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Alderwood Quilts
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The Alderwood Quilts blog is for customers, friends and quilt enthusiasts. Chat with Alderwood Quilts owner, Sue Hauser as you would if you walked into her quilt shop. Sue and her husband also own Sunset Lavender farm. You'll see lavender and other gardening topics, as well as knitting, recipes, pet photos and whatever else comes to mind.
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Travel!

Happy Wednesday, everybody!  What a glorious, sunny spring day it is here in the pacific northwest!  After months of dreary, rainy weather, this is... well.... a breath of SPRING! May ...

09 may 12

May Giveaway- Small Ruler & Cutting Mat

Is this the cutest thing you ever saw?  Well... not including baby toes and kittens playing in paper bags.  The giveaway this month is a 7 inch cutting mat and 6 inch ruler from Olfa. They ...

05 may 12

April Atkinson Pattern Giveaway Winner!!!

The trusty random number generator tells me that lucky number 31 wins the giveaway!  Congrats to Rebecca, who blogs at Our Busy Little Bunch.  I took a look at Rebeccas blog and Im amazed a...

03 may 12

Welcome AccuQuilt Readers!

Im proud to tell you that I am the Spotlight Blogger today on AccuQuilts consumer newsletter.  YEA!  Im not making this up to be nice to AccuQuilt..... but I really enjoy my relationship wi...

25 apr 12

Tile Tango Baby Quilt

I had fun last weekend with a baby quilt for my niece and her husband, who are first time expectant parents.  This was such a fun quilt to work on, and it has an even better story.  Thad an...

25 apr 12

Bargello Shirt Workshop

I had a wonderful day today!  The quilt guild to which I belong (Westside Quilters Guild, Hillsboro, OR) offers a wonderful selection of classes and workshops throughout the year.  This mon...

15 apr 12

More Atkinson Designs Quilts....

I asked for photos of quilts made with Atkinson Designs patterns this month for an extra chance at the giveaway. (Theres still a lot of April left-- keep sending them in!)  This was sent by Ande...

09 apr 12

Atkinson Designs Quilts

For this months giveaway, I offered an extra entry if readers sent me a photo of a quilt they made from a Terry Atkinson pattern.  I thought Id share some with you- thanks to all who sent pics!&...

05 apr 12

Quick Kitchen Towels with my Accuquilt GO

 I thought you might like to see a quick project I did with my Accuquilt GO!  I made these 3 little kitchen towels for my son and daughter-in-law to use in their new kitchen.  I used t...

03 apr 12

Got the Quilt Bug?

I went to the Northwest Quilters show at the Portland Expo Center yesterday with a few friends of mine.  Fun show!  The first "quilt" you see when you enter is this.  Is this f...

31 mar 12

April Giveaway!

For the April Giveaway, the winner will be able to select any one pattern from Atkinson Designs that is in stock on our website.Click HERE to view the selection.  We currently have 16 different ...

30 mar 12

Cobblestone Crows

I made this wall hanging a few weeks ago.  I donated it to a benefit auction that will be held later this month..  The proceeds will benefit the Lelooska Foundation in Ariel, Washington (ju...

30 mar 12

Play with your food

Put a little cheese sauce on this and you could replace mac and cheese with little weenies.  Would this be fun to have kids help you make or what!I have no idea where this came from.  I saw...

02 feb 12

A Quilters Brain

02 feb 12

Topstitch Needles

 Ever wonder what makes a TOPSTITCH NEEDLE different?Well.... Ive fallen off the blog bandwagon again.  Time to hop back on!  I thought Id share some information about topstitch needle...

01 feb 12

Flannel Snowman Quilt

I wanted to show you the little snowman throw I made for my daughter in law.  Its was a really super quick quilt- mostly strips.  The checkerboards were pieced but the rest of the work is a...

03 jan 12

December Giveaway Winner- Be Colourful Pattern

Sorry I forgot to do this yesterday.  I was just having tooooo much fun putting decorations away and cleaning (NOT!).I was really impressed with the number of people who genuinely hoped to win t...

02 jan 12

Amazing Christmas Lights!

For your viewing pleasure.... this is NOT my house!

21 dec 11

More Great Pictures from Readers....

Janet from BC, Canada sent this photo to me.  I made it large so that you could see the pretty stitching.  Janet made this in a class at her LQS taught by Diane Stevenson.  She used me...

12 dec 11

More Holiday Quilt Photos

I have more Christmas quilt photos to show you.This one was sent to me by Jofrid.  She lives in Norway.   Her blog is called Jofridsquilt and she has been a reader of my blog for a log time...

11 dec 11

A Few More Christmas Quilts

 Here are a few more Christmas quilts sent to me by readers.  This one is from my friend, Julie, in Oregon.  She won the blocks through an online quilting group.  She created the ...

10 dec 11

Henrietta Whiskers- Free Pattern!

Henrietta WhiskersYoure smiling- arent you?  I generally make quilts with more of a contemporary flair, but this one just has something about it.  I love applique and Henrietta is such an e...

09 dec 11

Im speechless

Yes... speechless.This photo is from the Knit and Crochet Now site.  Love them.  But this.... well.... Im speechless.  I got a chuckle out of it- thought you might, too.Some day this l...

09 dec 11

Holiday Quilts

For the December giveaway, Im offering an extra entry to readers who send me a photo of a holiday quilt.  Im interpreting this loosely- It can be a table runner or tote bag- anything youve made....

07 dec 11

December Giveaway- Christmas Jewel Pattern from Be Colourful

For my giveaway for this month, one lucky reader will receive a Christmas Jewel pattern!  Christmas Jewel was designed by Jacqueline de Jonge for her Be Colourful pattern collection.  The &...

02 dec 11

Karla Alexander Pattern WINNER!

Congrats to 2 Girls and a Garden!  You get to select any one of Karla Alexanders patterns on my website! I just took a peek at your blog- lots of interesting stuff on there- especially in garden...

01 dec 11

Valley of the Kings

We just added a new fabric collection today.... may I present.... Valley of the Kings from Robert Kaufman Fabrics.This stuff is stunning!  If you like Asian fabrics, youll like this.We have it b...

01 dec 11

Jacqueline de Jonge on TQS!

Alex Anderson, Jacqueline de Jong, and Ricky TimsThose of you who are long time readers of this blog may recall that I have posted pictures of quilts made by Jacqueline de Jonge.  Jacquelines pa...

23 nov 11

Some Recent Knitting Projects

Im still working on my 2 quilt tops (the ones from the Karla Alexander workshop).  In the meantime, I thought Id show you a few knitting projects I finished over the last few months. This s...

21 nov 11

More of Karla Alexanders Designs

Heres my progress on "Argyle".This is sooooooo much fun!  The curves are really easy-- Im not kidding! The blocks are all  made and Im in the process of sewing them together.  ...

16 nov 11

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