First Dose Of Goodness

Hello Everyone,Thank you for all your good wishes and kind compliments from yesterday's post. I can't tell you how much I appreciate each and everyone of you!! But I definitely can show you...So let's kick off this month of celebration with my first dose of goodness! Let's take a little look at some of the things that I have in my shop...Beautiful Kona Cotton Solids. Lots of new ones just added.Wonderful Fat Quarter and Half Yard Bundles.Luscious Westminster Fiber Fabrics!! (A personal favorite!)Silky smooth Art Gallery Fabrics on the right and Liberty Arts on the left.Free Spirit lovelies.More Kona beauties!!I...

Celebrating 10!

Hello Everyone,It has been 10 years since I began my long arm quilting business. I can't believe it has been that long, I have been having so much fun! Over the years I have learned so many new things and have met so many wonderful people who have touched my life in many ways.Everyone so talented, giving, and friendly. Also, it goes without saying that they have ALL been an inspiration to me.My Gammill Statler Stitcher has been the backbone of my business, and I love it!! But it because of all of you that I have been able to...

Just a Little More...

Hello Everyone,I know that many of you have read my blog for years and now me pretty well. But I thought it might be nice if some of my newest followers got to know me a little better. If you click on this link, a wonderful local writer had come over to my studio to take some photos and do a little story on me and my business. I hope you enjoy and thank you so much for following me. I truly appreciate all of you who come here to see what I am up too and I enjoy your...

It's a GO!.... Project and Winner!

Hello Everyone,First, I would like to thank all of you who took the time to enter my GO! giveaway and become new followers of my blog. I am still busy visiting all the new blogs to me!! Very much fun!! I hope that you will all enjoy my blog too and keep coming back for good quilty inspiration. Anyway, last time I showed you the braid tutorial using the chisel shape from the GO! cutter. I finished the project. Well, just the top. So technically it isn't quite done yet. I need to quilt it. So I would like to...

Star Struck Blog Tour Stop and Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,I am honored to bring to you a wonderful interview with Barbara Cline. Not only is she a talented quilter, but a fantastic designer as well. She has written an absolutely gorgeous new book that is a must have for any quilter who loves stars or dreams of making a beautiful star quilt.The book is titled Star Struck Quilts and it is a winner. So without further adieu, let me introduce you to Barbara and some of the phenomenal quilts from her book. At the end there will be 2 giveaways!!1. Your designs are beautiful and based on the...

Pop Squares!

Hello Everyone,Before you read through this "must read" post, don't forget to enter my AccuQuilt GO! giveaway here. But hurry, I will be waiting right here for your return.Great, you are back! Now onto Pop Squares. If you remember a few posts ago, I gave you a little sneak peek. Really little... Well here is the full monty, so to speak.This quilt I designed, pieced, and quilted. I used fabrics from Blank Quilting which can be found here.It is a beginner quilt, with simple shapes. Squares, rectangles and sashing to form a pleasing design.A mottled red backing and binding to...

Black and White Inspiration Vol. V

Hello Everyone,First don't forget to enter the AccuQuilt GO! giveaway by clicking HERE.The last installment of the Black and White Inspiration. This is a quilt that I blogged about in February, 2008. I made this for a friend who was retiring at the time. She had purchased a sporty new HOT red car, so of course I thought red would be the perfect compliment to the black and white.A close up of the quilting. I don't remember what design I used, but it was an edge to edge and it was wavy. Sorry, I just can't remember that far back,...

It's a GO!.... Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,As I have been saying in this post, this post and this post, I was planning on giving away a GO! This is all courtesy of the good folks at AccuQuilt. So if you would love to win this, read on, here are the rules:This giveaway will be open through midnight Eastern Time on August 26.You MUST have a way for me to contact you in the event that you win. Please leave an e-mail address if you do not have a blog or e-mail enabled profile.You can get multiple entries by completing more than one of the following:1....

Star Struck With Excitement

Hello Everyone,I am so excited on several levels!! The first is that I will be one of the stops on the Blog Tour for Barbara H. Cline's new book Star Struck Quilts. You will be in awe of this book and Barbara's talent! Every quilt is gorgeous and she gives wonderful instructions on how to make them and then mix and match as well.Best of all you will have a chance to win your very own copy of this book at every stop on the blog tour.Here is the schedule of stops:August 23 Paula Julia GraberAugust 24 Polly The PatchworkerAugust...

Randomness and I Need Some Help

Hello Everyone,First I thought I would share with you some fabric from my stash that I will be using in a new project. This project is for a little swap that Stephanie and I planned for each other. I know how much she likes green and I thought that these were such sweet little prints. But this is just the start!!!So what do you think of your first sneak peek, Stephanie??Now for my next piece of randomness. I found this really neat sight for book lovers. If you are familiar with Netflix, then you might like this site. It is...

