Dye Candy Selvage Suggestions, Please???

Hello Everyone,I am sure that most of you are familiar with Etsy? Well, this year I had been looking for some great hand dyed fabrics and there are tons of people out there on Etsy that sell them. I have purchased from three of them and everything that I have received I have absolutely loved. Very high quality and these ladies take pride in their work.So one of these individuals, Chris, not only has an Etsy Shop, but a blog called Dye Candy that I follow too. She carries wonderful suede look hand dyed fabrics. I am very happy with...

Dye Candy Selvage Suggestions, Please???

Hello Everyone,I am sure that most of you are familiar with Etsy? Well, this year I had been looking for some great hand dyed fabrics and there are tons of people out there on Etsy that sell them. I have purchased from three of them and everything that I have received I have absolutely loved. Very high quality and these ladies take pride in their work.So one of these individuals, Chris, not only has an Etsy Shop, but a blog called Dye Candy that I follow too. She carries wonderful suede look hand dyed fabrics. I am very happy with...

Kaffe HST Quilt... Pieced, Quilted, Bound, and Complete!

Hello Everyone,As promised, I am back with some Kaffe goodness. If you remember THIS post, I had completed just the top. Well, I am now completely done with this quilt and I just LOVE it!! The color, the design, just everything. So I wanted to share my quilt joy with you. I hope you like it as much as me.We had a rather sunny day so I took advantage of the good lighting and took the quilt outdoors.Here is the quilt draped across the deck railing.A close up of the quilting. I just love the little ribbon inside the feathers....

A Touch of Spring... Revisited

Hello Everyone, I hope some of you remember this post about my quilt in progress, A Touch of Spring. I had so much fun putting this one together, but had hit a road block. I just got tired of working on the same thing. That must happen to everyone.Well, recently I was renewed! I decided to finish piecing the rows together to complete the quilt top. Yes, I said complete and I love it!! Here are the photos...The lower right corner. See how it transitions from raspberry to chocolate?The upper left corner, again the transition of color.The lower left corner,...

The Big Winners!!

Hello Everyone,First off, WOW, WOW, WOW!! Thank you ALL who entered my giveaway, signed up for my newsletter, are now following my blog. I promise I will not disappoint you in any way. You all just blew me away, 1553 comments!! Unbelievable. Thank you so much!!So anyway, I decided to used the Random Number Generator for this drawing. So the winning numbers in chronological order are:Comment # 2Comment # 356Comment #416Comment #700Comment #856I am sure you want to know who those lucky winners are:In order # 2 is Sara wins the Moda Jelly Roll and Layer Cake # 356 is...

Sharing My Good Fortune With You!!!

Hello Everyone,First off, I wanted to share two more photos of lovely people I was able to see again at Quilt Market.The lovely Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs. She is such a sweet person with such beautiful designs. Pop in to say hello to her, you will be glad you did.Also, the wonderful Lynette Anderson and her son Eddie. Lynette has a project featured on the cover and inside the magazine Quilt Country, a French magazine. So if you can get your hands on it, you need too. They are always a pleasure to see! Now onto the good...

"Hey... Don't I Know You???" Quilt Market #6

Hello Everyone,First some business... some quilty inspiration has just been uploaded to my gallery. Go there and look under the Recent Additions. Beautiful quilts!!Now onto more Quilt Market. One of the distinct advantages to going to market, is that you meet up with some very cool people. Some quilting celebrities, some friends, some blogging buddies, well you get the idea.Anyway, it is like old home week! Such fun and such great people. So lets see who I ran into...First up the lovely Brenda Riddle from Little Acorns. It was nice to see her again, she is just the sweetest and...

Inside and Outside Quilt Market #5

Hello Everyone,Yes, I know you are probably all asking yourselves... "Isn't she done yet with those Quilt Market posts?" Clearly the answer is no. But rest assured I have thousands of pictures... only kidding. Really, I am weeding through them and taking only ones that I think might interest you.But first, go over to my Etsy shop and take a look at the new 1930s charm packs and die cut circles I added. Shameful plug for my shop, sorry.Okay, now onto the fun inside market...Looking down onto the market floor anxiously waiting for the doors to open!My travel partner/friend Pam...

Sample Spree... Wheeee!! Quilt Market #4

Hello Everyone,Welcome back for Quilt Market post #4!! We are now off to Sample Spree. This follows Schoolhouse on the first day of market. So we are pretty much plum tuckered out. Sample Spree opens up at 8:00 and here we are waiting in line just a little before 6:00! Yikes! But we are with friends and amongst quilters.Here Laura of Quilting By the Yard, and Pam are sitting resting their feet looking happy but tired.Don't worry ladies, the doors will open soon.The masses.Michelle, of Quilting by the Yard, looking a little weary.The entrance to quilty paradise.My loot! I just...

Kaffe-licious Schoolhouse! Quilt Market #3

Hello Everyone,Just two pieces of business first, my newest podcast, episode 6, is up and running. You can find it HERE or in iTunes. Also my October Newsletter is also been sent out, but you may also find it here. So now on to the fun stuff!Here is another of my MOST favorite schoolhouse classes that Pam and I chose. It is all Kaffe all the time. Well, Liza Prior Lucy and Brandon Mably were also there. Definitely an extra added bonus.We were treated to seeing the newest Kaffe Fassett Collective Fabrics. Also, we viewed quilts from his newest book...

