This week’s lucky winner is Sue Holman. She will receive a package with 12 Sench Side-Threading needles in assorted sizes. This needle is perfect for burying the tails of thread that happen during machine quilting.
The needles are sturdy and a little thicker than normal. If you have failing eyesight but still want to sew, these needles will make you happy. If you are not Sue and would like to have some of these needles, click here.
Alison, this week’s lucky winner, will receive a Sewline glue pen. I use this glue pen (and/or the Quilter’s Select glue pen) to baste the seam allowances to the paper in English paper piecing. Use a light hand with the glue; it doesn’t take much.
Run the glue along the edge of the paper, not the fabric. Fold the fabric over the edge of the paper and onto the glued area. The glue comes in blue, pink, or yellow but it dries clear. Once dry, it holds the fabric securely but it also releases with little effort. Click here for a how-to video.
Tip: Don’t press until you’ve removed the EPP papers. Pressing can make the fabric harder to peel free.
I’ll be back next Wednesday with another Giveaway. Happy stitching!
Gail G. is this week’s winner! She can use this Zipper Pouch for first aid items, notions, a block in progress, or anything else that needs to be carried with you in a tidy fashion. Made from 95% post consumer recycled material.
I’ll be back next Wednesday with another Giveaway. Happy stitching!
Jeannette Kling emailed this photo of her Hexie Garden quilt hanging in the Naples Quilt Show where it earned an Honorable Mention. She says she was so happy while making this quilt and it was great fun finding the fabric, especially for the fussy cutting around the small hexie flowers.
The hand applique was done by Jeannette Kling and Judy Ettema of Torch Lake Quilting did the machine quilting. I say well done all round! Thank you, Jennette, for sharing your wonderful quilt with us!
If you are interested in the Hexie Garden Quilt pattern, you can find it here [https://www.pieceocake.com/shop/Books–Patterns/Books–DVD/p/Hexie-Garden-Quilt-x31059659.htm].
This week’s lucky winner Is Angela, and she will receive Alex Anderson’s 4-in-1 Sewing Tool that has four tools in one tidy package!
It has a flat end for pressing and/or folding; a super-sharp BERNINA seam ripper; a pointed wood end cap for turning bias tubes and doll parts; and a stiletto to use when machine piecing. But wait, there’s more! The handle is squared off so it won’t roll off your work surface.
I was the lucky recipient of four 2019 wall calendars. Since I love them all, I had to come up with places to hang them.
Steve hangs three calendars next to his desk on campus. One shows the current month, one the next, and then the next. He can see three months at a glance. I decided to do the same thing.
My fourth calendar hangs on the back of a cabinet door in the bathroom.
I’ve been marking off the days on this calendar, a thing I have not done on wall calendars in the past. It didn’t take me long to notice these weeks begin on Sunday.
Since I have always thought of the week beginning on Monday, that seemed wrong. So I checked and, of my four wall calendars, three begin the week on Sunday. Honestly, how did I not notice this in the past?
My Get To Work Book desk calendar starts on Monday.
This has created a subtle shift in my thinking. When my week begins on Sunday, the week ahead feels somehow calmer. When my week begins on Monday, it feels like jumping into the deep end of a pool, knowing that I’d better be ready to start swimming for the other side.
I don’t think mentally starting the week one day is always better than the other. For me, it’s knowing that I can choose which day my week starts on and that that choice can change my perception of the week ahead.
Piece O Cake Blog 