tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025417740141490832024-03-13T00:13:46.477-07:00RustyCrowBlogging about Quilts, People and Everything in between.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-52711100921177277992017-11-29T17:12:00.000-08:002017-11-29T17:16:38.731-08:00Winter 2017 Rusty Crow Blog <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving and is taking the upcoming Christmas with Joy. We came home from Houston Market and Festival with a pile of stuff to dig out from under. It is all good stuff, but work that needed to be done. <br />
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Mike and I brought a new puppy named, Jango into our home to keep JuJu happier. Our son, Jared moved out with his dog and JuJu went into a depression. So we now have 2 Bernese Mountain dogs and life couldn't be better.<br />
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Houston has rebounded from Harvey. The downtown area of Houston you couldn't tell<br />
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anything had happened. The People were awesome and Happy. Winning the world series while we were there, probably helped the spirit. </div>
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Rusty Crow is growing and expanding it's product line. We have at the exclusive distribution of the Yazzii Roll-Up Bags. We offered them at Market for the first time and they were very well received. </div>
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We were so grateful. It's fun to see how people are decorating them. </div>
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I have added some Patterns from Joan at Bits and Pieces, but her stuff is small enough to fit perfectly on the Roll-Ups. </div>
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Her stuff is super reasonable as well. Her patterns are only $6.00 and so cute. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-61022918724480317472017-03-16T12:00:00.000-07:002017-03-16T22:01:18.546-07:00Mystery Blog Hop From Farmhouse Threads and the Other 11 of Us. 2017 Patriotic Theme!!!! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">It's that time of year again. Ok, so we bounce around the calendar a bit. But there is a reason this time. Since it's a Patriotic theme, Rhonda thought that maybe, you would like to have the quilt done by 4th of July. So that is why we are getting a jump of the Blog Hop this year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm week #2. I thought I was being smart, getting it done a bit early so I have more time to get ready for Spring Market. I'm kinda known for not looking at the calendar too close sometimes. If I had, I would be later down the batting order, since I'm going to be up here in Washington when the blog is released. Doesn't really matter as far as downloading the pattern, they have internet here in the Great Northwest. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The kits are all done. We did those before I left on my trek north. Please be nice, my husband of 31 years, will be home navigating the computer and printing out shipping labels. Computers in NOT his first language, :) But he is much better than even a year ago. <span id="goog_213298042"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rhonda told me awhile ago what the theme would be. So I my head my design looked like this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then Rhonda says,"Oh by the way, I'm setting the Blocks on Point." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's more than one way to get 2 crows, a flag and USA on a quilt Block. <span id="goog_213298041"></span><span id="goog_213298042"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So with a bit of maneuvering, the job got done. I hope you enjoy it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have Block kits along with thread Kits as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Block kit contains all the Diamond Textile fabric and wool used to make my block. $11.95</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Valdani Wool Floss kit is $12.00 You get all four colors. Wool floss is regular priced @$3.75, I'm saving you a bit to give the new floss a try. I love it. But you must remember not to yank on it like you can Pearl Cotton, just pull and let the wool sink into the wool. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.rustycrow.com/" target="_blank">Click to Purchase the 2 Crows & A Flag block</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have fun with the Rest of the Designers over the next 10 weeks. If you don't have the list here you go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "imprintmt"; font-size: 18.000000pt;">Farmhouse Threads and Friends
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<span style="color: rgb(9.020000% , 21.600000% , 36.900000%); font-family: "arialroundedmtbold"; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Summer Mystery Quilt
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</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">It</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">s time for another Blog Hop!!!
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">For 13 weeks beginning March 10th, we will share with you free patterns from
some of our favorite designers to complete a Summer Mystery Quilt. Each week,
one designer will post the pattern to make a patriotic themed quilt block using
wool applique on cotton fabric. The patterns are free for you to download and
print. Check the schedule below—each pattern will be available at the website or
blog provided on the date scheduled (not before). Some of the designers have a
place on their website or blog where you can sign up to receive their emails.
