Hi quilters!!

I’m writing from sunny Southern California, where I visited the Nite Owl Quilt Guild and visited the French General, a magnifique shop in L.A.

I got to visit with its’ owner Kaari Meng, who designs fabric for Moda and have a great interview with Kaari to share with you. It needs a little editing, and got some great pictures that I can’t do while I’m traveling. So… I will have the next podcast complete with pictures and another enticing give-away for you as soon as I get home.

It will be worth the wait!

Julie wins the Miss M quilt…

MaritzaLM wins the Christmas Truffles book…

Amy B wins the Palm Beach Sling…

And…

Callie wins the Spring Fling pattern!

Congratulations listeners — send me you mailing addresses so I can get them in the mail to you.

Program #203 — Helen Stubbings from Tasmania

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Running time: 00:15:04 Size: 14.6 MB

I loved talking with Helen at Market!

Here she is, on the left, with Tracey Browning.

I definitely have LOVED everything Australian quilty and embroideries for umpteen years. So it was a pleasure to meet Helen and talk with her about her incredible talent with a needle, and to find out about her distributorship, Pattern Press.

This is from one of her designers. Is this precious or what?! Who ever would have thought of a Pin the Tail on the Donkey quilt for a party?! Including the mask with donkey ears!

Helen is an amazing talent, I think you can see there is no shortage of it here. She just looks at things a different way…

The pink and green quilt on the right is one of the patterns that is in the giveaway…

so…

by now you all know the drill, eh?

Visit Helen’s website, HugsNKisses.net AND her blog, also HugsNKisses and leave me a comment HERE and let me know what you love about Helen’s style and her creations.

I will choose the winner on Friday night, May 27th, and actually, I’m going to choose FOUR winners, since there are 4 patterns to giveaway. How’s that?

Here is a taste of the patterns…

Spring Fling

Palm Beach Sling bag

and a pattern for a Miss M quilt, Simply Circles that I don’t have a pic for.

Good luck, y’all!

More to report, just around the corner!!

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Gay Wehrman — the winner of the issues of Where Women Create and Where Women Cook magazines.
Gay — send me your mailing address.

Thank you for all of your comments. i read each and every one.

If you’re looking for Where Women Create, try your local Costco. It’s 30% off there. I’m still searching for the most recent issue of Where Women Cook — NOT at Barnes and Noble : )

Now that I am finally home from Utah — after postponing my train trip home due to a bout with the stomach flu (ok — yuck!), I will be back in business bright and early on Monday morning with an all new podcast and pictures! Oh, yes, and a groovy give-away!

Stay tuned!!

Program #202 — a Visit with Jo Packham

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I was a fan of Jo Packham when I first started quilting. I loved all of her Vanessa Ann designs that she created with Terrece Beesley. I thought they were incredibly clever And talented women and couldn’t wait until the next book came out. My sister and I would call each other and run to the book store to get the newest edition.

Enter “Where Women Create”, the book:

Here was Jo again, bringing us now a peek into our favorite artists studios to give us great ideas on how to design our own lookalike workspaces.

How excited I was to see the magazine “Where Women Create”

at my retreat in Clear Lake last year! (Ok, so I was a several issues behind the eight-ball then, but I caught up quick.) So quick, that I used the inspiration from those magazines to create my own beautiful, functional workspace.

I’m honored to bring you a very special interview with Jo when I met her at Quilt Market! What an amazing lady!

After the first year of the magazine, Jo and Jenny Doh co-authored a newer edition of “Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration”

And, Jo has also released the book below:

All together, they are a wonderful inspirational trip of books that will help you create your vision of the perfect studio creative-play place.

So remember in the podcast where I said to make sure to look at the blog to see what the giveaway will be?

ok, How about the current copy of Where Women Create and Where Women Cook, a gift from me for listening to the blog?

So… leave a comment here and tell me what you found interesting from the interview with Jo.
Since I was detained in Utah due to the stomach flu/food poisoning (don’t know which), I will extend the drawing for this giveaway until Friday, May 20.

I can’t wait to see how you were inspired by Jo!

Hi Quilters!

I apologize for the delay in getting the rest of the podcast show on the road and up for you to see. With all of our wonderful technology, I still hit snags.

But … be assured that I have some of the coolest podcasts coming up! Especially #202, as soon as I land in a place where I can upload my iPad interviews…

a sneak peak… she doesn’t have a daughter named Vanessa Ann…!  For REAL!!!!

Nancy Fitzpatrick!

Congratulations, Nancy!!

Send me your mailing address so I can send you YOUR copy of Jenny’s ReSew book : )

Tammy Mabry!

Congratulations, Tammy!!

Send me your address so I can send you the box of Utah Good Eats!

Program #201 –ReSew with Jenny Wilding Cardon

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I was delighted to catch up with Jenny in the Martingale booth and talk with her about her exciting new book, ReSew. It’s all about re-making and repurposing Thrift Shop finds with darling results.

Kirsten nabbed this book when it arrived and claimed it as her own, so Jenny signed a new copy just for a lucky Quilting Stash listener!

Jenny is a cool and savvy young mom with lots of smarts. She has a lot of practical information about sewing without having to add those dreaded zippers and buttonholes.

Personally, I would love to have both of those darling dresses on the cover, ( and well, look like those models too ; )

For a chance to win The autographed copy of Jenny’s book for yourself or an aspiring young sewer, visit Jenny’s blog at www.thewildcards.com and leave a comment about the blog HERE.

Don’t forget to put your name on the top line and your email address on the middle line when you leave a comment, or you’ll get an error message!

I’ll pick the winner on Sunday night, the closing night of Market.

And stay tuned for LOTS more!

Program #200

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I really wanted Podcast #200 to be more than just passing by…

So this one is the story about my two grandmothers — Gertrude Cantell Smith and Orpha Carroll Williamson.

Gertrude Cantell Smith - My Gran (and Me!)

(Susan–Note to you– will you email me pictures of Gran and Grandma to add to the blog?)

One was a master seamstress and one was a quilter, both from humble circumstances. Each effected how I quilt and why I quilt today.

I have a special giveaway for this one, something homey and warm:
I’m going to shop at Utah’s own Lion House Pantry and send the winner an assortment of yummy local Utah things like a box of Raspberry muffin mix, legendary Lion House roll mix, real salt from Salt Lake, jam, and Salt Water taffy.

To comment, tell me how you were inspired or mentored by someone as you learned to sew or quilt. I will choose the winner on Saturday, May 14th.

By the way, do you read the other comments that are posted? Marianne left a really sweet story in the comments that is way worth reading…

Now, I’m off to Market to gather more cool quilty goodness for YOU!

Show notes and fun stuff will be added to this post later.