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Program 167 – Birthdays, Stashes and Other Fun Stuff
Running time: 01:22:00 Size: 36.8MB
At long last, but saved for a special occasion — the 4th Birthday of the Quilting Stash Podcast –ideas for busting and organizing your stash by Quilting Stash listeners!
Here are the photos of Stashes sent in by QS listeners. Before you look, I want to thank every one of the clever quilters that sent and called in their ideas to share with the rest of us. :::Loud and long clapping hands::: I love how they each used methods that work for them. None of these stash solutions happened all at once or overnight, and what we’re seeing may have been done in steps.
The following quilters should be proud of their organization!!
So here we go:
Cindy’s stash
Claire’s stash
DeeDee’s stash, done creatively
Denise’s stash
Dionne’s stash, and here’s another view:
Jan’s stash, a combination of storage organization
Jeanette’s stash
Julie’s stash
Lynn’s stash
Michelle’s stash — personally, I would love for my own stash to look this organized. You’ll see mine at the bottom of the blog. Don’t peek yet, because you’re gonna want to see the next picture, which is the Family Tree quilt that Michelle did with the leaves painted by her friend:
and here’s a close-up:
Paula’s stash. Don’t you love that gorgeous Double Wedding Ring quilt on the wall?
Phyllis’s stash – remember, she talked about the wire bins being large. It’s nice to be able to see what each of the participants where talking about.
Debbie’s remodeled sewing room, using some of the pieces of furniture that her son left behind. I think using the loft bed as a cutting table is absolutely ingenius.
This design wall is the “reese’s pieces” of Debbie’s sewing room — she hot gluedd buttons from her button stash all the way around the design wall, and then put plastic over the bottom portion so her cats wouldn’t climb it. Pretty clever!
Sandi’s stash, part one. The strip quilt is one of the ones that Sandi made for the family’s camper.
Smaller shelves installed within existing shelves – great idea!
Shulamit’s stash, and her “Two of a Kind” quilt, beautiful!
Julie’s stash, neatly labeled drawers make it easier to find what’s inside.
Vicki’s stash
Liz’s stash, still in progress
Linda’s stash, with installed curtains to keep everything neat and tidy – and to keep dust away and light out so her fabrics won’t gt fade lines.
ok – here is a peek at my stash — strictly NO laughing!
Looks tidy and organized, but what do I do when I’m looking for a particular fabric? Well, I can tell you, I don’t go looking through these heavy boxes — I go to the quilt shop and BUY MORE!
I haven’t had one moment to begin to cull through my stash and off-load what I don’t want any longer since we moved to our new location last June. I really want to house my stash in cupboards with doors, so I can simply open the doors and put my hands on exactly what I want. That is my dream… which I hope to be able to do THIS summer!
See the smaller boxes on the top shelf? Those are my UFO project boxes. I read in “Quilter’s Newsletter” or another magazine (I wish I could find the actual article so I could quote verbatim), about a quilter who had several UFO boxes. She was looking at them one day and wondered if her family would know what to do with them if she had an untimely “exit”. She decided to put a 3×5 card in each of the boxes with a friend’s name, who would appreciate a quilt partially made that the recipient could finish — they would then have a quilt started by a beloved friend. I think that’s a stellar idea, personally.
The other part of that is — what if you actually finished the UFO and gave it to your beloved friend instead of letting the box sit on the shelf? By choosing who would be the recipient, you’re already half-way to deciding that you’re actually going to finish it, because now you know WHY you want to!
Here is the link to the website mentioned in the podcast:
I hope this podcast has given you some inspiration and ideas that will help you gt your stash organized and under control. You know, we feel a lot less guilty about buying new fabric when we have our stash in control ; )
©2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
Program 166 – A Visit With Marie Bostwick, Author of “A Single Thread”
Running time: 00:40:29 Size: 18.6MB
for a chance to win an autographed copy of “A Single Thread”
and stay tuned for the May 26th release of the sequel:
You’ll enjoy Marie’s website, which offers you a chance to become a Reading Friend and have access to all kinds of fun things, including see a picture of “Broken Hearts Mending” and get the instructions to make on of your own! I can’t wait to see the quilt for the new book.
©2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
Program 165 – Kathy and Her Friends…. Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran, Finally!!
Running time: 00:59:18 Size: 27.2MB
Here are the next couple of interviews from Empty Spools Seminar at Asilomar, in one show.
Below is Quilting Stash listener, Kathy Del Beccaro making tiny things:
Chicken a la King, Chicken in a Basket, and Freddy meets Sally Collins!
Kathy and her House quilt
Kathy’s quilt in progress
Penny, Kathy’s new friend, happily at work
And now, Freddy and Gwen, sporting my favorite color…
Gwen and Freddy’s class, there were 40 students in all
And now, here’s the answer as to why Freddy is wearing my Mom’s hat:
I brought this faboo hat that was my Mom’s to Asilomar to use as my Muse when I got “quilter’s block” and modeled the hat when I gave the keynote lecture. I really do use this hat to help me get back on my creative footing. Freddy loved it — all pink and mostly red, her favorite color also. I walked in to Merrill Hall the morning after my keynote to find Freddy wearing my Mom’s hat and posing for pictures. The hat was perfect for Freddy and she wore it all morning while she was teaching. I wore it several times during the week while I worked on my new coat…
Here is a sampling of students’ quilts from Gwen and Freddy’s class:
I love these quilts and it was so fun to see what all of the students made in Gwen and Freddy’s class and be able to be a fly on the wall, being in the same building, while they taught. It was a great week!
