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My Pattern Design Business Experience - Part Four! from Quilting Affection

Welcome back to my blog series on starting and running a quilt pattern business. If you have missed any of this series, be sure to check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Last week, I talked about the commitment to starting a business. First, I hit a little upon the research that should be done before starting, then the financial and time commitments that may be required. This week I want to focus on what my average day looks like and the type of work I am doing.

Now to start with, not every day is the same; it ...

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Virtual Quilt Market Spring 2020: You’re Invited! from Christa Quilts

I’m excited to be a part of Virtual Quilt Market June 2–4, a brand new event from Quilts Inc. Traditional quilt market has been reimagined in light of current events and it’s going to be so interesting to see everyone’s creativity come shining through!

I’ll debuting my 6th fabric line for Benartex called Good Vibes which is a nod to good vibes and happy times of my childhood as a kid growing up in the 80s!

There are 10 low volume prints and 10 saturated colors, all featuring my signature, colorful geometrics. Here’s a ...

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Virtual Quilt Market from Terificreations's Weblog

Twenty-twenty certainly has a vision all its own. One that seems to show us alternative ways of approaching all the things we’re doing from moving and book reviews to major quilt events. As a quilter learning alternate ways of doing things has allowed me to figure out what works for me. Once I learned the… Continue reading Virtual Quilt Market

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My Pattern Design Business Experience - Part Three from Quilting Affection

Welcome back to my series on starting and running a home-based quilt pattern design business. Over the last two weeks, I talked a little about my history and touched upon why I decided to start my own business. If you missed those blog posts, check them out here. Part One, and Part Two. This week, I want to talk a little about the challenges I ran into.

In starting a business, one of the first challenges I ran into was how to do it. Between my husband and me, we had to figure out the type of business, what laws ...

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My Pattern Design Business Experience - Part Two! from Quilting Affection

Welcome back to the second part of my blog series about my experiences in starting and running a quilting business. Last week, I gave a quick introduction to myself and how Quilting Affections Designs came about. This week I am going to focus on the question on if starting a quilt pattern design business is right for you.

To start, I know everyone is different, with different dreams, talents, lifestyles, and financial needs. Which means that everyone’s reason for wanting to start a business will be different. For me, I think it came down to wanting to quit the ...

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My Pattern Design Business Experience - Part One! from Quilting Affection

Starting a quilt pattern design business may sound like a lot of fun and a great way to earn extra income. The reality is that quilt pattern design is a challenging profession that requires and a lot of time and dedication with a lot of hard work. With that in mind, I decided to devote a blog series to my experiences in running a pattern design business from my home. I hope that in sharing the struggles that I have faced and what I have learned will help others decide whether they would want to take the challenge of professionally ...

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On Spring Market and Other Things from Terificreations's Weblog

Sometimes it feels like I’m a little late to the party making announcements or doing what the other quilt pros are doing, like making video content or podcasting. So here goes. Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh is cancelled. The link takes you to their official statement and below is an official statement from them: regarding… Continue reading On Spring Market and Other Things

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Moving, a Journey from Terificreations's Weblog

I’ve started walking around the hotel parking lot while listening to Pokey Bolton’s Instagram conversations with quilting peeps. Hotel parking lot you say? Why yes. The physical move from NY to TX is about 1/2 complete. We arrived in Texas on Thursday evening after four days on the road. While at one hotel I’d made… Continue reading Moving, a Journey

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Twenty twenty, Imagine and Beauty from Terificreations's Weblog

Twenty twenty is off to an amazing start in ways that I’m looking forward to sharing over the next several months. What I can share with you now is that I’m teaching at International Quilt Festival in Houston, I have two classes Beginner Machine Quilting and The Weight of Color (a drawing style class). As… Continue reading Twenty twenty, Imagine and Beauty

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My New Quilting Stencils from Nestlings By Robin

In 2018 I designed a whole line of

tulip themed quilting stencils.

Here I am with them in the Quilting Creations booth

at Houston Market...So Exciting!

I learned a lot doing these. I assumed (HA) that I

could magically transfer my outline applique

drawings to stencil and I basically did.

What I didn't take into account, since I love

hand quilting, is that drawings for

machine quilters need to be more adaptable to

continuous line drawing.

Next time I will get it right:)

In the meantime, you can find all my stencils

on the Quilting Creations site.

Mine ...

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Unboxing Minerva: the new Janome M7 Continental! from Art and Quilting in Camden

What a BEAST! I think this machine may be able to do everything but cook and do the dishes (Janome: hint hint LOL!). While visiting with Janome America staff (Regena, that’d be you) at International Quilt Market in Houston, I was thrilled to learn that Janome wanted me to take this beauty for a test drive, blog and share and sew on it for the next year! THANK YOU JANOME, and yes indeed-y I am shouting! I’ve been beyond lucky to be a Janome Artisan since 2003–don’t ask me how I’ve lasted this long, I ...

