Wool Pincushions

I found a wonderful lady named Ellen in Port Angeles, WA that makes these fabulous hand-crafted pincushions. She even sent me a small gift. The cute little bunny on a vintage spool of thread. How cute is she? Thank you Ellen for the thoughful gift. I LOVE IT!

Sorry, the bunny is not available for purchase, but you can find the other adorable pincushions on my website. Since these are all handcrafted, it takes a little longer to get them back in stock. Some variations will occur when reordering.

Butchart Gardens Canada

My husband and I just got back from Seattle, WA celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary. While we were there we took a ferry to the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, north of Victoria in Cananda. I believe this must be what Heaven looks like. It was absolutely the most beautiful world-class gardens. The purple flowers were my husband's favorite. It is definitely a must see. I am in love with the island and would love to live there.

Holly Jolly Snowman Kit by Moda

Just arrived in the store is a prepackaged kit by Moda with fabric by Kathy Schmitz. Kit includes Winter Welcome pattern by Coach House Designs and fabric for the 50" x 54" quilt top and binding. Backing not included. You will need an additional 3 yards for backing. You still have plenty of time to get it done before Winter arrives!

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.