Are You Ready for Schoolhouse?? Quilt Market #2

Hello Everyone,As promised more market photos and market talk. The next few posts are going to come fast and furious and be mostly photos for your viewing pleasure. So the good part is less writing from me. I can really talk if given the opportunity, just ask Michelle, Laura (owners of Quilting By the Yard), and Pam. I introduced them all to you before and here are my Quilt Market Buddies, sitting, contemplating, and finally choosing their schoolhouse selections. Some of the choices were tough. But everyone was happy here, now the end of the day we were all dragging.So...

Are You Ready for Schoolhouse?? Quilt Market #2

Hello Everyone,As promised more market photos and market talk. The next few posts are going to come fast and furious and be mostly photos for your viewing pleasure. So the good part is less writing from me. I can really talk if given the opportunity, just ask Michelle, Laura (owners of Quilting By the Yard), and Pam. I introduced them all to you before and here are my Quilt Market Buddies, sitting, contemplating, and finally choosing their schoolhouse selections. Some of the choices were tough. But everyone was happy here, now the end of the day we were all dragging.So...

To Market To Market.... and Other Musings

Hello Everyone,For those of you who are regular readers of my blog most likely know that I went to Quilt Market last week and return home on Monday. I actually walked into my home at midnight. So technically I returned home on Tuesday. So the next few posts are going to be chronicling my market adventures. Hopefully, they won't bore you to tears, but will entertain.My friend Pam and I set off on our yearly market adventure at the hour of 5:00 am. We left my house to head to the airport to catch a flight with Southwest Airlines. The...

Blogger Quilt Festival 2009 Fall Edition

Hello Everyone,Well I am in Houston at this time enjoying Quilt Market and will be bringing back lots of goodies to share. But while I am there I wanted to participate in Amy's Blogger Quilt Festival! So I scheduled this post and wanted to show you my favorite quilt. I actually have two favorites. The first is a Judy Niemeyer quilt design that I completed. It is paper pieced and I just love it. Batiks were used to give this quilt a good variation in color. This quilt is also my avatar. So if you see this on any blogs...

Not My Intention

Hello Everyone,You should all remember the Kaffe quilts that I have been working on and posting about, right? Well for the one that I finished, a few posts ago, I thought I would piece the backing. So, I started to piece it and this is what became of some of the scraps..."Hmmm..." I said to myself. This looks like it would be a great coin quilt.So I kept on sewing scraps and ended up with three rows! I liked it!So I put it on the floor (design wall still occupied with another project) to lay it out with white to...

Hole In The Wall Gang Call Out!!

Hello Everyone,I know that some of you remember my call out last year for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Well, it is that time again. I have had some e-mails and inquiries about when I would be calling out for pillowcases again. The time has begun!!Our guild had it's first meeting of the year 2 weeks ago and has set a goal this year for 2,000 pillowcases! Yes, that is a lot, but last year we had 1,600 made and delivered. Here are some pictures from that special day...The car packed with boxes ready to travel.Boxes arrived safe...

Riot of Color

Hello Everyone,I bet you have been wondering what I have done with all those Kaffe HSTs? Well, even if you weren't I am going to let you know. I have had a blast!!This is the first quilt. If you remember, I said that I had enough to make two. This is the first layout. I am in love with it!! The color just makes my heart sing.Definitely a shot of ROYGBIV!Love the oranges, reds, and yellows.So much summer here in these colors.I actually laid this out several times until I got the right mix of colors transitioning from on to...

Distracted

Hello Everyone,So this week was very busy for me, in a good way. I was busy quilting customer quilts and busy with lots of other good things.They were all very good distractions. Here is a list of what I accomplished and feel good about:1. E-mailed and posted my September Newsletter.2. Uploaded my 5th Podcast here and in iTunes. (By the way, thank you to all who have listened to me talk, given me suggestions, and reviewed my podcasts on iTunes. I really appreciated you listening. Keep them coming!)3. Getting ready for Quilt Market in Houston. Just a few more weeks....

A Little of This and a Little of That

Hello Everyone,I bet you thought I was done with Kaffe? Not yet. I am definitely on a Kaffe binge. Love it! A while ago, Stephanie asked me to be one of her pattern testers. I jumped at the chance because I just admire her bags and creativity. Some of you may have seen this post earlier this week. Yes, I tested her Prickly Pear bag pattern. A dream to piece together and really cute to boot!! A must have for any bag lover. So you guessed it my version was done in Kaffe fabrics.I added this beautiful vintage flower button.Quilted...

Pretty Piles of Progress

Hello Everyone,As promised, I wanted to show you some progress on my Kaffe quilt! I just love how it is turning out, although I am not too far into the process. But I am just glad to be sewing and not unsewing!!So I started out by cutting all those fabrics you saw here into triangles with my AccuQuilt Studio cutter. Love that thing!! See all the corners are trimmed off, makes for perfect matching.You can see 2 HST trial blocks before beginning to sew all the rest.Whittling away at the massive pile of triangles felt so good!Had to show you...