June 22, 2009 at 2:38 am (1)
To meet the puppy (the moment that I do), and to learn her name, you’ll have to subscribe to Quilt Out Loud on QNNtv.com!
Oh, and FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME ONLY (if you’re a reader of my blog or of Quilter’s Home magazine, you can get my discount on membership —
You just have to plug in the code: QH-75VEH
June 22, 2009 at 2:15 am (1)
$27.95
• 10 pieced quilts with rich colors inspired by delicious desserts
• 10 finger-licking recipes to enjoy while you quilt
• Learn to create rich color combinations using the color wheel
• Create a complex look with easy, basic blocks
The secret of this tempting collection of pieced quilts is combining easy blocks – rectangles, half-square and quarter-square triangles, and four-patch blocks-in original ways. To achieve total perfection, just add dessert!
$29.95
• Newly revised classic includes 2000 appliqué patterns from the 19th and 20th centuries
• New in this edition: 5 appliqué quilt project and updated history of appliqué
• Find the perfect block either by subject (wreaths, leaves, etc.), by type of design, or by time period
• Find the name and original publication for antique applique quilts
This classic compendium of appliqué blocks from quilt historian and best-selling author Barbara Brackman is back in print, and it’s packed with essential information no appliqué lover should be without.
$16.95
• 100+ fun, no-sew toys, games, and other small treasures
• Have fun creating them with children and for children
• Includes dozens of projects with coordinating patterns, plus photo gallery with lots more ideas
• Use your favorite novelty fabrics
Need a quick party favor? A rainy-day game? A gift for a baby or child? You’ll find all those and much more in this charming book of no-sew children’s projects – bookmarks, coasters, mobiles, games and toys, party goods, room décor, and holiday goodies.
June 22, 2009 at 2:01 am (1)
SPENCERPORT, N.Y, JUNE 2009 – QuiltWoman.com, the premier publisher of quilting patterns and books, announces the publication of a new pattern book for the quilting industry, Sizzling Circles.
If you long to include circular shapes in your quilts but hate the extra work, this is the book for you! Sizzling Circles eliminates the need for bias edges and shows you how to use strip cutting to create that fabulous circular look. Learn how to use the “Quilt-As-You-Go” technique and create magnificent quilts amazingly fast, with no binding requirements.
6 unique and beautiful projects are included, complete with detailed illustrations, easy to follow instructions and complete lists of all the fabric and supplies need to create them! Projects include wall hangings, a tote bag and a table runner.
The author has also designed ruler that makes cutting these circles a breeze. Designed by the author specifically to be used with this book, it also doubles as a standard ruler that you can use for your every day cutting needs.
Sizzling Circles is published and distributed by QuiltWoman.com and several other leading distributors. It can be viewed and ordered online for $16.95 retail + shipping at www.QuiltWoman.com.
QuiltWoman.com is located at 42 Nichols Street, Spencerport N.Y. They are a publisher and distributor of original quilt patterns and books, created by quilt designers worldwide.
Author Lacey J. Hill has had a needle and thread in her hands for as long as she can remember! She studied Graphic Art at the Art Institute of Philadelphia before marriage and children. She currently is the owner of Golden Thyme Designs, and can be contacted via her website at www.laceyjhill.com.
For further information, contact Nancy Dill at 585-617-4866.
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June 22, 2009 at 1:56 am (1)
This is brandy new from Amy Butler, chickens! This bag can hold just about everything. Perfect as an everyday tote-around-town and big enough to use for a weekend getaway. Amy says that she took the field bag to Mexico and the tote was perfect on the beach and had plenty of room for books, sun tan lotion and towels. With lots of large pockets inside, this bag holds it all. You have the option of adding a top zipper or finishing it without one.
SRP $12.95
June 22, 2009 at 1:47 am (1)
The City Quilter is organizing a quilt exhibition, “MADE IN NEW YORK: City Quilting,” to be shown from September 22, 2009 through November 14, 2009 at the Williams Club, which is located at 24 East 39th Street. More than 60 quilts are expected to be hung. The quilts will be available for viewing from 8 am until 8 pm, every day.
For submission a quilt must have been made while the quilter was living or working in the New York metro area. The quilts will be juried.
As part of the show, there will be a special exhibition of Dear Jane quilts.
This exhibit follows The City Quilter’s successful show in Winter, 2007 that commemorated the 10th anniversary of our classroom-and our shop. At that time, 45 juried quilts were displayed for seven weeks at the Williams Club. The Club was pleased with the response, and has invited us back.
