AQS

I heard yesterday from AQS that my quilt “Springs Greeting” has been accepted into the new show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 24-27, 2010.

I entered it in the wall category, it is made from my hand dyed silk and cotton sateen fabrics.

Tuesdays Totes

 

100% of the money for Tuesdays Totes goes to the American Cancer Society
through Fiberart For A Cause

http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/archives/4265
There is a link from that page to a list of ALL donors:
http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/ToteTuesdayDonors.html

I am a donor, check it out and bid high. Here are the content’s of my tote

My new book Fabric to Dye for, the pattern and fabric kit for Petite Sunflowers and an additional yard of my blackened multi stripe hand dyed fabric. What more could you need.

Blue Dog

I love the Cajun artist George Rodrigue, and his "Blue Dog" series of paintings. Here is my Blue Dog picture of the month. I mentioned before that I am dyeing everyday now, getting ready for classes and shows this coming year. These are the fabrics for my patterns “Duluth Trees” and “Blue Trees” and of course George laying on them.

 

Last week of Not your Winter White Sale

This is the last week to receive your free January Special with every order over $25 on my website at FrieStyle.com; 48 - 5” hand dyed squares. These squares are perfect for appliqué or for finding a little color to brighten up your current quilt project.

January Blues

This is kinda how I feel in January in Chicago. The sun doesn’t shine here much and I feel sad and lonely. BUT I leave for South Carolina and Florida in a week so I should feel like this soon.

Happy and full of color!

Dog of a different color

 

 

George loves to help me work. He makes a nest out of ANY fabric on the floor. That is way better than his bed.

Changing the needle is so important

I posted several weeks ago a few tips on machine quilting. One of those was how important it is to change your needles regularly. Here is a perfect example of what happens to needles over time and the difference it can make in your machine quilting.

The first picture shows machine quilting as the needle has started to go bad. You can see the bobbin thread showing at the points in the middle section. I had been using this needle for over a week, working on several small projects but doing over 10-20 hours of quilting and sewing. This morning I stopped to mend my husbands jeans. After mending his jeans I resumed quilting with the same needle and all of a sudden I am getting the bobbin thread showing on the top of my quilting. I of course stopped, changed my needle, cleaned out the bobbin area and resumed quilting without touching the tension. Miraculously the tension was corrected. Right picture.