My work week has ended and I'm packing for a 3 day quilting retreat! Judy, Joy (my cousin) and I are headed to Chehalis, WA for a wonderful non stop quilting and laughing (and eating) weekend! I especially love the possibility of being out of cell phone/ email range! I've got one big UFO project, one little UFO project (for when I'm sick of the big one), and a couple of hand work wool felt ornament projects to work on.
Woohoo!
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Added by Karen on November 5, 2009 at 8:17pm —
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Check out
Mari's adorable tufted pincushion, which includes a How to Stuff a Pincushion created by YOU! Watch for your names! Thank you so much for participating in our Holiday Countdown.
And don't miss out on this week's "special sale". You can see the sale and the free pattern/tutorial by going to the
holiday store.
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Added by Karen on November 4, 2009 at 11:45am —
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I think Mari outdid herself on this one! Check out
this weeks "gift"! For those of you that looked yesterday, I'm sorry, we had some technical difficulties - but the download is working now.
Karen
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Added by Karen on October 29, 2009 at 9:20am —
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I just finished a good book - a quilting mystery, of course! While I wait impatiently for
Barbara's next novel, I found a few books at a quilt show that I hadn't known about. I really enjoyed
Lover's Knot, by Clare O'Donohue. Clare used to be one of the producers of Simply Quilts, so she knows quilting!
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Added by Karen on October 27, 2009 at 3:47pm —
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Don't forget to click on the Holiday Store (top of the Quilt with Us home page) to see this weeks surprise! A great sale and a cute pattern!
Karen
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Added by Karen on October 21, 2009 at 3:26pm —
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Many of you contacted me this morning about the new Gift Application that appeared on your profile page. This was installed by the Network folks that support this site. Once we reviewed it, it was apparent you have to buy gifts with actual money (once you use up the initial 100 credits). So we've removed it from our site.
While it's a cute idea, this is a free site and we don't want anything here that you have to pay for.
Karen
Vice Pres, Connecting Threads
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Added by Karen on October 21, 2009 at 8:59am —
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Have you clicked on this weeks holiday surprise???!!!!! I usually let the much more talented gals around here do the designing, but I got a burst of inspiration, with the help of Brett, our Web Guy. Check out this weeks free pattern!!
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Added by Karen on October 14, 2009 at 7:51pm —
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Like Nanny Gayle, I've been lax on wishing you all your Happy Birthdays - I too like to do it every day....it's a great way to meet new people and see great photos! But work got in the way for a couple of days....so if you celebrated this week - Happy Birthday to you!
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Added by Karen on October 7, 2009 at 9:18pm —
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Hey everyone, something is different in the air today....is it the holidays???? We've updated our holiday store with something special for the next 12 weeks as we count down to the holidays. Click on the Holiday Store link at the top of the QWU home page to see this week's surprise!
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Added by Karen on October 7, 2009 at 9:35am —
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It's cold here in the mild Pacific NW! Down coat AND gloves this morning driving to work! Now I know many of you are much colder, much earlier, but we generally have a mild early October so it feels too soon!
I had a great weekend! Delivered the bike to DD who loved and appreciated it. Then took her and girlfriends to a local mall - they felt like they'd been released from a giant bubble (college campus) and had a great time.
Then I meandered my way from Eugene to Dallas (outside of Salem) to…
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Added by Karen on October 5, 2009 at 7:19am —
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You might know by now that I am an avid quilter. Assign me a task of buying a newbie a used sewing machine and I would have a blast with that task! DH is an avid cyclist. DD needed a used bike for college. They had 3 weeks (3 weekends) to complete the task before she left for school. So why, oh why, did the task not get accomplished (raised voices were involved), and I, the non cyclist in the family, have to personally search craigslist last night, make the appropriate calls (what's a crankset a…
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Added by Karen on October 2, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Wow! Septembers are always busy for our family (4 birthdays!), but this one wa…
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Added by Karen on September 30, 2009 at 1:11pm —
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What a great show! I've always enjoyed this particular Portland show, but my cousin Joy joined me this time. She's an experienced seamstress but a newbie quilter and I really enjoyed seeing the show thru her eyes. I often fly through these shows because I've "seen it all", but because of her, I actually slowed down and shopped. Thoroughly enjoyed myself!
Debbie,
Virginia's booth was WONDERFUL!!! Her patterns and projects we…
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Added by Karen on September 25, 2009 at 9:10pm —
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Woohoo! We have many small shows here in the Portland area, but today is my favorite! My cousin (and QWU member) Joy is meeting me and we're headed to the
NW Quilting Expo! What a great way to start a weekend! If you're in the area, look for me....I'm the tall gal with glasses, loaded down with shopping bags filled with quilting goodies :)
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Added by Karen on September 25, 2009 at 7:39am —
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Hey quilters, occasionally I notice blog posts that include personal opinions and/or judgments about politics/religion/personal living arrangements/etc. I’ve purposely not made any rules in this community, preferring instead to let it unfold naturally, like any gathering of talented people.
However, I’ve heard of other communities where strong personal opinions have gotten rather heated and ugly, and feelings get hurt (can you say Fall 2008 election?). This week I noticed a post about religious…
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Added by Karen on September 24, 2009 at 3:23pm —
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We've just added more
English Paper Piecing shapes - and they're on sale!!!
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Added by Karen on September 23, 2009 at 7:56am —
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It was such a beautiful morning! Portland has the biggest walk on the west coast - 43,000 people showed up! Here we are, Knitters for Knockers!
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Added by Karen on September 21, 2009 at 10:40am —
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This morning I'm getting ready to
Walk for the Cure. I'm walking in memory of Leslie and Aunt Ellie. Here are just a handful of survivors I'm walking for: Daryl, Jane, MaryJo, Barbara, Linda, and all of you that know someone that is dealing with this dreaded disease. I'm also happily celebrating 5 years free of uterine cancer, so I'm familiar how one is impacted by cancer.
I'll be…
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Added by Karen on September 20, 2009 at 6:09am —
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I'm on a cleaning frenzy and am finally going to get rid of my New In Box Grace EZ3 Quilting frame. It looks like
this, but the features are not as current....it's probably 7 years old and still sealed in the box. I think it's a queen size, and I know it folds flat so you can store it against a wall. I think it was $199 new....I'll give you a great deal, including shipping (to US).
Email me privately if you're…
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Added by Karen on September 18, 2009 at 10:06am —
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We just launched our latest collection,
Sweet & Sour. I LOVE this collection! I've teased some of you by telling you about a quilt that I finished, but couldn't show you yet - it's here! I made the
Plaid Quilt, modeled here by our own Angela! Darlene…
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Added by Karen on September 17, 2009 at 2:23pm —
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Wow! Septembers are always busy for our family (4 birthdays!), but this one wa… Continue
