When you need to make long stems that are uniform in width, Perfect Stems and the perfect tool. Linda Bell, this week’s lucky winner, will receive this package of 8 plastic strips in a variety of widths that help you press your bias stem ‘tubes’ flat
To celebrate the season, I’m including a holiday scissor charm with the Perfect Stems. Ho, ho, ho!
If you are not Linda, you can find Perfect Stems here.
Haley Ward made this quilt in my Empty Spools class last year…
Haley is a newish quilter and she did a fantastic job on this quilt. Her fabric rainbow is very happy! I love it that the quilt looks pretty on the wall and on the sofa!
Thank you, Haley, for sharing the photos of your quilt! FYI, the pattern for the quilt is in Piecing the Piece O’ Cake Way, 2nd ed.
I’m still on vacation with Elanor in Portland, but I want to share this from Susan Sharp…
In her email, she says ‘I used your pattern to make tree skirts for gifts this Christmas. They are beautiful.’
I agree with Susan, this is a beautiful tree skirt! And she made more than one!
It’s almost sad to cover it up with presents!
Thank you, Susan, for sharing these with us 🙂
Virginia Frederick is this week’s winner of a cake Needle Nanny.
Needle Nannies are magnetic jewelry that can hold your needle, pins, and even a small pair of scissors! You can wear them on your clothes, or attach them on something close to where you are stitching.
This Piece O’ Cake Needle Nanny is special and one of the last ones that I have… and it can be yours! But wait, there’s more! To celebrate the season, I’m including a holiday scissor charm with this Needle Nanny. Ho, ho, ho!
If you are not the lucky winner, you can find more Needle Nannies here.
Pat Sloan, the host of American Patchwork & Quilting Radio, interviewed me on Monday. It was a fun visit and I invite you to listen to the show here. Scroll down the page and click on the player for Episode 403. Or, later this week, you can click the next link to listen to the podcast. You can listen on your computer, subscribe by iTunes (search American Patchwork & Quilting), or download the show to a player.
Talking on the radio is interesting. In person, I like to ‘talk with my hands’. That doesn’t work so well when you can’t see me. So, as you listen, imagine my hands moving around in the air :-).
Emily Krysanick emailed this photo of her finished Sampling of Santas. Isn’t it wonderful!!!
She wrote that it took just a little over a year to complete. It is all hand appliqued and hand quilted, with a tad of embroidery and trapunto. She made an amazing quilt! Thank you, Emily, for sharing it with us.
This pattern is in our ebook, A Slice of Christmas. In it you will find other classic Christmas patterns. Now is the time to get started on your next Christmas quilt masterpiece!
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