Links for things talked about in the interview:
Monterey Peninsula Quilt Guild, where both Gwen and Freddy will be teaching later this year
a little sample of Majolica ware that Freddy mentioned
Freddy’s studio can be seen in a book that I just picked up, “Organizing Your Craft Space, by Jo Packham – the gal who does “Where Women Create”
the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show where Gwen and Freddy will release their new book, Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again!
Jeanne Mills Textile Tours, get more information by calling Jeanne at 831-647-8973.
That’s a wrap!
©2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
Program 164 – A Visit With Carolie Hensley of The Cotton Patch Quilt Shop
Running time: 00:42:51 Size: 19.7MB
Carolie at the door at The Cotton Patch in Lafayette, CA
The Cotton Patch “satellite store” at Empty Spools Seminars.
We can get into as much trouble here as we can the store in Lafayette!
Here is the list of SF Bay Area quilters* that Carolie talked about:
Roberta Horton and Mary Mashuta
and the biggest surprise of all, C & T Publishing!
*This list doesn’t include all of the Bay Area quilters — there are several more, but this is a list of those that Carolie mentioned. Apologies to any that were left off the list, unintentionally!
©2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
And the winner is…
Nancy Mathewson! Congratulations, Nancy — and many thanks to all who commented and listened in to the podcast interview for Kay MacKenzie’s new book.
Keep listening! There’s much more to come!
Program 163 – Kay MacKenzie has a new book!
Running time: 01:03:10 Size: 29 MB
My friend, Kay MacKenzie has a brand new book out:
and I’m participating in Kay’s
Kay stopped by the retreat in Cambria a few weeks ago to lend her voice to a podcast all about her new book so you could listen in…
Just click on the PODCAST link to hear all about it.
Kay with Willie, the quilt puppy, of course!
Kay, explaining her new book with Martingale Publications.
Click here to visit Kay’s blog, All About Applique, to check out the other Book-a-round blog hostesses, but leave a comment here for a chance to win an autographed copy of Kay’s new book!
Kay’s “Confused Apples”
Darling project quilt from the book. Thanks for holding, Linda!
Kay’s sampler quilt from one of her other books
Isn’t this quilt simple and precious?!
©2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
Program 162 – Jane Davila
Running time: 01:03:10 Size: 29 MB
Jane Davila at the end of session two of Empty Spools Seminar at Asilomar. Firsts for both of us – Jane as a teacher and me as Artist in Residence. We both felt the honor of being there.
Jane’s Chary Sprouts blog (This is also where you want to go to leave a comment for a chance to win Jane’s new book:
The Country Quilter website shop
Happy Quilting!
© 2009 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved
Program 161 – Fill’er Up/Catch’er Up
Running time: 00:37:06 Size: 17.1 MB
Here are a few links to things that I talk about in this podcast:
Coraline Movie
And then check out the blog for Althea Crome who made the tiny real-life sweaters for the movie. There is a YouTube video on the site of how she made them that will blow your mind.
Brightly Music Robin’s “Valentine” song for Alisha. Pay close attention to the song and you’ll hear these words… “I’ll bring the needle if you’ll bring the thread and we’ll stitch these hearts together” — pretty clever kid, eh?
A book recommendation: “A Single Thread” by Marie Bostwick .
We found it at Walmart. It is a REALLY good read! Marie writes about quilting in a way that makes you feel that you’re right there. Her characters feel like you are standing in the store, observing them — it is the most intimate story with a quilt theme I have read. And guess what? She’s writing a second novel!! I hope she writes about these characters for a LONG time. I wish Cobbled Court Quilt shop really existed.
Here are the pictures of the quilt that I saw at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild. Pictures are never as good as the real thing, but I hope it inspires you as well.
Simple, but amazing, isn’t it? The black border really sets it off.
Little sparks of yellow fabric really shine.
The close-up shows the precision of the quilter. I think I would do this paper-pieced ; )
And some pictures from Asilomar:
Why is Freddy Moran wearing my Mom’s hat? (Stay tuned for the answer!)
My design wall and the new coat that I am doing for the Lecien fabrics Spring Market booth. More to come as the coat progresses.
The view just out the window…
The view out the other window — it rained the entire time we were there. But isn’t it beautiful?
Kathy’s red shoes — I want a pair!
Part of my quilt display was hung over the Cotton Patch store. I sat facing the store all day, looking at all of those bolts of fabric — talk about temptation staring you right in the face!!
The all-new “In Between Stitches” quilt shop in Livermore:
Shop owners Melissa and Leslie
Beautiful display cases. I love the lower cases with table tops.
Isn’t this a great display? The quilt on the wall is from this book:
by Tone Finnanger, aka Tilda
In Between Stitches store front
Cambria Quilt Retreat sneak peek:
Sittin’ around the quilt campfire
Carolyn’s quilt from Sylvia Pippen’s class at Asilomar
Pat and Jean, concentrating hard on their applique projects
Terri, showing off her Exploring Fabric Choices quilt top from the last retreat.
West of Baltimore prototype blocks. My original was pink!
Camp Ocean Pines’ view at golden hour. This is a great place for a retreat!
Teresa, Jean, me and Pat – night-owls enjoying a late-night movie. “Pride and Prejudice” I believe…
Program 160 – Turning into a Pumpkin
Running time: 00:05:00 Size: 2.4 MB
All this week I’ve felt like Cinderella at the ball. My experience at Asilomar has been nothing short of fantastic! But all good things, as the clock strikes midnight around the Monterey Bay, must come to an end.
This is just a short wrap-up as I get my things packed into my car and prepare for my drive back home.
…but wait!! There’s much much more coming in the next few days. Listen-in as I describe the line-up.