Last Saturday, a group of us quilt buddies took the Folded Log Cabin class from Catherine Kane of Brookside Quiltworks. What a great time we had!

Started with a center panel (I chose a class sample from class I taught last Summer) and add the folded log cabins strips around it. And we used different log cabin layouts too.  Each piece is beautiful! And Catherine was so much fun in class. She’s planning another class in March, so contact her at http://brooksidequiltworks.com/ to register! You’ll be glad you did!!

And the winners are….

During the virtual Book Tour of “Turnabout Patchwork” by Teresa Mairal, you all were encouraged to subscribe to Puppy Girl Designs blog post.  Those you did (and there were many of you – THANK YOU!) were put into a drawing for an eBook of Turnabout Patchwork or a pattern from the author Teresa Mairal.

Winner of the eBook is Lori Morris, who sent this message “Hi Lynn! I wanted to let you know that I received my copy of ”Turnabout Patchwork”. It is fantastic! I never win a thing so this is so exciting…thank you so much!”.  The pattern winner is Marie Gee of Ontario, Canada and she had this to say “Oh thank you > this is very exciting.”

Stayed tuned for more to come!

This past weekend, quilt buddy Karyn Doremann and I co-hosted a quilt retreat in southern Columbia County.

The guest quilters were from all over – several from Rensselaer County, couple from Columbia County, from Staten Island and Wallkill. There was a much of a variety of interests and skill levels. Some were really into modern quilting (with works to drool over) while others leaned to the more traditional (every bit as lovely).  We had plenty of time to stitch and chat, to learn new techniques and share experiences.  On the first night, we even watched “How to Make An American Quilt” movie from the early 1990s, in a warm living room near the fire place and plenty of throws to keep us warm. We had show and tell with the staff from the retreat in attendance!  But what was especially wonderful was the easy banter among the quilters, nearly all strangers at the beginning. Quilting has a language of its own!  By the time the retreat was done, we had made plans for the next retreat and to stay in touch with each other.  There was even talk of going to Paducah show next Spring! What a great way to spend a weekend!

On a recent cold winter Saturday, Roadie (aka Nancie Van Alstyne) and I had our own quilt-in.  We both had quilts in need of assembling and chatting together made the hours pass quickly.  During a break for lunch, I spied a small book with a Singer sewing machine on the cover.  Upon further review, I found the book to be filled with photos of Roadie’s quilts and sewn items, with descriptions of the ”who” and the “why” with each one.  Seems there was a special deal on Shutterfly to have these photos produced into a small, hard cover book that would memorialize her works.  She even selected the cover photo! It is so awesome!!  Yes, we all know to place label on back of our work, so that folks in the future will know the “who” and the “why” but this new way of documenting our works is so tangible.  Yes, it is well known among those closest to me that I prefer paper to screens and this book is a wonderful collaboration of the two.