Friday I took a day off from Happy Acres and boarded a Lifestyle Tour Bus to attend the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before I tell you more, our tour guide Shelley and our driver Sherrie were wonderful making that trip so enjoyable! My friend Kathy emailed me a couple months ago asking if…
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Giveaway: Utility Quilting
GIVEAWAY ENDED! CONGRATULATIONS TO TONI ADKINS FROM INDIANA Good Morning! Today we have another giveaway at Bloom, Bake & Create. But first, let me tell you about this book. The publisher Landauer describes this book as follows: Author, teacher, and quilter Carolyn Forster introduces you to this timeless method of hand quilting – the ideal…
Read MorePuddin & Bamboo
Been brainstorming a new project. I printed out the tiles of this photo last night to see if this is the direction I want to go. Puddin decided this morning to move some of the paper around, finding a good place to sit. It’s been a long time since I’ve printed out anything large like…
Read MoreAnother Giveaway: Quilting-on-the-Go
Giveaway Closed! Waiting on hearing from winner. Here’s another giveaway. Read on for deadline and how to enter. In Quilting-on-the-Go, author Carolyn Forster explains how to break large quilt designs down into small, manageable sections that can be easily quilted by machine or hand. With her instructions, quilters can piece a block, quilt another and…
Read MoreBook Review and Giveaway: Fresh From The Garden
Congrats to Jane, #2 comment! If you didn’t win, check out my new giveaway today! Thanks for dropping by. GIVEAWAY!! CHECK THIS OUT! It’s been a while since I’ve had any giveaways. However, in the next couple of weeks I will be catching up with all of my book reviews and will be giving some…
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I gave myself an early Christmas present – Stupendous Stitching, a class on Craftsy taught by Carol Ann Waugh. This wonderful present has possessed me occupied many of my waking hours for the last several days! This is what I’ve been doing. I’ve taken many online classes, but in this one I felt compelled to…
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