Let's Get Quilting - June 8, 2015 Edition

Happy Monday! It is time for another Let's Get Quilting giveaway. Let your friends know about this weekly event on our blog. The more the merrier!

Congratulations to Nancy Burd. You won last week's giveaway. Please send us your contact information here.

This week we are giving away random assortment of a bundle of Flannel Essentials 8. We love these flannels for their colors and for the softness of the fabric.  Let us know if you made any teacher's gifts and what you made. We can't wait to hear what the best teacher's gifts may be or if you don't have kids what is your go-to summertime project?

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Good luck!

- HG

"Countdown To The Holidays" - November 10th Edition

[Click here to link to see HG crew setting up the booth.]

We are happy, happy, happy. Let us share this fun little clip [click on the image above to get the link] about setting up our booth at Quilt Market in Houston. We had fun setting this booth up!

Let's get back to the fun of another Monday of our "Countdown To The Holidays" event! Congratulations to last week's winner, Emily Callender. Please send your contact information to this link. This week we are going to give away another bundle of the "Flannel Essentials 8" by Buggy Barn. Colors are slightly different from last week's bundle but equally beautiful.

This week we are featuring the cream panel in the collection and some coordinating prints. We can guarantee that you will love to cuddle with this flannel. It is oh so soft.

You can view the entire collection of "Flannel Essentials 8" and the accompanying free download projects on the Henry Glass website. 

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Good luck!

-HG

"Countdown To The Holidays" - November 3, 2014 Edition

Good morning! It is a beautiful morning here in the northeast. The temperatures have dropped and it is certainly a great time to cuddle under the quilts this time of the year.

We continue our "Countdown To The Holidays" event this week. First we have two winners to announce. The first winner is Beth T. from the October 20th Edition of the event and the second winner is Lisa Hill from the October 23rd Edition of "Countdown To The Holidays."

This week we are giving away a fabulous bundle of "Flannel Essentials 8" by The Buggy Barn. This soft flannel bundle includes some of the prints from the collection along with a panel.

Make sure you get your entries in through this widget below. This flannel bundle is so soft and cuddly. What would you make with it?

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For inspiring projects, check out the free pattern downloads that include the following projects for this collection. All free downloads are located on the Henry Glass website.

Good luck!

-HG

Quilt Market - Houston 2014

Howdy! Next week Henry Glass & Co., Inc. will travel to Houston for International Quilt Market. Stop by Booth #608 to see the latest outstanding collections that HG offers to the quilting industry.

Henry Glass is proud to announce the publication of "A Flair For Fabric" [Publisher: Martingale, November 4, 2014]. The book proposal developed in response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012. This beautiful collection of projects ranging from quilts to pillows and other small projects features fabric from Henry Glass & Co., Inc. The designers are generously donating their royalties to the Red Cross.

On October 24, 2014 the HG designers will be hosting their own Schoolhouse Presentations to present you with their new product information. Also, all attending designers will be present at the Martingale Schoolhouse for the launch of the book. Please join the Henry Glass designers for these exciting events.

There will be exciting demos by the Henry Glass designers at Booth #608 at 10 a.m. each morning. They will be participating in various book signings to support the launch of "A Flair For Fabric." Drop by Booth #608, take a look at the new collections and pick up your free tote bag. There will be prize drawings for fabulous bundles of Henry Glass fabric. Just attend any demo to receive an entry ticket for the drawing. Tote bags available while supplies last and only one entry per person, per demo.

Make sure you attend the book signings at the Henry Glass booth as well as at the Martingale and Brewer Distributor's booths. See details below.

See you soon!

-HG

A Flair For Fabric

We are busy getting ready for Quilt Market later this month. One of the highlights of this market will be the debut of our book, "A Flair For Fabric" that is published by our friends Martingale & Co. Designer Linda Lum DeBono, who compiled the book, received her advanced copy. It looks fabulous. We can't wait to share more with you. Make sure that you pre-order this book from your local quilt shop now.

It's Monday and that means it's our "Countdown To The Holidays" event. Last week's winner is Barbara Dillard Smith Woods. Please send us your contact information here. If you make something from our fabric send us a photography of that too!

This week we will be giving away a bundle [1/2 yard pieces] of "Crazy Like Us" by Buggy Barn. Tell us about your craziest quilting story. Did you do something crazy fun during a retreat? We know, what happens at the retreat stays at the retreat. What about the craziest thing that you have stitched to a quilt? Have you made a quilt from plastic bags? Do you have a crazy story behind a quilt that you made? We want to hear your fun stories. If you don't that's ok too. Just say hello in the comments to enter.

