Cloth-Paper Scissors Studios

Last year I sent an article and over 10 pictures to explain about my 2 quilt studios to this magazine. The magazine wanted anyone to submit an article and pictures about what you do and why you space works for you. I have posted the pictures of my 2 studios in my blog last year.
I never heard from them after I mailed it to them.
Long story short, I wrote a quick note on Facebook to editor and she wrote back that she never got it and to send a few pictures of my studios. She was sorry that the pictures and article got missed placed ect. I sent a few pictures and she wrote back that my studio was pretty and functional but they wanted more unusual decor and storage spaces ideas. I was disappointed in her reply because she never read my article or saw all of my pictures. I did write her back about my disappointment in her reply but haven't heard back yet. Oh well, I did get great pictures of my studios and give it a try to get into a magazine. This will the last issue I get because it is expensive and gone to upper class for me

Blogging

I read an interested article in Quilter's Home Febr/March 2011 about blogging. She was asking a question about all the quilting and sewing blogs and how to go about setting up a blog and contents of it. It was very helpful. I like to blog even if I have only a few followers. It gives me an outlet to express my feeling about anything. I love to show my quilt projects because I LOVE QUILTING. I can show pictures of my studios and quilts to anyone out in the World Wide Web. It is fun to look at other womens blogs about quilting. There is a site called Quilting Bloggers which is free and has quilters from all over the world.
The last statement in the article says "Here's the best blog advice though: Have fun, be faithful and interesting. I have fun with my quilt blog and will try to be faithful and as interesting as possible.

Maddie Mae

This is a new picture of Maddie. She is 9 months old. She is the most flexible dog as you can see lying spread eagle. She loves to go to the beach and dig in the sand.

Engima Batik Quilt

This is a picture of the batik quilt which I finally finished last week. I had it finished last year but not quilted. I love the colors in it. I have another set of 8 fat quarters from Pin Cushion to make another twin size quilt.

Happy Valentine's Day

It is great to see all the flowers in the grocery for Valentine's Day. It feels like spring is coming soon. I got lovely flowers from my sweetheart. I finished my 2 wallhanging which are called LOVE and SWEET HEARTS. I got the pattern for Sweet Hearts in Fons and Porter Easy Quilts magazine. The Love wallhanging is patterned off the Cottage Creek Quilts. I finished a twin size batik quilt called Enigma which 8 fat quarters and pattern from Pincushion Boutique/Davis,CA. I got the binding on the Sweet Hearts today and will get a binding on the batik quilt in the next few days. I did a fall table runner called Fall Finery by Patrick Lose. I finished that during the holidays.

I really love the Sweet Hearts quilt which will hang near the front door. I want to make a few heart table runners too. I made a cute long wallhanging called Buckets of Fun from a pattern.

It was fun to make all the different colored sand buckets and shovels. I have it in the guest bathroom.

January Projects

I have been busy with several new projects and finding new ideas/patterns etc to make in Feburary. I'm so glad that January went by so fast. I worked on finishing the binding on the quilt that I'm going to enter in our guild quilt show in April. It is called Old Hawaii. I need to put the sleeve and label on it and it is ready to go.
I made small wall hanging for Valentine's using the same pattern idea from Cottage Creek Backdoor quilt series. It is handing near the front door.
I finished a long wall hanging called Buckets of Fun by Carol Kurth/Ruby Lagoon Quilt Co in Salem. It is sand buckets/ocean beach. I need to put the binding on it.
I found a cute quilt called Sweet Hearts in the Easy Quilting Fons and Porter Spring 2011. I found cute red and white materical for it.
I have a quilt on my small arm that I will start on tomorrow. There are so many quilt projects that I want to do and not enough time but I'm working on it.
I went to guild meeting yesterday. It was very interesting with Marian Burns a representative for Blank Textiles. They have alot of beautiful fabric and blenders. I found 2 red fabric at Cotton Patch for my Sweet Hearts Quilt that are Blank Fabrics. It was nice to go to the guild meeting since I missed most to them last year.

Happy New Year 2011

I took the Christmas tree down on Monday since I worked the New Years Day weekend. I enjoy the holidays and have always hated January. But a New Year has started it is going to be a fun year. I got the class schedule for the Sisters Quilter's Affair on Monday. They have classes from Monday-Friday before the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on July 9. I have signed up to take Melinda Bula 2 day workshop on July 5 and 7 called Fabulous Fusible Flowers. I saw her on the Quilt Show and wanted to take one of her classes. I have her book called Cutting Garden Quilts. It should be a fun 2 day workshop. I will not go to the Quilt Show this year.
I hope to start a new project and start quilting on a quilt which is on the short arm now. It is going to be a Fun Quilting Year. Happy Quilting