Here are a few pictures of a cute baby quilt I was commissioned to make. The pattern is a bit of a hybrid - I used the Royal Critters pattern designed by Bethany Fuller, and then added two of my original applique designs to get the look the customer wanted. The fabrics were made by Windham Fabrics and purchased at The Patchwork Company in Windham NY. Do check them out the next time you are looking for wonderful quality fabric for your next project! The giraffe and lion are my designs. I created monkey quilting designs that were used in the patchwork blocks and border cornerstones. A fun project! I still smile when I look at the pictures of this happy baby quilt!
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A few of my customer quilts that picked up ribbons! Congratulations to Carolyn Ziehm! Her quilt won Best Applique Traditional, Best Machine Quilting, and First Place! Carolyn Ziehm's ASO (Albany Symphony Orchestra) Fundraising quilt won First Place! Pat Cunningham's quilt won another ribbon (also won in the Autumn Inspiration show in Schenectady Oct. 2012) I picked a few ribbons as well! This is a picture of the Vanguard Albany Symphony Orchestra fund raising quilt I quilted. You can see it at our local QUILT Show today - and look for raffle tickets for sale at one of the booths outside the show. Once again - the show is at the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, 440 Whitehall Rd. Albany, NY 12208 from 10am to 4:30pm TODAY!!!!!!!! Today is the last day of our local Quilt Show, and your last chance to buy some raffle tickets for this quilt! So, get over to the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church at 440 Whitehall Rd., Albany NY 12208 and buy your tickets before the drawing at 4pm this afternoon! And check out all the gorgeous quilts while you are there. I volunteered to help at the judging Wednesday, and saw some beautiful quilts, so I'm sure you won't be disappointed. But you will be disappointed if you miss out on your last chance to get those raffle tickets! The show hours are 10am - 4:30 pm - don't be late! A few photos from MQX East (Machine Quilters Expo). Excellent classes, great quilts for inspiration, and wonderful vendors. MQX West will be in Portland OR in Oct. 2013 and MQX East will be in Manchester NH in April 2014. Be sure to catch at least one of them! Here is a picture of Cathy Wiggins leading her "Why Quilts Win" - a private tour of the winning quilts and Cathy's commentary as to why a particular quilt won a ribbon while others did not. If you get a chance to take her tour DO IT! We are standing in front of Cathy's Fairy quilt. Can you ever have too much thread? Eye candy at the Superior Thread booth. A close up of Lisa Calle's award winning quilt - stunning! I've been published - well, not me really, but a picture of my quilt was published in the New Hampshire ToDo Magazine. This came as a total surprise! Here's a copy of the email from Janet-Lee Santeusanio of MQX, with the link to the online version of the article. My quilt - Hawiian Dawn is pictured on the last page!
http://issuu.com/nhtodo.com/docs/nequiltfest Janet-Lee Greer Santeusanio 12:00am Apr 3 If you don't get the New Hampshire ToDo Magazine, here's a link to the article. http://issuu.com/nhtodo.com/docs/nequiltfest New England Quilt Festival New England Quilt Festival (formerly known as MQX East) returns to Manchester after three years in P... Happy National Quilting Day! I hope you are spending the day being creative and making something wonderful! This is a picture of a fund raising quilt for the Albany Symphony Orchestra that I just finished quilting. It has signatures of various musicians including YoYo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. Someone is going to win a nice quilt! Watch for tickets going on sale in April/May! I have finally gotten my email newsletter signup form online! You can find it under the About tab on the My Quilting Lady website. Why do you care? Because by signing up, you will be the first to know about upcoming machine quilting specials, sales on quilting products, and all sorts of quilting tips. And if you have questions, email them to me for possible inclusion in future newsletters. And since it's National Quilting Day - how about a sale??!?!?!! Take a look at the Sew Steady Sewing Machine Extension Tables under the Home tab on the website. Thru 3/18/13 you can get a Large Deluxe Sew Steady Table - that's the 18" x 24" table - with the Perfect Circles Sewing Kit, Centering Ruler, Drawer Tray and a Free Carrying Bag for $100. And if you are looking for the BIG Deluxe Table (24" x 24") - all the same goodies on sale for $130 thru 3/18/13. So email or use the submission form at the bottom of the page to send me your sewing machine info - Brand and Model - along with which Sew Steady Table size you want. These tables are custom made for your machine. AccuQuilt Go! Cutters and Dies are also available at 20% off MSRP. Email which die(s) you are looking for, and I will get back to you with prices. And if you haven't stopped over to visit The Quilting Show - do so this weekend - lots of free shows, and classes - and a chance to win a Bernina sewing machine! http://www.thequiltshow.com/ Happy Quilting! In celebration of National Quilting Day...WOW! WOW! WOW! Sharon Schamber hosted a trunk show of her wonderful quilts at the QUILT North meeting last night in Clifton Park. For the two people in the world who don't know of her, Sharon Schamber won a $100,000 Quilt Challenge, as well as the Best of Show Award ($10,000) at the International Quilt Festival in Houston THREE TIMES, and many, many other awards at various quilt shows around the country. She is a Master Quilter and her work is over the top gorgeous! Here are a few pictures from the trunk show. This picture gives you an idea of the size of the details in Sharon's quilts - that is my finger in this close up shot of The Spirit of Mother Earth (the black and red quilt shown immediately above this photo). Truly amazing!
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AuthorHi! My name is Laurie Collins. I've been quilting for about 25 years - which means I must have started when I was four since I only admit to being 29! I'm a longarm quilter - trying to make the world prettier one quilt at a time! Archives
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