I started a new quilt last month at my guild’s Run Away Weekend! I have always loved these wild prints by Keiffe Fasset and others, but I really didn’t know how I would use them. I bought the prints at the Franklin Mill Store in Franklin MA. The magic carpet quilt idea was one [...]
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Thimble Pleasures Quilt Show, Upton, MA this weekend!
Come see the inchie quilt exhibit at the Thimble Pleasures Quilt Show this weekend, March 24 and 25: Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 4 at Blackstone Valley Tech High School in Upton, MA. I will be vending at the show and will have a few quilts in the display of member’s work. Hope to see [...]
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Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton VA
Here is some eye candy for you!! This is one of my guild’s raffle quilts that will be given away next month. The photos, interpreted in fabric, are all Massachusetts landmarks. There were so many great landmarks to choose from, we ended up with two quilts that will be raffled at our guild’s show in [...]
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New: Hand Applique Templates for Promise Ring
I like to think that all of my patterns can be made with hand applique as well as using my templates for fusible applique. I am working on a method to cut both the fabrics and the foundations for hand applique using the Leaves Galore Templates. Meanwhile, if you want to complete any of my [...]
And out winner is………
All of you are winners today, because I fixed my shipping cost issues on the site!! My shopping program could not tell the difference between templates and patterns to calculate shipping. Because of this, the shipping rate was calculated much too high for shipping patterns. Thank you for your patience while I found a solution. [...]
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Winners annouced in our first Blog Hop Give-a-way………
Santa landed on our Quilt Shop and dropped off presents for the following Blog Hoppers: Kathy Harris – Christmas Ribbons Mary Collier – Eve’s Garden Becky Greene – Hope’s Diamond Leah Baird – Melissa’s Quilt Desiree – Promise Ring Diane Wild – Hot and Cold Flow Thank you all for stopping in on the blog [...]
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We’re having a blog hop party!
My friends and I are having a blog hop party, and we wanted to invite YOU! As with many parties, there will be fun and games and of course, prizes!! Sue Pelland Designs is giving away a coupon for a pattern of your choice, and all you have to do is ask for it! Leave [...]
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Teaching at MQX
Registration for my class at MQX has just opened. I hope you will come to Providence and meet me, while learning some new Leaves Galore Techniques! I have put MQX on my calendar, so look there for details on how to register for this class. Look at my pictures from classes and lectures to see [...]
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Heading To Houston
Come visit me in booth 653 at the International Quilt Festival! We will have special guest Kathleen Murphy doing a demo on her Hot and Cold Flow pattern on Saturday at 3:00 and I will be doing Leaves Galore demos continuously at my booth. Stop in and say hello!
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Why I love to teach
One of my favorite parts of my job is teaching. I love the moment when my methods click, and quilters can see themselves saving loads of time by using Leaves Galore to cut their applique! This “AH-HA” moment usually occurs in a lecture for a quilt guild, and I hear it happen in the room. [...]