The ‘Scout’ is IN: The Century of Progress Quilt Contest

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Confession: This image of a Century of Progress quilt was not found on Wikipedia. I found it on  UK Pinterest. I'm not proud of what I've done.
Confession: This image of a Century of Progress quilt was not found on Wikipedia. I found it on UK Pinterest. I’m not proud of what I’ve done.

 

Do you like scandals? Do you like quilts? Do you like quilt scandals??

If you answered “yes” to one or more of those questions, you are going to love the latest Quilt Scout. Check out my latest Quilt Scout column on the Sears & Roebuck Quilt Contest at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. You can click right here  and you will get a fascinating education.

While you’re doing that, I’m going to pack for TV taping and go to bed for Lord’s sake.

Small Wonders Wednesday: Free Sewing Machine, Yours For the Winning.

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The designer in me wears glasses. Photo: Springs Creative
The designer in me wears glasses. Photo: Springs Creative

Today is Small Wonders Wednesday, and that means there are parties happening all over the world, many which begin at dawn and last for three days. The Small Wonders festivals draw 100,000+ people at a time and there are vendors, concerts, and dozens of food trucks. None of this is true, but we’re working on it.

Nope, Small Wonders Wednesday means giveaways, contests, prizes, things like that, all related to a beautiful line of fabric featuring archival prints from the Civil War-era to the Depression-era, from the 1870s to the 1970s and back. The line is Small Wonders: all small-scale prints that are as irresistible as that bag of Dove chocolates in your desk drawer. The first group is “World Piece” and features tiny icons and prints representing those continents/countries on cotton fabric. You can get the fabric at your LQS or online at many fine online fabric retailers.

All the fabric in the world won’t do you much good if you don’t have a beautiful sewing machine, though. Well, you could win one. We’re in the first month of the Small Wonders BabyLock Quilt Contest. A BabyLock Lyric is yours if yours is the winning quilt — and you get a bunch more really, really great prizes for that 1st place spot. But if you’re runner up, you’re still showered with prizes. The 3rd place winners get goodie bags, too, so there are opportunities for winning all over the place. Entries opened January 1st and will close March 31st. Entries are coming in, but you’ve got plenty of time to whip something up. Win or not, you will have a great time playing with the fabric and you’ll have a quilt at the end of your efforts.

All the details about the contest are here. Thank you, BabyLock and Springs Creative, and thank you for making me judge the quilts, which is excruciating. Good luck!