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She Was A Nice Girl . . .
Fiber artist and pattern designer Sam Hunter started sewing at age seven and hasn’t stopped.
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Uptown Quiltropolis
Here in Quiltropolis (Winterset), we call the commercial area Uptown. (Not downtown.)
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Cakes* On A Train
I could have driven to Chicago.
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Back to Patch-work in Quiltropolis
I nicknamed Winterset “Quiltropolis” because so many quilty things happen in my small town.
May 3
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Relaxed in Quiltropolis
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, gave his protagonist, needlewoman extraordinaire Hester Prynne, zero friends. Throughout Hawthorne’s…
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Shunned in Winterset
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Everything Happens in WINTERSET
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My Dream Job
Sep 1, 2025
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Sign Contract . . . Then Sew
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Fashion Forward
My dream as a teenager was to move to New York City and become a famous fashion designer.
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Everything Happens in WINTERSET
I love a novel with a map, don’t you?
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The Octopus, Rattlesnake, and Honeybee Speak
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) partnered last year with Arts Midwest in a community reading program called The Big Read. Here in Madison…
Feb 10
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Eureka—I'm A Writer!
A Facebook non-fan, I share posts from institutions I care about, like the Iowa Quilt Museum and the Iowa Theater, but I don’t bother with personal…
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How Will My Darlings Fare?
Apologies for posting the visual of my book deal .
Dec 16, 2025
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It's A Party!
The Iowa Writers’ Collaborative holiday party is 7 to 9 p.m.
Dec 10, 2025
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Snowstorm Baking in Quiltropolis
Santa arrives in Quiltropolis (Winterset) each year on the day after Thanksgiving—riding around the town square on one of the lighted floats that…
Dec 10, 2025
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Marianne Fons writes from the small town of Winterset, Iowa, reporting on quilty and non-quilty topics.
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