Episode 19 – Block Tool

In this episode, I talked about:

  • The Modern Quilt Guild.  I’ve seen it mentioned on Sew Mama Sew several times and meant to bring it up.  Alert listener Carlyn reminded me about it.  Are there any Modern Quilt Guild members listening?  Send me an email or leave a comment if you are a member.  I’d love to hear what it is like.
  • The Ladies’ Art Company Block Tool by Connie Chunn.   What an awesome reference!  It has a great variety of blocks and gives cutting sizes for up to 5 different block sizes. 
  • The Quilter’s Newsletter had two patterns that I loved this month.

Have a listen!

Episode 18 – stuff

Things I mentioned in this episode

Keepsake Quilting – I am still in love with that Halloween block of the month.

AQS – a contest!  Just fill in the form here.

The Alliance for American Quilts is holding a quilt contest.  Entries aren’t returned, but it is for a good cause and your work will be documented in the Quilt Index!

My sister Karri is participating in the three day Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure event in Cleveland this year.  If you can provide her some support it would be greatly appreciated!  Also she is hosting a children’s clothing swap & shop March 6th in Rootstown, Ohio.

Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to Jane, the lucky winner of Annie Smith’s Quilting 101 online class!!!   Thank you so much to all who entered.  I was surprised at the level of response with only two days to enter.  Thank you, everyone, and enjoy your class, Jane!

Episode #13 – the Great Giveaway!!

Episode 13 – The Great Giveaway!

Thank you so much to Annie Smith of the Quilting Stash podcast. She has generously donated a seat in her online class, “Quilting 101″ to a lucky listener! All you have to do to enter for your chance to win is leave a comment here before 5:30 PM Eastern time on Friday September 25th.   Good luck!!!

Podcast #5 – Giveaway!

Click here to listen to episode #5

My friend Robin has informed me that I must add pictures to the blog.  So this time I have some photos to show.  Thanks for the tip, Robin!

Tea Cozy

The giveaway: to enter the drawing, leave a comment on this blog post.  If you’d like to have a second entry, mention on your blog that I am doing a giveaway and link to this post.  Then leave a comment with a link to your post.  To the left there is a pic of my hand holding up a tea cozy.  That’s a view of the inside pockets.  Tea included!  Yum!

You might be wondering what it was the Tooth Fairy brought for The Girl - two 50 cent pieces for the first tooth and one 50 cent piece for the second.  We thought at first we might give her something extra special to take the sting out of it for her.  (Ok, maybe the sting-reduction was more for us than her.)  But The Boy told her what to expect and 1) she was totally thrilled with that and 2) we did not want The Boy to feel his Tooth Fairy visits yielded lesser results just because his teeth fell out without novacaine and pincers.

 

Other photos:  My coat-in-progress, which is from the Project Runway Simplicity pattern number 2812:

CoatThe black and white part is the lining.  I got all of my fabric for it from Fabric.com.

And here is the first completed sunburst block of the year.  I finished it last weekend at The Girl’s ballet class and it has been scrunched up in her ballet bag since then, so pardon the wrinkles.

Sunburst Block

 

 

 

 

 

 

And last but not least, here is the center of the Round Robin exchange that I am working to add a border to:

Round robin

 

The owner is planning a three-dimensional beak that will be appliqued to the chicken. 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget to visit the Alliance for American Quilts!

Episode #4 – Quilt fix by Snail Mail

Episod #4 – Quilt fix by snail mail

There are lots of ways to get your quilt fix by snail mail – who doesn’t love getting mail?!

Show notices – glossy brochures to upcoming shows are lovely to get.  Here are a few I’ve recently received:

Sewing catalogs!  I love catalogs!  Sure you can shop on the internet too but then you don’t get the joy of touching glossy paper.  And you can still browse when the electricity goes out.

Magazines!!  There are tons of magazines to read, here are the three I get:

What about…

  • Block of the Month programs – otherwise known as BOM’s.
  • Fabric subscriptions – some shops offer a subscription service similar to fruit-of-the-month clubs, with themes like Bali or Moda fabric, etc.

Many thanks to those leaving comments!!!