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Did you have fun leaning about the GO! this week? Did you learn things that you didn't know about the GO!? Are you ready to win one of your own? Head over to the AccuQuilt Go fan page on Facebook and let them know that Charlie has sent you and while you are there tell them thanks for giving me the opportunity to give a great system like the GO to one lucky reader. It seems that our week is drawing to a close and we must say goodbye. Before we go we need to say thanks to the following sponsors for making this weeks giveaway possible. This weeks post have been brought to you by: John of Quilt Dad Who donated two Jelly Rolls Lane of That Man Quilts Who donated a Jelly Roll Ryan of I'm Just a Guy Who Quilts Who donated a Bundle of Joy quilt kit Scott of Blue nickel Studios Who donated a Fat Quarter bundle and scrap bag of fabric. Lorna of Connecting Quilts Who donated Quilter's Dream batting AccuQuilt of AccuQuilt Who donated GO! ...

Wow, time sure does fly when your having fun.  This GO! system from AccuQuilt is amazing is it not?  Every time I go to the AccuQuilt Go! web site I learn something new.  I did not even know they made these.    GO! appliqué dies and digital embroidery designs are a quilting Dream Team. The GO! Fabric Cutter enables you to cut appliqué shapes in seconds and digital embroidery helps you to create gorgeous designs in just a few minutes. The digital embroidery designs featured here were made specifically to work with GO! appliqué dies and are available in a wide range of file formats.  A match made in heaven...Designer Embroidered Applique Meets AccuQuilt GO! Designer Sarah Vedeler has partnered with AccuQuilt GO! to create eye candy, embroidered quilts. This dream team removes the challenges of cutting applique and embroidering! The AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter makes cutting the applique shapes a breeze. Simply apply fusible web to your applique f...

Need some inspiration for your next quilt project? These FREE downloadable quilt patterns are here to help! From bed quilts and throws to table runners and wall hangings, you’re sure to find a pattern you’ll love. As I was looking around the AccuQuilt web site I found a pattern called Mix and Match Quilt Dies . It shows you a list of dies and all the blocks you can make from it. There is so much that can be done with the GO! I would have never thought of this, but the great people at AccuQuilt has done it for me. This leaves me more time to quilt. Hey there, everyone, my name is Scott Hansen, and Blue Nickel Studios is the name of my blog and design company. I have a wonderful wife, Linda, who is a doll artist as well as a great mom to our three teenagers. She has her own blog which you might enjoy too at www.missmabelstudio.com . I am happy to be part of Charlie's giveaway and am donating a pack of assorted fat quarters from my vast stash. My blog is all about qu...

Can you believe it were on post number four of our week long post about the AccuQuilt Go! I could write another blog post on how great the GO really is or share with you more tips on the GO!, but I think that I'm going to let this blog post tell you all about it. Why should I do all the work when today's guest has done it for me. Thanks!!! I would like to introduce you to my very best friend Ryan of I'm Just a Guy Who Quilts. He is another male quilter that does awesome work. Some of his work can be seen on his Flicker page or his my works page. Did you see the the awesome Halloween place mats on Ryan's Flicker photostream that he made using his new GO! I hope he sends them to me or at least the candy. He is a 30 yr old crafty father of 2 growing boys, and is happily married to his wonderful wife, and it just so happens that he love to quilt. His family and him reside in the small upstate NY town he grew up in (Delhi, pronounced DEL-HIGH). His wife and him b...

Welcome to day three of the AccuQuilt Go! giveaway. Are we having fun yet? I am. This is so much fun. Let jump right in GO! Cutting Equivalents Chart I know I have talked about these before, but they bear mentioning again. Do you have a quilt pattern without GO! instructions and want to be able to use your GO! dies to cut the pattern shapes? The GO! Cutting Equivalents Chart is here to help you out. Download GO! Cutting Equivalents Chart Do you want to know the minimum amount of fabric you’ll need to cut shapes with each of your GO! dies? Check out our GO! Fabric Reference Chart. Download GO! Fabric Reference Chart These are worth printing off and placing next to your go. Today I would like to introduce you to Lane of That Man Quilts! He would like to share with one lucky blog post reader the following jelly roll of 24 2 1/2" strips. Would you look at all those yummy colors. I've got a few projects I could make out of this roll. "That man quilts ...

Welcome to day two of the AccuQuilt Go! giveaway. A ccuQuilt is happy to announce that they're expecting a bundle of joy! Watch for the birth announcement on Friday, October 1st. I wounder what it will be? I'm excited to see what they have in the works. I'm sure it will be something great. If you want to win one of these fantastic machines and 3 dies of your choice, head over to THIS POST and leave a comment there to enter. You can qualify yourself to enter up to 3 times. REMEMBER DON'T LEAVE COMMENTS ON THIS POST. GO TO THE GIVEAWAY POST AND COMMENT IN ORDER TO ENTER. Lets all give a big Qubee Quilts hello to John of Quilt Dad! He has donated not one but two Jelly Rolls from Moda. One is a Moda Bella Solids warm Jelly Roll and the other is Moda Marbles Jelly Roll I'll take the Bella jelly roll please. Just Kidding. John really does rock!!! John is a 35 year-old happily married father of three and, odd as it may be, he loves to quilt. He...

Last week I did a review of the AccuQuilt Go! and the folks at AccuQuilt liked my review so much they said that I could give one to a lucky blog reader. Wow, thank you so much AuccuQuilt I'm blown away by your support! I'm going to have a week long celebration. One lucky GRAND PRIZE winner will walk away with a new AccuQuilt GO! and 3 dies of their choice. But wait, I will also be drawing names to win several other prizes donated by my blog sponsors and readers like you! Over the next week I will introduce you to the other prizes and the people who donated them. Check back daily for for chances to win. You can enter up to three times. Here is what you have to do. It's simple really. Follow my blog. Sign up is on the right hand side. Leave a comment letting me know that you follow. Note: Google Reader does not count as following the blog.  Must sign up on the right hand side. Follow Qubee Quilts Fan Page on Facebook. Sign up is on the right hand si...

Welcome to this weeks music Monday post. This week's artist is Lily Allen , an artist out of Great Britain. The first time I heard her music, I was a little surprised by the lyrical content in comparison to the music that accompanied it! However, she has become one of my favorite artists since then. Check out her single, The Fear. Are you a follower of the blog? Sign up is on the right hand side.  There will be a giveaway coming soon  for followers only.  Can't win if you're not a follower.   Now you can have my blog posts e-mailed directly to you! All you have to do is sign up by clicking the link on the right side of the page and enter your e-mail address. Until next time,

I know I have covered this before but it bears repeating. Cleaning More Than Just Your House if you want to check out the original post from February of this year. A few weeks ago on Qubee Quilts Fan page I asked when was the last time your machine was cleaned and I was shocked in the answers I got. A couple of people told me May. One told me, you mean I need to clean my machine? I'm here to tell you that you do need to clean your machine and it' something that you need to be doing every 4 to 6 hours of sewing. I can't stress this enough. I clean my bobbin area after every bobbin change because my machine is so easy to clean. Even cleaning my machine that often I still see lint and fuzz. It comes from your project and thread. I wish everything we worked on was lint free, but they are not, therefore we have to clean our machines. When you buy a car you gets its oil changed every 3,000 to 5,000 miles. Why don't we clean our sewing machines? That lint is not g...