Are you coming???

You won't want to miss this! 

 It's a "Block Party at Sea" with Quiltmaker

and we're going on a cruise to Alaska!  

Yes! A cruise to Alaska!!!!!! 

Can you believe it, I've been asked to be one of the teachers on the cruise, too

 Talk about excited, I've never been on a cruise before and I can't wait.

We are going to have such a great time!  

This is going to be AMAZING!  

Mark your calendars for June 7-14, 2014

Here's the link with all the info. Register now!!

http://www.quiltmaker.com/events/Quilt/Block-Party/index.html

I finally did it....

Yep, finally.  I finally made a Buggy Barn block!!  

I have been wanting to do these FOREVER, but never felt I could take the time, work, work, work.  And I even had some tell me I couldn't do it because I'm too OCD.  Well here's showing you that anyone can make these super cute blocks of flowers.  See for yourselves

I took a class at Cotton Shop in Provo yesterday and thanks to Teresa, I'm hooked!!!  I love making these.  They are so fun.  I still have a couple of blocks to do.  Plus, I have two new Buggy Barn books that I'm dying to play with.  I just have to remember that all work and no play makes me a total space cadet!  

So, I'm going to need to play more often!  Anyone else out there love Buggy Barn???  

What's your favorite?  Let's hear what you have to say.

Skinnies-Lift....what???

I decided the other day that I needed to update a few Skinnies.   A "Skinnies-Lift". 

You know, change fabrics, maybe make minor adjustment, stuff like that. 

 So I looked through all the Skinnies and 

chose a few to work on and update/change.  

I started with the cat from "Fall Skinnies".  Here's the original one, as you have seen before. 

 He needed just a little something.  So I started playing around with new fabrics and whatnot.

Here's what I came up with - the updated version. 

I added the white part on the eyes and lengthen the neck by 2".  It made a big difference, right?  

The border fabric is from a Riley Blake Halloween line.  What do you think of this"Skinnies - lift"?

Next up is the Christmas Stocking from "Seasonal Skinnies 1".

Until then , enjoy your hot summer days!

Skinnies Stand!!!!!

Look what came in the mail this weekend!!!

It's a floor Skinnies Stand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ackfeld Wire now has them available.  http://ackfeldwire.com/index.php

The sun on top is a removable header, that way you can get all different designs for all the 

different holidays or seasons to use.  Ackfeld has some great headers for the holidays

The stand is 35" tall and with the sun header is 39".  You can put them anywhere.  Set it on your porch, your fireplace, on a staircase landing, just about anywhere you want to display your Skinnies.

I love mine!!!  I think I need to get a few more.....

EQ7 tutorial

Ready to learn???  Beaquilter has a great tutorial for you!  Go over and learn away.

http://www.beaquilter.com/2013/06/eq7-tutorial-tuesday-illusions.html

Happy sewing!

EQ7 --- WOW

I'm hooked!!!  EQ7 is wonderful.  I don't know how many of you have ever used it, but it's great!  I started using it just this last week and I have to tell you that it's addicting.

It has these HUGE libraies of about 5,000 quilt blocks to choose from or you can draw 

your own, which is what I've been doing :)

Then you have this Project Sketchbook that keeps track of the designs that you are 

working with.  Using EQ7  is so much easier then designing with pencil and eraser.  A few clicks and I

 rotate a block or change a color.....it's amazing, but I am easy to please.  

There are on-line classes to teach you a million different ways to do things.  

I take my first class at the end of this month.  Can't wait!  It's on applique :)

Try it out if you haven't yet. Have fun and happy sewing!

Quilters Dancing????

Did you know that quilters can dance?? We can and we did!  In Portland at Spring market, a bunch 

of us were asked to do the 

"Quilters Shuffle" with the Quiltmaker group.

What a hoot!

Check this out

If you want to see the video....yes they took a video of us all being goofy and laughing like crazy.

Luckily we were able to run through is a couple of time before they started shooting.

Check it out here:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFdMXu3acps

Well, what do you think.. can quilter dance?

I just know that we had a great time and thanks to the Quiltmaker staff for getting us to do this.

Cotton Shop Trunk Show

Thanks to Cotton Shop in Provo for having me come and play with them on Saturday.  

I always have fun going to sharing with fellow quilters.  

The top picture is of my very first quilt.  Yes, it's made from polyester with red yarn ties!!  

Can you believe it??!

I made it when I was 14.  Even though it's ugly, it's still my favorite to cuddle with.

The other pics are my goofy face while I talk about the newest quilts.  

I did a Steam-A-Seam demo while there as well.  

Thanks to everyone who attended!!  I love quilting!!!!!

Flower Pot Skinnie

Do you want to see something stinkin' cute???  Look at this!

Tiffany Searle won the magazine with this Skinnies pattern in it and look what she did.  I LOVE IT!!!

The colors are just perfect, but of course I love the brights.  Cute rounded edges and pieced border.

Great job and thanks for sharing!!

This makes me want to sew.  I've been designing a bunch of new stuff, but I think I will 

get out my machine and get busy.

NOTE: Cotton Shop trunk show tomorrow in Provo UT, hope to see you there.

Very cool give away

Hey there everyone, Kathrine from 

Choo-Choo Skadoo Quilts

is doing a give away!! 

 Go to her blog and enter to win some awesome prizes!!

http://choochooskadoo.blogspot.com/2013/06/giveaway-time.html

You won't want to miss this one

Don't forget to come and play at Cotton Shop this Saturday at 10am

pass the word along.  See you there.

Happy sewing