Winner!!

I just wanted to do a quick blog post to announce the winner of Marie Bostwick's newest book, Apart at the Seams.

Apart at the Seams Giveaway from Marie Bostwick

My good friend, Marie Bostwick and I sat down on April 7, 2014 and recorded a podcast.  While I was interviewing her we had a great time... but we always have a great time!!  We laughed and chatted about what she has been up to and most of all her newest book, Apart at the Seams.

Between Heaven and Texas Blog Hop Tour... Giveaway and Star Tutorial

Hello Everyone,Today is my day to introduce to you, my good friend, Marie Bostwick's newest book...Between Heaven and Texas.But along with that there are some other goodies too.  With each stop on the tour you will receive a new block to make.  The one below is mine.  I call it Top of the Rainbow.  Note the similarities in the colors to the quilt on the cover of Marie's book!!You can download the PDF for the star here.Now onto the book...Marie's book is just fabulous!  And this is not a biased statement.  I have read all her books from the Cobbled Court...

My Podcast Is Up... Featuring Marie Bostwick

Hello Everyone,I must apologize... I have once again been remiss in posting my podcast.  I haven't stopped doing them, I have just been kind of busy.  I know, that is not an excuse.  But I promise this podcast will make up for being late.Episode 41 is now ready for you to listen in and features my wonderful friend, Marie Bostwick! We sat down last week and recorded this podcast to air on the date of the release of her newest publication, Between Heaven and Texas.  I must say, it is another winner!!Also, I am involved in her blog hop tour too!!...

3 Years!!!

Hello Everyone,I can't believe it has been 3 years since I began podcasting!!  Since I podcast once per month that means this one is the 36th episode!!  Do you believe it???  I am so excited about it.But I must thank YOU all my faithful listeners from ALL OVER the world literally, and to all the NEW listeners as well. For my 36th episode, I sat down again with one of my good friends that many of you know from her fabulous books...Marie Bostwick!  I know that I had a few posts about her this month, but that is because her newest...

Marie Bostwick's Ties That Bind Book Blog Hop Tour & Giveaway

Hello Everyone,Last week I blogged about my good friend Marie Bostwick and her new role as a quilt designer!  You can read the post here if you would like to read it.  But today, I am part of her book tour.  Her newest book "Ties That Bind" is being released today!!! Very exciting!!Michele Foster of the Quilting Gallery is the host of the blog hop so be sure to hop on over there for a variety of goodies!Marie and her errant spaniel!A few things that you will need to know about me and this book.  One of the reasons I...

Spotlight on Marie!

Hello Everyone,Many of you know my friend, Marie Bostwick.  If not, she is a talented author, quilter, funny, kind and wonderful friend, and now she can add quilt designer to her repertoire!!Recently, she made a beautiful quilt and asked me to quilt it for her.  As you can see I quilted curls all over.Don't you just love the black, red, and white?  But better yet, don't you love the design?  Lots of movement in the quilt... Marie loves to have her quilts have your eye move across the surface.Here it is in all it's glory... Path to Cobbled Court.  Appropriately...

Randomness... A Winner... and Another Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,First, I must apologize, the second part of my post for the Artful Hands Quilt Guild will be the next post. Because first I have a few exciting things to tell you.The winner of the Barefoot In the Park pattern is...Lucky # 104 which is Angela!! Congratulations Angela!!Next up, many of you may know my friend Marie Bostwick. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet... and talented too! I have the pleasure of living close to her and being able to see her quilty creations and even quilting them for her! Plus, I also was...

Many Thanks and Giveaway Winner!

Hello Everyone,Last week I had a very pleasant surprise awaiting me in my mailbox. Simone sent me a wonderful gift!! It truly made my day. She made this wonderful pincushion out of the Aunt Grace fabrics that she purchased from my shop.It was a thank you for replacing the initial order, that she placed in January, that still has not arrived! I sent the second bundle of fabric to her not expecting anything in return. How sweet was this of her to do this for me. Simone, you made my day!! I love it!!Here is the beautiful card and tea...

You Just Can't Miss This Giveaway....

Hello Everyone,Just this week I had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend, Marie Bostwick. For those of you who don't know who she is, she is a NY Times Bestselling author of some wonderful books, including the series pictured below.If you love a good read about friendship, common bonds, quilting, and just plain fun, you will love these books. Any way, I interviewed her for my newest podcast Episode #13. You can listen to our chat by clicking here or by going to iTunes and searching for Jackie's Quilting Chronicles and subscribing. It is FREE! (While you are...