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Henrietta’s Big Party!

September 4, 2011 By

Can you believe this is the final block for Henrietta Whiskers?   Henrietta’s excited and a little bit nervous too.  It’s not everyday that a little squirrel gets to meet so many people!  I don’t think either of us ever imagined she would be so popular. I’m giving you block nine and the final quilt a day in advance!  If you’re spending this holiday weekend sewing,  you might have time to finish the quilt and have it ready to hang for Fall!

Henrietta Whiskers Block Nine

Henrietta’s busy catching stars and Sophie’s helping!

And now that you’re finishing up your quilt (you are finishing aren’t you?) you’re probably wondering what I’ve done to that top and bottom strip!  I’ve had your trust all year and you’ve followed me blindly so to speak, so I’m excited to finally show you the entire quilt.  Click on the photo and it will enlarge it.

You’ll find the pattern for block nine along with the finishing instructions, by clicking on the free tab at the top of my blog.

…As We Come to the end of My Henrietta Block of the Month…

…I’ve been struggling trying to find a balance in my life between designing fabric, patterns, quilt markets, family, pets, traveling and oh yes, I forgot me!  Block of the month quilts take so much time to create and I know  you understand how crazy life can get.  I’ve made the difficult decision that Henrietta will be my last free block of the month. I know I’ll be disappointing many of you but I hope you’ll understand.  I have LOTS of fun things up my sleeve that I think you’ll enjoy so please don’t think the fun will end.  New surprises are in the planning stages!

New things added to my website!

You’ll find new floss and notions under “What’s New” on my website.  We are now carrying Cosmo Sparkles Floss and because we’ve gotten so many requests, for a limited time  I’ve  added Cosmo Seasons color #8041.  It’s in stock now and ready to ship!

and…Help me clean our our sample room!

We are filled to the brim and need to make room so you’ll find some great buys on samples and quilts from our patterns! I just listed more on my website.

 

Get Ready For A Moda Blog Hop!

September is going to be a great month!  The Moda designers have planned a Country Fair blog hop that will include FREE little projects, great giveaways and lots of fun, fun, fun!  It’s starts on September 6th (Tuesday morning).  Here’s the parade of designers and the days you’ll want to visit them!

September 6th    Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart
September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda’s blog)
September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S
September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.
September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way
September 22nd Deb Strain
September 27th Kate Spain
and the fun continues into October

Join Me on September 7th!

I’ll be back on the 7th. for some blog hop fun.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Happy quilting!

Hugs,

Anne

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Henrietta Block Eight!

August 4, 2011 By

I’ve posted block eight of Henrietta Whiskers a little early for my blog readers!

Henrietta’s showing off more of her neighborhood this month.  Rumor has it that the people who live in this house feed Henrietta peanuts.

And that sometimes Henrietta brings along a friend…

or two…

or three…

…and they all “pig” out together!

Good thing I didn’t put any peanuts on this quilt.  Imagine how many squirrels might have shown up!

If you’ve been keeping up with the blocks, your quilt should look something like this…

There’s only one more block and then you’ll be able to sew your quilt together!  That’s the part I love don’t you?   The final touch is the border!  I’ll give you the border next month along with block nine so get ready to finish this quilt!

And, if you haven’t had your fill of squirrels, take a look at my Pumpkin Hill pattern…


I think I see Henrietta!  Is she the one jumping over the moon?  Maybe!

I’ve just revised Pumpkin Hill into a single pattern and of course I’ve included color photos of each block.

If you haven’t made Pumpkin Hill yet, maybe now is the time to start…the price has been reduced from $64.00 to $38.00

 

Happy applique everyone!

Hugs,

Anne

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Happy 4th!!!

July 3, 2011 By

Happy 4th of July everyone!  Henrietta’s here a day early to help us celebrate.  I hope you have a bit of time this weekend to get started on block seven.  Two more blocks to go and then we’ll be onto the borders!  We’re so close to finishing!

 

Be sure to click on the “Sewing with Kids” tab at the top if you have a little free time this weekend to spend with your child.  The first project is up along with some suggestions on how to teach  kids to use the sewing machine.  If you have a child or a grandchild who wants to sew this is going to be so much fun!  When you see this button in a blog post you’ll know I’ve posted another project.

 

 

If you’ve read about my husband’s fishing expedition I have GOOD news.  Saturday was a CATCH SALMON day and he’s coming home with 45 lbs.  Thank you Canada for making him so happy!  Tired…but happy.  They also flew the salmon back to the airport for him.  He flew by helicopter, but I think the Salmon went first class.  It was waiting in customs.

Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Hugs,

Anne

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Just a few squirrely friends

June 5, 2011 By

We all have a few squirrely friends don’t we?  Ha!  Right now all my friends are wondering if I consider them squirrely.  The dictionary defines squirrely (yes it’s slang) as being eccentric, flighty and maybe a bit odd.

Think about this…Henrietta doesn’t see a thing wrong with being squirrely.  Most of her friends are squirrely and so this month I’m giving a new meaning to the word!

squir-rel-y: -adjective, fun loving and full of joy.  Able to leap tall pumpkins in a single bound.   The perfect friend.

Block Six:  Henrietta’s Squirrely Friends

 

We’re 2/3rds through the quilt with this block not counting the border…have you been keeping up?  Is this your first try at using wool in applique?  How do you like it?

I had so much fun with the wool I can see playing around with it might be in my future!  I bought some Robin’s Egg blue and creamy white wool at market that I love.  Add a ball of Valdani Pearl Cotton and I’m ready to stitch!

Now I just need to dream up a project…

Hope you all enjoy making block six of Henrietta Whiskers!

Hugs,

Anne

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