My new fabric line SEAHORSES,Quilting Funny, Cool Quilty Stuff and Your Color Fix for Today

MY NEW FABRIC LINE
SEAHORSES
with Avlyn Fabrics

I am so thrilled to introduce you to my newest collection I designed for Avlyn Fabrics. Seahorses was so much fun to design, as I am a lover of colors and lots and lots of little intricate designs within the elements. You may of heard me yesterday talk about these two little seahorse with their tails entwined ( very romantic) on Pat Sloan's LIVE RADIO.
(You can listen to the most recent show by clicking here)

I have always referred to this little seahorse as my "hippy horse...guess it's the hair!!! )

So....if you are loving this so far....please ask your quilt shop to carry it. They can ask their rep, go to Avlyn's website OR direct them to my blog to see it! (Thank you)

Something that gets me highly motivated to doodle and draw is a blog I follow all the time. It is the brainstorm of Jaye Lapecht. Jay posts a word prompt every week and I would take those words and doodle out my ideas....geez...I have been ridiculously busy that I do need to get back on her site and do these word prompts ASAP. You don't HAVE TO draw...you can do anything, photos work too! Please give it a try. On the right side of my blog you will see a cute little cow icon, click it and it takes you to Jaye's blog!

YOUR QUILTING FUNNY

COOL QUILTY STUFF
Click on the vintage ad and it will take you to Millie's blog who posts some of the greatest vintage ads from our past

What a seriously great idea to do with those icky, gooey burned out irpns that some of us may have. If you give this a try, make sure to send me a pic so I can show the world!

YOUR COLOR FIX FOR TODAY

Thank you as ever for stopping in to read my blog, or shall I say...LOOK at my blog since it's just full of colorful images, which for me, is what motivates me and gets my heart a fluttering! I would love to hear from you, so please do leave me a comment! Now it's off to Ohio and then AQS Lancaster to lecture and teach....hope I see you there! - Linda

Ides of March - an Exciting Day!

EXCITING DAY AHEAD....Yeppers....Monday, March 15, 2010 (the Ides of March) at 4pm I will be doing "Live Radio" with Pat Sloan.
Just click on her picture link below and it will take you to the place you need to be to listen.

I suggest you get there a little ahead of time to see what you need to do and then sit back and enjoy the show. I will be giving away two of my books as prizes. All you need to do is go to Pat's blog and make a comment and the winner will be selected from those!
Easy Peasy.

I hope you come back and leave a comment right here for me also. It's always nice to hear feedback and then mid week, a new blog post will be done for you in all those great color fixes, some new news and the bizarre and neat things I find in the quilting world.

In honor of National Quilt Day, this Saturday the 20th, if you order one of my books, the shipping is on me (in the USA) with an added 20%, off making Quilted Fairie Tales only $15.99 and I'll autograph for you! You can send a check or use paypal: lpoole@ptd.net

And Bended Bias to Applique special is the same as above, making Bended Bias to Applique $18.39. You can send a check or use PayPal: lpoole@ptd.net

Baby Slippers,Studio Make-over Continues,What to do,Classes,Quilty Stuff, Buttons,Your Color Fix

It snowed so much here in my little town of Milford, PA. So much that I thought it would never stop. Thank goodness for being a creative mind. If I didn't have so many ideas, dreams and projects to keep me busy, I am sure one could easily go crazy. So with that said,and all the white stuff surrounding my home....The Show Must Go On....

BABY SLIPPERS FOR GABRIELLA
I have loved these little baby slippers for a long time now and finally made Grand-baby Gabriella a couple pairs. Thankfully my friend Sue was there to help me decipher directions and figure out the elastic part!

The Studio Make Over Continues.....
I am so happy that I am at the point where I can fine tune all the fussy stuff to make this studio/office perfect for me. I was in the store Bed,Bath and Beyond and saw these "under the cabinet" lights. There are 4 light heads that each contain 3 LED's which last 100,000 hours!!! They swivel and pivot...perfect! AAA batteries are needed, but with 100,000 hours, I don't see me replacing them soon. They work great and I am going to get a couple more for the rest of the cabinets.

What to do while waiting for the pup to do her business
You can make mini snowmen with buttons for the eyes and nose, a strip of fabric for the scarf and the hat is tinfoil! I easily amuse myself.

Or...when you are done with your coffee and the pup isn't done yet cause she is more interested in everything but doing her business.....You can make coffee cup snow cones.

Turn your cup over and you can make a little fort around your home

Yes, this is Mz. Zoie and now you can see why it takes her so long.....

If you live in the Toledo, Ohio area and are free on March 19 AND 20th....come take a class with me at Sonflower Quilt Shop. Click on the picture and you can get all the specifics on the shop, directions and phone number. I hope to see you there.....really, I do!

The classes will be: Modena; an Italian Balcony and Tulip Time

At the end of last year, my quilt guild had a little yard sale. I bought this porcelain thimble container for $1.00. It stand 6" tall and the top comes off......great place for my spare change!

Quilty Stuff I Love to Share with You

What to Do with Your Buttons?
Since purging out my sewing room for its make-over, I couldn't part with some of the neat wooden cigar boxes. I got my button box out, poured Elmer glue on top and lay down some buttons and beads. I waited till that dried and got my Modge-Podge out and gave the top of the buttons a good glazing. Drilled holes in the top,beaded a cord and inserted that into the holes for a little handle. Had a stray tassel, so I added that too. Now what do I put inside of it? I can think of a 100 things!

YOUR COLOR FIX FOR TODAY