My husband and I are moving to South Carolina . . . today! There are 4 men loading the semi with our possessions, as I write this. We'll be heading out on our road trip, with our veeeerrrry vocal kitty, Charlie Chaplin, and our two dogs, Maisy and Boomer. We've done it before. I'm hoping that they all travel well this time. There was one move we did where we had two sick pups, along with Chaz who meowed almost the entire 3-day trip. It was craziness. We anticipate this trip being much smoother.
I will be back, blogging on a more regular basis after we land!
Have a lovely 4th of July weekend . . . wear sunscreen.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Crazy, snowy weather . . . and Springtime in Colorado
Last week, the weather gurus were gearing up for a huge spring snow storm. A serious snow storm. Predictions of up to 24" on the front range (that's where we live). The mountains were predicted several feet.
The storm lasted from Friday morning through Saturday, early evening.
And after all was said and done and the rain began to shrink our snowy abundance, we ended up with about 18" of heavy, wet snow.
Within 3 days, the remnants of our storm were nowhere to be found. It is really quite amazing how being a mile high from sea level turns a winter wonderland into a sprouting, green terrain within a few days.
The storm lasted from Friday morning through Saturday, early evening.
And after all was said and done and the rain began to shrink our snowy abundance, we ended up with about 18" of heavy, wet snow.
Within 3 days, the remnants of our storm were nowhere to be found. It is really quite amazing how being a mile high from sea level turns a winter wonderland into a sprouting, green terrain within a few days.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
In A Snap! . . . now, in Pattern form
Adding binding to a quilt is one of my very favorite things to do. I received my sample quilt back from Russ and am slowly but surely adding the binding. That's my sample of Patchwork Rendezvous in the background.
Often times, the pattern is written and published before the quilts have been quilted.
Often times, the pattern is written and published before the quilts have been quilted.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
June, 2009 McCall's Quilting Magazine
This is the new June 2009 McCall's Quilting magazine cover. And this is the quilt I designed and made, called: Polka Dot Pinwheels. It is in this issue on page 78. I am so amazed at how wonderful their layouts are and when it's your quilt, you feel like a proud parent. When you check out the quilt, you may do a double-take, as the name was changed to: Nonpareil.
I'm talking with the fabric company - Lecien Corp. - about making this quilt into a kit, so stay tuned! And they requested the quilt for their booth at Spring Market in Pittsburgh, PA, so you can see it in person there.
Russ Adams of The Back Porch Quilters quilted it.
Photos compliments of McCall's Quilting.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Quilting Service Give-away!
I'd like to mention a fantastic FREE service my quilter & his wife, Russ & Rhonda Adams, are giving away through their business, The Back Porch Quilters.
They are giving away a free quilting service that consists of an edge-to-edge quilting for any size quilt and with any pattern that they have in their pattern library.
This is an amazing free service, just for signing up through their blog, here: The Back Porch Quilters.
Russ just posted their free offer on March 26th, so you'll have 2 weeks to sign up for the drawing.
A little bit about how I know Russ and Rhonda: I met them through my friend Dana of Old Red Barn Co. Russ has been quilting my work for about 15 months now, and they are great people to work with. They have played a huge part in the growth of my business, especially because of their turn-around time. Their pricing is extremely reasonable and they stand behind their work 100% (and so do I!). Russ' quilting is professional quality and I'm always pleased with his work.
Please give him a go on your next quilt project. He quilts for people from all over the country and I know you'll enjoy his sunny personality, too!
If you read this and decide to have your next quilting done by Russ, please tell The Back Porch Quilters that SuzGuz sent you!
They are giving away a free quilting service that consists of an edge-to-edge quilting for any size quilt and with any pattern that they have in their pattern library.
This is an amazing free service, just for signing up through their blog, here: The Back Porch Quilters.
Russ just posted their free offer on March 26th, so you'll have 2 weeks to sign up for the drawing.
A little bit about how I know Russ and Rhonda: I met them through my friend Dana of Old Red Barn Co. Russ has been quilting my work for about 15 months now, and they are great people to work with. They have played a huge part in the growth of my business, especially because of their turn-around time. Their pricing is extremely reasonable and they stand behind their work 100% (and so do I!). Russ' quilting is professional quality and I'm always pleased with his work.
Please give him a go on your next quilt project. He quilts for people from all over the country and I know you'll enjoy his sunny personality, too!
If you read this and decide to have your next quilting done by Russ, please tell The Back Porch Quilters that SuzGuz sent you!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Upcoming Design: Mary Ellen's Basket
This afternoon, I began cutting Turnovers out of Layer Cakes, and this is what I have left to cut (there is a whole row of Layer Cakes under what you see).
Take it from me: It is better to simply buy the Turnovers than to cut them out of larger pieces of fabric.
However, the fabric I wanted to use for my sample for Mary Ellen's Basket did not come with Turnovers, thus I'm doing the cutting (you can see the stack I've cut so far in the background, which consists of the rectangular pieces you see spread out on the cutting mat).
It's been a lot of fun seeing the different fabrics that are in this line and I look forward to seeing how they all come together.
In the last photo, you'll see a printout from my EQ6 program where I printed off the yardage. With the yardage estimate comes a tiny picture of each individual fabric you use in your design. I keep these close by when designing, especially if I'm dealing with a lot of different fabrics. I like to mark on this page, the number of cut sizes I will need of each fabric. I love being organized and this has helped immensely!
Take it from me: It is better to simply buy the Turnovers than to cut them out of larger pieces of fabric.
However, the fabric I wanted to use for my sample for Mary Ellen's Basket did not come with Turnovers, thus I'm doing the cutting (you can see the stack I've cut so far in the background, which consists of the rectangular pieces you see spread out on the cutting mat).
It's been a lot of fun seeing the different fabrics that are in this line and I look forward to seeing how they all come together.
In the last photo, you'll see a printout from my EQ6 program where I printed off the yardage. With the yardage estimate comes a tiny picture of each individual fabric you use in your design. I keep these close by when designing, especially if I'm dealing with a lot of different fabrics. I like to mark on this page, the number of cut sizes I will need of each fabric. I love being organized and this has helped immensely!
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