4th of July Blog Tour - Day 3

Hello to everyone!  This has been a wonderful blog tour so far and I'm sure you will continue to love it.  Your host for today is:

Sweetwater - Lisa, http://www.sweetwater.typepad.com/

I have never met the girls from Sweetwater but they seem very nice through our correspondence over email.  I really love their fabrics and their latest line, Countdown to Christmas is fabulous!  I have a fat quarter bundle and we have also ordered some for a project that will be on bundlesandbolts.com later this year.  It is classic but whimsical and I just love it.  My friend, Sue who I have bundlesandbolts.com with is a huge fan of their fabric too.  Here is sampling of their Countdown to Christmas line. 



I forgot to tell you how I met Sherri from This & That Patterns.  Last year after Quilt Market, I was honored to be invited to a 2 day Designer Retreat hosted by American Patchwork & Quilting.  As you know, APQ is one of my favorite magazines and I was thrilled.  Sherri and I were grouped along with Terry from Atkinson Design and Julie from J. J. Stitches in Sun Prairie, WI for a group project.  We had a blast, Terry is a riot and we all laughed the whole time.  When I saw Sherri again at Quilt Market in May, I asked her if she would like to join my blog hop.  She readily agreed and asked if the girls in Sweetwater could come.  I was thrilled and of course said, yes.  Sherri is super nice and very talented.  I instantly liked her when I met her.

For those of you who live in the Rockford area, I will be lecturing at Sinnissippi Quilt Guild this coming Thursday.  I will be giving 2 talks, one at 1:00 pm and the other at 7:00 pm.  If you can make it, I'd love to see you! 

Here are tomorrow's blog hosts:

Quilter's Window - Denise, http://www.quilterswindow.com/blog/
A Quilting Life - Sherri, http://www.aquiltinglife.com/

See you tomorrow!

Comments

katieo53551 said…
LOVE the blog tour, Monique! Thank you and the other participating shops for your generosity and creativity! And the Christmas fabric from this blog is darling!
July 6, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Candace said…
I've been a big fan of Sweetwater from the start! I was so happy when submitted the name for my hometown and it got in their new line in big, capital letters! I've done several of Sherri's patterns as well - all fun! Sounds like your retreat with her and Terri was definitely a blast!
Cheers!
July 6, 2011 at 2:59 PM
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