Mary H. has won this week’s giveaway—a package of Thimble-It finger protectors. They are thick enough to protect sore spots on your fingers without being as thick as a thimble. Congrats to Mary!
Shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!
Maureen Griffith is this week’s lucky winner! She will receive a Tri-Tip Eraser which is a very fancy way of saying that it is in the shape of a triangle :-). I do not use erasers on fabric very often/ever but, if I ever do, this is the eraser I will choose. It is both hard and gentle, which seems odd but is true. The eraser ‘dust’ is fine as opposed to being long and rubbery which probably has something to do with the way it works against fabric.
Shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!
In Daytona, in February! AQS has added a hand quilting class to my roster and I would love to see you there.
If you’ve never hand quilted, this is an excellent class in which to learn the hand quilting stitch that is tricky until you know how it works. Once you can do it, hand quilting becomes a very relaxing way to pass time.
Click here for more information on the class.
Diane Pfeifley wrote to say: “After I made Whoville for my niece, I decided that I wanted a Santa village for myself. It’s all needle turn appliqué, hand quilted, and embellished to death. I searched and collected fun, little things for several years. Then I decided to try beading. I hadn’t done any beading before. Well, if a little beading is good… a lot of beading is better! I’ve had so much fun using your North Pole patterns. Thanks for a wonderfully fun bunch of patterns.”
Is this not the cutest quilt ever?! I love the way she mixed and matched the houses from Welcome to the North Pole over the face of this quilt. I wanted to see details and Diane kindly took and shared more photos…
Daine also said: “I also forgot to mention that I used trapunto for the snow banks. First try at that too. If you can’t experiment on yourself where can you experiment?” So very true.
Every part of this makes me grin! Thank you, Diane, for sharing your fantastic quilt!
Janet Young is this week’s winner! She will receive these two scissor charms that are seasonal-ish… red and green and a penguin! One is on a chain and one on a cord and both are both cute and functional.
Shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!
Jackie Madison emailed to say that she finally finished quilting her Pick up Sticks quilt made during the class I taught 2 years ago in Plymouth, MN! Isn’t it wonderful! Her quilt is the first I’ve seen in this grape/raspberry color combo and it works really well.
The instructions for this quilt are in my book, A Quilter’s Practical Guide to Color. It isn’t a straight-up cut-flip-and-sew pattern—there are some important cutting instructions that enhance the ‘explosive’ movement.
Thank you, Jackie, for sharing your finished quilt!
Piece O Cake Blog 