And I gushed over my love of Pinterest. You have to check it out!

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So here it is.  I made this for The Girl.  It was supposed to be a transition-to-big-kid-bed quilt when she turned 2.  It wasn’t finished and I think I gave it to her when she was 4.

And for all the time it took – hardly any of the quilting is visible because I did most of it in the ditch.  I will never do that again.  Also I’ll never hand quilt a flannel-backed quilt again, either!

It has been awhile since I’ve done any hand quilting.  I really miss it.  Sometime soon!

The name of this quilt was Black-eyed Susan and it was one of the last patterns I followed.  It was supposedly a “quick” pieced quilt but it took me forever to get pieced.  I can’t remember now what book the pattern was from – The Girl is 7 now so it has been probably 5 or more years since I saw that book.  I wonder what I did with it!  She sleeps with it on her bed in the winter time and Duke (the dog) has chewed some holes in it.  Sigh.

The reason I noticed that I have never posted a picture of a hand-quilted quilt is because I wanted to contribute to the Hand Quilting Celebration over at Michigan Quilts.

Run on over and check it out!

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:

• The Original Sewing & Quilting Expo has 4 upcoming Spring events around the United States, including Cleveland on March 26th, 27th, and 28th.
• AQS Quilt Show & Contest in Paducah Kentucky, April 22nd – 25th.  Big Gammill giveaway – go here to enter for free or join up as a member.

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.

• Keepsake Quilting - order a free catalog for yourself here.
• Sewing with Nancy - order a free catalog for yourself here.

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

• Quilter’s Home
• Quilter’s Newsletter
• The Quilting Quarterly (from NQA)

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!!!

Hello all you pioneer quilters out there!  This marks the beginning of my jump into podcasting.  I’m really excited to bring a spotlight to my favorite aspect of quilting: handwork!  In this episode I talk a little bit about my goals for the program, as well as the types of things I’d like to talk about and the format I’d like to use on the show. 

In this episode, I mentioned the book that I initially learned quilting from,  Fons and Porter’s Quilter Complete Guide.  I still use it and it has sadly fallen apart.  They have a hard-cover version for sale on their website for only $20.  I think it is well worth the price.

If you’d like to send me some email, my address is kelley at pioneerquilter dot com.  I hope you enjoyed my first show!