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Episode 36 – catch up: not the condiment

pq — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:15:55 +0000

Here is a pic of my crafty thrifting haul. The towel got all wrinkled when I washed it. I can’t imagine it has never been washed before so I can only assume that is normal. Did people iron their kitchen towels back in the day?

$4.60 thrifting haul

Birthday booty (or is it bootie? I’m talking about pirate booty not butt booty):

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National Quilting Day

pq — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:45:49 +0000

Hey, did you know this Saturday (March 19th) is National Quilting Day? The NQA site says the day is dedicated to “fellowship, fun, [and] outreach”. They have a free pattern to celebrate the day here. If you are lucky enough to live near or be visiting the International Quilt Study Center and Museum you can get in free and there are some lectures, too. Check out their flyer here. Oh and a lot of shops are having sales or hosting other events to celebrate. Check out your own shop or visit the sale at Fabric.com.

So what do you plan to do? Leave me a comment and let me know! I hope to be working on quilting The Husband’s quilt – the one made from the kiddo’s artwork. It will get finished…eventually!!

Episode 27 – the Virginia Quilt Museum

pq — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:26:06 +0000

On vacation I had the thrill of getting to spend a little time at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Me at the Virginia Quilt Museum

Going inside - wee! Sorry, no pics allowed indoors.

It was *fabulous*! I saw some amazing examples of historic quilts.

You can check out the book I bought from the museum here at Amazon.

Other places we visited – Luray Caverns – Sandy Point State Park – Massanutten Resort.

Thank you for listening!

Episode 26 – trends at NQA show

pq — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:15:08 +0000

This year I didn’t notice as many trends as I have in previous years. Is that because there were no clear trends, or because there were too many to count?! It is hard to say.

It was time to hash over some lessons learned with my last completed quilting project. The big one: jelly rolls aren’t precisely cut to the size the label says they are! I wish I had taken a pic of Noelle’s quilt before I gave it to her but I managed to forget. Maybe she’ll be nice and send me one. Hint hint! However here is what the pattern looks like from Eleanor Burns’ site, Quilt in a Day. Isn’t it adorable? I love the color combo she used.

Also if you participated in the May Mayhem, you can grab the button over on the sidebar and put it on your blog. You should be able to copy the code in the box and paste it into a text widget on your own site. Enjoy

Thank you for listening!

Episode 11 – trends

pq — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:46:52 +0000

Episode 11 – Trends Sorry, I don’t have much to say in the roundup today. I did put up some pictures of the NQA show in the previous posting. I hope you enjoy them! You just finished reading Episode 11 … Continue reading →

NQA show Pics

pq — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:24:17 +0000

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I had a fabulous time at the NQA show in Columbus, Ohio. As usual there were tons of awesome vendors and plenty of terrific quilts to see.

What did I spend my money on?

1) A piping kit from Susan Cleveland

2) A darling little quilt pattern to paper piece (ok, I shudder a little at that…I didn’t have a good experience the first and only time I paper-pieced) a miniature Amish quilt

3) Batiks in green, blue, and purple as well as plain old black fabric to make the Amish quilt

4) The ‘Guide to Judged Quilt Shows‘ put out by NQA (Krypto already chewed out several pages and part of the cover)

5) Some YLI thread for piecing the sunburst blocks. I worked on it on the bus on the way to Columbus and ran out of thread. I like this thread a lot better…somehow it feels smoother but also threads on the needle much easier.

Episode #9 – chit chat and guest appearance

pq — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:34:44 +0000

Episode #9 – chit chat and a guest appearance

I took a break from the frugal quilting series because I wanted to release something. We’ve been super busy trying to get our house ready to put up for sale. I know – it’s not a great time to sell but our circumstances don’t care about the timing! The Husband makes a (surprise) guest appearance.

I mentioned 4 books in this episode:

The Civil War Love Letter Quilt by Rosemary Youngs
The Quilter’s Catalog – a comprehensive resource guide by Meg Cox
Material Obsession – Modern quilts with traditional roots by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke
American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Amelia Peck

I finished a Round Robin round – applique! I do have a picture of it but of course I haven’t downloaded it from the camera which is AWOL somewhere in the bowels of or house. (update: found the camera!)

Me & the latest addition to someone else's robin

I’ll be at the NQA show June 19th. Stop me and say hello if you go!

Episode 2 – a year of goals & NQA

pq — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:19:35 +0000

Episode number 2 – goals and NQA

As mentioned in the show, I have one goal for the podcast: twenty fifteen minute episodes in 2009. Can I do it? We’ll see! 1 down, 19 to go.

My personal quilting goals – I have four goals for the year. Complete a guild crayon challenge quilt, complete a guild round robin (top only), complete 6 blocks from my hand pieced project – the Sunburst blocks from the Christmas in July project of the August 2007 Quilter’s Newsletter, and complete the Moulin Rouge quilt from the book Quick Colorful Quilts for The Boy.

I am a member of NQA and I spent some time talking about the benefits of membership & the SHOW!! I can’t wait for the show, June 18-20, 2009. I will be attending at least one day this year. I hope to see you there