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January 20, 2017
in Blog, Fabric Review, studio
by ScottHansen
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Winners Circle

Happy Mid January already!! I just love giving away stuff, I did a lot of that over the last few months, but I have been negligent to keep you all informed of who the winners were. So here's a short post to let you all in on who won what. I have already sent out the Prizes. Everybody should have their goodies by now I would hope! [caption id="attachment_52319" align="alignnone" width="459"] Do you remember Wren Olive? She is one of the "Prop Girls" Blue Nickel Readers named back in 2010!![/caption] In...

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January 3, 2017
in Blog, color, design, Flame On!, folk art, Oregon, Quilters' Affair, Sisters, The Stitchin' Post, Uncategorized
by ScottHansen
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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year, peeps! And I am so excited to have all the new people stopping by the Blue Nickel for the Splendid Sampler Bonus Block and Deco States Giveaway! Make sure you leave a comment on that post for a chance to win! Today's post is mostly about the Big Day coming up at the Stitchin' Post in two days. January 5th is the day you can start signing up for Quilters' Affair Classes this coming summer in Sisters, Oregon. There is a GREAT line-up of...

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December 31, 2016
in Blog, Fabric Review, folk art, Giveaways, quilt pattern, quilting, The Splendid Sampler
by ScottHansen
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Good Morning World!

Back to the Splendid Sampler! It's been awhile.  But I am ever so grateful that from the get-go, Pat and Jane emphasized that this journey would be one that you could take at your own pace and not worry about keeping up. I had a great start, but have not been great about keeping up! And here I am, giving the Splendid Sampler crew ANOTHER Block to catch up with!   :) I thought it would be fun to start off the new year with a hopeful and anticipatory...

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December 22, 2016
in Blog, Christmas, randomness
by ScottHansen
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Blue Christmas

I'm having a Blue Christmas. But hold on, don't start feeling all sorry for me or anything. We don't ALWAYS have to be cheerful, happy, Smiles all of the time. It's not that I am super Sad or anything. I am mostly pretty content actually. And THAT is a lot better than in past years. But I have been SUPER contemplative about a great many things. I have started to wake up from this Christmas Materialism we have found ourselves smothered in  for the last 60-70 years or so...

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December 11, 2016
in Blog, Christmas, country, design, Fabric Review, folk art, Giveaways, quilt pattern, quilting
by ScottHansen
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Handmaker Again

So do you remember when I posted about Natalie Barnes' Hand Maker fabric back in October? Well, this here post is the follow up post I promised. I have known Natalie off and on over the years from Quilt Markets past. She was a big supporter of Generation Q back when the magazine started, and I was on the initial start-up team there. Most of my contact has been a passing hello or hug at Market. But this past summer, Natalie taught classes at Quilters' Affair with me...

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