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admin May 31st, 2010

First I want to start out this post by announcing the winner of my first round of prizes from this post  AND THE WINNER IS …..

eileensideways who said….

one of the quilt patterns above look like mail slots and the border surrounding looks like ribbon weaving in and out. such talent, such creativity.   

Susan (eileensideways) already sent me her mailing address cause I let her know via Twitter that she won.   I have another prize to give away on that post but it needs to get up to 50 comments,  so if you already commented send someone else, or if you haven’t please do and you can win the second of these two prize packs:      

Susan will have coming her way next week, and I would love to send another one away.  And don’t forget there is still a different prize to give away at THIS post....LOTS of giveaways here peeps…share the news cause sometimes, there will be a certain number of comments required to give any of it away! 

Now on to more quilt market photos….again no particular order on these, and if you are really bored with these, you can scroll down to the end where the prize for this post is waiting.

Patricia Bravo at Art Gallery Fabrics....wonderful stuff!  With yummy new things coming up!

       
A cool runner I saw done up in Moda Odyssea ....wonderful…

Here is Bonnie and Camille’s newest stuff….love the red and aqua combo’s!!

        

and from Riley Blake Designs:

  

And then something completely different—— Terrie Mangat and her booth…just love the riot of color here!!  super nice lady! I missed the class she had been teaching that I had hoped to get in on, and she gave me the pattern and some hints and a few supplies..I will show you when I make it…it is somewhat of a soft sculpture project….She has another colorful line coming out this fall with Bees!!  I love me some bees…especially non-stinging fabricy type bees!

     

A nice little origami type shirt display of some new Japanese fabrics distributed by Clothworks...

   

Of course I was delighted to see my quilt so prominently displayed at the Robert Kaufman booth…and I HAD to take a picture, didn’t I?

  

Okay now for today’s prizes…..yes, I said prizes….I have multiple….

One of these:      with surprises inside….

A set of these:   

And for you vintage lovers a set of these gems:      

So you know the drill by now…comment here on THIS post about whatever you like best on this post….and when I get to 25 comments I will start drawing. for the above prizes…..I have a goal here people…and it really isn’t too big of one I don’t think….cause I just love giving stuff away…and these were all given to me to do just that so they are here for the taking…I mean I could keep them I suppose, but I want to share …..

Don’t forget to keep checking the past couple posts too and the next ones coming up…I have a great little package that Valori Wells gave me, and some Anna Maria gift packs, some other doodads,  and even a book giveaway coming up as well…so stay tuned…okay??  And if I am really boring you already PLEASE tell me….I will move on with things here….

I really had a great time at Quilt Market, can you tell….tomorrow I have to go back to the Day Job….sigh…don’t think it will be nearly as thrilling for me…just more of the same…but don’t get me wrong.  I am very happy to have a Day Job that can help pay for things for now…these quilting career goals of mine don’t just happen overnight. They take time….thanks for hanging out with me, while things unfold. I really appreciate your visits…..

Much quilting/fabricy love to you,

Scott

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admin January 31st, 2010

Okay Peeps, for starters…I was horrified to find out today that a BUNCH of you commented on the last two entries…and I didn’t even know they were there waiting to be approved!  I gotta talk to my Web Guru and see what’s up with that.  Usually I get an email right away asking to approve or not approve all comments to keep the spammers out…I didn’t know you were all in there waiting to talk to me!  Please accept my apologies…along with those to my contest winners whose packages STILL are sitting there. Yikes! I really gotta get those done!

I am kinda in a rush this evening, as I have still some of those same deadlines looming over me…but I wanted to share this newest quilt that is actually in a magazine that you could actually still get, because it just came out! 

  

I just got this quilt back this last week and a couple of issues as well…I will be in a guest blog over at Quiltmakersometime later this week, and there you will be able to see a picture of the inspiration for this design.  It is based on a horrendous whole cloth comforter we found somewhere (side of the road maybe)  but we thought it would work for the emergency kit in the car… I will post a link to that entry when it gets posted over there…(Ha, I still need to write it up!)

    
I can’t take credit for the name which I absolutely love for this quilt…When I was naming it..I drew a blank…I ended up calling it the Eva quilt after the line of Moda fabric it is made from…but I guess when the Quiltmaker peeps had it at Houston Quilt Market they were showing it in a Schoolhouse session and asked for name suggestions…and someone there gave it the name Lime Grape Fizz…I totally love it, and I would never have come up with it….If you were the one who named this quilt…I really want to know so I can send you a little something (eventually )   

and here is the cheesy designer photo shot…I gotta get a better picture for these things….  

So that’s it for this post..this Quiltmaker issue should be out there soon or already, so hurry up and get yourself a copy!
I have more to write about as usual (a lot more actually), but I have to get back to a project that Christine at Michael Miller asked me for using this line, and I am already behind on it.  It will be online eventually too.   The Sweetie Pie quilt will be available online soon too, maybe this coming week.  I will let you know when, or you can just check my new downloads page to find any of the free online patterns I have done.

Oh and on the six-pack battle I think the score is Donuts 8 / Washboard -6  ....sigh…tomorrow’s a fresh start, right?

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admin March 15th, 2009

 

 

 

    This really is pretty self explanatory, isn’t it?  I don’t like the finish on most fabrics…and so yes, I wash it all…and when it is nice enough, dry it on the line.   Saves electricity, wrinkles less, and looks mighty fine just hanging on the line!         

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