Mary Kastner is the lucky winner this week. She will receive the 2 spools of Dazzle thread. You can embroider with it or use it in any of the Purl & Loop Weavers. (Don’t forget about the weavers… they are great fun.)
If you aren’t Mary but would still love to have some Dazzle of your own, click here to find spools in more dazzling colors.
If you have vintage textiles that look like the before image on the label below, you should try using Retro Clean to make them look like new again. And, if not like new, make them look a lot cleaner!
Lynn Jarozombeck is this week’s lucky winner. If you are not Lynn and you would still like to have some Retro Clean, I can help you :-). Click here. You’ll also find Retro Wash which is great for washing new fabric.
I’m busy working away on the next new thing that I can’t tell anyone about for months. It is ever thus. BUT, as I’m working, I can’t get these colors out of my head.
First, did you see the Kona Cotton color of the year announcement? The color is Tiger Lily and it does make me happy.
Click here to see the Robert Kaufman Tiger Lily Look Book. It’s full of designs from their designers using this color.
A few days later, I became aware of Pantone’s color of the year, Ultra Violet. Who knew, right? I remember when there was one color of the year and that was that.
Do you remember last year’s Pantone color of the year? It was Greenery…
These 3 colors form a triadic color combination that is both lovely and not often used: purple, orange, and green.
I’m hoping that now that I’ve shared this with you, I can stop thinking about these 3 colors because it’s very distracting when I need to be thinking about other colors :-).
Carri Yount sent this photo of her version of Magen’s Flower Garden. She made it for her granddaughter who will be born in about 3 weeks. How cool is that! She added that this quilt was “a joy to stitch!”
Carri, you made a quilt that is sure to become a much-loved family heirloom :-).
Marty Anderson is the lucky winner of this pair of Elan 5″ Curved Scissors. Congrats to Marty! Be sure to come back next Wednesday for the newest Giveway.
Let me begin by saying that mom’s funeral (in Sherman) and burial (OKC) really were lovely. Family and friends came. There were more smiles and happy memories than there were tears. My mom would have loved it all.
You know the saying about death and taxes: they come to each of us and cannot be avoided. This post falls into the category of sharing what I learned from mom’s funeral and burial services. Feel free to stop reading if you do not like thinking about death in any way, shape, or form. Only click the following link if you are OK with reading more.
Piece O Cake Blog 