Welcome back to the Moda blog hop everyone!   It’s time to put together some of those wonderful quilt blocks you’ve been collecting and make a quilt!   You’ll find the directions on the Moda blog.  Of course it wouldn’t be a blog hop without giveaways, so be sure and check all the blogs to see if you’ve won a prize! Since my newest fabric line Celebration has fabrics for both boys and girls, I’m giving away a bundle of each!   The winner of the girl’s bundle is Tamie, who said:  ” I have a two week old granddaughter who would love to have a quilt from Celebration for Girls!”…

Thank you to each of you who commented on my last blog post.  I don’t think I could have made it through the weekend without such loving words coming my way.  I read every comment, every email and some of them twice.  It was a rough weekend for all of us here, and knowing that so many of you cared really helped.  You are not just blog readers, but people who I love having in my life.  Thank you all so very much! Sample Sale Every once in a while I go through the samples in our closet to make space for new things to come.  Right now the closet…

I stopped by Random.org to let them pick a winner for the lovely “S is for Stitch” book.  They do things in such “randomness”,  they make it easy to pick someone. I just put in the numbers, hit enter, and ta da a winner is declared! Ellen M #194 who happened to comment: “Such charming designs.  I’m getting back into embroidery after a very long time, so this would be a great inspiration.  Many thanks for the chance!”   Congratulations Ellen, I hope your stitching away and loving it very soon!  And thank you Kristyne for writing such a wonderful book!  Hats off to you! If you received my newsletter…

I’ve added a new fabric to the website called Prairie Cloth. If you haven’t tried stitching, cross stitching, or wool applique on Prairie Cloth, you’re in for a treat!   It’s  a wonderful, slightly coarse cloth, that looks like linen and runs about half the price.  It’s 100% cotton and comes in many different colors.  Can you see the texture of it in the photos below? I think you’ll like working with Prairie Cloth, but remember it ravels a bit.  If you have a serger, just serge the edges before you start your project.   You’ll find 6 colors of Prairie Cloth along with the Jumbo Ric Rac for my new…