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...

Artful Hands Quilt Guild - The Trunk Show

Hello Everyone,Tuesday night I had such a fun time! I did a lecture and trunk show in Mansfield, MA to a wonderful group of ladies that belong to the Artful Hands Quilt Guild. I love that name! Thank you so much for having me at your guild, it was a blast!Anyway, my friend Justine helped me out and she was the photographer for the night. So I weeded through the photos and took the best ones because there were many were I had my mouth wide open or a goofy look on my face. (Thanks, Justine... LOL!) Mind you that...

Silk Block Complete

Hello Everyone,Before I talk about the beauty you are going to see, if you are in Mansfield, MA tomorrow (5/24) , I will be doing a lecture at the Artful Hands Quilt Guild. I would love to say hello! Now onto the silk beauty.First, I must say, I LOVE this block!! Remember the other day when I was playing with the silks and just making the block, not knowing where it was going... Well...This is what it looks like. Vibrant and bright silks, wonky, tiny little scraps, just making my heart sing. I hope that it makes Julie's heart and...

Barefoot in The Park Quilt and Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,Several months ago, my friend Stephanie of Loft Creations sent me her quilt Barefoot in The Park for me to quilt on the Longarm. So I was able to see this beauty a while ago. She used Amy Butler Soul Blossoms to create this quilt. You can purchase this in my shop!It is completely reversible!I chose a feather design to quilt on this beauty! I totally can see myself being Barefoot in the Park with this quilt.Stephanie is being kind enough to giveaway one of her patterns for this quilt!!You MUST CLICK HERE to enter the giveaway!***Thank you to...

Playing With Silks... Again!!

Hello Everyone,So a little while ago, Julie had asked me to make a little block for her White Coat Project. As many of you know, life happened here at Canton Village Quilt Works, and I couldn't get my act together. But none the less, I had something in my mind... silks!! Most of you know I have a "not so secret" affection for silks.Oh yes, silks will be just the thing to jazz up her white lab coat. How cool would that be to have silks on your lab coat? Really cool, at least I think so! I hope she...

Onto A New Project...

Hello Everyone,If you have been reading my blog for a while there are two things that you know about me for sure.1. I love bright fabrics.2. I love all things Judy Niemeyer.In June, I will be taking another class with Judy. I have taken quite a few with her, I guess I am somewhat of a groupie... Anyway, I started to pick out fabrics for this project and I began to audition my choices.I pulled the above bolts of Kaffe Fassett fabrics and one batik. I love to audition fabrics because it really can help to show the variation or...

Seams... Part Deux

Hello Everyone,Wow, Wow, Wow... Since my first post on this subject of pressing the seams open or to one side, it has generated a TON of chatter and quite a debatable topic. I read every single comment and appreciate all the input. So I thought it would be great to revisit and talk about some of the views on this issue.For the most part, we all press seams to one side and were taught to do this from our first quilting class or lesson. I know that is how I was taught almost 18 years ago. And by far, that...

Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2011 Edition

Hello Everyone,Welcome to the Spring Edition of my friend Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival!! I am doubly excited about this edition for several reasons...1. I am once again a sponsor of the event and my online shop is giving away 2 -$20 Gift Certificates on Amy's site!!2. Because I get to share my creations with you...I know that recently I did post about this quilt, but I have to say that I really do love this one and hope you do too.This is my Diamonds Down Under Quilt that I designed, made, and quilted for Quilt Magazine. It is in the...

Life Happens and Then You Make Triangles

Hello Everyone, I thought today's post would be coming to you from Quilt Market, but alas, life happens and I had to cancel my plans on attending market at the last hour. Yes, I am sad that I am not there, but I will be at Fall Market. In the meantime, I am trying to make the best of the situation and thought that a little sewing time was in order. So, I made triangles using purple and blue batiks!I would say that this is a great use of my time. They are fun to make and have tons of...

Beautiful Quilts on Mother's Day

Hello Everyone,Well, I am off to Quilt Market tomorrow and very excited. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a few things with you.First, visit me here on my newest Quilt Magazine Blog Post and get a little color inspiration. I would love you to leave a comment there about your thoughts on color and quilts.Now for my Mother's Day adventure. My family took me up to Chester, Vermont to see some of my friends and a wonderful quilt show, Quilts Around Town. The quilts were displayed in various buildings around town. I would love to share some of...

