It Is MY Month... YAY!! Come and Get Your FREE Aurifil Block of the Month!!

Hello Everyone,

I am so excited it is MY month for the Aurifil Block of the Month!!

I created a special block from Art Gallery's fabric line Rock and Romance using Aurifil Thread, just for you!!

But you also have the opportunity to get to know me a little better...

Nope this isn't the block, it is actually the very first quilt I made.  Yup that is right... take a look at those calico fabrics.  Whew, so glad that we are past those.  Although, they really did serve a purpose.  I no longer own this quilt.  I gave it to my college roommate after I made it.

How many of you still own your first quilt?

I bet you are wondering what this has to do with the Block of The Month?

Well, Pat Sloan interviewed me with some fun questions and I answered them all!  There are some great photos too.  You just have to pop on over to the Aurifil blog to grab the PDF for the Block of the Month and you can read the interview too.

You can also read about how Pat and I first met... face to face... funny!  

But the best part is grabbing the Block!  I named it Rock Around the Clock.  

I hope you like it...  You must watch the video too!  Classic!

Just click here to read the interview and grab the PDF.

Until Next Time...

It Is MY Month... YAY!! Come and Get Your FREE Aurifil Block of the Month!!

Art Gallery Oval Elements Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

While I am here on retreat in Vermont, I thought it would be fun to have a little giveaway!

I LOVE Art Gallery fabrics and especially the Oval Elements collection.  They are wonderful blenders for any project.  You can find ALL Art Gallery here in my shop.

Would you like a chance to win these wonderful fabrics??  If so, you will need to visit my friend Amy at Diary of a Quilter.  She is kindly sponsoring this giveaway.  If you have never visited Amy, you need to go check out her blog!  Tell her I said hello.  And good luck in the giveaway!

Click here to enter the giveaway!!

Unti lNext Time...

Art Gallery Oval Elements Giveaway

Summerlove Fabric Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

Since Summer is just about over here in the U.S., I thought it would be appropriate to have a giveaway of Art Gallery's Summerlove collection!

These are beautiful fresh fabrics that will work well in anyone's fabric stash

They can be found here in my online shop should you need them right away, but you can also enter to win this yummy little bundle over at my friend Maureen's blog!

All you need to do is...

Click Here To Enter The Giveaway!

Until Next Time...

Summerlove Fabric Giveaway

Two, Two, Two Giveaways in One!!

Hello Everyone,

Yes, you read that right!!  I am giving away two fat quarter packs at two of the fabulous blogs that I sponsor!

First up, the NEW Oval Elements colors.  Aren't they fantastic?  You can find them here in my shop, but if you would like a chance to win this bundle,  please go and visit my friend Maureen at Maureen Cracknell Handmade.

Click Here To Enter the Oval Elements Giveaway!

The second bundle is this fabulous set of batiks from my shop.  You can find these by clicking here, and many more batiks too.

But if you would like a chance to win this bundle, please visit my friend Alyssa at Pile O Fabric.

Click Here to Enter the Batik Giveaway!

Best of luck to all!

Until Next Time...

Two, Two, Two Giveaways in One!!

Summerlove Fabric Giveaway!

Hello Everyone,

It is time again for another giveaway!  I know you all like fabric and how can you resist Summerlove?

This giveaway consists of 7 fat quarters from Art Gallery's Summerlove Collection, available in my shop by clicking here.  Oh, yeah one is from the Oval Elements collection.

Not only can you enter the giveaway, but I am also offering 15% off all Art Gallery Fabric in the shop. Just use the code  15art  during checkout to receive your discount.  Click here to get started.

But if you want to win these lovely little fat quarters you just need to visit my friend Amy Ellis at Amy's Creative Side!

She has been a blogging friend for a long time and if you have never visited her blog you need to now.

So...

Click here to enter the giveaway!

Until Next Time...

Summerlove Fabric Giveaway!

4th of July Giveaway!

Hello Everyone,

What a great day to celebrate many things!  I would like to celebrate our quilting freedom with a little fabric giveaway!

You can win this fat quarter pack of Art Gallery Fabric Oval Elements!  Wouldn't they just be great in your stash??

