EW LA LA - A FRENCH REVIEW!!!

We were sent the following review from Mary Burns, Marketing Coordinator at Martingale & Co. The review ran in the latest issue of France's Quiltmania, Le Magazine du Patchwork. Mary attached a translation in the top right corner. Review to follow shortly....I am having trouble uploading it. Sorry!

COVER GIRL - QUILTER'S HOME MAGAZINE

We have two quilts in the May-June issue of Quilter's Home Magazine. And, Ann's quilt made it on the Cover. Check out Mark Lipinski's tie!!

Ann's quilt "Tropical Holiday" was made using her son Eric's blue jeans and a beautiful batik.

Amy's quilt "Embers in the Snow" was made using an army jacket that she picked up at an Army Surplus Store. It is reported in the magazine that the jacket belonged to Amy's God Son Christopher. Amy wants to set the record straight. The jacket did not belong to him, but the quilt was made to honor him and his service in Iraq.

Finally.....Finding Time to be Creative!

I can't believe it has been September since I last posted to this blog. Where does the time go? I finished all of the quilts for my siblings using my Mom's, Dad's and Grandmother's clothing. They were given out at Christmas time and everyone loved them. I then took a long break away from any sewing/quilting/crafting. In January I finally felt the urge to be creative again. When one of the postcards groups I am in offered a Thread Painting swap I decided to join in. I was surprised that it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. But, I'm happy with the results. I do believe that the painting and shadowing with colored pencils helps to hide the fact that the thread painting isn't the greatest. I guess a lot more practice will take care of that. So, here is a photo of my first attempt at thread painting. I used Nancy Prince's thread painting book for help with the actual thread painting. My inspiration came from Alison Holt's book titled "Machine Embroidered Landscapes." This postcard is one of Alison's designs.

COMFORT QUILTS

When our Mom passed away last year all our siblings asked us to make them each a quilt using Mom's clothing. Of course we said "Yes." After all, we wrote the book! The only drawback....there are eight of us. That meant making eight quilts. We needed to make them identical. And, because we had to make so many we wanted to pick a simple pattern. What could be easier than a one patch? We decided to put sashing inbetween each block to break up the colors. We had quite a bit of fabric left over from our Grandmother's dresses, and one of our brothers called offering us our Dad's ties for the project. All the blocks that have Dad's ties in them were made into four patches because the fabric pieces were smaller. These quilts now have Mom's, Dad's and Grandma's clothing. We have three already completed and five to go.

IT'S TIME TO VOTE!!

It's time to vote for your favorite fiber-art postcard on ArtCardIdeas.

Their website is:

http://www.artcardideas.com/index.asp

Here is a photo of our favorite postcard in the contest.

We hope you will vote for it.

Summer fun in Oly

Ann and her family visited my husband and me in Olympia, WA recently. One of our favorite things to do is to kayak on the Puget Sound, then eat clam chowder at our favorite restaurant, Tugboat Annie's, after we've worked up an appetite. I'm in the bottom picture (I think my life jacket is trying to strangle me) with a view of some pretty impressive homes behind me, and Ann is in the top picture with a view of Boston Harbor/Priest Point Park behind her.

HARRY POTTER NIGHT

Last night the Main Street of my little town shut down from 9:00-Midnight for Harry Potter Night. It was a lot of fun! They had all kinds of Harry Potter games and crafts set up for the kids. My son works at the bookstore on Main Street and he agreed to read Tarot Cards and tell people's fortunes. It was all in good fun and he had a long line at his booth the entire evening. At Midnight he even had to turn people away. The young lady in the photo having her cards read(who looks to me like she is quite impressed with his reading) is my daughter, Kate. Kyle's good friend, Maureen, did Palm Reading. Aren't their costume's great? They bought them at the Salvation Army for a few bucks each!

~Ann~