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Getting caught up on my "Quilting the Garden" BOM by Blackbird Designs.  A good friend and mentor of mine, Debbie Wick, made the quilt years ago and small group of close friends meet at Debbie's house each month to work on our own versions of this beautiful quilt with Debbie's guidance. Here is the latest block we're working on, Summer Cottage, this is an image of Debbie's finished block.  Awesome isn't it?  She does fantastic work... And here is the same block from the "Quilting the Garden" book: (I don't remember if this is Alma's or Barb's block - sorry). My Summer Cottage block currently looks like this - The roof is ready to stitch down.  What do you think of those side windows ?  Don't they look like stained glass?  The fabric was a  special gift from Debbie.  Love them. Love that background fabric too!  Another special gift - thank you my friend. * In case you're interested in the process -- I've outlined some detai...

Hi everyone - those that are working on the "Redbird and Berries" Mini Quilt in cotton (Recipe published at the Moda Bake Shop ) and now available as a free download on My Craftsy Store ,  I've put together a little tutorial to help position the Redbird mask and beak.  I hope you find it helpful.    If you are new to needle turn applique please be sure to review "Teardrops of Love - a needle turn applique tutorial" under my blog header or by clicking here .  The 4 Part tutorial shares tools, steps, tips and tricks for basic needle turn applique. First up:  Using template plastic, cut out the full bird template with face, mask and beak intact.  Additionally, cut out separate mask and beak templates as shown on the pattern.  (Pattern found on the last page of the Printer Friendly PDF at the Moda Bake Shop recipe - click here .) As outlined in Teardrops of Love Part 2: Marking, Cutting and Basting Shapes , using the template plastic, trace ...

Hi everyone -- so very excited to announce the winner of the Grow Your Blog & Redbird and Berries Giveaway .   Thanks again to Vicki at 2 Bags Full for hosting a spectacular Grow Your Blog event.  My blog certainly grew and I'm thankful for each and every follower (old and new) -- welcome and lets have some fun!! There were an overwhelming number of entries in the giveaway -- I can't thank you all enough for your generous comments and positive feedback on the "Redbird and Berries Mini Quilt. Before we get to the winner I wanted to share a new wool design I've been working on for the upcoming Winter Recess Fiber Arts Festival.  The stitching is done but I've yet to quilt, bind and label it for Monday's show -- Gosh I wonder if I'll make the cut ??  I wanted to make something springy -- because you know -- I think we've all had enough cold and snowy weather here in the North East...  What do you think ?  The Back:      I'm not sure ye...

A finish for the Fiber Festival! Woohoo - Yippee - Happy Dance!   I attended a local Fiber Festival last fall with my sister Michele and we met several lovely and talented vendors there.  Included were spinners, felters, dyers, knitters and their animals including llamas, sheep, bunnies, alpaca and so on.   After having a brief discussion and sharing pictures with the owner of "Felt Goods", Cheryl Germain, she invited me to participate in the 2014 Winter Break Fiber Festival in Ithaca, NY coming up Monday, Feb 17th.   After enjoying the Christmas season I decided to prepare a table runner with wool and cotton and some pretty feather stitching.   What an excellent way to practice your Free Motion Quilting! What I ended up with was a simple, delightful, flowered, feathered table runner -- I just LOVE it! I started by marking the feather spine along a 16" by WOF (width of fabric) background with a water soluble pen.  Ask me why I didn't use...

Hello dear friends -- this week brings with it a few items that need to be finished in short order.  I hope you enjoy the journey with me while I share some Work in Progress. * The Redbird and Berries Giveaway is open until Feb 15th  -- click here to enter * I'm still humbled by the positive feedback on the Redbird and Berries Mini Quilt.  Not only on my blog but also on the Moda Bake Shop post -- thank you all so much.  I tried my best to keep up with replies on the comments but a few things got in the way -- Soo many of you were "No-Reply" Bloggers and did not provide your email address in your comment :(   Please, please, if you've never checked, be sure to check to see if you are a "No-Reply" blogger.  Click here to see one of the many great tutorials for "No Reply" blogger syndrome.  Thanks again for all of your fantastic feedback !! On with the Work in Progress.... I'm working on completing a pair of wool appliqued, envelope backed, q...