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Carol

Monday 20th of October 2025

I really appreciate your post o sustainable quilting. I’m a scrap quilter myself. I sew a lot, using repurposed fabrics and fabric that has been sourced from thrift stores, fabric resale shops and fabrics that have been given to me. I have a lot of scraps left and quilting just makes the best use of them. Not only does it use up the pieces, but I feel like it is more faithful to the purpose of quilting.

Last winter I made a quilt with cotton prints on the top and pieces of flannel shirts for the back. It is the best.

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Monday 20th of October 2025

I feel like it is more faithful to the purpose of quilting too!! Flannel shirts make amazing quilts :)

Wendy

Tuesday 25th of February 2025

Good morning, looking through my pictures, it looks like I bought the “open heart “” pdf from your company. The reason I am texting is my iPad Crashed taking all my pattern. I was hoping that you would resent the pattern. If so, THANK YOU

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Saturday 15th of March 2025

Hi Wendy! I don't have a pdf pattern named open heart?

Barbara Korein

Saturday 9th of November 2024

Good morning! Love that I have found your website and BLOG. How do we get our Creative Resource Center listed in your directory?

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Friday 22nd of November 2024

Hi! Sorry I was slow to respond, I live in Asheville and have been dealing with the hurricane. Your creative reuse center is on there now :)

Judy

Saturday 5th of October 2024

The dress has a zipper in the back and it is about 5 to 5 inches below the waist. when removing the bodice how do I fill the gap from where the zipper was?

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Sunday 6th of October 2024

Hi Judy! I am a visual thinker. do you want to email me a picture and we can brainstorm? stephanie@swoodsonsays.com I think I know what you mean but want to be sure.

Aya

Thursday 22nd of August 2024

Hello I just came by your blog randomly on TikTok. I’m so excited to go through everything, I’m looking for the thrift store map I saw you comment about.

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Thursday 5th of September 2024

Hi Aya, sorry I am just seeing this now - https://swoodsonsays.com/a-creative-reuse-center-near-me-map-resource/ :)

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