Look what we did!

I just had to upload some of these pictures of two quilts that Deanna and I just completed. 


The red and cream was done by Deanna: custom quilted with cross-hatching and a design in the center of the block.  The entire quilt was done with stitch-in-the-ditch around the piecing.  It's a Christmas theme quilt, so the flower design in the centers of the blocks represents a poinsettia.  This quilt turned out beautifully!

For those of you that participated in our Block of the Month program at our former quilt shop, the second quilt is a completed BOM that I custom quilted.  Lots of stitch-in-the-ditch as well as continuous curves in the star blocks.  Then to soften it up a bit, I freehanded leaves in the sashings and feathers in the setting triangles.  I'm very please with how this turned out, and I'm anxious to get our former shop sample completed so that we can hang it for all to see!  And for those of you interested in having me quilt your BOM's...I will extend a 10% discount to you!  Give me a call or drop in and we can discuss quilting it just like this, or other options available.

 

Both quilts took some time to complete, but fun, fun, fun to do! 

More news: for those of you that are "hooked" on making the bowls out of fabric wrapped rope, we just recieved our AccuCut 3/4" strip cutter.  So, now you can bring in your fabric and we can whip it thru the AccuCut to give you your fabric strips!!  What can be easier???

We're hoping to have a little class/workshop on making the bowls and several other items using this rope method.  Stay tuned for news on that.

Deanna and I are quite pleased with the response we are getting from so many of you requesting we quilt your quilts.  Thank you so much!  Right now we are at a 2-3 week turn-around time, but as the holidays approach that time could increase.  We both suggest you get your holiday projects in early...those tree skirts, table runners, place mats and quilts! 

 We will be sending out our old newsletter in the next day or so to give some updates, so look for that in your email.  Remember tho, we will be eliminating the newsletter in the future and posting exclusively on this blog.  Oh....and feel free to leave your comments on the blog also!

A Little Update....

It's been about a week since I posted last, so I figured it was time to annoy everyone for a while!

Deanna and I have been busily working on customer quilts all last week and again this week. We both have quilts on our machines made by Pat Smentek; both very nice too. One is a Christmas quilt in reds and creams, and the other is from the block of the month for last year at Desert Flower Quilts. I'm having fun doing custom work on that one...lots of ruler work and feathers and leaves. Deanna is doing ruler work too, and getting ready to do cross hatching on hers. Stop in and take a look.

We will be having coffee on Wednesday morning, so be sure to join us!

Next week Deanna will be heading to the Rusty Barn show in Tucson. The show is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Sept 30th, Oct 1 and 2). I am tenatively planning on going down on Friday evening and coming back on Satuday to visit Deanna at the show. If so, that means there will be no DFQ people at the shop on Saturday. Just and FYI....

Otherwise, not much else new. We are working on forming some clubs and having some sew-ins and retreats in the near future. And we may even have a separate facility to hold these events in! Stay tuned.....

Welcome to our New Blog

Here we are, at our new blog site.  We hope everyone will find using this blog for news, club announcements, and general communication easy and simple. 

We will be posting all club announcements and other information to our blog beginning January 1, 2011.  We will be transitioning everyone from our current Newsletter format for ease of communication; so be sure to poke around the blog and become familiar with it's usage.

Watch for our newsletter for October for more information