Stitchin’ Heaven Howdy

It is finally here! Our 4th Patchwork Party is scheduled to begin officially April 1st but I wanted to invite all of our very good friends at Stitchin’ Heaven to a “Sneak Peek” on Monday, March 31. You can view our page with all the details here.

Patchwork Party 2008 - Summer Edition is the original Party. You may see some programs out there that look like the Patchwork Party but they are copies of this idea. I originated the Party after doing a similar program called “Hop Around Houston” during the years of having a booth at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Many of you may have seen similar programs at large shows. The idea is that you are provided a passport with the names of the 12 participating booths. As you travel around the show (which would be similar to a shop hop except that it is all under one roof), you stop by each booth, get your passport stamped, and you can pick up the featured block for the shop. Most of the shops have the 12 blocks put together in some kind of quilt design with a finishing package for sale.

This is also the idea behind the Patchwork Party – on a bigger scale. We still have 12 participating shops but we have many more opportunities to share the fun since our Party is primarily executed on the Internet. Each of the participating shops has a finishing kit so you can collect all 12 blocks by purchasing them from each shop’s website and then choose the design you like the best for your quilt. Our quilt is titled Stars on the Prairie and features a Feathered Star Medallion surrounded with Ohio Star blocks.

All of the blocks and finished quilts in this Patchwork Party are made with the new fabric collection from Moda Prairie Paisley. This beautiful fabric line was designed my Minick and Simpson and features beautiful flowers with a unique paisley. Also used are Perfect Patchwork Template Sets A and C from Marti Michell. It is recommended that you use these acrylic templates with these blocks as they are quite complex and the templates will help you be more successful in making them. Paper templates are provided in each pattern, however. I have included Tips from Marti on the main Patchwork Party 2008 website. Please read these tips prior to starting with the cutting of your blocks. You will be glad you did!

Just one more thing to point out, some of you might want to do some fussy cutting with the fabrics to insure there is a floral motif in the center of the blocks. If you do, you will need to purchase 3 extra fat quarters of fabrics C-14573-13 blue floral, H-14573-11 red floal and B-14570-11 red with paisley. On the Stitchin’ Heaven Patchwork Party page you will find these fat quarters available in a Fussy Cut Party Pack.
Over and over I get comments from my friends of how much they enjoy this event. We host a Party twice each year. This one will end on June 30 and blocks will not be for sale once the Party is over so get your blocks now.

Until we meet again, may your days be pieceful!

deb

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For those of you who may have missed it, Ricky Timms was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning News today. It was a wonderful segment as it not only was about Ricky but was also about quilting as a multi-billion dollar industry. Featured in this video were attendees at the International Quilt Show in Houston, Ricky the “Rock Star”, and just good promotion of quilting over all. It is a nice tribute to our passion and you can watch it here if you missed it today!

We have several of Ricky’s books and products available on our website. Just go there and enter “Ricky” in the search tool on our site.

Enjoy!

Until we meet again, may your days be pieceful!

deb

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One of my favorite and talented friends is Joan Hawley, owner of the very famous Lazy Girl Designs where she uses a unique approach to the things she designs. You see, she is a Lazy Girl so she keeps it simple for just that reason but with amazing results. Joan has a tremendous following of “Lazies” who subscribe to her blog as well as her Yahoo group. Joan is featured on over 15 episodes of Kaye’s Quilting Friends as well as America Quilts Creatively with Sue Hausmann.

The most recent creation from Joan is actually a quilt – unusual for her since she is rather purse-happy. Joan’s quilt “Abstraction” features the beautiful fabric from Benartex Guilded Opulance that was designed by Paula Nadelstern. This quilt is shown in McCall’s Quick Quilts magazine – May 2008 being shipped to subscribers now.

Stitchin’ Heaven is the source for the fabric for the project. I am so sure you will fall in love with this design that I wanted to make it easy for you (since all of us have a touch of “Lazy”)! The kit is only $39.95 and includes all of the fabric for the top, including the binding. You can purchase the coordinating backing for only $29.95. You will need the magazine if you don’t have it already so we have also made it available.

Get your fabric kit here – act soon as they are going fast! We are truly having a hard time keeping up with all of the orders for this one. This beautiful quilt would make a great gift for a housewarming or a birthday.

For more information on Joan and her products, visit her blog! Many of Joan’s patterns can be purchased on our website at this link.

Until we meet again, may your days be pieceful!

deb

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