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Susan Schwandt

GAAQG Online Quilt Sale Benefits SafeHouse Center

GAAQG Online Quilt Sale Benefits SafeHouse Center Purchase a Quilt in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month    UPDATE:  SALE ENDED DECEMBER 15. Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild and SafeHouse Center team up to offer the 2021 SafeHouse Quilt Sale during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public can view and purchase

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Susan Schwandt

QAAQG Quilt Along Week 11 – Quilting

  How are you? Are we done yet? Well, almost, right? What do you do with your quilt top? Do you use a longarmer and quilt by credit card? Do you put your Aviatrix on top the big pile of “I need to quilt these one day”? Do you hand

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QAAQG Quilt Along Week 10 – Assembly

  How are you? Assembly. How does that sound? Does it sound like accomplishment and satisfaction? We know, right? It’s this bright grin on your face. But don’t get carried away, let’s finish this nicely.     This week’s task The rows get quite long and skinny. In case you

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Susan Schwandt

QAAQG Quilt Along Week 8 – Squares

“The soul of an artist cannot remain hidden.”                                       Henri Nouwen How are you? Are you hunting eggs today? Well, we have some sort of square eggs in a square for you.

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Susan Schwandt

QAAQG Quilt Along Week 6 – Propellers

“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.”                                           Earl Nightingale Thanks to an incredibly smart quilt-alonger (it was Pat Weber!), we finally realized that the star blocks look like

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Susan Schwandt

QAAQG Quilt Along Week 5 – Rail Fence

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”                      Rabindranath Tagore   How are you? Do you miss an hour of sleep today? Well, it’s spring forward,

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Susan Schwandt

QAAQG Quilt Along Week 4 – Half Square Triangles

By Nico Laudenberg March 7, 2021 Have you told you lately that you love you? How are you? Did you do the center medallion yet? Well, then you are officially a hero! We hope that you are patting your shoulder at least three times a day. We also hope no

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