Flourishes…

I’m home from vacation feeling refreshed and ready to go which is good because my desk is buried under things to do. But I can do it! I’ll begin sharing photos and stories tomorrow. Today I want to give you an opportunity from another quilter.

Renee Arnett was cleaning out her stash and came across a fabric kit, with each block pattern, for our Flourishes quilt. (The border pattern is not included but you can download it for free here.) 

Renee has sold the kit shown below. If I hear of another one, I’ll let you know. 

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An unplugged vacation…


As I wrote in last week’s newsletter, Lorna and I (plus husbands and kids) are on a working vacation to Red River, NM. It is a perfect destination: beautiful scenery, cool, dry air, and only a long 1-day drive from home. 

Lorna and I, with input from Chris and Steve, been making plans for the rest of the year and beyond. We really needed this time away from the daily routine.

We are spending a lot of time outdoors. I am taking lots of photos, at least one should turn into a quilt! I’ll share photos next week.

The only downside is the very slow wifi and cell service. It’s so slow that we’ve mostly given up trying to go online and that is a good thing. We are each more present. The kids are very happy to have our full attention (most of the time).

So, there may not be a newsletter or Wednesday Giveaway this week. I promise to be back next week, focused and ready to go!

Show and tell…

Laurie Decker (this week’s Wednesday Giveaway winner) sent this photo of her quilt made with Stars in the Garden blocks. I love the setting she used! Thanks for sharing your quilt, Laurie!

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Look what

Wednesday Giveaway

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Laurie Decker is this week’s lucky winner of a Desktop Tote! Congrats to Laurie!

If you are not Laurie but still are interested in owning your own Tote, click here to find it in this and other colors.

Wednesday Giveaway

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Quilter44 won this week’s Wednesday Giveaway of a set of Summer Stitches Quilt Dots and a clasp bracelet. If you are not Quilter44 and are interested in your own quilt dots, click here. FYI: Quilt Dot magnets look great on the refrigerator, holding up kid art :-).