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">All of the designers will offer kits for sale on their website and there will also be a
finishing kit for sale at the end of the hop.
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Please share our Blog Hop with your friends so they can follow along too!!!
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">farmhousethreads.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MARCH 17 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Shawn York, Rusty Crow Quilt Shop
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</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MARCH 24 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Lisa Bongean, Primitive Gatherings
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</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MARCH 31 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Jeni Gaston, Woolen Willow Designs
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</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">APRIL 7TH </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Debbie Busby, Wooden Spool Designs
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</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">APRIL 14 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Joyce Weeks, Geoffs Mom Pattern Co.
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">geoffsmom.blogspot.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">APRIL 21 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Kathy Campbell, Heart to Hand
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">hearttohand.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">APRIL 28 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Linda and Donna, My Red Door Designs
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">myreddoordesignsblog.blogspot.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MAY 5 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Joan Grenke, Bits and Pieces by Joan
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">bitsandpiecesbyjoan.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MAY 12 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Gloria, Vicky and Heather, Old Green Cupboard Designs
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">oldegreencupboard.blogspot.com<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MAY 19 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Laural Arestad , Simply Put </span>http://simplyputplus.blogspot.com<span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">MAY 26 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Kathi and Taylor, The Cottage at Cardiff Farms
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">thecottageatcardifffarms.com/blog<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(75.300000% , 0.000000% , 0.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">JUNE 2 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">FINISHING Farmhouse Threads
</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000% , 0.000000% , 100.000000%); font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">farmhousethreads.com </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com134tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-85025314378406158122017-03-13T18:12:00.000-07:002017-03-13T18:16:27.451-07:00I had a week in between Quilt Shows Up in Washington State. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having a week between shows is not always a luxury I have. Last year, when I was looking at the shows in the Western Washington area I found the Monroe, WA show. It was 2 weeks after the Sewing Expo 2017 Puyallup. So I'm forced to slow down, especially since I'm at friend's house in Olympia and don't have the usual list of chores that I always do when I get home from a show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sleeping in, Check. Watching a lot of rain, Check. Spending lots of great time with my friends, check, check. I even took a drive into the little town of Tenino, WA that my parents and family lived it. I didn't spend much time there, Junior College and working all the time kept me very busy, then I went to WSU over in Pullman, WA and they moved back to Southern CA my Junior year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tenino, WA is pretty much how I remember it. I actually had to call my younger sister to ask her where buildings were. The horse Ranch T9O is gone. I used to work there. Now it sells Alpacas, not quite the beautiful horses that I got to work with every summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think the old adage, you can never go home again is probably true. You aren't the same person you were then. Time, experience, life and the people that have come into and out of our lives forms us into a different shape that doesn't fit into that time from before. I know that I'm better for it. I know that I can find happiness in many places. <br />I leave here on Wednesday to go pick up my sister, Monday at the SeaTac Airport. We are setting up the next show. I hope we see some of you there. </span><br />
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<strong>"All Quilts Wild and Wonderful"</strong></h2>
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<strong>March 17-19, 2017</strong></h2>
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<strong>Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA</strong></h2>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-21444460302872051142017-03-07T22:05:00.000-08:002017-03-07T22:07:10.464-08:00Sewing & Stitchery Expo, Puyallup, WA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I gotta say, I love coming up to Washington for this quilt show. I have very dear friends who live in Olympia, WA and I get to bunk with them and catch up with our lives. <br />
