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Here it is – my first organic baby quilt!  This great quilt has certified 100% organic cotton fabrics in an unbleached, natural cotton and a checked homespun.  The batting is an environmentally friendly batting made from fast growing plantation trees that are broken down in a green facility and spun into cellulose fibers.  The batting [...]

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I am pleased to be able to finally announce the first of the environmentally friendly Toddler Blankets!  These blankets still contain designer 100% cotton fabrics and chenille fleece, but the batting is a unique 100% fire retardant rayon made from plantation trees!  These trees are harvested and processed in a green facility where the fibers [...]

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This week-end I was at the Vermont Quilt Festival and had a wonderful time seeing all of the quilts.  But, let’s face it, it’s the vendors we all go to really see!  And boy was the shopping great!
I stopped by the YLI thread booth and asked about their organic thread being sold through Keepsake Quilting.  [...]

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MSG and Me

As someone with an intolerance for MSG, it never fails to amaze me what you might find MSG in.  In my head there is a running list of what I can and cannot have to eat.  Every time I go out to a friend’s, go to a party, or go out to eat I have [...]

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In an effort to be a more “green quilter”, I have been researching different organic fabrics, battings, and threads.  Today I got a call from a rep at Gutermann thread.  He said that no one makes an organic thread and he wished they did. 
The problem, he said, is that while you can grow and spin [...]

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