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Good day from Houston, TX where today we began setup for the World of Susybee Booth (#537) at International Quilt Market.  International Quilt Market is a wholesale event for shop owners, designers & creators to view "soon to be released" fabric and product lines.  The event is over the top inspiring and gets your creative juices flowing.  I attended my first quilt market as a pattern designer (May 2015) in Minneapolis. Here are some fun pics from Quilt Markets since then... Victoria Findlay Wolfe's  Star Power Quilt from Spring Quilt Market 2016.  Isn't it fabulous!!  This is a quilt by Lisa Bongean and quilted by Linda Hrcka of The Quilted Pineapple.  The pattern is "Antique Flower Garden" by Primitive Gatherings.  It's created on Lisa's Primitive Gatherings Flannel Muslin with Wool Applique.  It's to die for -- this was on display May 2015 in Minneapolis. This was my first Market "Make and Take" with Eleanor Burns -- the nicest q...

...and I couldn't be more excited.  I've been using and bragging about my l ove of Aurifil thread for nearly 5 YEARS!   One project after another has been successfully pieced, appliqued, and machine quilted using this amazingly strong, colorful and versatile thread. Remember these sweet little bird pillows?  They were one of my earliest projects using Aurifil thread. (July, 2013) On suggestion from my dear quilty mentor Wendy Sheppard , I used Aurifil 50wt to quilt the pillows on my home machine, McTavish style.    That's all it took -- they turned out wonderfully and I was SOLD on Aurifil. Learn more by clicking here. Here we are 5 years and 40 or 50 Aurifil quilts later and I've been given the opportunity to curate my very own Aurifil thread collection! Thank you Aurifil... Meet The Subtle Sampler  by Karen L. Miller ~ Redbird Quilt Co. for Aurifil  The Subtle Sampler is comprised of  4 different weights of luscious Aurifil Mako Cotton th...

Hey fellow quilters -- welcome! I'm honored to be sharing a review & giveaway for Teresa Silva's amazing new book: "Longarm Quilting Workbook -- Basic Skills, Techniques & Motifs for Modern Longarming"    Thanks for joining in the fun!! Image Courtesy F+W Media I've followed Teresa's Blog and Instagram , Quilting Is My Bliss, for years and I'm always inspired by Teresa's amazing free motion quilting.    Teresa quilts on a longarm and delivers quilts to satisfied clients faster than I can admire all the beautiful details of her work!   Modern Wholecloth by Teresa Silva - Image Courtesy Quilting Is My Bliss Teresa's very successful longarm quilting business is well respected in the industry.  Her creativity and work ethic have enabled her to become a "go-to" quilter for great fabric companies like  Free Spirit Fabrics and Moda Fabrics .    Big Sky - Designed by Lissa Alexander ~ Pieced by Tammy Vonderschmitt Fabric by Annie...