A proud daughter!

I know that my mom has talent! 

I, along with my siblings and my dad have been very lucky to learn from her talent! She has always had an AMAZING eye for color and style. Not only with quilts, she has a fabulous sense of style with her home and yard. (I know because I watch strangers stop by and take pictures of her home every day!) I could go on and I but I won't!

Kathleen is my mom/partner in crime!

A couple months ago she decided to enter a quilt in the McCalls Quilting Design Star contest. I think there were over 170 entrants and 15 of them have been selected to compete in the contest. Well, one of those is my mom! They asked her a few questions about herself and I couldn't help but laugh as I was reading them! So, head on over to McCalls to read more about Kathleen!

Congratulations mom! I'm really proud of you!

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Teaching Starch Appliqe, my method.

Last Thursday I taught my starch applique technique at a local quilt guild. 

My friend Cat took some pics of me. I'm pretty sure I'm a pro at looking dumb in pictures. :) Oh well, I'll give you a good laugh! 

It was a long day... So my hair didn't even get done.. Oh well, that's life when you're a working mom. :)

(Don't mind my eyes, I know they look like I'm on drugs.... I really wasn't.)

Okay, on a more serious note. It did go well and I really enjoyed sharing my starch applique technique, you can learn more about it here. 

Hope your Monday is off to a good start. I've got some great news to share later this week and my brother is marrying a super cute girl this week and Chesney gets to be a flower girl so I'm super excited for the week!

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So You Think You're Crafty

Whitnee and I have made it past another week on So You Think You're Crafty. This week the theme was Edible. So we made Edible Topiaries. They are made from Lettuce, grapes, strawberries, blueberries and tomatoes. After we made them we used them for a birthday party for Kathleen. They made a perfect addition to our party!

They were also delicious! I can't wait to have another party to make them again!

This week the theme is Ethnic. I'm really excited for Monday when we get to see what everyone has made!

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Rene's Bee Blocks.

I have been sewing today. I made Rene's Bee Blocks for our Putting the Bee in Christmas group! I love the 12 Days of Christmas fabric! Hope that Rene likes them too!

This is my siggy block!

Hope everyone  has fun plans for the weekend. 

We are going to go to a parade and then the local rodeo.

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Quilting with lofty batting.

Thank you all for your sweet comments about the quilt that I shared yesterday. My sweet customer Bev loved it too! She said she is going to have a hard time giving it away!

So you all know that I love Quilters Dream Blend Batting. It's just my favorite. 

Well, every once in a while I'll have a customer ask me to quilt with a lofty batting and I am always so pleased with the outcome.

This is the back of a quilt that I recently quilted using a lofty batting. I think the dimension is pretty cool looking!

I also quilted this quilt this week, more of a traditional quilt but I think it turned out really pretty too!

Susan was worried about the lighter blocks in the center being too plain. So I used a thread with a little bit of contrast and quilted away. I think that it really helped those blocks.

Don't forget! Most of our fabrics have been reduced to just $6.00 per yard! Get them while they last!

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Transforming a Baby Quilt

 My sweet customer Bev brought me this baby quilt. 

She really wanted the quilting to give the simple quilt some detail. 

So........

First I added the babies initials. Using our starch applique technique.

Then I headed to the quilting machine. I did all custom quilting.

I think the back, with the minky turned out really cute too!

What do you think?

P.S. For those of you that joined me over @ Facebook and Twitter last night I had a lot of fun chatting with you. I'm trying to figure out a date when we can do it again! Does daytime or evenings work best for you?

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Frolicing Baby Quilt - Tutorial

 Frolicing Baby Quilt by Kathleen and Natalia from Piece N Quilt.

Where I'll be on Thursday

Thursday night am teaching a little demo on my starch applique technique at a local quilt guild. 

Wish me luck! :)

I always get so nervous.

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