Oh What Fun! Party - Day 5: It's A Wrap!

We've had so much fun and we hope that you did too! Did you check out our Desire To Inspire Challenge project yesterday? Toye Mason, you did a fabulous job!

Here's the deal about our party in case you missed it. We decided to have our Oh What Fun Party! Note: This is not a Facebook contest. Answer here on the blog and answers are primarily from the blog in order for everyone to participate. We will ask you questions March 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27th. [Start here at the first post. Continue on by clicking "blog party" on the right sidebar under labels.] Each day we will pick a random winner from the pool of people who answer correctly. You will win something fabulous from our stash room in NYC. [*Add: Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.]

Today's challenge for you is a little different. Don't worry about being correct. You will still be entered. Take a stab at guessing the following. Some are easy [name the designer] but the other two might require a bit of reading. Good luck!

Question 1: Who is this designer?

Question 2: Who designed these fabrics?

Question 3: Who designed and made this block?

Question 4: Who's this designer?

Question 5: Who's Murphy's mom?

This year we have been working hard at bringing you some new and inspiring events. Please continue to read along. We love to hear your feedback too. Here are the final questions.

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Desire To Inspire [March 2013 Edition]: Toye Mason

Welcome to the March 2013 edition of  our "Desire To Inspire" Challenge. We found our next challenger on our Facebook wall when we asked if anyone had a photo of a finished project to show us. We didn't know much about her when she had posted an image of her beautiful finished project but after the interview we were wowed by her. These first two challengers have made us so very glad that we came up with this monthly event. They have each delivered and we are thoroughly impressed. Thank you!

Let's get started!

March 2013 Challenger: Toye Mason

Challenger: Toye Mason

Fabric: Sweet Land of Liberty by color Principal [See full line here.]

We sent Toye some Sweet Land of Liberty by Color Principal and she made this fabulous quilt!

The back is equally impressive!

HG:  Where do you live?

TM:  Friendswood, TX

HG: Tell us about your family.

TM:  I am married 13 years to my dear husband, James, who loves to go to the quilt shops with me and all the ladies at the shops get such a kick out of him. He drools over long arms, embroidery and sewing machines more than anyone I have ever seen (he says this keeps his man card because they are like power tools, lol).  I have a daughter, Kaylyn (22), who does not sew but wants me to make her everything, and a son, Michael (12).  I also have a stepson and daughter-in-law, Brad and Heather, and two grandchildren, Hannah 4 and Dalton 2.  

Toye and her beautiful family.

HG:  How long have you been quilting?

TM:  I just started about 9 months ago.  My first two quilts were rag quilts, which are so easy and fast to make.  I then made my first pieced quilt using the Best Wishes line.  I still have to actually quilt that one, its for my daughter. 

HG:  What's your favorite technique? 

TM:  I have recently discovered foundation paper piecing and love, love, love it!  I love the perfect straight seams and geometric shapes. 

HG: Who taught you how to quilt? 

TM:  I have taught myself to quilt by watching videos on the internet and blog tutorials.  I will come across a block or technique that interest me, and have to get right to trying it out.  I love to learn new things.

HG:  Do you belong to any guilds?  

TM:  I don't at this time as I would one full time job and another part time job.  I hope to be able to join one soon.

HG: Anything else you would like to share with our readers? 

TM:  I just want to say thanks for inviting me to join this challenge and your readers are welcome to visit me anytime at my blog, www.quiltingadventuresofaginger.blogspot.com 

Thanks again.

HG: Thank you for your amazing designs and we loved meeting you!

Please pop over to Toye's blog and give her some love! Let us know what kind of questions you'd like us to ask the challengers. We know that we are going to ask future challengers what the most difficult part of the process was. We have another challenger coming up at the end of April. Come back soon!

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Oh What Fun! Party - Day 4: What About You?

We are so impressed by your sleuthing skills! There was a little bit of work yesterday and we hope that you had fun looking through the collections! Today we are going to make you relax a little because we have an extra post today. We are going to post our next "Desire to Inspire" Challenge post separately from this one.

First, here's the deal about our party in case you missed it. We decided to have our Oh What Fun Party! Note: This is not a Facebook contest. Answer here on the blog and answers are primarily from the blog in order for everyone to participate. We will ask you questions March 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27th. [Start here at the first post. Continue on by clicking "blog party" on the right sidebar under labels.] Each day we will pick a random winner from the pool of people who answer correctly. You will win something fabulous from our stash room in NYC. [*Add: Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.]

