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Almost two years ago, in our January 2006 newsletter, I introduced you to a very special lady - Mary Pauline Laughlin. Miss Pauline was 93 at the time and is now, of course, 95. I ended her feature with these words: Pauline has no plans to retire from quilting and crafting. Her business is thriving and she likes the people she meets at craft shows. She plans to give lessons and to quilt as long as she is able. She is doing just that and continues to be an inspiration to us all! |
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Her feature generated more email messages than I've received from any article before or since. Quilters were as delighted as I was to meet Miss Pauline via these pages. |
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| A few months ago, I happened to learn that Karen Musgrave of The Alliance for American Quilts interviews quilters for the Quilters' SOS - Save Our Stories. Her interviews are added to the Alliance's website and here original audio recordings and photographs are archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. I was delighted to have the privilege of introducing Karen and Miss Pauline to one another. Photos of Miss Pauline's quilts and the interview can be seen and read here. I invite you to click on that link to read this most interesting interview, to learn more about Miss Pauline's story, and to find out what has been keeping her busy during the last two years. |
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Our winners are chosen by random number generator software.
Since my last full newsletter was way back at the beginning of the year, we have a lot to name this time around!
Winners:
February - christine.pages5@...............
March - Jeanne_Joss@................
April - Jgyarborough@...............
May - chinagmom@...............
June - rutviola.nilsson@...............
July - jordoncreations@...............
Augus - rjj@...............
September - yellowlakesunshine@...............
October - PLTAYLOR@...............
November - gramgeo@...............
December - rbmercredi@...............
Congratulations to the winners listed above! They can each choose from any downloadable PDF pattern on my pattern pages with one exception and that is the patterns on the Guest page as those are not mine.
Winners can claim their free patterns by emailing me to verify their email address, and including the pattern name they have chosen.
Winners must claim their free pattern no later than January 20, 2009 after which they are no longer eligible.
*Note: Winners will need the free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 7 to print their patterns.
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Featured Quilter Updates: Ivo Camilleri, Betty Cotton, Sew-Sisters: Judy Baldwin & Karen Kraemer |
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Ivo Camilleri |
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Betty Cotton |
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Sue Wilkins |
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The Sew-Sisters: Judy Baldwin & Karen Kraemer |
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Eldrid Røyset Førde and Simply Quilts |
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Karen Murphy Gass |
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Mary Pauline Laughlin |
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Anna Grossnickle Hines |
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Jean Boyd |
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Linda Franz - Quilted Diamonds 2 |
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Alice Walter and Deb Hopkins |
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Joyce Jones |
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Eldrid Røyset Førde |
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Kay Mackenzie |
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Fraser Smith |
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Marci Baker |
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Donna Kohler - The Treadle Lady |
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Linda Franz - Quilted Diamonds |
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