charity sewing

Here’s a feel-good story for the holidays (although it should make you feel good any day of the year)! Last summer Moda designer Stacy Iest Hsu received an email from a stranger (and it wasn’t a Nigerian prince). Jennifer Kwant wrote to say that she’d been to a fabric store and spotted Stacy’s “...

For lots of us, Show and Tell is the best part of our quilt guild meetings. I adore seeing what people are working on and hearing the sometimes funny, often touching stories behind their creations. But one portion of Show and Tell that never fails to amaze me is when the “service quilts” are held...

Most quilters are lucky: we’ve got our basic needs met and can spend time (and a little money) on a hobby that brings us pleasure. Quilters don’t hesitate to use that hobby to bring comfort to others. Making something to give to someone else is at the heart of so many sewing projects. One...