Question #1: What is currently your favorite color for quilting fabrics?
Question #2: Do you have a favorite motif? Do you like chevrons, mustaches, dots, stripes, etc.?
Question #3: What's your favorite traditional quilt block?
Question #4: One word. Which word would describe the type of quilter you are?

Come back shortly. We are going to awe you with our challenger's project.

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Oh What Fun! Party - Day 3: Name The Fabric Game

We are having fun reading your comments for this party! Thanks for playing along. We know that our readers are a clever bunch. Let's see if you can guess today's questions.

First, here's the deal about our party in case you missed it. We decided to have our Oh What Fun Party! Note: This is not a Facebook contest. Answer here on the blog and answers are primarily from the blog in order for everyone to participate. We will ask you questions March 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27th. [Start here at the first post. Continue on by clicking "blog party" on the right sidebar under labels.] Each day we will pick a random winner from the pool of people who answer correctly. You will win something fabulous from our stash room in NYC. [*Add: Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.]

Day 3: Name The Fabric Game

Oh, can you name the lines? If you do, we will consider you a Henry Glass officianado. Give it a try, you'll have fun and you'll discover that you really do have some sleuthing skills! All answers can be found on our website.]

Fabric 1:

Fabric 2:

Fabric 3:

Fabric 4:

Fabric 5:

Fabric 6:

Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.

Come back tomorrow. We will show you what our next challenger made from our fabrics.

Good luck!

-hg

Yikes!

There are some messages that say that they've been removed by the moderator. Not so or at least not that we are aware of. The poster's names are still there but not the message. Your post will still count and you don't need to re-post. If you do want your voice to be heard, please feel free to re-post. Just say that this is a re-post. We will then remove the original one. Thanks and so sorry for this.

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Oh What Fun! Party - Day 2: Your Thoughts

Wowee! Thanks for all of the love for Jill's project. She puts a lot of work into the projects each month. If you do have a finished project, let us know here and we'd love to post it on our blog.

Let's get back to some more fun. Here's the deal about our party in case you missed it. We decided to have our Oh What Fun Party! Note: This is not a Facebook contest. Answer here on the blog and answers are primarily from the blog in order for everyone to participate. We will ask you questions March 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27th. [Here's yesterday's post.] Each day we will pick a random winner from the pool of people who answer correctly. You will win something fabulous from our stash room in NYC. Are you in? [*Add: Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.]

Today we'd like to know your thoughts. Tell us the following:

Day 2: Your Thoughts?

Question 1: What do you like to read on blogs?
Question 2: Do you read Facebook and blogs? Other?

Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.

Good luck!

-hg

Oh What Fun Party! Day 1: Which Designer?

As we said yesterday, we have hit 1,000 likes on our Facebook page. Thank you and YIPPEE! We started less than a year ago with our new marketing initiatives and we are super proud of where we're at today. We hope that you enjoy our blog and Facebook page! Let us know if there is something that interests you. We will certainly try to incorporate any feedback into our future planning.

Before we get started though, come back next week to meet our second Desire To Inspire Challenger. She sent us her photos and can we say WOW?!

Let's get back to some more fun. We asked what should we do for our milestone party? Hmmm. It is our year to inspire. Our readers love fabric right? We decided to have our Oh What Fun Party! Note: This is not a Facebook contest. Answer here on the blog and answers are primarily from the blog in order for everyone to participate. We will ask you questions March 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27th. Each day we will pick a random winner from the pool of people who answer correctly. You will win something fabulous from our stash room in NYC. Are you in?


Day 1: Which fabric line?

Question 1: Which fabric line features Humpty Dumpty and his friends?
Question 2: Which fabric line designed by Jacquelynne Steves is benefiting Quilts For Kids?

Answer these by midnight March 31, 2013 and we will announce all of the winners on April 1, 2013.

Good luck!

-hg

pdq* Club - March Edition & Giveaway Too!

Jill Finley of Jillily Studios has designed another fabulous project for her pdq* Club [Pretty Darn Quick] and we love it so much! Have you been following along? You can find the link to the right. All of the club posts are listed under pdq Club. You can download the directions here. Let us know what you think about the pdq* Club. 

We love the happy colors in Jill's palette, don't you? The flowers are always a pretty touch to all of her designs.

