Celebrate With Me!!

Hello Everyone,I wanted to celebrate the New Year in style!! To my faithful readers and customers, I am offering 25% off my ENTIRE site!!! Yes, everything!! There have been lots of new things added, Batiks, Australian Aboriginals, Kona Solids, Kaffe Fassett, Philip Jacobs, Feedsacks, Amy Butler, and Art Gallery... just to name a few!So just click HERE to start shopping, but be sure to do so before midnight 1/2/11 as the sale will be over. Don't forget to use the cod yearend25 to receive your discount!Happy Shopping and Happy New Year!Until Next Time...

Kitty Cat Christmas Antics

Hello Everyone,I know many of you are cat lovers and I wanted to share some of the antics of my kitties on Christmas morning!We have a tradition of just throwing the wrappings on the floor because the kitties just love to romp around in them. Here you can see Rolo looking for Pavi inside the pile of wrappings.The cats seem to love going under the tree. Must be a comforting place. Pavi inside the piles.Beanie just sitting pretty!Pavi pretty contented under the tree!I would love to hear some of your funny Christmas kitty antics!Make sure you come back on Thursday...

Hunter's Star Quilt Has Been Gifted!!

Hello Everyone,I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas day! We did, it was very quiet and we just kind of did whatever we wanted to do... all day long! We definitely don't get days like that too often.One of the main things that I wanted to share with you was the Hunter's Star (a.k.a. Hot Flash) was given to my daughter!! It is quilted and the binding is applied by machine on the one side. Only the hand sewing remains.Here is my sweet daughter with her new quilt. She loved it! I am so glad too.Here is the back. I...

Christmas Tidings!!

Hello Everyone,I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and share some of our Christmas decorations from our home.Have a wonderful, wonderful weekend with friends and family!Until Next Time...

Another Project In The Works

Hello Everyone,First, I wanted to update you on the Hunter's Star quilt. It is quilted!! I WILL be giving it to my daughter for Christmas, so stay tuned for photos of the finished quilt.But in the meantime, yes, I have begun another project before Christmas. This one is a special quilt and needs to be done by mid-January.These are the fabrics that have been chosen. They have been washed and the cutting has begun. I even have some pieces on the design wall. But I can't show you just yet. I assure you, it is going to be good... at...

Naptime!

Hello Everyone,Yes, I think I can use a nap! But there is definitely nothing more sweet than a sleeping baby, right? Well, maybe a sleeping baby under a quilt!This particular sleeping baby is my one year old nephew and trust me he is just too cute. He is modeling a small wall quilt that I made years ago for my brother.At the time, my brother was into cooking with lots of spicy things. So, I wanted to make him a modern sort of quilt with this wonderful chili pepper fabric. Some of you may remember this from "back in the...

Holiday Goodness

Hello Everyone,Within the last week I was a very lucky gal! Two of my quilty friends, Victoria and Stephanie sent me some holiday goodness in the mail. Victoria sent me these beautiful notecards that she made complete with her own photography. Undoubtedly, they were made with her spiffy new camera! Thanks so much, V, I love them!!Stephanie sent me a really wonderful box chock full of handmade goodness!! As her blog states... "because handmade is best!" I am sure that some of you have seen some of the things she sent in the making on her blog. I can't wait...

A New Gig, Pure Randomness and... WINNERS!!

Hello Everyone,Yes, definitely an odd title for a post. I just couldn't come up with something more creative... it is late. As the title states, I have a bit of a new gig!! I am excited about the fact that I will be a regular blogger, about once every 3 weeks, on dotCanton.com. If you haven't visited, please do, today is my first post there. It is a sort of local e-newspaper. Steve Wilder, who is the creator, asked me if I would like to be a contributor. I love the idea of me being a local gal contributing to...

Would You Like To Win This???

Hello Everyone,As many of you know, I have TONS of Kona Cotton Solids in my online store and I am adding more this week! I thought it might be nice to share a little sampling of them with you. When I was at Quilt Market in Houston, I picked up this pretty little bundle and thought this would be perfect!!If you would like a chance to win this pretty bundle, just hop on over to see Rachel at PS I Quilt and she will tell you all of the details. Then when the winner is drawn, I will promptly ship...

Whirlygig Tutorial... Part 3

Hello Everyone,First I wanted to thank everyone who took part in the giveaway! I will have results later this week. So be sure to check back. Also, a friendly reminder that everything in my online store is 15% off with the code all15 through 12/17. Now onto the final part in the Whirlygig tutorial!! Thank you all for your patience. This took me a little longer than I thought. But I hope you like it and I would love to see some of your own Whirlygigs!! Please e-mail me photos if you are making them I would love to do...

Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone,Just thought you might like a sneak peek of what arrived today. A little of this...Beautiful medallion!In these boxes, more of this...and this...Just gorgeous!! Stay tuned... they will eventually turn up here.Don't forget to enter my giveaway on this blog post. It ends on Sunday. And today is the last day that the StudioE Essentials Black and Whites will be marked down to $7.75 per yard.Have a wonderful weekend! I will be working on my daughter's Hunter's Star quilt. Hopefully, quilting it!! Wish me luck!Until Next Time...

Sarah Fielke Interview and A Fat Quarter Pack Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,When I was at Quilt Market, I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderfully talented Sarah Fielke and her husband. Straight from Australia and slightly weary, she agreed to do a Podcast interview with me!! She also agreed to giveaway two fat quarter bundles of her brand new fabric line "From Little Things" by Lecien!! One of these, just gorgeous!And one of these, beautiful!!So I would like to invite you to listen to my interview with Sarah. You will find her quite delightful and learn some wonderful things about her in the quilting world. You can listen in by...

I Think My Hot Flash Is Just About DONE!!

Hello Everyone,Yes, it is true, I am almost done with Hot Flash!! Although I may end up naming it something else. Now mind you my daughter's birthday is only 2 days away, so it most likely will be ready for Christmas and not her birthday. I don't think she will mind.This weekend, I applied the pieced borders and really love the way it looks. I just need to add one more plain border. It will be a black with a white background.These quarter square/half square triangle combo units were easy peasy using the Tucker Trimmer. They really turned out perfect....

Enjoy the Show!

Hello Everyone,First thank you all for the wonderful Anniversary wishes for my hubby and me! We truly appreciate it. We treated ourselves to a lovely dinner out last night to celebrate.Remember just a few weeks ago, I went to the Wiltwyck Quilt Guild in NY to take a class with Judy Niemeyer? Well, before the two classes, she gave a lecture and wonderful trunk show. I was able to get a front row seat and took some pretty good photos. I know you will want to make one after seeing all of these... ENJOY!Now for the good news... You can...

21 Years Ago

Hello Everyone,Twenty one years ago today, I married the love of my life.Much younger then. So many reasons why I have been happily married to my husband for so many years. He is the calm in my day. He loves me and supports me in everything that I do... especially quilting! He is a wonderful father to our children. He is a wonderful provider for us. He always has a bad joke to tell when tensions run high. He balances me out. I could not have asked for a better husband!Much older now.I love you, sweetheart! Here is to at...

There Is A Pile!

Hello Everyone,So sorry, this post was intended for yesterday, but we were without internet! It is really amazing how much we depend on technology isn't it?Anyway, so this past weekend I did some sewing and worked on my daughter's Hunter's Star Quilt as shown in this post. I was able to put on the two inner borders and also work on the 3rd border which is pieced.The result was these combo units. Black and white with a touch of teal and blue, just like she wanted. I started with 3 piles of squares. One black, one white, and one with...

Color... Lots of It!! And Winners too!

Hello Everyone,I hope you have all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and also survived Black Friday!! Speaking of Black Friday, check out the specials going on my home page of my shop! We had a fun day on Thanksgiving visiting family, but we are now home ready to get back into daily life. That is a good thing!Recently, at my quilting retreat, we had the wonderful opportunity to visit a fabulous studio of art quilter Frances Holliday Alford. It is located in the quaint town of Grafton, VT and is well worth the stop. Her studio is called Embellishment Studios and...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Everyone,Wishing you all the blessed Thanksgiving!Until Next Time...

Bright Spikes

Hello Everyone,This past weekend, I had the opportunity to take another class with a favorite of mine, Judy Niemeyer. I have been lucky, in the past, to have also taken classes with her. A terrific teacher and pattern designer. Anyway, this past weekend she was on this side of the country visiting my sister-in-law's guild in Kingston, NY. Luckily it is not too far of a drive for me, so of course, I went.The Trunk show and Lecture were divine!! Tons of her gorgeous quilts. Then two classes. The photos in this one are of the Total Eclipse Pattern.These are...

Tilted Four Patch

Hello Everyone,Yes, another project that I was working on at my recent quilt retreat. Don't forget, I was almost gone for a week! Loved every minute too.I am involved in an online swap with my quilting podcast buddies and we had to make 4 blocks of the Tilting Four Patch. The pattern came from The Quilter's Cache and is free and downloadable, just click here to get the pattern.We could use any fabric of our choosing to send to our partner. Since I was prepping for a Judy Niemeyer Class (that I am taking today) with batiks, that is what...