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<title>Easy Fundraising Projects for Breast Cancer Awareness</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:53:21 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> Need &quot;Pink Ribbon&quot; projects for October, or any time of the year? When Faye Burgos designed the CLOSE TO MY HEART collection, she included two very unique panel layouts, each with countless possibilities for creative cutting, appliqué and  
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<title>"Women of Influence" Book by Homestead Hearth</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:25:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> Release Highlights the Popular 2009 Block of the Month Quilt Program featuring Marcus Fabrics  View the Featured Fabrics Now  Kansas City Star Quilts is pleased to announce the completion of its book, Women of Influence: 12 Leaders of the Suffrage M 
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<title>SNEAK PREVIEW!!</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> Marcus Introduces CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE Block-of-the-Month Program for 2010 As we approach the 150-year commemoration of the American Civil War in 2011, Marcus Fabrics and Judie Rothermel are partnering with Homestead Hearth to create a very special blo 
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<title>The Basics of Color Value</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:36:21 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> Color value is a term that refers to how light or dark a color is, in relation to other colors. Value is an important characteristic because it helps quilters decide how to arrange the fabrics so that they either blend with each other, or contrast a 
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<title>As the Eagle Flies...</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:52:28 EDT</pubDate>
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<description>Did you know that in traditional Americana art and textile designs, the positioning of the eagle's head has special significance?  In its talons, the eagle commonly holds a spring of wheat in one (signifying peacetime), and one or more arrows in the  
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<title>May is National Mental Health Month - Quilt Something!</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:38:28 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> We all know that quilting is a wonderful stress reliever, and since May is celebrated as National Mental Health Month, it's the perfect time to indulge in our craft!  For some of us, it's the visual and tactile enjoyment of beautiful fabrics and emb 
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<title>What is Furoshiki?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:14:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<description> With all of the emphasis on minimizing use of plastic bags and other environmentally friendly practices, and with Mother's Day coming up in the US next month, we wanted to introduce you to one of the prettiest &amp; most creative ways to wrap gifts  
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<title>Product Update:  STRIP-IT Fabrics</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:59:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description>  Some of our quilting friends have brought to light an interesting observation about our new STRIP-IT fabrics.  It seems that in a portion of our production, the actual print motifs measure just less than the stated 2-1/2&quot; width.  We apologize  
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<title>Fun Uses for CLOTHESLINE KIDS FLANNEL</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:53:33 EST</pubDate>
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<description> It's flannel season, so check out our new CLOTHESLINE KIDS FLANNEL line and stitch up something great for your favorite small people!  Occasionally, we are asked about the warning label printed on the board end of our kids' flannels, regarding the u 
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<title>KC Star Quilts Chooses Marcus Fabric for its 2009 Block-of-the-Month Program!</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:50:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description> We're pleased to announce that KC Star Quilts chose to partner exclusively with Marcus for its popular 2009 block-of-the-month program, featuring a wide variety of our reproduction and Aunt Grace 1930's prints. Designed by Homestead Hearth, the quil 
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