qubee quilts

WOW!!!! We go for months not hearing a word from Mark Lipinski and today we got a blog post from him and this is the title: MARCH ISSUE OF QUILTER’S HOME WILL NOT BE FOUND AT JO-ANN FABRIC AND CRAFTS The full story can be found here . Please read Mark's blog post before reading on. It might not make sense other wise. It is a little upsetting for me to here this. Yes, I know Jo-Ann has the right to carry what they want. I just think it's a bit upsetting that they would not carry the March Issue because of one article. To me this is like radio stations not playing the Dixie Chicks because of what they said about Bush (turns out they were right). The magazine is even in a plastic wrapper. I have read this article and I have to agree with Mark at best it is only PG-13. This kind of hit home to me for a few reasons. I have been thinking over the past few days that I wanted to do a post about acceptance, but was not sure how I would go about it. This is a great lead-in and...

I have been looking over posts on my blog and I see it has been since the first of the month that I have posted anything of any real substance. Thanks to all that commented about my whirlygiggles quilt. I will be showing you all my choice and update on it once I'm done and then again after it's quilted. I was out on the web looking around and come across this quilt. It is called Daisy Chain and is from Amy Butler . It's one of her free patterns for her line Daisy Chain. I am drawn to the hip fresh greenish/blue color of this quilt. I was reading the pattern on this quilt and it sounds easy. No seams to match because each strip is a random size. The blocks are foundation pieced and squared up once done. One interesting note; the pattern called for seams to be pressed open to reduce bulk and each block was backstretched at each end. I am thinking this pattern was not written by a quilter or I've been doing something wrong all these years. Correct me if I'...

Here is my Whirlygiggle quilt. I need your help deciding if I should go with or without the sashing. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Tomorrow afternoon I plan on sewing it together. Charlie

All these fabrics came from my stash, except the background. It seems I never have backgrounds in my stash and have to buy it. I have blogged about this fabric before, but now I am really using it in a project. This idea comes from Jacquie of Tall Grass Prairie Studio . Here is A link to the tutorial by Gree tingArts so you too can make this fun quirky twist on the pinwheel called Whirlygiggles. I, like Jacquie thought the template was easy to make. The tutorial was great and easy to follow. Even gave you pictures. Who could ask for more? I wanted my blocks to finish 9" and learning from Jacquie I made up a mock block to see if I had everything right. Well, three mock blocks later I had my blocks just right. I kept putting in the wrong amount for the seam allowance. It's not that I forgot it. These are all cut at an angle and I couldn't get my brain to wrap around that idea. My ends were off as well. Not much more than 1/4 inch. Nothing that squaring up could not fix. My...