AQS Paducah 2012 Dream Studio Give Away

AQS 2012 Dream Studio Give Away Since we are about to finish off my new sewing space (finally picked out paint color!) I was excited to get a notification in my inbox for the AQS Paducah 2012 Dream...

2012 Finish-A-Long 1st Qtr UFO's

The 2012 Finish-A-Long is starting! If your like me you probably have at least one or two unfinished quilt tops laying around and possibly several bee blocks too. If so, this quarterly FAL, might...

Fabricaholic Assessment

I found this fun fabric quiz and advice published by Dawn Duperault in 1995 and wanted to share it.....over fifteen years old and still so relevant! Are You a Fabricaholic? Fabric quiz--...

Hi My Name Is Karen I've Become A Fabricaholic

I really need to get a grip on my recent obsession with 100% cotton premium quilting fabric and subsequent spending! But, I think that's easier said than done...and I know I'm not alone in this.......

Happy New Year.....Time To Get Organized!

Happy New Year! Today will be spent organizing some projects and making a schedule of weekly and monthly deadlines in order to stay on track for my bee's and the QAL's I have joined. I have this...

Catching Up Before New Years Day 2012 Arrives!

One of the things I wanted to do before New Years day 2012 arrives, if I could manage it, was to get caught up with the Bloggers BOM over at Canton Village Quilt Works. Each month, beginning in...

Christmas and Winter Themed Quilts at Festival of Trees

Winter is here at last but our Upstate NY winter weather has yet to make an impact in Rochester and surrounding areas....and I'm missing the snow! A couple of weeks ago I went to the annual...

Quilting Blog Hop and Give Away Extravaganza!

There's never a shortage of blog give-aways going on and definitely plenty around the holidays, and right now, at the Quilting Gallery, there is a huge Blog Hop Party going on with about 241 blogs...

QAL: Seeing Stars Oh My!

I'm seeing stars because at last I've joined my first quilt along, "Oh My Star's!" hosted by Sheila at Thought and Found. Check out all the fun at the Oh My Star's! flickr group. This is the...

Mary-thon for 2012 No Running Required

My running days are long past but I'm psyched for the 2012 Mary-thon starting January 1, 2012! I signed up for the Mary-thon, a 26 week long self designed fitness program, mid November. I'm excited...

New York Beauty: Layout Options and Block Design Part 2

The New York Beauty Quilt Along is officially underway and I'm enjoying all the blocks being posted in the NYB flickr pool and eager to get started on my own. First I need to catch up on a few...

Fabric Giveaways: Great Bundles And Gift Certificates Up For Grabs Enter Now!

Yesterday, the fabric I ended up buying with the Fashionable Fabrics gift certificate I won at Nap Time Crafters giveaway arrived. I love it....fabrics always look so much better when you finally...

Yesterday, the fabric I ended up buying with the Fashionable Fabrics gift certificate I won at Nap Time Crafters giveaway arrived. I love it....fabrics always look so much better when you finally...

New York Beauty: Layout Options and Block Design Part 1

The New York Beauty block has many layout options and design possibilities. The look achieved, in a quilt made with New York Beauty blocks, will depend on fabric design and color, as well as fabric...

Tea Time And Paper Piecing

Lately, I've become interested in paper piecing due to the precision and near perfection that can be achieved, and I absolutely love it....which helped me to finally decided on a design for the...

Giveaway & NYB QAL: I Won $50 For Fashionable Fabric's

What a great surprise I got this morning when I checked my email....a couple of days ago I entered a fabric giveaway over at Nap Time Crafters and this morning, found out I was the winner of a $50...

New York Beauty QAL and Paper Piecing

I'm so happy to have my February NuBee blocks finished for the wonderful members of Hive 2! It feels great to be ahead of schedule for at least one thing. I really enjoyed interpreting everyones...

Im so happy to have my February NuBee blocks finished for the wonderful members of Hive 2! It feels great to be ahead of schedule for at least one thing. I really enjoyed interpreting everyones...

The Bare Essentials

After all my big plans to be sewing right along in my new sewing room by now, I seem to be going backwards. First, painting the wood trim and doors is requiring two coats of paint(I hope not...

New Sewing Room Almost Ready At Last!

I've had a bit of chaos going on in the sewing room lately as I prepare to move into the new room, making it difficult to get any sewing done.....and I find myself rather frustrated!!! But at last,...

Giveaways: My Memories Suite Digital Scrap Booking & the Novel The Wedding Quilt

I found a nice little giveaway for My Memories Suite, a digital scrap booking program! Linda over at Home Sweet (Quilting) Home has a review of the program and is offering 6 chances for readers to...

Black Friday: Cafe Sewciety Quilts Sale

Cafe Sewciety Quilts located located at 869 Ridge Rd in Webster, NY is having a Black Friday sale November 25th from 7AM to 7PM! I cant recall that I have ever gone to a Black Friday sale but if I...

Fabric Giveaway: Free Spirit Solids

So you didnt win the fabulous giveaway of Kona solids...neither did I! Well, here is another fabric giveaway for you. This one for a bundle of Free Spirit solid fat quarters from The Intrepid...

Eye Candy From Reverse Curves Quilt Guild Quilt Show

I wanted to share some images from the Patchwork and Pies Quilt show I attended a couple of weeks back. There were so many gorgeous quilts in a beautiful setting. The show was held at Williamson...

Fabric Giveaway: 2 Kona Bounty of Basics Boxes

Christmas Gifts for Quilters 7 (+ mahusive giveaway)You will have up to three chances to win a whole lotta beautiful Kona solids! The lucky winner will score a box of light Kona Bounty of Basics...

Free: Quilt Pattern Directory & Quilt Pattern Playground

I stumbled upon a great resource site called Free Quilt Patterns that has a directory of websites and blogs offering free quilt patterns. If you offer free quilt patterns on your blog or website...