Penny's Postcard PosseQuick and Easy Baby Quilt Online Class
Greetings Quilter - Happy Memorial Day weekend! Engineering son, Bubba, and some friends arrived Thursday to spend Memorial weekend here in beautiful sunny San Diego. I think the rain in Michigan and Ohio drove them out!
m. mouse is enjoying the visit, too. With all of those extra hands to rub his beautiful head and back, what's a kat not to like? m. mouse catches up on his catnaps during the day when the "kids" are out and about San Diego-land. So far, they have visited Zoo, Bubba's grandmother, a Padres baseball game and the Gaslamp District. Still on the list is - Mission Beach (watch out Roller Coaster!) Coronado, and maybe even a trip up to Los Angeles to visit his quilting sister, Stephanie. The Quick and Easy Baby Quilt online class is just about ready to open. Most of the class materials are done, and several are posted in www.TheQuiltingCoach.com. If you are already a member, log in and click on the link on the right side that says "Baby Quilt." If you aren't a member, you'll be hearing details later this week about how to join for just the online class. Penny's Postcard Posse - Remember our troops! We are Rounding up fabric postcards for the 4th of July, and have extended the deadline to June 1 so you can get yours mailed in. I'll be posting new free fabric postcard patterns on www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com. We are looking for thousands of cards to send to the Middle East. Last week, our quilt block video was a demonstration of how to sew a fabric postcard using a Rolling Star Quilt block pattern. Make one or a hundred and send them to Diane at the address below. Visit the QuiltBlockLibrary.com to get even more ideas and your free patterns for postcards. In the meantime, Happy Happy! And now for the rest of the news - - Happy Quilting!
Now you can travel and not give up any Quilting Time. . .
Sew it on the run, while you are waiting for an appointment, or in the comfort of your home. Using the techniques in this fabulous quilting resource, your Quilt as You Go project will be finished before you know it. Have you ever taken a long car trip, gone on a cruise, or had a bunch of appointments and wished that you had a portable quilting project? Or maybe you are looking for a way to make a quilt without struggling with the bulk of the entire quilt as you create your quilting stitches. Some quilters call it Quilt as You Go; others call it Lap Quilting; and yet others refer to the technique as Make it and Take it. Whichever name you prefer, these projects are really fun and easy, your design can be anything you want it to be, and they are perfectly named, because you piece the block (either by hand or machine) and then quilt it - one block at a time. This type of project is convenient to take with you since the materials for one block generally fit in a small space. In the newly updated Complete Quilt as You Go DVD Set, you will learn 4 different techniques for making a Quilt as You Go Project. Choose the one that is right for the quilt you want to make, and follow the video from start to finish to see exactly how to create a beautiful Quilt as You Go (or lap quilting) project - one block at a time. Discover how to quilt on the run - - - Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation - Lea Ingram
Lea Ingram is a quilter from Hawaii who makes some amazing quilts. Many of her quilts are created from fabric she dyes or paints.
Lea joins us this month for our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation on May 27. Get all of the details: Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation with Lea Ingram
Postcard Quilts for the Troops July 4th Roundup Next - Deadline June 1!
Penny's Postcard Posse has sent more than 15,000 fabric postcards to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the hospital in Germany. As quilters, we know what those postcards mean to the men and women who recieve them. Some who get them receive no other mail from home. And for all of them, it's a reminder of the wonderful freedoms they are fighting for and the comforts they will enjoy when they return home. The 4th of July Roundup is in full swing - the deadline is June 1 It's not too early to start making patriotic cards for our 4th of July Roundup. This will mark our 4th Year! Check out the postcard patterns on www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com I will continue to add designs, and patterns for the fabric postcards are always free. Remember the Birthday Roundup - Diane had a great idea to send over a package of Birthday postcards that can be handed to soldiers the day of their birthday! What a great idea. So, we've set up a deadline of August 10, and there is plenty of time to get some postcards made by then. She will send over a big box and the soldier "in charge" can hand them out as birthdays arrive. I will be adding birthday-themed postcard designs to www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com, so keep on checkin' To make the 4th of July deadline, get your cards to Diane by May 20. Please send your cards to:
Diane is doing a fabulous job keeping the pictures updated, and if you have sent cards in, let your friends and family know that they can see pictures of them here: www.Fabric-Postcards.com Remember you can get FREE postcard patterns at: www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com Special Note - we are in the process of changing the Picture Gallery on the Fabric-Postcards.com site. It may take a few days, so bear with us. Not to worry - We have all of the pictures and will get everything squared away soon.
Video - Washington Star This week's video is a demonstration of how to sew a the Washington Star quilt block pattern:
Download the Washington Star Quilt Block Pattern
May Quilt Block Patterns The May selection of free quilt block patterns includes a variety of 4 patch quilt blocks, ranging from the easy to make to some that are a little more complex. Click here to download your May FREE quilt block patterns
Click here to download your May FREE quilt block patterns |
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