NYC - Store Windows

Bergdorf Goodmans
It wouldn't be the holidays in New York without the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows. Each year, David Hoey and his team out do themselves and this year is no exception. The theme is "Carnival of the Animals" and they aren't joking. Animals are practically bursting out of every window and are also making everyone who walks by smile with delight. Happy Holidays!

NYC - Store Windows

Macy's

Collecting Vintage Jewelry

NYC has the shop of my dreams! The shop recalls the past with Jewelry!! Wonderful selection of absolutely EVERYTHING!
This 'n' That 124 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001

Guest Artist - Lorna Fiori

I so much enjoyed your class that I went home and made several for Christmas gifts thanks so much for the inspiration. you said that I could get many of these done before Christmas and now I am hooked.

thank you so much. the pictures do not do justice to my candy quits but wanted to send you them to say thanks.

Lorna Fiori Santa Rosa Quilt Guild

The City Quilter NYC

Bead Candy Quilts
Super-fast fun with beads, buttons, baubles and more
Go wild with beads, buttons, baubles and any other little fancies that can be sewn or glued onto fabric! Eye Candy Quilts is a fast, fun craft for anyone who loves to embellish—or to experiment with new techniques!

APWQ Leadership Team

Elizabeth Spannering, Gene Barker, Jany Moxey, Peggy Sperry and Kate Riordan!

Dates of the 2012 Pacific West Quilt Show to be held at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center will be August 24-26,2012

Priority quilts for The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI)

he Priority quilts for The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) the December 2011 auction have been posted.

The quilts and their gifted makers are:

#8281 Blaze … Melody Crust (Kent, WA)

I-393 In Memory of Mary … Jenny Raymond (Gothenburg, NE)
I-394 Symmetry … Paula Nadelstern (Bronx, NY)
I-395 A Ray of Hope, Curing Alzheimer's Disease Piece by Piece … Susan Paine (Houston, TX)

#6241 The Tree at Midnight … Kendra J. Dowd (Arlington, MA)
#6327 Cardinals in the Holly … Barbara Beaumont (Hubbardston, MA)
#6405 Holiday Sunbonnet Sue … Frances Berrios (Manassas, VA)

#6409 Time for Santa … Bobbie Kelly (Woodbridge, VA)
#6439 Fly Away Home … Michele Bilyeu (Salem, OR)
#6605 Winter Cardinal … Jean Cheszek (Palatine, IL)

#7014 Winter Solstice … Janice Timmons (Longmont, CO)
#7047 Ribbon Tree … Nancy Rogers (Hendersonville, NC)
#7464 Seedling … Nancy Urschel (Valparaiso, IN)

#7475 Tis the Season … Charlotte Rayl (Eagan, MN)
#7779 The 3 Sisters … Andrea Balosky (Mungpoo, Darjeeling District, West Bengal India)
#7791 Driven Snow… Marlene Woodfield (LaPorte, IN)

#8020 Remembering Henry's Homestead … Barbara Dowdy-Trabke (Reno, NV)
#8025 Bobby … Barbara Dowdy-Trabke (Reno, NV)
#8178 Mini in Kimono … Yumi Tsuruta (Saitama Japan)

#8284 Our Lady … Donna Barnitz (Rio Rancho, NM)
#8316 Happy Village … Jeanie Sakrison Velarde (Cordova, TN)

#8317 Cityscape … Jeanie Sakrison Velarde (Cordova, TN)
#8394 Asian Orchid … Lorna Milano (Media, PA)
#8397 Give Peace a Chance … Cheryl Lynch (Broomall, PA)

#8443 Savannah … Tove Sondergaard (Phoenix, AZ)
#8505 Phoenix … Ann Louise Mullard-Pugh (Las Vegas, NV)
#8515 Art Deco … Audrey Arno (Tuttle, OK)

Art in unexpected places

I love to travel, one of the very unexpected bonuses is finding something wonderful in a very un-expected place, in this case , the San Francisco Airport!

Television: TV in the Antenna Age

“ TV will never be a serious competitor for radio because people must sit and keep their eyes glued on the screen; the average American family hasn't time for it.”

Author unknown, The New York Times, 1939

Skeptics abounded when the television was introduced at world's fairs held in New York and on San Francisco's Treasure Island in 1939. Despite how magical that box with the moving pictures must have appeared to

those lucky visitors who viewed demonstration models, few could imagine television competing with radio's far-reaching networks and larger-than-life performers, or that many of those stars would make the successful transition to the new medium. Within a matter of decades, proceeding generations found it difficult to imagine life before television.

I am thankful for many things

Guest Artist - Judy Stokes

Melody,

I'm sending you a picture of my finished top. I took the suggestions from the class and extended the shoe-fly blocks into the border. I am very pleased with the results. I look at finishing my quilts in a different light since Houston.

Thanks for your input,

Judy Stokes

Columbus, MS

Santa Rosa Quilt Guild

We made Eye Candies!







My visit to the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild included a delightful visit to the ST. Francis Winery & Vineyards for a wine & food tasting. The Executive Chef, David Bush, offers three delicious and distinctively unique wine and food tasting experiences. Many thanks to Janice and Diana for a delightful visit.

Santa Rosa Quilt Guild

I'll be at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild giving my lecture -
A Fine Line: Creating the Quilting Design November 17 at 10:15

The workshop Eye Candy Quilts on November 18. Contact the guild if you want to play!

Houston - Guest Artists

Houston - Guest Artists