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The show is not a typical quilt show, actually there are no quilts hanging at all, except in the booths of the vendors. <br />
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There are garment makers, yarn and thread vendors, lots of things I don't always see at a regular quilt show. <br />
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They also have the Fisher Scones. Those alone are worth the drive to the Northwest.<br />
They are baked every morning, warm and yummy and filled with butter and Raspberry Jam<br />
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I saw lots of old friends and made some new ones. Like most vendors, we spend a lot of time and money getting our booths loaded with treasures for everyone to enjoy.<br />
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The Sewing Expo this year was the worst case of shoplifting that I have ever experienced as a vendor. Almost every vendor I know lost something. The first day, my husband, Mike watched a lady look around and take 2 Half yard packages of fabric. She was 2 booths away when, he stepped in front of her and pulled our fabric from her hands. Wide-eyed, she start babbling about, "I'll pay double, I'll pay double" He told her just to stay out of our booth. I was shocked, I know it happens but I want to believe the best in people. </div>
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By day 2, one booth had lost 3 quilts and a small table topper, another had lost a sample bag that was zip-tied to her grid, a roll of batting, 2 scarfs and who knows what else were all stolen from various vendors. </div>
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Then Karma came to town. We may not have gotten all of them, but they did catch two of them. It was a Mother-Daughter team on scooters. The mother dumped a drink on a table in a booth to cause a distraction and the daughter went to work filling up with goodies. The cops came and arrested them. The next day, they brought the stolen goods back to find out the retail value and return them to their owners. </div>
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Here is what thieves look like. </div>
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They don't look too happy do they? Well, that's ok, because neither were we when you steal from us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right in the Center is one of my Pink Cell Phone Purses they had stolen.</td></tr>
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Look at all that loot!!! Do they realize how much time and money goes into creating those quilts? <br />
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I heard that there was enough recovered, that the Scooter Bandits were being charged with Grand Larceny. The last day of the show, there was visible Security walking around the show. Too late for many, but still nice to see. I hope next year, the Security will be there front and center. I guess, just because you have gray hair doesn't make you honest. A young thief will grow into an old thief.<br />
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Moving on......Yahoo the 3rd Annual Blog Hop is about to start. Rhonda from Farmhouse Threads kicks off the blog hop next week. I can't tell you the theme, but I know you will love it. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-46650940871567586292017-01-16T10:40:00.000-08:002017-01-16T10:44:58.016-08:002017 Wow, I'm so glad we have a new year!!! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone has shaken off the dust and or mud from 2016. I have been super busy trying to get Rusty Crow ready for the new Quilt Show season. We are packing today for the Road to California Show that starts this Thursday Jan 19, 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have lots of new fabric, so many new lines from Moda and Marcus Fabrics. Snail Pincushions, oh yes we have them. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Also Rusty Crow has been picked up by Quilt Dots. So our designs are now on jewelry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have Layer Cakes of Wools, Brights and Primitive. We are bringing as much Valdani Thread that we can carry, Bring you lists we have a secret stash. </span><br />
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So today is August 5, 2016 and it's my turn to post my block for the 2016 Harvest Blog Hop.......<br />
As you can see by the list below I'm swimming in the deep in with these super talented ladies. Thank You, Rhonda for letting me play on the Varsity team. <br />
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My block is an Apple Basket. Living in San Diego, we don't really have a fall like the rest of the county. But what we do have, about 2 hours from my house, is a community called Julian. It's a mountain town, well as far as San Diego Mountains that is. But I digress,,,,, anyway. Brown leaves, Julian, harvest and apples, those are all synonyms of autumn for me. The one thing that will make me take a 2 hour car trip up the hill to Julian is for the Apple Pie. So Julian apples are my inspiration for my block. I hope you enjoy it. <br />
