Quilt To Wrap Pipes)

March 18, 2013

 It’s time for a pop quiz! Which of the following is the worst way to store a quilt? In a cedar chest In a pillow case Wrapped around the pipes under the house to keep the pipes from freezing In a vacuum bag All of the above If you chose 5 you passed the test. [...]

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Time To Play Block Builder!

March 14, 2013

 By Scott Hansen Have you grown weary of your Sudoku brain puzzles? Tired of the same old Crossword riddles? Bored out of your cotton-lovin’ mind with Jumble and Word Search dilemmas? Have we got a game for you! It’s time you tried our Generation Q Block Builder Game! And you can soooo do this! In [...]

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So, when a children’s author/illustrator plays with fabric design…

March 11, 2013

…we get some incredible, wonderful fabric to fondle! We’re talking about Julie Paschkis of course. The Spring 2013 issue of Generation Q Magazine features an article on Julie, her books and her current collection with In The Beginning Fabrics. Julie has written and illustrated some wonderful children’s books over the years and her talents easily [...]

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Sewing On The High Seas

March 9, 2013

  Sailors on the U.S.S. John C. Stennis, one of the United States’ Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, have all kinds of activities to occupy their off-duty hours, including games, exercising, watching movies and, of course, sleeping. And there’s even sewing! There’s a small group of sailors (both male and female) who like to sew when they’re not [...]

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In The Zone: Joe Cunningham & The Abundance of Freebies

March 6, 2013

Editor’s Note: Pro quilter, teacher, author and musician Joe Cunningham started quilting more than 30 years ago, when testosterone and quilting weren’t as common a combo as they now are. He’s a scholar and historian, using vintage and historic quilts as inspiration for his “totally Joe” style.  His work hangs in museums and private collections [...]

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Sewing = A Beach Vacation

March 4, 2013

  For professional organizer Elizabeth Tawney Gross, sewing is like a beach vacation, except there’s no sand and no sunburn (unless you back into the iron!) Well, we’re kinda stretching it here. Actually she’s talking about your sewing room. If you approach organizing your sew-space with a beach vacay metaphor in mind, it’s easy to [...]

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Playdate: Gather in the Square by Rhonda Jordan

February 28, 2013

Our Spring 2013 issue (now in shops and on newsstands) has a buncha project goodness, and we’d like to share one more with you today:  Gather in the Square by Rhonda Jordan of Tabby Fabric & Studio in Beaufort, South Carolina. This simple, but subtly textured, design (pictured above) was inspired by the shape studies [...]

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