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Congratulations to the 3 winners who commented on my blog.  Here they are: The winner of a Quiltmaker 100 Block magazine is: Jill who said: "We have a dog named Lexie. She likes to lay under or across my feet whenever I sit down. She is an English Springer Spaniel." Jill, if you could email me, with you arddress at info@opengatequilts.com, I would appreciate it! The winner of the Fit to be Geese ruler is: Karen (Misiz C), said: "Know what you mean about enough time for applique. If we only didn't need sleep! ;-) Your block is beautiful! My fuzzy quilt helpers are the cats. From rearranging blocks laid out on the floor to weighing down stacks of fabric so they don't blow away, they are always involved. We have three. Cosmo, a gray van shelter kitty; Miles, a bronze Egyptian Mau; and Aurora, a calico se Scottish Fold." And the winner of the sampling of Memories of Provence is: Judy said: "I am definitely a dog lover. We have a ...

Welcome everyone!  It's my day for the blog tour .  I hope you have been tuning in daily to the other blog hop participants.  I have checked them out and am very impressed with all the wonderful, talented designers out there!  Here is my block that was included in the latest issue.  Applique, you say?!  Yes, I have been designing a bit of applique these days.  I love to applique but unfortunately, there is not enough time to do it all.  I was inpired by a tile design for this applique and hope you enjoy it too! As for my giveaway for the blog tour, I have a few items to give to 3 lucky winners!  Read below to see how to enter for the drawings.    First, from Quiltmaker, a copy of the Quiltmaker's 100 Block Vol. 4 .  It is an awesome magazine that has some great blocks and lots of inspiration! Second, Fit to be Geese ruler .  If you haven't used my Fit to be Geese ruler, here's your chance to win one!  ...

You've heard of Quilt in a Day, how about Quilt Market in a Day?  Sue and I made a whirlwind trip to Houston for 1 day at Quilt Market.  We were actually in Houston for less than 48 hours but walked the show on Saturday only.  We arrived Thursday night late and I had a 15 minute lecture on the Block of the Month on Friday.  The show didn't open until Saturday morning.    Friday night, Sue had her first experience at Sample Spree.  Sample Spree is a "pre-show" the night before Quilt Market.  Designers and companies set up tables and have everything from fat quarter bundles to patterns and notions.  Check out the lines to get in!  Sue and I waited until everyone was in before got in there.  It was quite a frenzy of buying and looking at the new items.  Here are a few of the fun things that we picked up: Fat Quarter Bundles from Riley Blake and RJR.  Yum!!  Robyn Pandolph for RJR Riley Blake Fabric...