Cathy Izzo, the shop’s co-owner commented: “There are so few opportunities for the public to see quilts in New York City, and the vast range of quilting styles will surprise–and please–all the visitors. We expect a big response to a show that will help advance New Yorkers’ interest in quilting.”
June 22, 2009 at 1:41 am (1)
HOUSTON—June 16, 2009—Quilters have always had an eye for style in
“producing their incredibly detailed and creative works of art. Many of them
also apply that keen insight to other art forms, including photography. This
year, International Quilt Festival announces the debut of an exciting new
contest that brings these two interests together. “The Eye of the Quilter: Inspirations”
International Quilt Festival/Houston this October 15-18. But instead of
works of fabric, this special exhibit will feature photographs—taken by
quilters—of something that “inspires” them. It could be a sunset, a child’s
face, a landscape, body of water…the possibilities are endless.
“I am excited about coordinating this contest because I know it will produce
some amazing works,” says Wilma Hart, Vice President of Corporate
Projects for Quilts, Inc. and a lifelong avid photographer herself. “And the
beauty of what you can capture through a camera lens is something—unlike
memory—that creates a permanent record of that inspiration you can visit
time and time again.”
Entrants can submit up to three digital photo shots for the contest, and
winners will be on display in a special area at the fall Festival in Houston for
the more than 53,000 attendees to marvel at.
“Photographs have the power to invoke a lot of feelings in their viewers—
everything from unbridled joy and intense anger to sheer wonder and
heartwarming poignancy,” Hart continues. “I hope that this exhibit proves
quilters can be just as talented with a shutter as they are with a stitching
needle!”
Rules and entry form for “The Eye of the Quilter: Inspiration,” are available
at www.quilts.com, under the “Contests” section. Deadline for entry is
September 1.
June 22, 2009 at 1:39 am (1)
SANTA CLARA, CA, June 17, 2009 – Ground-breaking Art of Possibility® Studios (www.AOPStudios.com), the only art brand exclusively representing physically disabled artists in a for-profit model, today announced it has finalized a licensing deal with Westminster Fibers, Inc. (www.westminsterfabrics.com, www.freespiritfabric.com), a premium wholesale provider of creative, original fabric designs.
Under the agreement, Westminster Fibers will develop a new fabric collection under their FreeSpirit fabric brand featuring the acclaimed, vibrantly colored artwork by award-winning blind painter George Mendoza, who has twice been featured in PBS documentaries: The George Mendoza Story, narrated by Robert Duvall (1989) and Vision of the Soul — The George Mendoza Story (2006).
The new 100% cotton fabric collection, which will debut in October 2009 at the International Quilt Market Show in Houston, Texas, will feature various paintings from George’s larger body of work, which has touched millions of lives through a rigorous career filled with gallery shows, personal appearances and media coverage.
“This magnificent fabric collection is sure to inspire retailers, clothing, furniture and bedding manufacturers, as well as home quilters and other designers worldwide who, through their own imagination and creativity with the fabrics, will find themselves crafting products with far more meaning,” said Joyce Robertson, General Manager, Westminster Fibers Lifestyle Fabrics. “We anticipate much interest in this line across multiple trade-based retailers, and look forward to debuting the fabric, with its amazing story of personal achievement, amid the indelibly receptive and supportive retail and sewing community later this year.”
“George’s richly colored paintings embody optimism and his expression of the boundless spirit of man’s imagination, with each work a triumph of art beyond limitation,” notes Ketra Oberlander, founder of Art of Possibility Studios – herself a blind artist whose award-winning paintings are also represented by the company. “It’s incredibly rewarding to license George’s fine art into practical applications, such as this fabric collection, which will touch and adorn so many lives around the world.”
”It’s heartening to work with manufacturers such as Westminster Fibers who validate my belief that good deeds are good business,” continues Oberlander. “While George Mendoza’s fabrics will be visually stunning and worthy of much admiration, I also hope retailers – and even the end consumers – also take a moment to realize the magnitude of purchasing Art of Possibility Studios’ licensed imagery – giving disabled artists the dignity of earning a living through their creative output rather than dependence on charity and disability benefits, or stymied by logistical limitations, in our quest for self-sufficiency.”