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Threads of Success: Impressions of an Attendee from Terificreations's Weblog

A Guest post from Elizabeth Rosenberg, the Quilt Whisperer. Elizabeth attended Threads of Success at Quilt Market in October. Thank you Elizabeth for taking the time to write, and share your experience of this Inaugural Threads of Success. Note: all photos courtesy Elizabeth, used with permission Quilts, Inc Press Release I first became aware of… Continue reading Threads of Success: Impressions of an Attendee

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Int’l Quilt Market, Part 3 from Art and Quilting in Camden

And yes, there was even more fun stuff at Market…see why I never got to the quilts? (Previous two posts have more good stuff.)

Loved the Robert Kaufmann display, especially the Library Pockets, which of course made me think of my friend Kate C. who is the Bowdoinham town librarian and wonderfully crafty and artful!

Can’t you just see this for a teacher’s room, or library, or your studio, or a busy family?

What a lovely display of little “this and thats”

The artwork in these fabrics made me stop in my tracks! I snagged a brochure ...

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Int’l Quilt Market Part 1, a sale and a win! from Art and Quilting in Camden

So much has happened in the past 2 1/2 weeks: International Quilt Market, International Quilt Festival, and a whopper of a cold, a lovely weekend with my older son and DIL, and some home improvements. So I’ll start at the beginning…with one detour: I sold a quilt at Festival after all! I’ll post on that in a few days (I shared on FB), but first let’s start with Market. And read to the end for the big surprise!

I arrived on Sunday of Quilt Market–usually I fly in on Tuesday or Monday and begin ...

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Blog Tour: Me & My 18” Doll by Erin Hentzel from Terificreations's Weblog

Me & My 18” Doll Sew 20+ Matching Outfits, Accessories & Quilts for the Girl in Your LifeErin Hentzel Avery Lane SewingPublished by C&T 8.5″ x 11″ 64 pages Softcover, $24.95; Ebook, $19.99 If memory serves I met Erin on a shuttle from Pittsburgh Quilt Market to the airport on my way home. She’d just… Continue reading Blog Tour: Me & My 18” Doll by Erin Hentzel

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Quilt Market Wrap Up Fall 2019 – Showcasing Gridwork from Christa Quilts

I had an amazing time at fall quilt market last month. This is the semi-annual trade show where I get to debut my new fabric and patterns. I was able to share my newest fabric line, Gridwork which is shipping to shops in January of next year.

My Gridwork Booth

My booth featured two new quilt patterns that I released, plus fabulous quilts made by my friends: Charisma Horton, Heather Black, Annie Unrein and Linda Sullivan.

Here’s a closeup of the Gridwork fabrics displayed in my booth.

The Shoes!!! And Matching Outfits!!!

Each time I have a booth, I ...

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More Inspiration from Quilt Market from A Quilting Life

Hello, I’m glad you’ve stopped by today! I’m sharing more inspiration from Quilt Market which took place in Houston, Texas just about a week ago. I’ve already shared three other posts on this topic which I’ll link again at the bottom of this post, but I had a few more photos from around the show […]

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Blue and Beautiful Prairies Calm and cool is fabric designer... from Living Water Quilter

Blue and Beautiful Prairies

Calm and cool is fabric designer Kathy Brett Engle’s new Island Batik collection, Prairie Skies.

My quilt, Prairie Petals, made with the blues of Prairie Skies was revealed at fall 2019 International Quilt Market. It is displayed(middle, on wall) at the Island Batik booth along amazing quilt projects by Bill Locke and Pamela Boatright.

NOTE: Island Batik provided the fabric to make Prairie Skies.

You will find Prairie Skies as you browse through the Fall 2019 Island Batik catalog. Fabrics will be available and in shops February 2020.

The pattern, Prairies Petals, is a ...

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Moda Booths Part 2: International Quilt Market Fall 2019 from A Quilting Life

Hello and happy Thursday! Today I’m sharing Moda Booths Part 2 with the remaining booths from the Moda designers. If you missed the first post with the first group of Moda booths, you can find it here. Moda Booths Part 2 Nancy’s Needle Betsy Chutchian debuted her lovely Nancy’s Needle collection with beautiful quilts and […]

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Moda Booths: Fall 2019 International Quilt Market from A Quilting Life

Hello and happy Wednesday! Today I’m sharing the Moda Booths: Fall 2019 International Quilt Market. In fact, there are so many Moda booths that I’ve broken them up into two posts. Today I’m sharing the booths from both sides of the aisle I was on along with a couple of the end booths. Bloomington First […]

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What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

My Gridwork Booth

The Shoes!!! And Matching Outfits!!!