{"id":1500521,"date":"2023-03-22T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/?p=1500521"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T21:54:58","slug":"the-quiltfolk-foundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/journal\/the-quiltfolk-foundry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quiltfolk Foundry: Finding Homes For Lost Tops &#038; Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1500521\" class=\"elementor elementor-1500521\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06fb340 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06fb340\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4827f31\" data-id=\"4827f31\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0172e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df0172e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/product\/lily-010\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1500674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal.jpg 900w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232742\/foundry-lily-journal-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702fe75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"702fe75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/product\/lily-010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Lily<\/i><\/a>\u00a0was started ca. 1930-40, and finally finished by the Quiltfolk Foundry late in 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a2a7c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a2a7c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-090dbbe\" data-id=\"090dbbe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7690384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7690384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTell the stories behind the stitches.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This simple goal is the heartbeat of Quiltfolk, the foundation of everything we\u2019ve created since 2016. Eight years ago, the magazine was our sole endeavor, but since then, we\u2019ve taken on many new projects. In 2022, on World Quilting Day, we hosted a welcome party for our first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/product\/block-of-the-month-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block of the Month program<\/a>. This year, we marked the day by launching a new project that will further our mission: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tell the stories behind the stitches<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And this time, we\u2019re literally holding those stories in our hands, collaborating with quilters across space and time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2054334 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2054334\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9211a2a\" data-id=\"9211a2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7b9aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d7b9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introducing the Quiltfolk Foundry<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84aff44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84aff44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf76a37\" data-id=\"cf76a37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aae6b7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aae6b7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 18, we announced the launch of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiltfolk Foundry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: where lost quilt tops and blocks are found, finished, then offered for sale in our shop. At the Foundry, \u201corphan\u201d tops and blocks can continue their story as quilts that finally found a home. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b82af3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b82af3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67566ec\" data-id=\"67566ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4edf117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4edf117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/product\/roxanne-011\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1499890\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234052\/Roxanne-5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The top that became Roxanne had a color scheme we couldn\u2019t resist. (SOLD)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e8f0cd\" data-id=\"2e8f0cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aea253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3aea253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/product\/jacob-003\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1499858\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018234203\/Jacob-5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Capps-Dyke of Maryland did fabulous big-stitch quilting to finish Jacob. (SOLD)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c0433b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c0433b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f094bd6\" data-id=\"f094bd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc75edf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc75edf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve seen these so-called \u201corphan\u201d quilt tops and blocks in flea markets and antique malls. You may even have vintage \u201corphans\u201d of your own. What is the story behind <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stitches? Why didn\u2019t the maker finish the project? Most of these loose tops and blocks don\u2019t come with any information, but the reasons for the \u201cUFOs\u201d of yesterday are usually the same as they are today: Family, social commitments, work, illness, and the passing of the maker keep beautiful quilt tops and \u201corphan\u201d blocks from finding a home as a completed quilt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Quiltfolk Foundry collects these special blocks and tops and then, with a trusted circle of talented home sewists and quilters, we turn those lost materials into beautiful quilts, ready to find the next chapter in their story.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c55b8cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c55b8cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffc27d0\" data-id=\"ffc27d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc565ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc565ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1500673\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal.jpg 900w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232744\/foundry-rebecca-journal-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The stunning red and green applique in Rebecca needed custom longarming. Stephanie Patterson crushed it. (SOLD)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fb6d68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fb6d68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66892ab\" data-id=\"66892ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8697802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8697802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By offering Foundry quilts for sale, we\u2019re finding a loving home for these lost-and-found quilts and making it possible to pay our artisans to finish more quilts in the future. We launched with 12 and, as of this post, there are five available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/foundry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. More than half have sold within the first few days of introducing this project!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if you see a quilt you love, don\u2019t wait to make your purchase: Every Quiltfolk Foundry quilt is truly one of a kind. Once a Foundry quilt is gone, it\u2019s gone. But you can rest assured knowing that there are more quilts on the way! We\u2019ll continue to evolve the style and process\u2014and share stories of the quilts as we go. And if you\u2019d like to be involved in the Quiltfolk Foundry project, please feel free to send us an <\/span><a href=\"mailto: hello@quiltfolk.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lily\u00a0was started ca. 1930-40, and finally finished by the Quiltfolk Foundry late in 2022. \u201cTell the stories behind the stitches.\u201d This simple goal is the heartbeat of Quiltfolk, the foundation of everything we\u2019ve created since 2016. Eight years ago, the magazine was our sole endeavor, but since then, we\u2019ve taken on many new projects. 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