Fall Simple Quilts and Sewing Magazine:)

Just found out that another of my creations will be featured in Simple Quilts and Sewing Magazine (new?  not familiar with this one).  When I designed the Garden Artistry quilt I had leftover bits and pieces that begged to be used and this table runner is what I came up with.  I have been wanting to make one for myself as I love the way it turned out.  So simple but Brandenburg's fabrics shine:)

Coupon Code Now Through May 15th

Special offer now through May 15th...use coupon code Discount20 on any item in my shop EXCEPT custom work (T-shirt quilts and the Garden Artistry completed quilt).  I am preparing for a quilting double header...Machine Quilter's Showcase which I attend every year AND this year Spring Quilt Market is the same weekend in the same city!!!  Imagine my elation:)  For the first time I am going to market under my own business name.  Very excited!

So, I need help from you to clear out stock and make room for more.  Quilts and fabric are all 20% off for the next 3 weeks.  No limits and again, all BUT custom work is fair game.

Back to work now:)

Quilt Magazine Preview

I have received my copies of Quilt Magazine with the quilt I designed for Stephanie Brandenburg:) I have already had 4 calls for kits and am scrambling to find the fabrics as it looks like they are being discontinued! ARGH!! Spent yesterday opening wholesale accounts with everyone I can think of that might still have some. Some of it is on the way and I am hopeful that I will round up the remainder today. Very excited that people are liking it:) Anyway...here are the first couple pages...I need this photographer/set designer in my house!

Quilts and More Magazine called!

I got a call today from Quilts and More magazine!!! The editor is coming to my studio later this month to chat about a T-shirt quilt pattern to publish in the magazine!! Very exciting:) I might actually be a real live quilt designer for real...first Stephanie Brandenburg and Quilt magazine and now this. And I thought I was just a stay-at-home homeschooling retired Physical Therapist...how life changes to encompass all that you love if you just do it! Meeting isn't until the 21st but I will keep you posted:)

Recovering and Second Shop Open****

I wish that referred to recovering from Thanksgiving fun, but no, it refers to recovering from a horrible cold...well, I hope the recovery part will start today. Better now than Christmas though I guess. I hope everyone out there is well and enjoying the kick off to the holidays:)

I am a week behind on custom orders but I think I will catch up alright this time...doing better on that procrastination problem I tend to have. And it only took 47 years!

I am slowly putting up new pics on my site...new listings as well as new photos of existing listings. I hired a local photographer to help me out with this. Her site is http://photos-by-jessica.smugmug.com/. She has been photographing several families in town and was willing to dive into the world of inanimate objects. We still have a few quirks to work out, but she is so open to suggestion and really loves photography so I am hoping for a long-term relationship here. Pics today are hers.

**** Important news: I have started up a second shop on Etsy. I have the need to feel more orderly by separating fabric for sale from finished quilts. I will see how it all goes but I am hoping that each shop will have a cleaner, more organized feel to them. Several quilts will show up on both sites for awhile. I will let the listings expire on meandering thread naturally. My new shop is Crazyquiltgirl17...for now...I have one chance to change the name so I am thinking long and hard how I want to do that. So, check out the new stock at http://www.etsy.com/shop/crazyquiltgirl17.

Balance

Finding balance in life when your work is what you love is so difficult for me. I have a million ideas and a closet full of quilts that need to be finished and obsessing about it all consumes me. Today I vow to breathe...and enjoy...and find balance for today anyway. I have my lists made, projects on the machine and more ready to fly but time will be made for all the other very important things in life!

Pics to follow soon of all that I am working on...several new items for Etsy are on the way:)

Quilt Magazine!! Seriously??!!

It seems the City Gardens quilt I made with the Brandenburg fabric will be in Quilt Magazine soon! I received an email yesterday from Stephanie asking for my permission...uh, yeah...! They will be taking photos on Friday I guess:) Very cool, very fun...but I will believe it when I see it:) Here's the quilt again: I will keep you posted:)