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This year, Jan 1, 2016 I became a Valdani distributor. I'm like a cow in clover. Nothing makes me happier than walking in that room and seeing all those rows of beautiful colors. Last market, Valdani came out with Wool Floss. The Wool Floss comes in 2 sizes, 8 & 15, there is about 100 colors so far, but I'm sure that number will grow. I haven't had much of an opportunity to work with it, but I made a point of using it with this block. <br />
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I love how it sinks into the wool. I used size 8's to give it a bit more primitive look.<br />
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My process is on the messy side. I have to hand draw things<br />
out. Get the idea out of my head and onto something that others can see. Makes me believe it a bit more too, to tell you the truth. We have 3 different colored apples, I did 3 cross stitch rows across the basket. I did a simple whip stitch on everything else. <br />
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Not pretty, but like I said, "Got it out of my Head"<br />
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Ok, ladies here is the link for the free <a href="https://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/2195/apples_for_sale_block_blog_hop_pdf.pdf">Block.</a><br />
If you want my kit, fabric and ready to go wool, the price is 11.95 includes shipping.<br />
Also if you want to try the Wool Floss from Valdani. I have a special kit for the 4 colors that I used. Each 10 yard skien sells for 3.75, but for all 4, I'm pricing it at $12.00 Link to kits <a href="http://www.rustycrow.com/shop/2016-Blog-Hop-Block-and-Thread-Kits/p/Apples-for-Sale-Wool-Block-Kit-x19636798.htm" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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I hope you have enjoyed the blog. I really need to do more of this...I think. What do you guys think? I'm heading to Grand Rapids, MI for the AQS show next week. First time there, first time at an AQS show. Lots of deep water treading for this girl. Then I hop back into the truck and drive the trailer to Manchester, NH for the World Quilt New England Show. If you know of any shops I should hit on my way home, I would love to know. I'm going to take my time, and enjoy my podcasts. As the girls say on the MFM podcast, "Stay Sexy and Don't get Murdered"<br />
Love you all, Shawn <br />
Here is a complete list so you can follow along each week.<br />
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I'm so Lucky!! I was asked again to be in Farmhouse Thread's Blog Hop this year. Last year, Rhonda from Farmhouse Threads invited 9 Designers to do a Christmas themed block as a Free Wool Appliquéd block as part of blog Hop. <br />
This year she asked 12 of us to do a Harvest Themed Wool Appliquéd block as part of 2016 Blog Hop. <br />
Mine is tomorrow, but I thought I would do a quick recap of the blocks so far. If you haven't started it's not too late. Just start clicking and warm up your printer. <br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Week 1, June 17 - Rhonda McCray, Farmhouse Threads</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Week 4, July 8 - Joan Grenke, Bits and Pieces by Joan</b></span></div>
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I love Crows as all of you know. And this guy has got one. Great Job, Kathy</div>
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So that if the Blog Hop so far. I will be posting mine tomorrow. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-64607125079620349562016-05-30T09:21:00.001-07:002016-05-30T09:21:18.510-07:00Back from Spring Market....."Yeah, I'm with Checker"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Spring Market was in Salt Lake City, Utah this year. I haven't been to a Spring Market since my very first Market and it was in Salt Lake as well. My thinking was spring must be smaller than Houston, let me make all my mistakes at a smaller market, before I drag my stuff to Texas and get spanked.<br />
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Kelly and I had a great time. Market was crazy good for Rusty Crow. We are Valdani's Newest Distributor. We are going to service all the smaller shops and designers, who maybe don't need 12 balls of one color. We are happy to split boxes and give your 12 colors a box if thats all you need. <br />
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We also go picked up by Checker, a major distributor in the Quilt world. I have been trying to get them to pick me up for the last 7 years. This time it wasn't even a blimp on my radar, a girl can only take so much rejection. So the second day of Market, about 5 minutes before Kelly and I are about to wrap it up the the day, a Checker buyer shows up and says, "We would like to carry your stuff."<br />
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I was a bit stunned. I'm sure she thought she had walked onto the islands of the Muted Quilter. I just looked at her and mumbled, "Sure." Then put my head down and bursted into tears. After trying so many years, and then have the Magical Unicorn walk into your booth and utter those transforming words was a shock, a awesome shock, but still a huge surprise.<br />
