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I thought it was time to do a little update on the Treasure Box which I blogged about in this post back in January 2010 (really, has it been that long?). The box was far from empty when I revisited it a few weeks ago, but quite a few treasures have been used. Click the links to go to the original posts.

Some of these

Lucky Girl!

I’m a lucky girl!

I’ve just returned from a great lecture and a wonderful Dream Chair Workshop with the Moonlight Quilter’s Guild of Santa Rosa.

I had a lovely visit with the tremendously talented quilter and author, Judy Matthiesson, and I got to meet my illustrator on Dream Chair Quilts, Mary Flynn!

I showed quilts and told stories and, fortunately, everyone laughed at my jokes!

Moonlight Quilter’s Guild of Santa Rosa

I also had a lovely time down in Carmel! My Uncle Richard is an amazing builder and I got to hang the Awesome ...

Today was the day to finish the booth set-up..

The Hotness of Quilt Market.. and the Quilting Hottie button... who knew that passing out these buttons would be so much fun?!

Eigenlijk zou je er niet aan moeten denken om het in de lente ( ! ) over sokken en shawls breien te hebben, maar de temperatuur is van dien aard dat het helemaal niet gek meer is.Ik heb zelf mijn wollen bedsokken weer uit de sokkenlade gehaald, bevalt prima! en Sieneke heeft haar vestje van Rowan wol ook weer aangetrokken.

I just couldn't resist - I wanted to see what they would look like.

Welcome to my series on how to free motion quilt. This first post will cover the steps to take to set up your machine and work surface for great quilting.

The machine. It has been said that any machine that makes a good straight stitch can be used for free motion machine quilting. But I know quilters who will swear up and down that such and such machine is no good for free motion stitching. I think it comes down to knowing your machine and how much fiddling with it  you need to do to get satisfactory results. Certainly the ...

Lynette has been busy in the US showing off her two new fabric collections at Spring Market in Portland, Candy Cane Angels and Wildflower Wood. Today we would like to show you the free patterns which have been created using these new collections.

Candy Cane Angel fabric collection

Download Wish Upon A Star Free Pattern

Wildflower Wood fabric collection

Download Forest Floor Download Pattern

You can download more of Lynette free patterns here :)

Today I thought of sharing a picture with you of some free motion quilting I did over the weekend. Everything was going great and when the bobbin ran out, and I took the quilt from my machine to hide the thread tails.  I flipped the quilt over to see if the needle was between the layers and that's when I noticed this,...

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Alas, I still have no lap top so I can’t transfer any more of my new stuff to show you, so I’ve dug into the depths and found a bit more show and tell.

This is a fairly horrid, scanned photo so it doesn’t get any better than that colour-wise.  I gave this away, so I can’t retake my photo.

This was a design by Michelle Hill of William Morris fame – it’s a shame the photo isn’t a better one because the colours in this one were rich and luscious.  One of those quilts ...

Winter is over, spring is giving way to summer and summer around here means nights in the park listening to the Long Beach Municipal Band (or the Elm Street Band) and having a picnic!

That meant we needed a new picnic quilt....meet the Reunion Picnic Quilt made with charms of Reunion by Sweetwater for Moda.

Whew! I haven't posted here in a while because I was busy last month organizing to teach my first class, which I volunteered to have at my guild's workshop weekend. It was about basic design and color principles, and while there wasn't time to do any actual sewing, we did do some sketchbook exercises in addition to my lecture and slide show. I had 5 students, and they all seemed to enjoy the class quite a bit. I hope to be able to refine it and teach more in the future!

Once things calmed down afterwards, I ...

Well its past the middle of the month and I don't feel like I have gotten very far. I have finished 3 table runners and a crib quilt. I have pieced 1 more runner, finished a few squares for a quilt and sewn a dress. Besides cutting that's all I have done. Think it's time I hit the sewing machine. I have 4 quilts I need to finish in less then 2 weeks. Oh and pick berries and make more goodies.

Her is a Pottery Barn reproduction I made for my husbands cousin. I actually realllllllly Love ...

On our way home this afternoon we drove it rain for a bit but when we turned east on the highway about 6 miles from home it stopped and there was a break in the clouds and this was our view. Spectacular isn't it?  Since there was no on on the highway in front or behind us we stopped for a bit and I snapped this photo with my cell phone.  The thunderheads to the east were just beautiful with the sun highlighting them. 

We made it home before the rain arrived.  The storm came from the west, as ...