Category: Valerie’s Blog

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Open House 2011 (250)

So my 2nd Annual Open House was again a huge success this year. We had sew much fun meeting and visiting with everyone. 
Changed my studio layout so it was more Open and Inviting. I put up strips of cork (with a little help from my hubby) to get my block of the months up for everyone to see including myself. Some we only have a couple of months left and they’ll be finished!! I can’t believe we are already on month 8 boy oh boy does time fly by. 
Thanks to everyone who made the time to come out and have some iced Quilters Tea and yummy goodies plus having a nice visit with like minded Quilters – made the day totally worth while:)
Loved the day!!

 

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Entries for July (249)

So the Summer seems to be getting in the way of some people’s quilting time I think 🙂 including Mine just a little. Thus my next few posts are being written an uploaded using my iPhone as we’ve been cramming in our favorite Summer activity: Camping. Yep us Moss’ love to camp.
Here’s the entries for July
Danielle with her ever adorable Truly Scrumptious block and Kathy S with her Pies and Tarts blocks.

Nice job ladies!!
The winner this month is Kathy, hmmmm what should the prize be??? Let me look in my studio for something she’d love

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Kind Words: Rita W (248)

I received this special email from Rita W, she belonged to my Journey of a Quilter block of the month club in 2010 and has just had her quilt, quilted by a professional Long Arm Quilter, she’s super pleased and wanted to share it with me…well I just couldn’t resist sharing it with you also.

Dear Valerie, I just wanted you to see the quilt as it looks once it is quilted. I took the quilt to Creative Sisters in Kitchener to have it machine quilted. They did a great job. I am very pleased with it.  

The ladies in the shop said I should put it in the Waterloo County Quilt Guild Show. They really loved it and said it had to go in the show. I have never done such a thing before and  I am a bit nervous about doing that. I am not a Quilter that likes to show her work. I just love to create and gift them or use them in my home.

I enjoyed the experience of making the Block of the Month and perhaps I can join another one, especially when it combines embroidery and piecing in the same quilt.
Thanks again for all your help. Your Newsletter and Blog are great. I wish I lived closer to you so I could visit your studio.
Have a great summer !!   Rita.
 

Thanks Rita for your note. It makes me feel so proud that you love the quilt as much as I do and I know a number of other ladies out there love it too. I say “go for it” put it in the show especially if you can go and see it all set up, you’ll feel great about it…then you can keep it or give it away. Not sure I’d ever part with mine since it was the first block of the month I did with my business and I LOVE it too much to part with it! I wish you could stop by my studio too sometime too bad we are on opposite sides of the country.
Valerie