Something NEW, Winged Things,More Patchwork Furniture,Your Color Fix,

Something Brand Spankin' New...

Oh Yeah!!! This is something brandy new being announced to the world right now, right here....it's my newest class and newest pattern.OWLS!!!WooHoooo It's not out in the world right now as I still have to quilt it, but I couldn't wait to show you. I am looking for a name...if you have a suggestion, my ears are open....cause I need a really good name for them.

I Love Wings!

Always have and always will. I was looking over most of my quilts, patterns and classes and found a common thing....WINGS!!! Butterflies, Dragonflies, Ladybugs,Birds,Owls,Fairies, Angels....WINGS!!! I just love em'. Here are just a small smattering of some winged things I have done.

Now don't these look like patchwork patterns??? I thought you thought that too. I sure envy the person that could just go to it and paint these up. I wonder if they gave thought to what patterns they would paint, or if they just went for it. So much of what I do has no thought or rhyme to it. I create whatever comes into my twitchy little fingers eager to create. How about you? Have any of you painted anything with a patchork theme to it?

MORE Patchwork Furniture

Just when I thought I found "all" of them, more turns up! Can ya believe it? I found this at http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/

YOUR COLOR FIX FOR TODAY

Winners Announced,Color Fix, Fabric and more!

My Book Give-Away Winner Announced!!!
How exciting is this??? Last week I was featured as a guest blogger on Quilting Gallery and I had a book give away, not one but two books. All that was needed was for someone to post a comment on how many scissors and pincushions I owned. As promised, today is March 1st, the day to post the pics of the scissors and pin cushions and announce my winners!

The answer is 45 pairs of scissors
and the winner is Sherelyn Nichol of Houston, TX who will receive an autographed copy of my book "Quilted Fairie Tales"
CONGRATULATIONS!

The answer is 24 Pin Cushions, bet ya thought I had more! The winner is a TIE....can ya believe it? Each guessed 27. It is a tie between Carolyn Howland and Donelly Barber. WOW! So my tie breaker question is: What time of the day was I born? The closest guess will receive an autographed copy of my book "Bended Bias to Applique" .

If you did not get a chance to read my guest blogger article, just click here and you can read a little about who I am and how I came to be a quilter!

Creative Prompt Doodle
Check it out and come join us at Jaye's blog or click on the COW link on my sidebar!!!

My Doodle for the word "Excitement", well I chose to use the word "excited"

Once I doodled out my word for excited, I couldn't stop. It was as if the sharpie black marker took over and before I knew it I had this comical girl drawn. I always drew real life figures, but I wanted to experiment and do something different. This time I used my colored pencil instead of water colors like I used in my last doodle of the tree. It makes me so happy to use colors. Colors make me thrive and be creative!

I had to share my most favorite fabrics "of the moment"....YUM YUM YUM!!!They are so different, but I love them equally. I wonder what I will make with them....hmmmm. The flower and leaf fabric on the left is "The Lindsey Collection" by Karen Montgomery for Timeless Treasures Fabrics.The stripey and fish fabrics are fat quarters and the name idn't on the selvage. If you know the name....PLEASE let me know!

HOW COOL IS THIS? On my midnight quests perusing the internet, I came across this
Laptop Pillow by IF. Check it out!

And as always.....
Your Color Fix For Today

The shoes are really cool....check out more of these, scroll to the bottom to find the patchwork shoes!

I'm a Guest Blogger on Quilting Gallery

It's such an honor to be a Guest Blogger on the Quilting Gallery, a place that is rich with some amazing talent out there. Click on the graphic below and you can read a little of how a compulsive child (that's me!) turned into a professional quilter by chance. Oh...and the best part....there are 2 contests I am holding and a special offer to all of you! Thanks and I look forward to your comments!

Doodles,Pics of class,Your Color Fix

DOODLING.....

My bud Jaye from my Quilt Mav group and facebook was blogging about doodling. She had some great posts on notebooks and blogs. Well, another Mav friend Sherri tooted in on the comments as well as I. We all decided to "try" and be creative at least once a week by doodling. And then yet another Mav friend Julie supported our endeavors and lo and behold, Jaye blogged about us doing this and it's open to anyone who wants to give it a go. Go to Jaye's blog to read all about this!
The Doodle prompt was - Beginnings.
I chose to doodle a tree. A tree was what popped into my head. Maybe an acorn would have been more appropriate, but a tree called out to me. I used a black thin sharpie pen and just randomly drew swirls and created little doodles within them. I liked it alot in black and white, but I remembered I had water colors that possibly were dried up. I was presently surpirsed that they weren't.
So color was added, name signed and doodle done! I had a blast!!!

