QUILTING WITH AREA 3: 2016-01-10

Area 3 Chapters

Area 3 Chapters in the beautiful state of Maine:

*Bog Hoot Quilters-Mechanic Falls area
*Chickadee Quilters-Bridgton Area
*Classic Quilters of Lewiston-Auburn Area
*Country Aire Quilters-Turner Area
*Country Square Quilters-North Jay/Wilton Area
*Cross Country Quilters-Bethel Area
*Grammy's Choice Quilters-Canton Area
*Ladies of the Lake Quilters-Peru/Rumford/Dixfield Area
*Lisbon Krazy Kwilters-Lisbon Area
*Pine Needle Quilters-Norway/South Paris Area
*Scraps and Patches Quilters-Poland Area
*Village Scrappers Quilters-Livermore Area

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Laugh Of The Day

Friday, January 15, 2016

Laugh Of The Day

20th Hexie Swap Poll

As many of you know, I host 1" hexagon swaps. We are polling for our 20th swap since 2013! If you might be interested, read on and email me if any questions:

Can you believe we are selecting the themes for our 20^th hexie swap?

Email me your top THREE choices to 2013hexagonswap@gmail.com. The poll will stay up until January 31, 2016; the official sign ups begin immediately and ends on February 14, 2016. In order to give you PLENTY of time, the swap is due in my hand no later than March 26, 2016.

To celebrate our 20^th swap, we will have lots of contests and prizes for those who complete the swap. More details in the official swap posting to come! J

Guidelines would be the same as the previous swaps, but always feel free to contact me if you have any questions on fabrics. You can check out the blog at http://hexagonswap.blogspot.com/ for past swap guidelines. We are looking for small prints to make the most of our hexie quilts.

The terrific gals at Paperpieces have been kind enough to extend their 20% discount for all merchandise purchased (shipping not included in the discount). Visit their website at http://www.paperpieces.com/

Vote for: (running total of votes will be listed to the right of the theme on the hexie blog):

*Stashbusters prints (like in the 19 past swaps)

*Lt. Neutrals

*Dark Neutrals

*TRUE 1930's repros-no children’s novelties

*TRUE 1930’s repros-only children’s novelties

*TRUE Civil War repros

*Batiks (must prewash your fabrics for this theme, please)

*TOT (tone on tone)

*TRUE black and white prints

*Spring colors (pastel colors)

*Summer colors (bright colors of summer flowers)

*Fall colors (deep reds, maroon, dark oranges, golds, browns, etc.)

*Winter colors (white and blues)

*TRUE red, white and blue prints

*BRIGHT prints

*Small floral prints

*Children's novelty prints

*Novelty prints-not children’s

*Solids

*Neutrals (black, cream or white)

*TRUE red and white prints

*TRUE blue and white prints

*Shades of blue

*Shades of pink

*Shades of green

*Shades of purple

*Small print polka dots

*Christmas prints

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Quilting Tip of the Week 1.14.16

When chain piecing your block components, separate them by putting a 1" fabric square in between them.

If you like to do leaders and enders, throw one of them in.