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Around the Net: Di Wells (entry 104)

Hi Ladies, today I was spending some time watching these incredible videos on the Country Channel .TV, which is an online source for videos.

Here’s an interesting video on Di Wells, she’s an amazing patchwork artist, designer and fabric dyer…enjoy the http://www.countrychannel.tv/player.php/?player=TheNewCountryChannel&ct=1&ids=297269

She has a FAB scrapbook with her designs, ideas, slips of cards, pictures etc in for her inspiration and thoughts.

Di Wells shows one of her quilts that is made out or brown paper and tissue paper, she also gives a demo on how to make the paper be soft and supple by “screwing” it up – she’s an English lady so you get a little clip of English verbiage at the same time. This is her distressing process.

 

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Kind Words (entry 103)

Hi Everyone, Carla G from my Flying Needles Quilt Guild sent me this wonderful email with respect to my Newsletter “The Times” (1st edition) and I just had to pass it on to all of you 🙂

 Hi Val, 

Your newsletter is great. I love the way you set it up. Its so colourful. Good Job. Quilting is not my major pastime (I do more cross stitch and reading) but this newsletter actually inspires me to get going with all the fabric and thread and needle things I like to do. Well done.

Love, Carla G

Thanks so much Carla, I really value the feedback and of course the kind words that people leave for me. 

 

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Sunny Friday with Updates, 100th Blog Post Giveaway (entry 102)

Sew…I’ve surpassed 100 blog posts and feel totally awesome about it. Thanks to all of you who’ve followed me through the beginning of this new book in my life…yes a book as the previous book consists of my old professional world that has moulded me into the person I am today and I’m very thankful for that.

I would like to do a GIVEAWAY!! The winner will receive a tin of Quilters Tea and a Scissor Keeper Kit & Pattern and a bundle of 4 FABULOUS Silk Quarters for you to drool over 🙂 How does this sound?

Here’s a picture of the Scissor Keeper Kit Jen E created!

A Bundle of Silk Quarters colours to be picked my MOI and trust me this is something you will adore in your collection!!

What do you need to do for this great prize? Leave a comment, Refer people to this blog posting and have them leave a comment including your name, the more people you refer the better your chances of winning 🙂 Sound Good!!

Because it’s a bright and cheery morning here…I have a pile of stuff to do today:

– get brochures, patterns, newsletter ready for my show May 1st

– Piecemakers Guild Presentation on Monday, need to prepare for this

– finish my Pastimes Online Banner for my studio and my show..here’s a sneak pic since this picture, I’ve completed the applique and now onto the stitching of my adorable spool from my logo then onto the quilting and finishing…yikes time is of the essence 🙂

 Here’s the pizza box block I did for SH…

here’s the finished pieced block 4 for Journey of a Quilter…I’m so in love with this project it is so beautiful!

Here’s block 2 for A Kittens Tale, arn’t the pinwheels adorable?

So as you can see I have a few things on the go and I’m loving it!!

Update on my class, the second class went really well we completed this pinwheel block and now onto the dresden plate, needle turn applique.

The colours I’ve chosen come from two fabric lines

Little Palm Paisley and Metro Blue Remix

Any questions about my projects, the GIVEAWAY or anything else you see in this blog please email me valerie@PastimesOnline.ca. Good luck to you all!!!

Until next time, have a happy and creative weekend!!

OH Yeah, don’t forget to visit my Photo Blog when you have a chance as it’s a collection of pictures I love…