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So today, I'm pulling all the info together that they need to carry my stuff. Yeah, let me pull up my big girl panties. Holy Crap, I'm with Checker. You don't know how long, I've been wanting to say those Words. I'm with Checker, I'm with Checker, I'm with Checker<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-64554100313369233852015-11-27T13:04:00.000-08:002015-11-27T13:04:34.993-08:00Black Friday....No it's stretch pant Friday. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hope everyone had a great Turkey day. I don't know why, after 30 years of Thanksgiving dinners under my belt, you would think I would know how long it takes to cook a turkey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh no, I set the alarm for 4:30 am. Mike and I get up, cut all the veggies, boil the insides, whip up the stuffing, and get the bird in the oven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Around 9:300 or so I begin to wonder how long I need to keep the bird in. (I'm think it will be done around 2-3) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh no, my bird will be done at 11:00 am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So the York's had a noon time Thanksgiving this year. Our turkey coma started about 1. The cats were in heaven, so many warm bodies to lay on. They had their pick!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have so much New Valdani to get on the website. We are carrying all the new Wool Thread, so soft and sinks in the the wool. We also got all the Silk Floss in. I will have it all up this next week. Have a Great weekend. Shawn</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-60871262733232213192015-11-14T07:41:00.002-08:002015-11-14T07:41:58.437-08:00Back a week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been home a little over week from Houston. I feel like I have been on the go ever since I got home. I'm so excited about this next year. Rusty Crow is changing lanes a bit, and it's all going to be good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I'm just hoping the luggage will be put away and the laundry washed from the 7 shows and one wedding in 8 weekends that we did. Funny, how things that use to be important, aren't so much anymore. It's a good thing I have lots of clothes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mike, my husband, lost his grandfather while I was gone on the road. It was hard not being there for him, but we had our kids near. Grandpa Grigg had not been good for the last year. Feeding tubes, oxygen and so on. Not able to talk, no sure if anything you were saying was processing. That was the last of Mike's side, his parents and all his grandparents are gone. Life does not stop. The clock keeps ticking, a reminder not to get stuck in grief, life is for the living. Love doesn't go away. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-78376867349399138952015-10-27T15:49:00.002-07:002015-10-27T15:49:53.973-07:00Quilt Market...Done, now on to International Quilt Festival <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Houston....what can we say? It's been fun, weather has been crazy. The shop owners who shopped with us at Market were super nice. We are taking a day off today. Some vendors are setting up today, well starting at 4:00 pm. The convention workers have to change up the floor plan and need a day to get that done, before we all move in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kelly and I decided to just go over first thing in the morning and stay all day. Preview starts at 5:00 pm for all of those who have been taking classes. From 7:00-10:00 it's open to the public, which makes for a super long day, but a fun one. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Line-up for Sample Spree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kelly and I all dressed up for the Moda Party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Hero, Sue Spago was my neighbor in the next booth.<br />How lucky can one girl be??? </td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-36255257317156462292015-10-13T18:44:00.000-07:002015-10-13T18:44:40.159-07:00Heading out to PIQF then onto Houston<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I got home from the Palm Springs show this past Saturday night late. My friend, Kelly had called a few friends to help on Sunday put together kits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having a Mystery Block sounded like a great idea 2 months ago, but having to kit a wool and fabric block two days before I leave for PIQF and Houston Market & Festival was a bit crazy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kerry, Betty, Kathy, and Kelly were all there helping me cut, dye, and assemble kits all day long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday we did more of the same. Packing my own suitcase at 11:30 PM, setting the clock for 3:45 am to take off for Santa Clara, CA and PIQF. Here is some of the more glamorous views of our travels today. I'm so kidding right now, we often tease each other. People say to me all the time, "It must be so much fun to travel to all those quilt shows." We look at each other, if they only knew. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is us traveling with Alicia Campbell, the Batty Lady. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love getting Costco gas where I can</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we eat at all the Fabulous Places!!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So no, I wouldn't trade it for anything. When anyone comes into my booth, I always try to greet everyone. "Thanks for coming out to the Show." And just know that I truly mean it. