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Slow, local quilt making workshops
a few small updates from the studio
Dec 24, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Every Quilt Maker is an Archivist
Jess Bailey on History, Memory, and the Work Quilts Do
Dec 8, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Born From Necessity
Jessica Lewis of Sugarhouse Workshop
Oct 8, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
A Quilt Is Human
Dear friends,I’ve been sitting with tenderness and grief this week, and I found myself writing about quilts—their humanness, their power to carry love…
Oct 2, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
A Gathering of Stitches
notes on natural dyeing, community, and slow making
Sep 5, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
The World Needs Your Next Quilt
Reflections with Zak Foster
Aug 27, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Turning Toward August
Hello dear ones,
Aug 1, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Wanderlogue: The Bay Area
A pause away, a shift in pace—this is what surfaced in the stillness of travel
Jun 24, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
What do Quilts Sound Like?
Mary Toscano and Andrew Shaw Translate Textiles into Sound in Their Project “LFO”
May 23, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Attaching Quilt Bindings
(part 2) Machine Stitching and Hand-Finishing
May 9, 2025 • Maura Ambrose
Life Quilts
Life Quilts
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