Linda M Poole

January 9, 2014

Every year I pick a word to focus on and the word "Balance" seems to be perfect for me. 2013 was a whirlwind of non stop activity and this year will be double fold.

Ahhh! Such is the life of a traveling quilt lecturer and instructor.!

I like to be busy, it makes life interesting and keeps me out of trouble!

This is the year I will start to become more mindful of what I am eating. Extra weight on those hips does not make for easy lugging and heaving of all those suitcases at the airport.

This is also the year I need to balance my work schedule. Working 13 hours days and not sleeping well because the brain is in super drive only brings on those dark under eye circles.

So what have I started to do about this? I am scheduling "me" time in my day. I forget about "me" a lot and am that energizer bunny that doesn't stop. I eat at my desk, or work station or wherever i am working, creating or sewing. That has stopped. I actually sit down now. At a table.

I am taking one thing at a time until it becomes a healthy habit.

I have been working away on creating new classes for "Painted Applique".

Keep your eyes peeled here for an update on what will be happening with these pumpkins in an upcoming 2 day workshop .

In a few weeks I'll be leaving for Phoenix, AZ to teach for the AQS Quilt show there. In the All Star Review, I'll be demoing how to do Painted Applique with this cute Fishy quilt.

Little Bird workshop has "Sold Out" at the AQS show. Good News? You can always suggest me to your guild for this workshop!

I have been very busy making kits for upcoming classes!

End of February take me off to Belize, Mexico, and Honduras where I'll be teaching on a cruise. Good Night Moon is going to be so much fun for these ladies to be working on. I'll be sure to show class pics!

Your Color Fix for Today

We've had some below zero day and nights here and my little Zoie is fashioning her new coat from her Grandma and Grandpa's gift for Christmas. Love the quilted bones in the coat design!

Come join me on my professional facebook page where I post more of my creative side! Hope to see you there and please click the "LIKE" button! You too can join in on the contest I have there!

Click HERE for Linda M. Poole - The Magic of Applique

January 2, 2014

Happy 2014 everyone!

Where did 2013 go?

As for me, 2013 was a whirlwind of excitement for me.

I got to travel, teach and lecture for some amazing quilt guilds and quilt shows, sharing what I love doing most, teaching applique by hand and machine in the same class and unveiling my new technique, "Painted Applique".

Painted Applique is painting in big sections first and then appliqueing it to the background. Instead of appliqueing many petals of a flower one at a time, you paint the head of the flower and applique the entire flower down.This technique is being well received and those that thought they never could paint are finding out that they truly can!

BEST PART:For every pattern, there is a photographic tutorial on how to do Painted Applique AND Applique with fabric!!!

Linda's website

At the end of this blog post is a contest for you to participate in if you like!!!!

Right before Christmas, my 4th book "Painted Applique; a new approach" was released by AQS and it was a perfect end to a busy 2013. The richness in colors in the photography is to die for. I couldn't be any happier with the quality this book has to offer.

Here's a peek of some of the 20+ projects:

Quilted by Lisa Sipes

Just a few peaks of what's inside!

Quilted by Lisa Sipes

And here is what you'll see for every project, one in fabric applique and the other in painted applique.


Quilted by Pamela Dransfeldt

Pam, who quilted the above quilts for the book liked this patterns so much that she asked me permission to have it tatted on her leg

Quilted by Linda M. Poole

Quilted by Karen McTavish

So there ya have it...a little taste of what you can find!

Where to get an autographed copy of "Painted Applique; a new approach"?

On my website!!!

click here for Linda's website

Woven Hearts

my water color painting

Turned into embroidery

I have been enjoying turning my water color paintings into embroidery designs as well as Painted Applique, Whole cloth Painted quilts and Applique patterns as well.

Painted whole cloth


Applique (for hand or machine)


Painted whole cloth

Here is the place you can find the pattern for Woven Hearts...just scroll till you see it!

Visit quiltessa's Craftsy Pattern Store »

So....now for that contest!!!!!

Are you a Facebook fan on my professional Facebook where I post a lot of my creative side?

If you're not, you need to be there and click the "LIKE" button!

Click Here for my Facebook Page

...and here is the contest rules to win a 12 pack tin of InkTense pencils

More blogging to come my friends with more eye candy to show very, very soon!!!

Thanks for visiting and I truly hope you leave a comment here!

Till next time...Linda

March 24, 2013

Over the moon!

I am over the moon! The book I have been working on for close to a year has a book cover and a title, Painted Applique; A New Approach with 112 pages of yummy stuff. It will be published by AQS and will be coming out early Fall 2013. I love my cover, it is soooo me! Each and every pattern will have two, yes two tutorials on how to make it. One with fabric applique and the other painted applique. There is a wealth of knowledge on paints, mediums, fabric, brushes, trims and machine applique. It is a very exciting time for me!

I finally did it! I created a little pattern store where you can get the COLOR PDF downloads of the pattern everyone has been asking for. I learned alot. I learned how to merge PDF's and that is a huge accomplishment for me. All my patterns are written with step-by-step photographic tutorials. I like to write a pattern the way I want to learn, and being a visual person, I need photos!
To get Elegant Hearts, click the photo:

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To get Heart's Desire, click the photo:

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I'm getting organized! I like to think I am organized. My husband, family and my book keeper would tell you different. I keep everything, and I mean every single receipt, piece of paper in a big 'ol box and hand it off to my book keeper who has to try her best figuring it all out....and then the phone calls and emails come asking what is what. I don't like paperwork. I rather paint, quilt, sew or be elsewhere. Paperwork does not excite me one little bit.

And then my husband steps in! My husband gets me. He sees my pained face every time I have to staple receipts to an invoice. Yes, it is an easy thing to do, but I rather let them pile up....out of order...and then my chaos begins. So....while visiting my parents, he saw my mother scan her receipts and bills into NeatDesk. He was intrigued and I got pulled into the room to watch. (I wanted to pull my hair out). Mom has the smaller one and it works like a charm. He told me we were getting one. NO!!! Buy me fabric, paints or a pretty something to wear, but NOT an organizational machine!!! Reluctantly, I said okay, thinking he would be doing it.

We got the big NeatDesk because I have, as he says, "Big stacks of papers".

The one my mom has:

OK...I adore it! Yes, you heard me right. I am a scanning fool....who woulda thought? I just load all the papers, the thingamajig scans multiple papers (50) at one time, back and front and the software is intuitive. I do nothing. It has a category and the name, the purchase, the sales tax AND the total are all there. Halleluiah!!!! It is the best thing I have ever owned in the business paperwork category. It does it all for me and I can find anything now. I even scan medical records, business cards, birth certificates and yes!!!!....recipes too.

Check it out, you will not be sorry.....promise!
The one we got:

Now for fun stuff! I took Mickey Depre's Pieced Hexies class on Craftsy. Lecturing and teaching workshops and writing books is my career....but quilting is also my hobby. I Hex! Yes, I hex as a way to relax and this is the class that got my attention. I still get to piece very super simple bloacks together and then I get to do some simple hexie handwork while relaxing, watching tv to take on the road with me. Mickey is a great teacher. Patient, loads of knowledge and sharing her super fun way to twist and turn the pieced hexies to create multitudes of different designs to stitch together. I am addictive. What's happening to me? NeatDesk and Pieced Hexies....new hobbies for me! :-)
If you are looking for something new, different and in the need for a legal addiction....go check out Mickey's class!
Pieced Hexies can be purchased at 33% off right now!
Go for it and Click the photo!