This is not a garden blog, but you might see an article concerning gardening. It is a blog about me and the cultivation of my life. This is a place where I air my opinions and ideas. There will be stories about what is happening or has happened. I like to write poems, some will be good and some will be bad. I am never bored, I hope you won't find what I write about boring. Thank you for sharing time with me.

Friday, February 12, 2016

QUILT BOOK: "KALEIDOSTARS" BY TOBY LISCHKO

If you are looking for something to lift your spirits, something to inspire you to be more creative, I have the solution.  My Friend Toby Lischko has published her new book.   The book contains new piecing techniques with accurate descriptions.  You will be excited when you see how she manipulates fabric  
 She has had the honor to be chosen as a finalist for the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from Old Favorites contest in Paducah, Kentucky.  Her Quilt placed 5th.  
If you are attending this year's AQS show in Paducah she has several classes she will be teaching.    The following is the newsletter published by Toby to announce her new book.
Toby also has a blog site to visit:
http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/



Workshops

I will be teaching 5 workshops this year at the AQS show in Paducah, KY. Two of them are already sold out. It's a great show and shouldn't be missed.
I still have openings in my
Mardi Gras class. Learn how to make a Lone Star, "y" seams without marking, and how to fussy-cut sections for a unique look.

http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47525-mardi-gras/





Milan Ambrosia.Learn how to use border stripes to create interesting designs in your quilts.

http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47504-milan-ambrosia-using-border-stripes/




Northern Lights.Make one of the quilts in my new book Kaleidostars. Learn how to use mirrors to find interesting designs in your fabrics and how to cut perfect repeats every time. This star has no "y" seams and is a breeze to piece.

http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47104-northern-lights/




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NEW BOOK IN!!!


My book Kaleidostars is finally available! I will be having some special giveaways on my blog for anyone participating. (Click on the image to take you to the book.) Check out my blog on Valentines Day, February 14. I will also show off some of the quilts and the fabrics I used to create them.

http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/.


The first 25 to purchase my book will receive a special gift.

Go to my gallery to see all of the wonderful quilts in the book.

http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/gallery.aspx?pagecount=1&pagestyle=normal&thecategory=Kaleidostars+book




New fabric collections

Paula Nadelstern's newest fabric collection ChromaZone is finally available! As usual she doesn't disappoint.

Isn't this just amazing! This one is called Magmatude. You can find the whole collection here:


http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/scripts/quiltshop.asp?category=Fabric&FabricCategory=reproductions&FabricSubcategory=Symmetrical















eQuilter Collaboration

My free eQuilter.com pattern this month is Bejeweled. It was created on Electric Quilt 7 with one of Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry collections called Waves for Benartex.

You can get the pattern here along with fabrics to make the quilt.

http://www.equilter.com/pattern/672/bejeweled


It is a great pattern that you can use my Cutting Corners templates to save from having to mark diagonal lines on the backs of squares. You can see it here:

http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/scripts/buyall.asp?thepi=285&tofrombuy=Templates||||1&p=9




National Quilt Museum
New Quilts from Old Favorites contest


One of my quilts had the honor of being chosen as a finalist for the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from Old Favorites contest in Paducah, Kentucky. I had dreamed of having a quilt in the museum and it came true! My quilt came in fifth place and will be featured in the AQS book with the same title. You will be able to see it at the museum in a special display from March until June (I think) and then it will travel with the AQS shows. The theme block was New York Beauty which happens to be my favorite block. My husband called it Ocean Blue. You can see the top five winners here:

http://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/new-quilts-old-favorites/











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Other blog sites by me:
Chronicling our adventures with a dumped Pit Bull Pup 
who has become a hidden treasure (and his little sister)

A blog mostly about quilting,
cooking, poetry, prose and a little gardening,
 Tutorial on how to make 5 panel Boxer Shorts.
 Check out "A MYSTERY IN THE MAKING"
A mystery quilt designed with the novice in mind. 

blogs about the wildflowers on our farm
Organic methods we use, some cooking and some poetry,
blogs about Seed sprouting, insects, and garden pictures

an intro to baking for kids.

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