About Art of Possibility, LLC Art of Possibility Studios is the only for-profit art publishing and licensing brand exclusively representing physically disabled artists whose work represents hope, opportunity and transcendence over adversity. Founded by award-winning blind painter Ketra Oberlander, the company locates and develops art and artists who seek to share their work and experiences with others to uplift, encourage and inspire, while also earning an income. Via licensing agreements, Art of Possibility Studios’ beautiful hand painted imagery is featured on luxury giftware produced by socially conscious manufacturers committed to cause oriented retail product lines. Consumers, interested business affiliates and disabled artists seeking representation may contact Art of Possibility Studios through its Web site located at www.AOPStudios.com.
About Westminster Fibers, Inc. Westminster Fibers Lifestyle Fabrics is one of the leading converters of high quality 100% cotton, flannel, fleece, poplin, canvas, home decorating, and quilting fabrics and well-known in the textile industry for their creative and unique fabric designs under their Rowan and FreeSpirit brands. Talented trendsetting artists include Kaffe Fassett, Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, Valori Wells, and Donna Dewberry just to name a few. Westminster supplies independent retail stores with some of the finest fabrics in the market to inspire sewing creativity and speaks to a new generation of sewing enthusiasts
June 22, 2009 at 12:12 am (1)
New Monthly Quilting Lifestyle Show Quilt Out Loud! to debut July 30, 2009 only on QNNtv.com.
Winterset, Iowa June 5, 2009 QNNtv.com presents a brand new concept in quilt industry infotainment with the creation of the genre-breaking, quilter’s lifestyle program, Quilt Out Loud!, featuring the talent of co-hosts Mark Lipinski, creator and editor of Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home magazine and QNNtv.com President and author, Jodie Davis. Quilt Out Loud! will debut July 30, 2009 on QNNtv.com.
More than just a show about patchwork technique and humdrum banter, this fun, contemporary and edgy programming transcends the predictable infomercial feel of all other online shows. It speaks to the multifaceted quilter — a viewer with wide and varied interests. From gardening to cooking and home decor, Mark and Jodie tap into the inspiration quilters find for all of their passions in life, and connect the dots with quilting. Inspiration is everywhere, and that’s where Quilt Out Loud! goes.
No longer playing to a quilting stereotype which no longer exists, Quilt Out Loud! jolts the entire field of the current crop of often flat and uninteresting online quilting video-casts and broadcast programming. Sure Mark & Jodie interview quilters – but they dig deep into the celebrities’ lives to find out what makes them who they are. Mark & Jodie review products and books, and tell what they really feel.
This series, produced exclusively for QNNtv.com by Michelle Clark, producer of such shows as TLC’s Trading Spaces, brings a refreshing approach to a quilter’s online experience and quilt related programming. The show embraces the lifestyle of the new generation of quilters. It’s filled with humor, debate, surprises, inspiration, current events, pop-culture, product reviews, money saving tips, and most of all, FUN!
Join us in shaking up quilting as we Quilt Out Loud!
For more information about the show, Mark and Jodie, or to see a preview of Quilt Out Loud! visit www.QuiltOutLoud.com
FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME ONLY (if you’re a reader of my blog or of Quilter’s Home magazine, you can get my discount on membership —
You just have to plug in the code: QH-75VEH
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About QNNtv.com
QNNtv.com is quilting television on the internet. Owned by Crafts Media, LLC, QNNtv.com provides quilters with educational and inspirational programming on demand. Sister companies include Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, Easy Quilts, Quilters Club of America, Love of Knitting, and Keepsake Quilting.
June 21, 2009 at 5:36 pm (1)
I bought this new FLIP video camera from Amazon.com.
So this morning I tried to make a movie for the Pickle Blog to give you a peek of what I’m doing as I flutter here and there in my travels. It does beg the question, what kinds of videos would you like to see me make and post?
Yesterday, I surprised California quilt podcaster, Annie Smith of Simple Arts, during her class at Aardvark & C, in Morris Plains, NJ. She had no idea I was coming! After her class we met for a delicious Thai dinner and 4-freaking-hours of fun quiltersation.
I’ve never done this before (posting a vid to my blog, that is), so I hope this works and you can see and hear this. I know it’s a weird video, but It can only get better from here, right?! Enjoy!
While cruising the ‘net the other day, I came across a truly disturbing image. Sooooo disturbing that you know, I just HAD to share it with you — but be warned, it’s NOT for the FAINT OF HEART . . .
OHMYGOD!!
xoxom
June 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm (1)
For years, I’ve had an old LG grandaddy cellphone.
My 2-year agreement with Verizon Wireless is up and I want a fabulous, gadget-loaded new phone. Any suggestions? What Verizon phone do you love? Which do you hate?
Help me finally enter the 21st century! Thanks, turnips! xoxom