Nine luscious colors to add to your next project.  If you would like to see these and more colors, just click here to see what is available in the shop.

But to enter the giveaway, you will need to visit my friend Rita at Red Pepper Quilts.  If you don't know Rita, you need to get to know her.  She is fabulously creative and you can truly be inspired.  

Rita and I have been partnered up for several years now and often do giveaways.  Head on over there to enter the giveaway and give her a great big hello from me!!

Click here to enter the giveaway!

Until Next Time...

4th of July Giveaway!

Indigo

Hello Everyone,

I am so excited to introduce you to a brand new quilt ~ Indigo!  Indigo is special because it was designed by my friend Pat Bravo of Art Gallery Fabrics.

It is made with a combination of her wonderful fabrics in teals, greens, and yellows.

Beautiful!  I know, I have seen it first hand, I quilted it for her!  Very excited to have worked on it.

But I am even more excited to tell you that Pat and I have combined our efforts to bring Indigo to you...

Exclusively through my shop, Canton Village Quilt Works.  Yes, that is right, you can buy the kit to make this gorgeous quilt from my shop.  The kit includes all the fabric for the top and the binding as well as a downloadable pattern for the instructions on piecing the quilt.

If you are as in love with this quilt as I am, just click here to purchase your kit!  Also, make sure you go and tell Pat how much you love her quilt too!  You can find her here and here  and here.

By the way, if you haven't heard the interview that I did with her at Quilt Market, you can still listen to us on my podcast by clicking here or you can download from iTunes for free.  Enjoy!!

Until Next Time...

Indigo

Modernology Fat Quarter Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

I would like to invite all of you to become Modern!  I am giving away 10 fat quarters of Art Gallery's Modernology collection

If you are not familiar with Art Gallery fabrics they are fabulously soft, silky, and colorful!

I carry  many of their collections in my shop too.  They can be found by clicking here.

But if you would like to enter the giveaway, you will need to visit my friend Faith at Fresh Lemons.  If you have never visited her blog, you really need to quickly.  She has so much going on, fun, fabulous, and modern quilty things!

Quick... Click here to enter the giveaway!!

Until Next Time...

Modernology Fat Quarter Giveaway

Ringing In The New Year With A Fabric Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!  I thought that I would like to get the new year off to a great start.  So I have paired up with The Cottage Mama, Lindsay of The Cottage Home to do this giveaway!

I am giving away 8 fat quarters of Art Gallery fabric! These are some of the softest most fabulous fabrics in the industry.  Four fat quarters of Oval Elements...

and four fat quarters of Lace Elements.  You can find these in my shop (by clicking here) along with many other of Art Gallery's collections.  But in the meantime, if you haven't ever visited Lindsay at The Cottage Home... you must!

Visit for several reasons, she such a talented woman, very crafty, and has a super fabulous blog with lots of tutorials too!  Also, you MUST visit her to enter the drawing for the fabric giveaway.

Tell Lindsay, I said hello...

Now, Click Here to Enter the Giveaway!

Until Next Time...

Ringing In The New Year With A Fabric Giveaway

Pat Bravo + Art Gallery Fabrics = One Great Podcast

Hello Everyone,

If you don't know Art Gallery Fabrics, now is the time to find out a little bit more.

Aside from my shop carrying a wide array of Art Gallery Fabrics, and also having pieced and quilted this design...

for the Dec/Jan 2012 issue of Quilt Magazine, as designed by Pat Bravo, you will learn so much more.

The above quilt contains all fabrics from Pat's Bohemian Soul line of fabrics.  The kit and the fabrics can be found here on my site. The fabrics are glorious and feel like silk!  I mean it!!

Pat has a keen eye for design and it really shows in all of her fabrics.  She has some new lines coming out...

They will also be found in my shop, coming soon!

But, I had the opportunity to sit down with my friend Pat at Quilt Market and it was a fabulous time.

We laughed and even cried a bit. We both would like to invite you to listen into this fabulous interview and learn a little bit more about this dynamic lady and friend.  And find out more about her fabulous company, might I add family run!

You can find the podcast by clicking here and listening in from your computer, or... 

You can go to the iTunes store and search Jackie's Quilting Chronicles and download Episode 32.  As always they are FREE!  Enjoy!  