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-84376698562732126122015-10-11T11:09:00.000-07:002015-10-11T11:09:05.358-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hello Again, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so sorry for being a day late. Calendars are not my friend this time of year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope that you have enjoyed the first block by Rhonda at Farmhouse Threads as much as I have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are hoping that after the craziness that is Houston Quilt Market and Festival we can complete this quilt then do some kind of Raffle to raise money for Camp Pendleton Toys for Tots program. It would be great to see this Christmas quilt generate money for our military and their kids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have some kits and I can make more. I have to leave for PIQF on Tuesday, then go straight to Houston for 2 weeks. If the kits run out while I'm gone, please be patient and I will get them out as soon as I get home. Trust me, you don't want my boys cutting your kits while I'm gone. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you want the block with the same fabric and wools I used </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.rustycrow.com/shop/Wool/Wool-Kits/p/Christmas-Party-Reindeer-Girl-Block-x9483687.htm" target="_blank">Click here for my Christmas Block Kit</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2cdYBXdNSWLMmtqWjBsMklEWTA" target="_blank">Click here for FREE pattern!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy and Merry Christmas, Shawn</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-33224028062596516262015-10-10T11:03:00.001-07:002015-10-10T11:03:17.700-07:00Apparently I can't Read A Calendar!! Blog Hop Hoppers <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hello, Mystery Block Hoppers, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know I'm up for your next block but apparently I can't read a calendar. I will have it up tomorrow. I'm currently at a show in Palm Springs, CA vending. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I promise the block is worth the 24 hour wait. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You all have been so sweet to us!! I love wool quilters, they are the best out there!!!!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With warmest regards (it's over 100 degrees here in Palm Springs) I'll chat with you all tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Love Shawn</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-82510266115114500132015-09-28T10:46:00.002-07:002015-09-28T10:46:42.744-07:00Mondays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mondays are possibility days. I love Mondays. I have a huge amount of things that need to be done, for Houston Quilt Market and Festival next month. Piece by piece, things get scratched off the list. <br />
I have great people around me, that still love me with the crazy. They even help me. Life chores don't stop when you have your eye on the bigger goal. Laundry still has to be done, cat and dog hair pile up on the carpet that needs to be vacuumed, dishes, there are always dishes. Bills remembered and paid. Thank goodness I have found auto-pay for many things. We won't have to walk around in the dark, and can still take showers. <br />
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We just finished 4 weekends in a row of Quilt Shows. This weekend we are going to celebrate with our great friends as their daughter gets married. I'm going to enjoy the break and my friends. <br />
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Next week, the Mystery Blog hop is going to start. Can you believe that they asked me???? My block is the second week of the hop. Please follow along. You will love the border treatment!!!<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(75.300000%, 0.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'BaskOldFace'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Christmas Mystery Quilt
Blog Hop!
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<span style="font-family: 'BaskOldFace'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">For10weeks,beginningOctober3</span><span style="font-family: 'BaskOldFace'; font-size: 4.000000pt; vertical-align: 4.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-family: 'BaskOldFace'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">wewillsharewithyoufree
patterns from some of our favorite designers to complete a
Christmas Quilt just in time for Christmas. Each week, one
designer will post the pattern to make a Christmas block using
wool appliqué and embroidery on cotton. Week 10 will include
the instructions to put all of these blocks together with some fun
borders to complete your Christmas quilt. Finishing kits will be
available from Farmhouse Threads.
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<span style="color: rgb(75.300000%, 0.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'BaskOldFace'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Make sure you sign up for each designer’s blog/website to receive
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 1, October 3rd – Rhonda McCray, Farmhouse Threads
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://farmhousethreads.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 2, October 10</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th – </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Shawn York, Rusty Crow Quilt Shop
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://shawn-rustycrow.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 3, October 17</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">- Debbie Busby, Wooden Spool Designs
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://w</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 7.000000pt;">oodenspooldesigns.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 4, October 24</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Joyce Weeks, Geoff’s Mom Pattern Co.
