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  Welcome fellow quilters!! You've landed in upstate New York, USA for one of the many stops along Pat Sloan's Mega Fun Book Tour.   A book tour you say ? YES !!   * Pat Sloan has done it again with a new book in her "Teach Me" series -- this one is focused on one of my favorite topics, Machine Quilting.     Did you know: Pat has published 33 books in 16 years? * Holy WOW -- See some of them here . * For this book, Pat invited 41 of her Quilty friends including !! ME !! to participate in the tour. * If you haven't been following along, be sure to hop on over to this post and get busy! There are projects, giveaways, tips, tricks and fun all along the way. * Some History I had the opportunity to meet Pat at International Quilt Market oh... ? 2 years ago.  She was hanging out in her Moda Fabrics booth -- surrounded by her amazing new fabric line and beautiful inspiring quilts and flashing her fabulous smile. It was my first trip to Market and I was already i...

Black Friday -- Cyber Monday So Many Sales... !!! I'm excited to host the first ever sale on my printed patterns and  A Quilter's Doodle I FMQ Inspiration and Coloring book... Here's the deal...  I have 2 published Wool Applique Patterns... and One Free Motion Quilting Inspiration & Coloring Book Buy any two items for $18* and get any 3rd item free! The patterns, Wooly Wren and Spring Basket, are darling little wool applique designs that I created on cotton backgrounds. The printed pattern comes complete with detailed instructions AND applique templates already printed on freezer paper -- making the wool applique a breeze. A Quilter's Doodle is a bound book containing 20 of my hand drawn FMQ Inspired Doodles -- it's printed on heavyweight perforated paper.   I've shared many of the doodles online -- you can peruse them using the #aquiltersdoodles hashtag on Social Media. The fun part --- You decide what 2 items you would like to purchase AND any 3rd item ...

Have a blessed day... All my best, Karen * * * Picture @Redbird Quilt Co -- Keuka Lake, NY -- Fall 2015

Welcome fellow quilters -- many thanks for stopping by! * If you're wondering what I've been up to.... * This fall I had the pleasure to work with some fantastic new Susannah Bee Fabric by Susy Bleasby for World of Susybee .  It was exciting to work with this bright, new, modern line that consists of snippets of Susy's hand painted art . The challenge was to create a quilt and a few pillows for the grand introduction at Fall International Quilt Market -- Houston. You Know I'm always up for a Quilty Challenge! Today I'm excited to share some of my Quilty process with you. First... I fell in LOVE with the floral, journal and striped fabric!!  Although I didn't use it in my quilt, there's also a beautiful corresponding floral panel!   It's so easy to create with fabric when you ADORE it!! You can see and read about the fabric line here ==> Susannah Bee - The Buzzz As I looked at the fabric it was screaming Love... but I wanted to find a way to use that a...