While you are at it you may want to visit these links to learn a little more about Pat:

1.  Facebook

2.  Blog

3.  Website

4.  Newsletter

Please tell her I said hello!  I would also love to hear your feedback on this podcast, so leave a comment!

In celebration of this podcast... ALL Art Gallery Fabrics are marked down to $7.50 per yard through January 1, 2012.  Just click here to start shopping.  Help us make room for the NEW collections.

Until Next Time...

Pat Bravo + Art Gallery Fabrics = One Great Podcast

Fabulous Fabric Giveaway!

Hello Everyone,

I know how much you all love fabric, right?

Take a look at these lovelies...

and...

To find out all the details on the giveaway and to enter...

You MUST CLICK HERE.

Until Next Time...

Fabulous Fabric Giveaway!

Have You Ever Seen A Soul Flower??

Hello Everyone,

Yes, I have been a busy little quilter this year.  And I can't believe that I was able to keep it all under wraps until now, given the way that I can talk!

Earlier this year, Pat Bravo (owner and designer extraordinaire of Art Gallery Fabrics) and I were e-mailing designs back and forth for her Bohemian Soul Collection.  I had done a few as did she.  We finally settled on her fabulous design!  

She asked me to piece it and quilt it for Quilt Magazine!  Yes, a third one in the current issue.  Let me introduce you to Soul Flower...

A wonderful octagonal design using both color palettes from Bohemian Soul.

Also using three colors from her Lace Elements collection.

This one I decided to custom quilt even though some of the fabric is busy, the quilting really showed up well.  I used Superior's Rainbow line of thread.

The backing and the binding.

The quilt is fabulous and really not that difficult to piece.  Looks hard, but not too bad.  

Here is the magazine spread and there is my pic again.

The current issue can be found in my shop by clicking here.

Again, I just love Quilt Magazine's photographers, they do such a fabulous job, don't they?

 And of course, if you would like to make Soul Flower you can find the complete kit in my shop by clicking here.  Or should you just want some of this fabulous fabric, click here for the complete collection!

Sad to say this is the final quilt of mine in this current issue.  No more completed quilts to show for now, but I will definitely be updating you on my Glacier Star next post.  I have been doing tons of flying geese!!  I dream about them now.

Also, I will draw a new winner of the Judy Niemeyer pattern as well.

***Special note... I have a new blog post up on Quilt Magazine's site, it is about Quilt Market!  I would love to hear your thoughts.  Click here to read and leave me a comment! Thanks!***

 Until Next Time...

Have You Ever Seen A Soul Flower??

Studio Tour

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while since I have taken you all on a tour of my studio. It has gone major transitions since I opened my online shop. I had to add tons of shelving to hold all that gorgeous fabric.

So come on along and take a peek...

This is what you see when you enter the doorway. Straight ahead is my sewing machine station and to the left of it is my AccuQuilt Studio Cutter. Stephanie... do you see the quilt you made for me? It makes me smile every day!

Directly to your right is shelving that houses some batiks. Directly to the left there are batiks lined up on the floor. (Hmmm... do I need more shelves??)

Here is a better photo of the batiks.

Step into the room a bit and turn to the left and you see my long arm. My favorite wall is just behind the long arm, it holds all the Kona Cotton Solids and my thread used on all customer quilts. I like to call it the Great Wall of Color.

Step in just a little further and turn and look on the other side of my long arm and you will see the wall of Kaffe Fassett, 1930s, batiks, and clearance. By far, this wall has mostly Kaffe Fassett Fabrics.

What is that you say, you can't quite see the wall? Here is a better peek.

A better look at all those glorious threads.

The Kona Cotton Solids, Art Gallery, and Australian Fabrics.

This is the where all the work gets done. Answering e-mails, printing orders, and cutting all the orders. The nerve center of my business.

The only thing that I can't show you is my design wall. Something is on it which you will find out about soon, I promise.

I love my space and spend quite a good portion of my day there. The commute is short and the day is always wonderful. I love my job!

My husband heard this quote from someone and I so believe it fits me...

"If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life!"

Enough said!

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Until Next Time...

Studio Tour