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://</span><span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 7.000000pt;">geoffsmom.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week5,October30</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">–GloriaParsons,OldeGreenCupboardDesigns
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://oldegreencupboard.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 6, November 7</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Joan Grenke, Bits and Pieces by Joan
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://bitsandpiecesbyjoan.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 7 November 14</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Kathy Campbell, Heart to Hand
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://www.hearttohand.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 8, November 21</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">st </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Jeni Gaston, Woolen Willow Designs
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://jenifromthewillow.blogspot.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 9, November 28</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Lisa Bongean, Primitive Gatherings
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://primitivegatheringsquiltshop.wordpress.com
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Week 10, December 5</span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 4.000000pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 3.000000pt;">th </span><span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 40.000000%, 0.000000%); font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 7.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">– Finishing Instructions from Farmhouse Threads
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<span style="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%); font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 6.000000pt;">http://farmhousethreads.blogspot.com </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-78204333701308017142015-09-18T08:55:00.001-07:002015-09-18T08:55:43.316-07:00Another quilt show this weekend, Conejo Valley Quilter @ Cal Lutheran University Sept 18 & 20 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are in the middle of September and we still have so much left to do for Houston in a month. Thankfully, I'm not alone. Mike and Kelly are huge helps to me. <br />
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We are busy expanding our Valdani selection to have in stock every color of 8's & 12's Pearl Cotton that they make. We will be adding the 3 strand as well when we figure out where to put it all. <br />
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We are busy making Sample Spree Samples for shop owners who go to Houston and want to buy ready made samples for their shops. Rusty Crow now has a collection of Wool Christmas ornaments. I drew 24 so far, this year we are producing 6 to put in the tin. Here is what a bit of that process looks like. I'll put them on the website to sell. Everything but the Valdani, needle, and freezer paper is included. I hope you like them. Come see me at the quilt show this weekend in Thousand Oaks.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-84971577826098881002015-08-30T11:32:00.001-07:002015-08-30T11:32:46.263-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been home from the Wisconsin wedding for a week now, and I'm still tired. Doesn't help that we came home to a oven of heat and humidity. I love where I live, except for the 2 weeks in August every year that heats up and makes me wish for air conditioning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my last weekend home until November. We have shows every weekend, except for a quick trip to Seattle to another wedding. I have a stack of quilting projects that need quilting, but the room is so bloody hot that it is going to have to wait. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been working on my first set of Wool Christmas Ornaments. We are going to offer completed sets at Sample Spree this year at the Houston Quilt Market. Sample Spree is an opportunity for shop owners to purchase completed samples for their shops. Also fabric manufactures are there offering the newest fabrics, designers are there showing off the newest patterns and notions. A bunch of work has to happen now to make it look as effortless as it does at market. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have lots of wool to prep, but I'm so looking forward to getting back on the road. </span><br />
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Last night Lisa and the crew here in Wisconsin threw Brooke a Bridal shower. We had a great time. One of the games involved your cell phone, which I had left at the house. Times have changed when cell phones are used in a game. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com0Menasha, WI, USA44.2022084 -88.44649729999997644.1111634 -88.607858799999974 44.293253400000005 -88.285135799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-68674283280056526922015-08-19T09:39:00.000-07:002015-08-19T09:39:02.570-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike and I have never been here before, but we feel like this is going to be a second home. Nick & Lisa have been so welcoming, we couldn't ask for nicer people to share our family with. We hope they feel the same. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-2540682663212658122013-08-06T17:43:00.000-07:002013-08-06T17:43:00.729-07:00Last Long Beach Quilt Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We just finished the last Long Beach Quilt Show at the Convention Center this past weekend. We had a great time and I'm going to miss seeing so many friends in one place.<br />
