Happy Thanksgiving, almost....

2012 tree 
but then again, my Christmas tree is up already. Clint is ready to put Christmas up right after Halloween, so I just have to go with it and decorate the tree when he puts the tree up, luckily he gave me a couple weeks after Halloween before he put the tree up. I promise we celebrate Thanksgiving over here, and for the most part I refuse to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving....
November 20, 2012 by Judi

Beth and her excellent applique skills!

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So, first off - this quilt is Beth's. I have quilted several quilts for Beth and it is always a pleasure to quilt for her.  She makes me think that hand applique might eventually be fun to try ;-)  Her skills are just amazing.  This quilt pattern is called Stevie's Garden by Susan Smithand it has almost 650 applique pieces, WOW!!! I know it takes patience to quilt, but hand applique must take so...
November 15, 2012 by Judi
Tags: Quilting

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Well, it is hard to believe this little monkey is 2!  It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital going through natural birth (I know, I am slightly crazy) to bring this little boy into the world. It was worth the pain, he has been such a joy and blessing to our family.
   
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We could not get one good picture of this kid smiling, but I am ever so thankful to Clint for pulling this face - he tends...
November 12, 2012 by Judi

What I'm working on this week...

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So, this week has been an adventure to say the least. Between cleaning the house, taking care of the kids, laundry, dinner - I am making time for a little fun sewing. Multitasking is always fun, isn't it? I think us moms/quilters are pretty good at it. This current project is a design in the works, after the pattern is finished and the quilt is done, the quilt will go to a friend having a baby....
November 08, 2012 by Judi

The past week

With all the positive comments that keep me going and the encouragement I get from you readers, I am always thankful to the people who make it interesting and keep it real. You never know what you are going to get when you do a blog post and my last post was no different. First off - Wow!! THANK YOU to all of the sweet comments you left me. This blog started out as my business blog and in the...
November 01, 2012 by Judi

Bonnie's Quilt all finished!!

First off, quilt stats. I took 29.5 hours to quilt this, I used 2 layers of Hobbs 80/20 batting (for detail to pop) and I used a gold Magnifico thread and a cream Glide thread. I have to say that I love both of the threads I used, this was the first time I tried out Magnifico and I was thoroughly happy with this thread.

Bonnie pieced this special quilt and she did a beautiful job, I love how...
October 25, 2012 by Judi
Tags: Quilting

Road Trip!

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Me, my honey and my sparkly peach shirt took a road trip this week. We had a fabulous time!

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First stop, Panguitch - a small Utah town about two hours northeast of here. I love that there is quilting inspiration everywhere I go.

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This is a monument to the Pioneer Men who used their quilts to travel across snow to get food from a neighboring town. It is a touching story and it always makes me cry...
October 20, 2012 by Judi

Winners and some quilting..

When I said (last Monday) that you had until Friday to win my giveaway, I meant Monday - today - right, sorry about that. I had someone remind me today that I didn't post the winners and I just have to apologize - I feel like I am doing that a lot lately. 

So anyway, the winners of the giveaway are first, Barb from Nana Barb's Musing and the second, Gene Black. Congratulations! We will send you...
October 15, 2012 by Judi

Checking in...

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I feel like I am not getting much done as far as quilting is concerned, but there has been some progress on this quilt. I will post more pictures when I can, hopefully I can finish this soon! But, for now I am at the computer finalizing everything for my book to pass on to the editor - so excited! - that's why I have been absent from my blog and I may be absent a little longer, I hope you will...
October 11, 2012 by Judi

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

So we have had handfuls of new Moda lines come in to our shop over the past couple weeks, and it's time for us to give some of it away!  This will be very simple - all you have to do to enter is tell us what your 3 favorite items are on our website, and two winners will win one of their favorite items! 

This giveaway will end Friday night.

Click here to visit our shop!

Also, be sure to check out our...
October 08, 2012 by Judi