Quick and Easy Baby Quilt Online Class Ready!
Greetings Quilter -
The Quick and Easy Baby Quilt online class is open. The class materials are done, and posted in www.TheQuiltingCoach.com. If you are already a member, log in and click on the link on the right side that says "Baby Quilt Class." Check out some of the details below and, if you aren't a member, click here to register for the class: Online Baby Quilt Class
Penny's Postcard Posse - Remember our troops! We are Rounding up fabric postcards for the 4th of July, and have extended the deadline to June 1 so you can get yours mailed in. I'll be posting new free fabric postcard patterns on www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com. We are looking for thousands of cards to send to the Middle East. Last week, our quilt block video was a demonstration of how to sew a fabric postcard using a Rolling Star Quilt block pattern. Make one or a hundred and send them to Diane at the address below. Visit the QuiltBlockLibrary.com to get even more ideas and your free patterns for postcards. In the meantime, Happy Happy! And now for the rest of the news - - Happy Quilting!
Give Me an Hour and a Half
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Can Be Finished In Less Than A Weekend!
Maybe you didn't know that your friend's granddaughter was going to have a baby.
Or possibly you knew, but didn't have time before, and now there's a Baby Shower coming up. You want to make a baby quilt for her, and need it quick.
Or, maybe you are a beginning quilter and want to learn how to make a quilt starting with an easy pattern so you can get your feet wet and learn the basics of quilting.
When quilters asked to learn how to make a quick and easy baby quilt, I pondered what that might look like.
Then I remembered my favorite baby quilt when quilting daughter, Stephanie, was a baby. It was a simple flannel quilt given to me by one of my mom's friends.
So I drew up a pattern, cut the fabric and made the quilt - recording every step along the way so I could share them with you.
And now, all of the video instruction is ready for you right here in TheQuiltingCoach.com.
This easy-to-follow online Baby Quilt Class includes 8 Lessons. In each Lesson, you will see a video showing you exactly what to do and how to do it. The videos are relatively short (between 9 and 20 minutes). And by the end of the video, you will know how to proceed with that step in making your quilt.
This should be a really fun class, and will include live chats with me at various times of the day so folks around the world can get real time help.
Paula Rostkowski is a professional longarm quilter.
As a hand quilter and teacher of hand quilting for many years, she approaches machine quilting the same way and enjoys enhancing the design of each quilt top.
She always looks forward to the challenge of making a quilt look distinctive and unique.
Almost all of her machine quilting is freehand. She takes great pride in the quality of her work and treats every quilt as if it were her own.
Paula will happily work within a budget, using a simple amount of custom quilting for a small budget, all the way to an abundance of beautiful designs that are Quilt Show quality.
Paula will join us on June 28 and share her secrets for beautiful longarm machine quilting.
She will also help us understand how to choose a professional longarm quilter to quilt a quilt we want.
Watch for more details later in the month. In the meantime, mark your calendar for June 28
Postcard Quilts for the Troops
Birthday Roundup Next - Deadline August 10!
Penny's Postcard Posse has sent more than 15,000 fabric postcards to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the hospital in Germany.
As quilters, we know what those postcards mean to the men and women who recieve them. Some who get them receive no other mail from home. And for all of them, it's a reminder of the wonderful freedoms they are fighting for and the comforts they will enjoy when they return home.
The Birthday Roundup is in full swing - the deadline is August 10
Diane had a great idea to send over a package of Birthday postcards that can be handed to soldiers the day of their birthday! What a great idea.
So, we've set up a deadline of August 10, and there is plenty of time to get some postcards made by then. She will send over a big box and the soldier "in charge" can hand them out as birthdays arrive. I will be adding birthday-themed postcard designs to www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com, so keep on checkin'
To make the Birthday Roundup deadline, get your cards to Diane by August 10.
Please send your cards to:
Diane Malaznik
14215 Westmore St.
Livonia, MI 48154-4149
Diane is doing a fabulous job keeping the pictures updated, and if you have sent cards in, let your friends and family know that they can see pictures of them here: www.Fabric-Postcards.com
Remember you can get FREE postcard patterns at: www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com
Special Note - we are in the process of changing the Picture Gallery on the Fabric-Postcards.com site. It may take a few days, so bear with us. Not to worry - We have all of the pictures and will get everything squared away soon.
Video - Norway Pine Quilt Block
This week's video is a demonstration of how to sew a the Norway Pine quilt block pattern:
Download the Norway Pine Quilt Block Pattern
June Quilt Block Patterns
The May selection of free quilt block patterns includes a variety of 4 patch quilt blocks, ranging from the easy to make to some that are a little more complex.
Click here to download your June FREE quilt block patterns
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Birthday Cake |
Cheyenne |
Does Double Duty |
Grandma's Choice Simple Design |
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Northern Lights |
Norway Pine |
Pinwheels and Sawtooth |
The Farmer's Wife |
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Utility Block |
Whirlwind |
Click here to download your June FREE quilt block patterns
Hundreds of quilt block patterns to choose from. Patterns include full size templates and rotary cutting layouts. Click Here
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