eBay Goodies!

One of my newest fav sellers on eBay is myvintagelife.

They scan vintage images at a high dpi and print them out on high quality fabric for use in any project you can image.

I have bought a few of these images on fabric blocks lately and have grand plans for all kinds of pillow goodness.  I can add some small quilt blocks, borders, half square triangle around the images, make a back and viola quick project-instant gratification!

 

I will blog more about the pillows in the making when I do so (tenatively penciled in for late August early September…subject to change) but I just had to share this vendor with all you.

Some of the many images available.

 

      Yes I have this one.

 

 

And this one too.

 

 

 

And this one…I am thinking this just image might be pieced into every quilt back of my quilts.

I am loving this idea.

Go check out this vendor. 

Let me know what images you bought.  

 

Come Quilt With Me & Pat Yamin!

While I am currently in North Carolina teaching…..

Next month on the 30th I will be in Michigan City Indiana teaching

Pieced Hexies at Pat Yamin’s 5th Annual Quilter’s Retreat. 

       

The retreat is being held at the Blue Chip Casino Hotel and Spa.  (I am liking that Spa part!)

Sparkle, Tumbler and Jacks are the hexies that we will be spending our time with.

 

 

But I am not the only teacher….Stevii Graves, Frieda Anderson and Pat Yamin will also be providing one day classes. You can sign up for one day or as many as you wish.

Come Quilt with Me in September!

What’s that box about?

You may of noticed the box in the upper right hand of my blog.   The one that says “This blog received Gold Star from The Quilt Pattern Magazine.   What’s that you ask?

The Quilt Pattern Magazine is a new electronic based quilt magazine.

It is chock full of everything love and find in our traditional mail delivery quilt magazines except it isn’t mailed.

And this techie quilting chick on the go likes that. I like that I can download it to my laptop and open it up and read.  And if an ad catches my eye, or a blog link (a la my blog mention) I can just click and instantly I am there on the website or blog checking it out.

If I want to print a pattern…no prob.   Yes you are using your printer and ink.  But there is the “print in gray scale option” and truly in the long run the saving of space and convenience makes me happy.

This is just a sample of the fantastic patterns I am seeing.

And articles about EQ and quilt photography.  So it is more than just patterns.  But there are so many patterns!!

A subscription is just $14.99 for 12 issues (or 13 if you sign up now and take advantage of their Baker’s Dozen special)

Tell them I sent you!  And maybe we can meet up I the chat room sometime soon!

Enjoy the day,

It’s one of those days.

You know the type of day, you wake up thinking I have not much to do and this day will be a breeze.

And then every turn you make unveils something else that needs your attention NOW and before you know it the day is almost over.  And you are exhausted.

Welcome to my day.

 

On Monday I finished my manuscript.  Well 95% of it.  There are a few more elements to go into it but until my editor does her thing and gives me a standing page count I am not sure how much room there will be.  So I will finish these elements by months end when I have an idea how many pages I may have.

 

 

But regardless.  The core of the book is done.  DONE!  My original due date was Oct 1st and in June I was given a new due date.  And I did it.  I am pretty darn proud of myself.  It was 32 days of a 12-14 hour days to finish it in time.  Thank goodness I had about 40% done prior. 

So yesterday I was walking around the house with absolutely nothing to do.  So what did I do.  I tackled half of those fore mentioned book elements. I think I have forgotten how to relax.  I remember relaxing in early January.  I don’t think I have since.  In fact I am not sure if I even remember how to sleep in.   This is sad.

Today I envisioned that relaxing that I passed by yesterday.  Didn’t really happen.

Tomorrow I am off to North Carolina at 6am to teach the Collaboration Celebration Retreat with Bonnie Hunter.   The retreat runs to midday on Sunday and the days will be filled with fun and sewing. 

Sunday afternoon Bonnie and I are taking off to spend a few days in her cabin in the mountains. We both need to just have a few days of nada.  

Cell phone service and internet will low key.  We think this will actually help.  We plan to just veg.  and sew.  and sleep.   and veg some more.

Why do I think we are going  get either nothing done or a whole lot done.

What do you think?

p.s. my new book will be out mid January 2014

Flea Market Find!

This cute doxie planter from the 50s was found at the flea market yesterday. No by me but found, bought and then gifted to me.

It has a new life in my studio as scissor holder. Note: I stuffed scrap batting into the planter part to make it comfy for sharp objects.

Love.

Lots to share this week.

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7 years ago.....

I am in my studio today sewing the final 9 samples together for the next Pieced Hexies book.

I went to cut this fabric and upon opening it I found this.

And I stopped and smiled.

Seven years ago, when they were 15, I hired Paul & Emily to work in my studio for the summer. They wanted ipods and they worked for them.

Paul chose the job of pulling every fabric in my stash and cutting a 5" square from it for my Coloriffic Workshop.

Over the years I have found others like this but it's been awhile.

He is now a college graduate living on his own and loving it in Madison Wisconsin.

Tomorrow we are meeting up with him at the Kane County Flea Market. I plan to give him the biggest hug.

Today I will pin this blue fabric to my design wall and pet it when I walk by.

Always a mom.

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Book Giveaway Winner!

We have a winner!   The random generator chose #4!

EVELYN CHAGNON

Yippee!

Evelyn send me your snail mail and Tula Pink’s Book is on it’s way.

Thanks everyone for all your comments in my Christmas in July giveaway.  My work on my book is in it’s very final stages so I will be able to get back to “showable” projects in the studio.

Doesn’t mean the giveaways are over…I love a good giveaway myself. 

 

See ya tomorrow!