Dear Quilter, The season is upon us! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was very nice with family and friends. The problem is, I cleaned, or more...
Dear Quilter, The last minute rush of the season is upon us. Last minute shopping, cleaning, and of course, quilting. It's a wonderful and sometimes...
Dear Quilter, First, let me wish you all a Happy New Year from myself and the NPN staff. I was typing in the issue date in the subject, and typed in 007 and...
Dear Quilters, We are into the New Year, Valentine's Day is coming soon, and winter has arrived in the East. I know many of you have been dealing with it for...
Dear Quilter, The groundhog has not seen his shadow and so the prediction is for an early spring. Of course, the main Groundhog predicator is in PA, along...
Dear Quilter, Valentine's Day this year brought me snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain and a few days spent indoors. As there was nothing for me to do outside,...
Dear Quilter, With some snow still on the ground, or in some places lots of snow still on the ground, we are going full speed into spring. It will arrive....
Dear Quilter, And top o the marnin' to ya. It's St. Patrick's Day and everyone is wearing green. Half the country is looking at buds starting to open and...
Dear Quilter, We had spring for about 3 days, here in the East, just enough to tempt us and our flowers. I have crocus open, around me are blooming magnolias...
Dear Quilter, This has been a terrible week in the news. The staff of the NPN sends our heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of those lost at the...
Dear Quilter, I said I would put information in the NPN if I received anything being done for the Virginia Tech students and families. I received info. about...
Dear Quilter, Spring fever is upon me. The weather is just so beautiful outside, with so many things to be done outside. Then there is the spring cleaning bug...
Dear Quilter, On the weekends, our TV is always on the how to networks. We watch as we pass through, or have lunch or are taking a break. Last week, we...
Dear Quilter, I received an interesting email from a reader after the last issue. I've reprinted it below in from our readers. I was so excited to hear from...
Dear Quilter, I'd like to wish the Dad's out there a Happy Father's Day. I'm sure there is a man reading out there. If not, ladies, pass it onto your husband...
Dear Quilter, I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. It was rainy here, so pretty quiet. The heat has hit big time out West and it's heading to the East...
Dear Quilter, I'm going to keep this short and sweet tonight. Enjoy the Nine Patch News, enjoy your summer, and Happy Quilting. Karen Mikijanic NPN Editor ...
Dear Quilter, Well, I had an exciting week last week. I went to Quilt Odyssey at Hershey Lodge for 4 days. I took a 2 day class with Phil Beaver and was so...
Dear Quilter, They call this the dog days of summer, because of the constellation that shows up in August. Of course, we always think of the heat this time of...
Dear Quilter, We are taking Labor Day weekend off and playing in fabric. Hope you all have a wonderful, safe and fun weekend. This is the start of National...
Dear Quilter, I just finished reading all the articles in this issue and I sit here smiling. We do have meetings on what should go into the next issue of the...
Dear Quilter, This is a little late as I'm in the middle of a mass cleaning which involves sorting and finding places for things. Fabric is a big part of...
Dear Quilter, It seems I missed getting last week's issue out, so I'm sending it out a week late and a bit light in reading. It seems that everyone is busy...
Dear Quilter, Tonight ends Daylight Saving's Time. The good thing about that is we get an extra hour of sleep. The bad thing is it will get dark earlier....
Dear Quilter, Here in Pennsylvania, the unseasonably warm weather has become seasonably cold. I think I preferred it warm. It does put one more in the mood...
Dear Quilter, Ready or not, the holiday season is here. I think I will actually get my advent tree quilt up on time this year. It always seems to go up a day...
Dear Quilter, We are in the season. The season of giving, of stress, of finding or finishing that gift for someone, looking for that special gift. The season...
Dear Quilter, First let me wish you all a Happy New Year! Second, you haven't missed any NPN's, I've just not been able to get last weeks out until now. You...
Dear Quilter, I will start with stating the obvious, it's February! The month of the Groundhog, Superbowl Sunday and Valentine's Day. Phil, the groundhog, saw...
Dear Quilter, Ths sun is shining outside tdoay and it brings with it thoughts that Spring will be coming, eventually. After last weeks ice storms, the sun is...