When you go shopping for fabric, do you have a pattern already in mind or do you buy the fabric you like and hope that you’ll find the right use for it later?

Have you heard of the Quilts of Valor program? It’s a wonderful program that awards special quilts to those who have served in the military.

Quilting is such a relaxing and fun hobby (and business for some) that it’s easy to forget that we’re using tools that can cause painful injuries. We’ve all stepped on pins and stuck ourselves, that’s a given. The worst pin sticks in my experience are the ones that go under the fingernail – OUCH. But there are more serious injuries that can occur.