Heart tablerunner

I finished the tablerunner yesterday and used up the rest of the fabric from the quilt. I squared up the heart blocks to 9-1/2" and cut the white and red squares at 3-1/2". I hope to have both of them quilted this week. Kits for the shop are almost cut. Pattern for heart block and quilt is from Kwik Scrappy Heart.

Stayed up late!

I stayed up late last night because I was determined to get this heart quilt done. It was late and I made a couple mistakes, but it is done! One block was too small so I just added an extra strip. I decided I wasn't going to redo it and when I laid it on the floor I think it looks really cute! Anyway, I am cutting some kits for it this week and will try to get them on the website. I had extra fabric left.....So, today I think I will come up with a tablerunner to make. Two projects in one kit--how cool is that!

Mark Lipinski's Top 75!

Mark Lipinski has a magazine call Quilter's Home. In this issue he has listed his top 75 websites that ever quilter should visit. I am slowing working my way through the list. I was so honored that he chose my website as #20 on his list. Thanks Mark!

Quilt Calendar 2010

The new Quilt Art Calendar is out for 2010. This is a beautiful engagement calendar for keeping track of those important appointments. Klaudeen Hansen has found some of the most beautiful quilts from quilters all over the nation and has featured a different quilt each time you turn the page. I had the pleasure of machine quilting one of my favorites for Pat Current of Apple Valley, MN. Her beautiful Mariner's Compass quilt was chosen to grace the pages for the week of March 29th through April 4th. Congratulations Pat! The calendar comes with a spiral binding so it lays flat and is printed with 7-day spreads. It also has plenty of room to write notes. This would make a great gift for any quilter or for yourself.

Take Care of the Future

These cute bags have just been added to our website. They are made from recycled water bottles and you can recycle them again!

They are great for lunches or used as gift bags. You can wipe them clean and there is a inner pocket for a beverage.

Cute designs by Patty Reed.

11.5''H x 10''W x 4.75''D

Love Antique Quilts!

Oh my gosh, I love antique quilts! I just recently purchased this quilt top off ebay! It is in perfect shape. I am also a huge fan of scrap quilts!...so, of course, it said buy me all over it. I love to sit and look at all the wonderful fabrics. I also appreciate how the quilters back then always made do with what fabric they had by piecing their scraps together as you can see by the close up picture. I need to do this more often, but as a quilter we always love that excuse to run out and buy more fabric.

I just got in lots of new patterns by Bonnie Blue Quilts. These are great patterns to use up some scraps and if you love reproduction fabrics...you will find them twice as nice.

I am not sure if you have seen this video on youtube.com, but what a hoot! It is called the Mum Song. Take a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nem0bkErGVY

Enjoy!