Learn To Chisel With The GO! Would You Like One Too?

Hello Everyone,Since my last post on the Chisel shape using the awesome AccuQuilt Go Cutter, I had a special request from Pat. She wanted to see exactly how the braid went together. So I definitely felt I should oblige this request. If you can stay with me through to the end of this post, I will give you some details on how you can win one of these wonderful GO! Cutters from little old me. So strap yourselves in for the Chisel Tutorial...First you have your piles of left and right chisels. The method for making left and rights was...

Thread

Hello Everyone,Back a few posts ago, I had several people comment on my thread wall. So I thought I would take you through a visual tour. Here it goes, enjoy...What do you think? I guess you can say that I am one prepared long arm quilter, ready for any color quilt that comes my way! I just love color!If you are interested in hearing more about thread, you can listen to my Podcast! In Episode 5 that is the topic of the day. Lots of helpful hits. You can find Episode 5 and ALL my podcasts by clicking here or...

Vintage Dresdens

Hello Everyone,Just last week I was cruising eBay and found a beautiful vintage top. It was nearing the end of the bidding and the bidding was quite low. So I thought, what the heck and placed a bid within the last few minutes. Guess what, I won the auction!! And the best part is I received a beautiful top for only $57, a steal!!Drum roll please...Aren't these beautiful Dresdens? I believe they are either 30s or 40s. The item description said 20s. If anyone out there can tell for sure, I would love your opinion. They almost look like feedsack...

So What Is In Your Backyard?

Hello Everyone,We happen to live in a relatively rural area where the wildlife is plentiful. What you are about to see is a something that we see pretty often.So can you see what my two kitties are looking at out our back window? Look closely, click on the photo to enlarge.You can see Pavi (the one on the left) is definitely more intent on looking. While Rolo (on the right) has gotten a little bored. Did you figure it out yet?Wild turkeys, about 21 of them! They come through our yard about 3 times a week. This time of the...

Black and White Inspiration Vol. IV

Hello Everyone,Yes, yet another black and white quilt!! This time the color that I added was pink, a BIG favorite of mine. There is a little story behind this quilt. I made it for my friend, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was to be auctioned at her Quilt Pink Event at her quilt store about 5 years ago.I made the whole thing from my stash and the proceeds were to go to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure fund. I loved the quilt so much that I bought it back from her! The money still going to...

So Here is What I Was Thinking...

Hello Everyone,Remember my last post on the AccuQuilt Go! I was working with the Chisel Shape. Here is what I have started, a braid! I am enjoying the process and the easy piecing of this braid. But there is a little trick when using your Go!Look how nicely they all match up. The die cutting makes this a breeze, but when die cutting these shapes to make a braid you must do it two ways. I will explain...You will notice, in the photo above, I have stacked my fabric right sides down on the die. In my last post they...

Bordered Diamonds is Quilted, Binding on and Done!!

Hello Everyone,Remember the quilt that I was working on for the The SSSQ Quilt Along with Kaffe Fassett, well, it is completely FINISHED!! Yay!! And the best part is I absolutely love it!!!So without further adieu, let me introduce you to my Floral Diamonds quilt...It was an absolute picture perfect day here so I had tons of fun taking photos of this quilt outside. Here is the quilt draped over our patio wall. One of my favorite shots.I decided to quilt it with an overall quilt design that has a little bit of a leafy floral look to it. I...

Black and White Inspiration Vol. III

Hello Everyone,Welcome to my third installment of Black and White Inspiration. So on my second post regarding my black and white quilts, I had asked which color I would use next. For those of you who guessed lime green, you were right!!!This just seemed to be the right color to try next. I loved the results. So here we go...I again used a variety of black and white fabrics since I have an extensive collection. This quilt was created from a class that I took with Laurie Shifrin. Those of you who may not be familiar with her, she is...

A Friendly Visitor...

Hello Everyone,On Friday, I had an unexpected visit from a friend of mine, Kathy Echter!! Kathy and I met while we were both in Kansas about two years ago attending a Statler Stitcher Users Group meeting. In English, that is a Gammill Long Arm Quilter's meeting. Anyway, she and her husband Jim were both out for the meeting and we instantly became friends. Being a fellow quilter and just super nice people were just an added plus.Yes, that is my long arm and my thread wall. I love them both!Kathy was in CT because her daughter is working in New...

A Finished Quilt Gifted, and a Happy Boy!

Hello Everyone,Remember the stash strippy quilt that I was making for my nephew? If not, you can read about it here and here. Anyway, my nephew who turned 7 yesterday had been asking his Mom for a while "When is Aunt Jackie going to make me a quilt for my bed?". So how could I refuse this? I couldn't. I started the quilt in June and finished it on Friday, July 23!! Just in time. So I wanted to show you the results and the reaction that just warmed my heart!The completed quilt, above, as finished on Friday. I have...