<br />We will follow Quilts Inc. up to Portland, Oregon next year. We hope the Summer Indoor Expo in Redmond will be again next year during the outdoor Sisters Show. It was nice for the quilters to have two venues to visit instead of just one. A high tide rises all ships.<br />
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I'm getting a little crazy around here getting ready for Houston. One Quilt is done, four more to go. Promise a peek at them next time. <br />
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This next part is for all those of you who came up to me and asked about Brit & Bells. They are doing Great!! Bells is a year and a half now. Brittany is working, has her own apartment, and is a wonderful mom. This is a picture of them that I took yesterday. I hang out with Brit & Bells on Mondays, whenever possible. Thank you for all your words of encouragement, Shawn<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-84383153156960366062012-11-21T14:42:00.000-08:002012-11-21T14:42:10.463-08:00Home after a Month on The Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What a busy month I have had. First, there was the drive to Houston by myself. That is always an adventure. Priceline and Travelocity have become permanent apps on my phone. I got to Houston right before they were closing the gates the day before set up and was able to park my trailer that stayed in the same spot the entire time I was in Texas. <br />
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Market was great, I met with many magazine publishers. I signed four contracts with Quiltmania, the French version, so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm hoping that the 2 new distributors I talked to follow up with orders. I met with many Quilt shop owners, fun ladies from all over the world. <br />
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Festival was crazy busy. Sandy made the quilt show not quite as joyous as it usually is, but I can understand the concern I saw on people's faces as they talked about home and what awaited them. Most East coast attendees had to bug out a couple of days early or be stuck in Houston an extra four days. <br />
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October 2nd? Really? I want it to be a joke, but at the same time I'm so excited that October is here. I'm working like a crazy lady trying to get stuff done, but some things are slipping by and I can't help it. <br />
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The quilt shows this fall have been a lot of work, but fun hanging out with my favorite fellow vendors. I will be at the Simi Valley show this coming weekend, then I have one more small guild show before I leave for the Houston show. <br />
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The days have been long and hot here in Southern California. I don't know how people who live in this kind of weather more than 2 weeks do it. I'm too spoiled to live anywhere else.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00092247876504213072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402541774014149083.post-35898012631584909452012-08-10T11:30:00.000-07:002012-08-10T11:30:17.217-07:00Hot Days in August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Summer has finally arrived here in San Diego County. We have been in the mid-80's all week. I know many quilters in the mid-west would love weather like that, but we aren't use to the stickiness that comes with it. <br />
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If things work out the way I think, we will be heading to the World Quilt Show Florida IV after Houston. That means, I won't be coming home to reload, so I have to take enough stock to supply two big shows. Most of you who have seen my trailer and the mess I made at setting up a booth can attest to how much stuff I bring. <br />
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It has been a week since we were super busy at the Long Beach Quilt Show. This is my booth before ....So many bins and so little room or so it seems most of the time. I'm always looking for displays that I can pile more stuff onto.<br />
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In the middles of getting the booth prepped, we have boxes and bins everywhere. I really try not to touch anything a million times before it's in it's place. The powers to be with the microphone announce that they need the aisle cleared because the have to roll out the carpet. Then it's a mad dash to get the empty's either stashed away under the tables or out to the trailer that is now parked in Santa Ana at Alicia's house, Oh Yeah!! So instead we are jamming them into my truck. <br />
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Long Beach was a great show. Lots of familiar faces, which was so fun. I met Lisa Bongean and her husband, Nick from Primitive Gatherings. Their booth looked great as always and was miles longer than mine. Someday, I will be a big girl with a big booth.<br />
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The new website is up and slowly filling up. I loaded my show calender into it today. Which made me look ahead at next year's calender. There are a couple of big moves that some of the shows are doing, which will knock out some shows for me. I'm not a franchise yet!!!!! One show at a time....<br />
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So this week, between taking care of Mike's billings, emails, and orders, I have been on the Gammill most of the week. I have a pile of quilts that have to be done in the next 10 days. <br />
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