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My bud, Mark Lipinski, caught up with me at our favorite Morris Plains, NJ quilt shop – Aardvark & C. Actually, he surprised the heck out of me — which you can see on Mark’s blog, June entry.

Mark and me at Aardvark & C.

Mark surprised my Exploring Fabric Choices students too–

Pat, Ellen, Lisa and Claudia.

Mark’s Smurfy shoes after slogging around in the chicken coop — ew!

How cool does “Quilt Out Loud” sound?!  I can hardly wait to see it, so I have to join up now.
Ok – so did you write down the code? If not, go back and listen – and tune in.

Don’t forget to visit Mark’s website at marklipinski.com to keep up with Mark’s whereabouts.

The Pickle Road Garden class registration info is up and the introductory video is available for viewing by following the classroom link.
Class begins on August 7th – so don’t delay. You’ll want to get your fabric selections set up in time for class.

The Quilter’s Palette class is just finishing up and there are student photos in the Gallery section of the classroom. The next Quilter’s Palette class will begin on August 28th and the registration for that class will be up soon as well.
In addition, the Spring Retreat information is available by clicking on the Retreat link – I’m doing two sessions at Clear Lake in March and April in 2010.

Happy Quilting!

©2009  Annie Smith  All Rights Reserved

Hi All,

Many of you have asked for a sample video to see whether your connection has the umpf to play Quilting Stash Classroom videos. I have just released an introductory video to the Pickle Garden Road to tell you a little more about the online class and to help you test the throughput on your home systems.

Pickle Road Garden Introduction Video

I’m pretty sure if you are able to see this video, you’ll be able to watch the lesson videos and participate in the online class. Give it a try and CLICK HERE!

Annie

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Hi listeners!

I’m back from wandering for a couple of months, once again. And back to dispel any rumors about Quilting Stash…

In this first of several podcasts about my trip to the East Coast, I want to share with you 3 wonderful quilters that I met in the Baltimore area.

Gyleen Fitzgerald

Gyleen, in her studio

Close-up detail from Gyleens’s book, “Quilts: Unfinished Stories with New Endings”, the Sawblades quilt with orange Shoe Fly blocks. I LOVE this quilt!

The backing fabric of the Sawblades quilt — pieced with lovely fabrics. “Why use cheap and any old fabric for your quilt backs? Those quilt backs are what touches our skin — so use beautiful and quality fabrics for your quilt backs” — the most valuable information, from Gyleen.

A lovely color study quilt in Gyleen’s guest bathroom. Have you thought about using a wood yard stick as a quilt hanger? Cool, huh…

Visit Gyleen’s website Colourful Stitches where you can also find her books.

Too Quirky Quilters

Kim Fess and Rebecca Heinze — two talented ladies!

Kim’s Bee quilt

Can you tell these gals have fun and ARE fun?!

Visit the Too Quirky Quilters webiste and view their schedule to see when they’re coming to your area.

And here is the link to Jinny Beyer’s website so you can see what’s new with Jinny.

©2009  Annie Smith  All Rights Reserved