Good Monday, everyone! My friends at Research Randomizer helped me find the winner of Gail Pan's book Changing Seasons: ***Susan L.September 20, 2019 at 3:30 AMThis book looks great! I'd love to make some of these projects! Our daughter is here from out of state, so our weekend will be spent catching up with her.*** Congratulations, Susan! I hope you enjoyed the weekend with your daughter. I bet she may be one of the recipients of the projects you will make from the book. I will contact … [Read more...] about Giveaway Winner and other musings
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Best embroidery patterns for your home.
[Edited on February 3, 2020.] I am back from a two-week vacation to Portugal (more on that on my next post) but my internal clock is sort of messed up. I have been waking up in the middle of the night and it is a good two hours before I can fall back asleep. I have been up since 1:30 am this morning so I figured I might as well kick the covers off me and come write. Write about what? Stitcheries! If you are like to embroider as much as I do, then you must be always looking for the best … [Read more...] about Best embroidery patterns for your home.
Quilt Kit Giveaway Winner
Happy July everyone! In the midst of all the preparations for the Fourth of July celebrations, let's stop to congratulate the winner of the Grace quilt kit: 1 Set of 1 Unique NumberRange: From 1 to 24 Set #1 18 Jodi - usairdollJune 28, 2019 at 9:43 AM What a fun quilt! Great job! I follow you via IG and Bloglovin. Jodi, I will email you soon to get your address so I can mail the quilt kit. I know you will enjoy making it and the easy machine applique' will … [Read more...] about Quilt Kit Giveaway Winner
Grace wall hanging Giveaway
This is my 800th post and I am celebrating by showing you a finish. Yepee! My Grace wall hanging is finally quilted and it is hanging in my family room where I see it every day. The quilting is very simple - in the ditch on the blocks (no quilting on the narrow border because I was too giddy to finish it), and stippling on the center to make the applique' pop. This happy quilt measures 26-1/2” x 30-1/2” and the blocks on the border finish at 4". The machine applique' is super easy to do using … [Read more...] about Grace wall hanging Giveaway
EQ Software Winner
Good morning, friends! Thank you for participating in the Electric Quilt software giveaway! I loved reading and responding to your comments - we all began it the same way: with paper and colored pencils. As I said in one of my replies, EQ 8 is like graph paper in steroids! I love it and cannot envision my design work without this powerful tool. Here is the winner: *** 1 Set of 1 Unique NumberRange: From 1 to 36Set #19 OhioLoriJune 6, 2019 at 6:47 PMI use graph paper... I haven't designed a … [Read more...] about EQ Software Winner
Facebook Live and Giveaway
Do you remember my quilt, Ribbon Dance, published in the Spring 2019 issue of Quilter's World Magazine? The block placement creates cool pinwheels and I want to show you how I achieved that effect. Join me at the Quilter's World Magazine Facebook page tomorrow at 4 pm (Eastern Standard Time) for a live demo featuring the Electric Quilt software which I use for all my quilt designs. If you do not design your own quilts, do join me as I will give you tips on fabric placement on blocks to make … [Read more...] about Facebook Live and Giveaway