We are always inspired by Jill's designs. It makes us think about spring and summer. Her book is lovely too. Have you seen it?

Thank you Jill for another fabulous design. You can check out her fabric over here. 

This month's winner is:

 Cathy said...

I love keeping projects in boxes. What a pretty way of doing it. Thanks so much for the chance to win some fabric. Hugs

February 24, 2013 at 7:45 AM

Congratulations, Cathy! Please contact us here.

Leave Jill some love here up until midnight April 19, 2013 and we will select next winner for a random bundle of fabric! 

We are need to give YOU a big thanks! Our Facebook page reached 1,000 today and we are so grateful for your support! From tomorrow until Wednesday, we will have a little giveaway. Come on back!

Be inspired!

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Inspiration Monday

Our head of sales, Larry, was at the EE Schenck show last week and look what he saw! It's a fabulous coat made from a laminated print by the Lizzie B ladies.

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Little Quilts and Big Hexies

The Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop started on March 14, and it may be cold outside, but the flowers are blooming at Little Quilts for a warm welcome! Little Quilts is one of ten shops participating in this year's shop hop. The theme is "Quilting ... It's Our Passion!" and at Little Quilts we're passionate about "Hexies & Handwork." Some of the large flowers that greet everyone at the shop entrance were made from fabulous fabric and large hexagon shapes.

HG: What a great event. Have fun everyone! The hexie flowers are beautiful.

Have a great weekend and remember that there is still time to enter the giveaway for the monthly pdq* Club [pretty darn quick]. Read about the club here. Comment here for this month's free pattern and drawing.


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Happy Hexies!

The Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop is rapidly approaching. It's happening March 14-17, and Little Quilts thought that we'd like to see what they've been working on for the Shop Hop. This year's theme is "Quilting ... It's Our Passion" and the passion at Little Quilts is Hexies and Handwork. Each shop will have sets of 2 1/2" precut strips that customers will receive free with a $30 purchase or that they can purchase at each shop.

Little Quilts used a lot of the Folio fabrics in bright colors in their strip sets! They also used a Folio fabric for the background of the quilt they made using the strips from each shop to interpret their theme.

We just have to say GORGEOUS!

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The Whole Country Caboodle

Leanne Anderson of The Whole Country Caboodle has been busy working with her latest line, God Gave Me You.

She stopped long enough to share a little bit about what she's sewn with this line. Adorable, don't you think? Here's what she had to say:

See what Nana Leanne from The Whole Country Caboodle has been up to. "Nana's Slumber Sacks" are the newest patterns being created from our recent line of fabric ... "God Gave Me You." These and several other projects are being created with this line. Included in the pattern will be instructions for personalized pillowcases, names banners and more. Keep watching for more fun patterns!

Thanks, Leanne. They're super cute.

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Wow. We're Blushing.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a fabulous response to our newest program - Desire To Inspire Challenge. We are so happy that you've enjoyed the first installment. We also received a huge response to our call for challengers. Rest assured that if you don't hear from us right away it doesn't mean that you won't be chosen. We can't wait to see what the next challenger has in store for us. Follow us here on the blog or like us on Facebook to check out the inspiration that we will post for you.

This month is very exciting as well. One of our newest designers, Margot Languedoc of The Pattern Basket is here to share some inspiration about her Blushing fabric line. We recently chatted with her about this fabulous new line. Here's what she had to say:

Blushing is arriving in quilt shops!! I’ve been waiting for this collection to be available for such a long time and it’s finally here!! 

                     

When I sat down to design "Blushing" a big part of my inspiration came from apple blossoms that bloom in this part of the world every spring.  I just love these fragrant little flowers and after a very long cold winter it's a sure sign that warm weather has finally arrived.

But the other exciting part of the inspiration for this collection was the Languedoc cross.  I think it's such a pretty cross and I wanted it to be a part of Blushing.  When I married into the Languedoc family years ago my mother-in-law gave me a Languedoc cross pendant - it's something that will always be dear to me.  The cross has a long history that dates back to 1165.  I think it adds an 'Old World' charm to this new collection.

I designed three easy-to-piece patterns to accompany Blushing that are available free on the Henry Glass website. [HG: You can find the patterns here.

I have also designed nine new patterns with Blushing that will be available on my website very soon, and there are even more ideas on my design board.  Please come visit my blog to see what I have been up to.   http://thepatternbasket.blogspot.ca

Thank you, Margot!

Have a great weekend!

-hg