New Collection Excitement!

I just got back (ok, it was two weeks ago) from Quilt Market in Minneapolis (followed by trips to Iowa and Idaho) and I'm exausted. Oh, it was my kids' last week of school this week, too. Anyway I've been thinking about posting a market recap soon and then this happened today. WHAT!? I'm freaking out a bit (ok so I ran around the house screaming and jumping up and down) But really for a SAHM who loves to play with fabric this is MAJOR. Special thanks to Kris Thurgood from My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe in Logan, UT for the shout out. Love ya girl!
   

We're doing it again!

After the success of Cabin Fever II in February we decided to get a jump on things and start planning for the next retreat. We've found a new location that is much bigger so that everyone can sleep in a bed. It is going to be our best one yet and we hope that you'll join us.
Registration opens on FRIDAY!!! May 1, 2015 8am MST.
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cabin-fever-iii-tickets-16769866121 for more information. Hope to see you there!

It's finally here!!!

That's right, CABIN FEVER is back! (Read about our first retreat here and here) Helping me on this awesome adventure are my besties Terry from Thankfully Sew and Shannon from It's Sew Shannon. They are the BEST!

We're getting everything set up and ready for registration which will open DECEMBER 15!
This is a cozy retreat and space is limited so if you want to come you better move this to the top of your Santa List. I'll have more information next Friday about registration. Until then....

HAPPY SEWING!

Counting On Christmas

Are you starting to feel it? I've had the Christmas bug since Halloween! It's a big deal this year since I haven't felt very Christmasy the last few years. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I started feeling it and now I hope it never leaves.

My daughter has been very adamant this year about not putting up Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving. She's only 9 but she notices how Thanksgiving gets skipped right over, especially in the stores. And I have to agree. So our tree will have to wait until after Thanksgiving to be put up. But I did manage to sneak my "Counting on Christmas" quilt on to the wall. I mean, I did need to take a picture and there's no sense in taking it down if I'm just going to put it back up in a couple of days :o)

I just finished a remake of my advent calendar quilt- Counting on Christmas. I wish I could tell you these fabrics are in your local shop but I've been saving (hoarding?) them for years. One of my very favorite Christmas collections is Kate Spain's 12 Days of Christmas

You have to admit, it's simply delicious! But from 2010 it's a little hard to come by. Thanks to a dear friend and a quick thumb on an IG destash I was able to score a couple Layer cakes and some yardage earlier this year. Oh, you haven't seen the last of it yet :o)

Are you dying to make one of your own? The pattern is available as an instant download in my Etsy shop! Now I know we're getting a little close to the start of December but since it's fusible applique it goes together so quickly you can have the top done in an afternoon. And if you're a real plan ahead type you can start planning for a twin size for next year. I always thought it would be the cutest for my kids to have countdown quilts on their beds during the month of December. Right!? Somehow I don't think my 14y/o would agree :o)

HAPPY SEWING and a very

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

November Aurifil BOM designer- SCOTT HANSEN

This is old news, I know, already a week old, but this month we celebrate one of my friends,
SCOTT HANSEN of Blue Nickel Studios. 

Scott is one of the best people...EVER! He and I became friends and Quilt Market and although we only hang out twice a year it's always awesome to see him. 

I still remember one of my first markets coming back to my booth after a quick minute away and finding a blue nickel sitting on the table. It took me a minute to make the connection and I hurried to find him and say HI. This last spring we enjoyed a fun lunch away from market (it seriously felt like we were cutting school) along with our friend Frances Newcombe of Art Gallery fame. It was my favorite moment from spring market- we had so much fun!

Take a minute and head over to Aurifil's blog to learn about Scott. Really, if there's anyone you want to know in the quilting world, Scott should be it. 

Don't forget to download the instructions to his block and to enter into the contest each month to win a package of Aurifil thread!

HAPPY SEWING!!!