Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway for SMS Giveaway Day! I used the old Random Number Generator and got #100. A little bit of counting backwards and I figured out that Anne won the Library of Books! Anne is currently enjoying Jean Wells book Intuitive Color. Great choice and if you ever get to see Jean in person, don’t miss …
Former QuiltCon Juror Tells All
First, I have to say I LOVE the salacious title of my blog post! Hey, I’m from LA. I can do that. Mostly this will be an education on how a juried quilt show works. I do feel that I need to start this out saying that this is in no way endorsed by the Modern Quilt Guild, the organization …
Giveaway Day: Library of Quilt Books!
Thanks for stopping by my brand new website and blog via Giveaway day! Thanks so much Sew Mama Sew for sponsoring. After you enter feel free to spend a little time browsing! Giveaway Day – or more correctly Giveaway Week – is sorta like Christmas. I am so excited to present to you my blog giveaway this year. I call it the Library …
Why I Love the Pantone Color of the Year
I have to start this out with complete honestly. When I first saw Marsala, I was unsure. Completely unsure. All I could think of was if this is THE color of the year then it has to be an awesome color that a lot of people would automatically love, right? And then for me the color Marsala by itself conjured up visions of Mauve …
Kona Charm Pack Winner!
Thanks everyone for all your kind comments about Triangulate and for entering the giveaway! Thanks Robert Kaufman for sponsoring! And the giveaway winner is. . . drumroll please. . . number 45! And number 45 is Kathy Pfaltzgraff! Kathy look out for an email from me so we can get your address and send you your charm pack. …
Robert Kaufman: 30 Quilts, 30 Years
I love Kona Cotton! I remembered getting my first Kona color card and drooling over all the colors and all the possibilities. And to think they started with just a dozen colors 30 years ago! When I was asked if I would design a quilt to help Robert Kaufman celebrate 30 years of Kona I was a bit overwhelmed. Especially …
318 Patchwork Patterns Giveaway Winner!
I used a Random Number Generator to select a winner and the number is: This means the winner of the book 318 Patchwork Patterns is Irelle Beatie! She says: Congrats Irelle. Check your inbox for an email from me so you can let me know where to ship your new book!
318 Patchwork Patterns Blog Hop: Around the Circus Quilt (and a Giveaway)
I couldn’t resist agreeing to be a part of this Blog Hop – Kumiko Fujita’s 318 Patchwork Patterns translated into English?!?!! Yes, please! I know a lot of you have hunted the Japanese version of this book down and now it’s available to all for purchase. World Book Media has worked with Fujita to provide this book in English. Yay! …
Hadley Giveaway Winner!
Free Spirit Fabrics was nice enough to sponsor a giveaway of a fat quarter pack of Denyse Schmidt’s Hadley fabric that includes coordinating solids. Out of 191 entries #24 is the winner!! Congrats Kei! We can’t wait to see your quilted table runners. Check your email for a message from me!
#ModernSolidsChallenge – VOTE!!!
(Hadley giveaway post is here!) That was fun! In the end, seven awesome bloggers/designers (Faith of Fresh Lemons Quilts, Heather of Olive and Ollie, Holly of Bijou Lovely, John of Quilt Dad, Lee from Freshly Pieced, Megan of Canoe Ridge Creations and myself) came up with seven pretty awesome quilts! I sorta can’t be mad if any one of us …