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello Everyone,Just popping in to wish ALL Moms a wonderful Mother's Day today!Especially my Mom, I love you!***Today is the last day of the Westminster Fabric and Batik sale! All $7.75 per yard, ends at midnight. Click here to start shopping.***Until Next Time...

Make My Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello Everyone,Have you ever tweaked a recipe over and over again until it becomes yours? About 20 years ago I had begun to do this with a chocolate chip cookie recipe. After about 6 or so times of making it, I got it just the way that I like it and might I say that many of my friends do too.So blogging is all about sharing, and I thought I would share the recipe with all my blogging friends.Here they are getting ready to go into the oven. Tip: I use an ice cream scoop to shape and scoop them...

I Have Made My Case... and Book Winner!

Hello Everyone,I was so excited yesterday when a very small package came for me. I had first seen this here and them immediately clicked on the link in the post and went here to make my own!!I love it!My new case for my iPhone 4 is my quilt design, Diamonds Down Under. Not bad on the case. It is really simple to do too. You just upload and jpeg and make your own case. You can do it for iPhone, iPod Touch, or BlackBerry. Very, very cool!!Not a bad rendition of the actual quilt either!!If you want your own Diamonds...

Seams... The Burning Question... Press Open or To One Side?

Hello Everyone,This weekend I was working on a project that required me to make strip sets. While doing this, I instinctively pressed the seams open. But then I thought, "Wow, this is a great topic for the blog!"So here goes...Here is what my seams look like pressed open. They lay very flat and there is no worrying about a dark or light side. I am sure you are wondering why I press them open. If you recall this quilt that I made last year, it is modeled after a quilt pattern from Bill Kerr And Weeks Ringle. There are tons...

Spring Delights!

Hello Everyone,Finally, I can say that spring has arrived right here in my own yard!! Excitement fills me, because you know what that means... summer is around the corner, my favorite season.I thought that I would take you for a little walk around the yard to show you all the wonderful delights.Daffodils just began blooming. I love yellow!Ginger surrounds the trunk of my flowering plum tree.This is the first year I have ever seen my vinca blooming like this. Just glorious!My flowering plum with the beautiful pink buds coming to life.Ooops... who is that? My Pavi watching me taking photos....

Color...

Hello Everyone,As you all know, I love color! The past week I have been cutting... and playing... with some beautiful batiks for a wonderful kit. I just had to share them with you!Look at these luscious colors. So vibrant and spring like aren't they? Plus, I love to work with batiks. These are the dark ones that serve as the background for the pattern and kit. The fabrics are Hoffman and the kit are available in the shop. And yes they are included in the 15% off sale, but it ends today!! Just use the code entire15 at checkout. Click...

What Was Old Is New Again!

Hello Everyone,If this is your first time visiting my blog, welcome! Please feel free to browse and I hope you are inspired. But while you are here, don't forget to enter my giveaway going on for The Quilter's Bible book -- a terrific reference for any quilter! Just click here.Any who... about one month ago Victoria asked if I wanted to enter a small quilt in the NY Metro Mod Quilt Show. Of course, I said yes! But it needs to be a small quilt. Usually, I don't do small, as you can see by some of my quilts. So...

My Stamp of Approval and The Fabric Winner!

Hello Everyone,Yesterday was spent very quietly with my family. I made a yummy Lasagna, sauce, meatballs and sausage. We just love it! Some leftover too. YUM! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter too!My friend, Victoria, has begun a signature quilt and has been asking for contributions. You can read all about it here.So I decided to make her a very traditional log cabin block, but with non-traditional fabrics. A couple of batiks, Australian Aboriginals, and Kaffe Fassett. No repros in this one.Since Victoria doesn't like a whole lot of white, I kept the center square relatively small.I used...

The Quilter's Bible Book... GIVEAWAY!!

Hello Everyone,Wait until you see this book! I was asked to do a review of this fabulous book. If you are an advanced quilter, beginning quilter, or just thinking about quilting, this is a wonderful resource to have in your quilting library.It is jam packed with information from how to get started, cutting, piecing, applique, quilting, binding, nothing is left out.The book is loaded with different options for different techniques and is extremely well written and laid out. No stone is left unturned.I even learned about Kantha quilting. Do you know what that is???The publishers also wanted to give you,...

15 WINNERS!!

Hello Everyone,Just popping in to let you know that Quilt Magazine has drawn the winners! And guess what... SURPRISE... there were 15 of you who won the ruler!!!To find out if you were a winner just go to their Facebook page and check out the list. You can get there by clicking here. Thank you to all who entered!Until Next Time..