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Greetings fellow quilters!  I hope you're having a fine week and finding time to stitch.  In Upstate NY, USA we're having wild weather again.  Lots of rain last week -- then some days in the 70's -- and tonight they are calling for snow. Before the snow reins down on us I decided to get a shot of a sweet daffodil in my overgrown front garden.  What a sight for eyes that have seen far too much snow this year.     Long live the daffodils! As always, there is a lot going on here at home - I'm getting caught up from my first overnight Lecture and Workshop with the First Dutchess Quilters in the Hudson Valley area of NY.   It was a great trip and fantastic experience with a bunch of talented, warm, and fun-loving quilters. I'll share more about that event in another post. Today I wanted to share a new tutorial with you -- a quilting design I'm referring to as "Orange Peel Grid".   This design takes a crosshatched grid and turns it into a des...

Well.... not me -- but I am excited and honored that you'll find two of my quilts in the Moda/United Notions Booth #4508 at Paducah 2015!!  Woohoo! Downtown Paducah - Image Courtesy AQS How cool is that ??   Thank you Moda Bake Shop !! Yep -- be on the lookout for Chevron with a Twist Showing off a sweet little Redbird and Faux Ruched Flowers And quilted using my Janome Horizon and The QP Curve Templates ... I do hope you have a chance to see it in person. And while you're there -- be sure to look for the Original Hearts Content Decorative Pillow The 2nd Heart's Content Decorative Pillow It will also be located in the Moda/United Notions booth... The pillow shown above is the 2nd Heart's Content Decorative pillow - made from Jelly roll strips leftover from the original Jelly Roll -- I love that you can make two pillows with one Jelly Roll. Both "quilts" are sporting shiny new labels -- attached just prior to being packaged for shipping... Both quilts were des...

Oh goodness -- how did I let the week get by without announcing the winner of the Heart's Content Charm Pack donated by Cindy at Sew It Is Quilt Shop ? 50 Lashes with a wet Jelly Roll Strip!    I do apologize and hope you forgive me. It was a ton of fun to hear which Half Square Triangle layout was your favorite.   I'll put my vote in for the Focus Layout being mine - well, besides the original Chevron with a Twist layout of course.   I just love the way Focus sends your eye to the applique, and because I love applique this layout is perfect!  I would really enjoy hiding away with a Moda Charm pack and preparing this layout.  Wouldn't that mini be sweet?   Does anyone else want to miniaturize this ? or am I the only crazy person out here ?  It's now on my official wish list of Quilts to Make!! If you decide to make 'Focus' or any of the other layouts, be sure to reference the original recipe for whipping up Chevron with a twist - i...

Hi fellow quilters... thanks for stopping by!     Before we announce the winner of the Aurifil thread (so exciting) I wanted to share a neat new Free Motion Feather sampler that I quilted on my domestic machine this week. (Of course I used Aurifil thread ;) The center motif was inspired by an Instagram post from Mary of Addicted to Fabric a few weeks ago.   After a little doodling on paper and fabric we unearthed the appropriately named "Feather Galaxy" motif.  It's sew fun to stitch. ...Below is the back of one of my first attempts to actually stitch it out...    Have I mentioned how much I love using Aurifil 50Wt Mako Cotton Thread for lint free - break free dense machine quilting ?   NO ? You've gotta Love that thread!! Happily, this sweet motif will be included in upcoming FMQ Feather Workshops being held at Quilter's Corner Ithaca, NY later this summer.  You can keep up on my class, lecture and workshop dates on my ...