Peek into my classroom.......

A wonderful day in Pennsylvania teaching my class "The Bird House". Nice simple shapes make a happy and cheery pictorial of a bird perched atop it's bird house. Perhaps not one bird is enough? Extend your tree branches and applique more of these winged creatures for a nice change!

Maureen Farr

Carol Cunningham

Jan DeGrath

YOUR COLOR FIX FOR TODAY
Thank you to everyone who has emailed me and told me that you love "Your Color Fixes For Today". It makes me happy to know that the colors I research and find for you, inspire and uplift your creative spirits.I believe that colors are good for every person's soul and artistic energies!

Balconies into Quilts;Your Color fix of the Day

Modena; An Italian Balcony

I've mentioned in a past blog how I love to take pics of balconies. This is the table runner I made from a balcony picture taken in Modena, Italy. It's one of my popular classes! I am obsessed with bias tape, so crazy for it that I began experimenting with it. I wanted to make quilts that didn't look like stained glass, but more of a way to use bias tape to enhance the edges of your applique. After making a few pieces, I decided to write my second book; Bended Bias to Applique and coined the phrase "Bended Bias". The above quilt can be used as a table runner or a wall hanging, and to extend the ends, all that is needed is to repeat the pattern minus the center,on each end.

This is one of my students pieces in progress. The class is exciting because no two look alike and the color combinations are endless. This is a great way to use novelty fabrics or that beautiful fabric you were afraid to cut because you didn't know how to use it.

Here we are auditioning what would be a fitting background to lay our center bias tape work on. The bias tape can be hand appliqued,embroidered by using a blanket stitch, machine appliqued by using the blind hem stitch or what looks really great is using those pretty decorative stitches your sewing machine has!

My cousins in Northern Italy own a trattoria that has been in our family (Capitello Della Coca) on top of a mountain in Castelgomberto.(The Pumpkin Gnocchi's are to die for). Mom and I wanted to make a wall hanging for them as they were celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the restaurant. We decided to use my pattern. Since they make their own wine and olive oil too, we found a beautiful novelty fabric in the perfect colors we wanted that had oil and vinegar bottle,s and of course "vino". To top it off, I found a pretty font and photo transferred it, appliqued and edged it in more "Bended Bias" tape. Mom found some nice wire thingies to attach to a dowel and off it went to Italy. They loved it and it now hangs in the main dining room of their trattoria!

Your Color Fix For Today

Just show and keep doing what your doing

Just show and keep doing what your doing

I want to share this video with you. I think it will be well worth your time to watch. It's funny, inspiring and the message is simple. It is 19 minutes, but when I watched, the time flew by. I found myself nodding my head as I giggled and laughed along.
If you every wondered where your creativity comes from....well....just watch the vid and enjoy. I would love to hear your thoughts, please leave a comment. I loved Elizabeth Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love too. If you would like to read it, I put the amazon.com widget to the right of this article. You can order right there and then!
Linda

Peek into my classrooms, Color Fix, Fun Pic

A Peek into my Classrooms:
So here we are in Houston at the Int'l Quilt Festival. One of the 5 classes I taught was The Bee's Knees. We haven't gotten to appliqueing the Honey Bees onto the quilt top just yet. It's a pretty little pattern with a Bee hive and honey bees appliqued on top of the traditional
Honey bee" block....a very fun class as you can tell by the smiles. The class was filled and it was fun to see all the different variations of fabrics picked for the beehive and the background. This pattern is also available for purchase by emailing me. Linda@lindampoole.com











And here we are in Memphis, TN where I taught at a retreat.The girls were great! When I entered the facility, they all had T-shirts on with a postcard that said "Poole Party"....and a fantastic party it was! This class is called "The Dragonfly" and once again, the colorful fabric made these winged beauties pop off the quilt top.

You too can take these classes, just look at my website and see if I'll be in your area or your quilt guild program chair can hire me for your guild's program!

Your Color Fix for Today:


Fun Pic for Today: One of my passions is taking pictures and what better way to share them than post them here for you to see!
And something to make you smile:

Sometimes when you're not looking, a perfect photo opportunity lies right in front of you. I took this photo in Mystic Seaport, CT. I just loved the slogan "Life is Good" coupled with the flat tire.