We're in!
check us out- our pattern, Stack O'Jacks, is in McCalls Quilting!
Here's a link to their web site.
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/articles/Stack_o_Jacks
What fun!

I have been meaning to write , but I wasn't too sure what to write! Elizabeth and I have been working on a really fun design but I can't show it to you yet!
I can tell you that we are on page 71 of the latest McCalls Quilting magazine- it's the "Coming in October" page and the little pumpkin face is ours!
So be sure to head to your favorite quilt shop on August 4th and pick up McCalls Quilting! We are so excited!
And hopefully we will have more news to share soon!
Happy quilting!
Kate

Class

While at spring Market, Elizabeth and I took the time to take a couple of classes. We usually don't do this as we need to be in the booth, so this was a treat. Saturday we each took a different class. Elizabeth took a class on embellishing with Krenick threads- fun stuff! and I took a class called Art Quilts and Journaling. I have been intrigued with the idea of art quilts. There are so many things I want to try and I figured this was a beginning step.

So, off to class I went. It was taught by Jennifer O'Brien of JT Trading. They have the 505 spray, 606 spray, etc... So naturally we were going to use them. We received some fabric, ribbon, small , silk flowers and a paper napkin. And this is what I created. The birdhouses and butterflies are from the paper napkin. Cool! We fused everything together with the 606 spray and how fun to walk away with a little project completed. They also have plastic templates so you can cut your creation into a trading card, or a postcard or a journal page.

So, I guess I am going to have go play some more!

Spring Market

Wow! What fun! Elizabeth and I got to go to Spring Quilt Market and wander around. It was weird not to have a booth but it was also fun to be able to see all the other booths, the quilts, meet new people and talk with some people we have met before. So HI! to all our old and new friends- it was great!

We stayed at a wonderful old hotel. Our room looked out at the stadium so we got to see the baseball games- and the fireworks. And next door was a theatre so we went to see Beauty and the Beast. What a wonderful show.

As much fun as market was, it is good to be home, doing a little sewing, hanging out with hubby and snuggling with the kittty (she is a little pushy!).

off to dream about all our new new fabrics, toys, ideas....

Wow!

I just went thru all the pages on the Collage Mania site and they are great! I have already made of list of my favorites. If you don't know what Collage Mania is about- it's a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society sponsored by Fiberart for a Cause. There are 39 pages of wonderful, inspiring collages by various artists that you can bid on. And 100% of the donations go to the cancer society. Wonderful. Next year I hope to make a collage- like many people, I have family members and friends who have been lost their fight to this disease or who are fighting this disease.

Go! Be inspired! Bid! http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/CM2009Collages1.html

Have you ever started a project and it kept getting bigger and bigger and took over your life? I'll bet you thought I was talking about a quilt project! How about a home project? What started out many months ago (like in the fall) as a "one room replace the carpet" project has turned into a whole downstairs renovation mess! I miss my real sink, the dishwasher but the thing I miss the most is the garbage disposal. We are currently washing the dishes in a plastic overflow sink.

What does this have to do with quilting? Ever notice how your environment can influence you? We usually hear about the breathtaking sunset or the amazing landscape that inspired a design, a color scheme or just the creative process.

Environment can also have a negative impact. Because our little renovation includes most of the first floor (literally- we replaced all the flooring!), the whole house is still a mess. The are no picutres on the walls, the rooms are not back to gether, there is stuff everywhere including the garage, the basement, the kids' rooms (if they try to come from college for the weekend, we will have to clear them a space!). It is a little overwhelming, almost depressing. It looks like we have lived here for 2 months not 13 years. So I think this weekend a little decorating and stuff management is in order. Maybe then my house will be an environment that supports the creative muse, not one that seems to suck the life out of it! Wish me luck!

I could say that its been a while, but then I say that everytime! To be honest, I am spending so much of my time with my "day" job, that I have not had time for the job that makes me happy- my quilting.

We did finish our quilts made with the Cambridge Square fabric from Northcott. I really like the design. Elizabeth made the one from the brown fabric and I did the blue one.

We have lots of projects in the hopper-

it's very exciting! I just wish there were more hours in the day.

Off to finish some directions. And wait for the snow that is supposed

to blanket us tonight.

Kate