First up: One of the guilds I belong to, Thimble Pleasures, has their Quilt Show this weekend!! Thimble Pleasures has their show every two years. We will have over 200 quilts on display, a raffle quilt, boutique, raffle baskets, silent auction, vendors, food for purchase, and my favorite – the Special Project area. I love seeing how so many talented women come together to show their work, make and donate handmade items for all the different areas. Our special Project will have handmade items for sale, ALL monies brought in from the Special Project will be donated to the Doug Flutie Jr. foundation for Autism. We will also gladly welcome monetary donations.

Here is a picture of our raffle quilt with all the details!

I hope you will join us if you are in the area this weekend!

Now for another finish. Last week I talked a bit about one of the workshop attendees using one fabric for all of her flower in her Hexie Flower Garden. Here is her quilt top…

I’m so pleased to see the results, WOW!!! WONDERFUL!

This quilt was made by Jen Cannizzaro. She is a longarm quilter and has her own small business. I’m looking forward to seeing how she quilts her quilt! I’ll share her information as she sent it to me. I hope you will look her up…

“We are Cannizzaro Creations – mother and daughter – we are longarm quilters with quilting and dyeing classes, and have fabric, notions and kits for sale (we have a few hundred bolts).  We also partner with Snowy Mountain Knitting in our space.  Fran offers knitting classes and yarn for sale.  Our space is in an old shoe factory in Rockland, MA (379 Liberty St – the ET Wright building).  The building rents space to artists of a variety of mediums.  If you are looking for something to do on April 26, our building has open studios which is a lot of fun.  Come by if you are interested!”

It pays to ask questions of those in your workshop! I would not have know Jen had her own business if I didn’t listen and ask. Exciting!

#1 – Talk to those quilters in your workshops! Learn things!

#2 – Attend your local guild shows. There are so many in New England, it is fun to see what area quilters are making, vending and showing!

I hope to see many local quilters this weekend. I’ll be in the Special Project area most of the show. I’m doing a short demo on Saturday at 2:30 on my “Faux Piped Bindings”. Come sit and join me as I share how I make these bindings that add POP to your bindings. One of my Challenge quilts, “Winter Trees on a Moonlit Night” will be in the show and has this type of binding! This one is very subtle.

in quilting,

Debbie