Enter with this widget below.


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Good luck!

-HG

Designer Inspiration

Designer Kim Diehl has a hectic teaching schedule but she stopped to share a few photographs of her visiting The Buggy Barn quilt show recently.  She taught the "Idaho Lily" project from her wildly successful Simple Whatnots Club for The Buggy Barn.

What a great turnout and Kim also sent this photograph of her with fellow Henry Glass designer and The Buggy Barn co-owner, Janet Nesbitt at dinner.

Janet also forwarded these lovely photos of an adorable quilt using one of their collections. Designer Robin Vizzone of Briar Root Primatives designed this sweet quilt "Green Tea and Iced Mocha 2."

Thanks to the ladies for sharing and inspiring us all. We love to see what you've made from our collections. Please e-mail any submissions here.

-HG

We LOVE YOU Giveaway! - Last Day

GIVEAWAY CLOSED.

Thanks for participating in our giveaway! Reading about what you'd want to see in a new collection was a lot of fun. It was interesting to see the diverse tastes of Henry Glass fans. 

Today you are entering to win some Flannel Essentials by The Buggy Barn. What is your big quilting or sewing project of the year? Are you going to make a quilt? Will you try to sew a dress? Let us know by midnight tonight to qualify for the drawing. The other days of the giveaway and details are here and here.  Good luck!

Make sure that you follow us here on the blog or "like" our page on Facebook to keep up to date with Henry Glass news and #giveaways.

-hg

Desire To Inspire - Early February Edition, Part 2

Yesterday we showed you Denise Mitchell's lovely quilt for her Desire To Inspire Challenge. As we said, we challenged two friends and today we present you with Debbie Ragowski's version of her challenge. The ladies were given bundles of Flannel Essentials by The Buggy Barn and a deadline.

Fast forward to today and we have a two beautiful flannel quilts. Thank you to all who have written in and sent your photos to be considered for the challenge. We will get to you so be patient. We've had many submissions.

Name?

Debbie Rogowski

Where do you live?

I live in South East Texas a very small town named Buna.

Family? 

I have a lovable husband, 2 beautiful daughters, a wonderful Son-in-Law and 3 beautiful granddaughters.

How long have you been quilting?

I’ve only quilted now for maybe 3 years but I’ve been sewing since I was about 7-8 no one around me ever quilted and I always wanted to. So I taught myself some, made lots of mistakes and then found wonderful people on line that offer all sorts of assistance.

What's your favorite technique? 

I love the no waste flying geese method. Especially when I have 4 done at the same time.

Who taught you how to quilt? 

Many wonderful people on line showed me what I didn’t quite understand.  I had watched Fons & Porter and Eleanor Burns and oh even before them Simply Quilts on TV for many years before I decided to jump in. After hurricane Rita struck the only TV we could get was Satellite and we lost all over our quilt shows. The cable company folded up their wires and went home lol.

Do you belong to any guilds? 

I don’t belong to any guilds, I’m told there is one about 40 miles from here and I am going to their quilt show next week.  So that may be a start.

Anything else you would like to share with our readers?  

I LOVE fabric, and I love making things for others.  I try to set aside a little time each day and more on the weekends to sew or shop for fabric and supplies.  One on line friend of mine tells me all the time and I love her for it “there are NO quilt police”  I think I may have to make a sign for my room with that on it.  Another good friend (almost sister) that I met on Facebook and I try to do things together, motivate each other.  If we are just in a funk we pull the other out.  We may make something silly on the weekend when we have more time and then share with each other what our interpretation of it is.  Enjoy enjoy it’s just so much fun!!

I have to thank all the fabric and notions companies for giving us ideas and keeping us motivated.  I WILL soon make covers for each of my machines LOL

HG:  Great job, Denise and Debbie. We had fun seeing your projects.


Thank you to all who have written in and sent your photos to be considered for the challenge. We will get to you so be patient. We've had many submissions.

-hg

Desire To Inspire - Early February Edition, Part 1

We have double the fun post this month for the Desire To Inspire Challenge. Two friends, Denise Mitchell and Debbie Rogowski were on our Facebook page and we thought it would be interesting to have a challenge between two friends. We sent them bundles of Flannel Essentials by The Buggy Barn and let them work on their own designs without seeing each other's progress.

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The projects came together nicely and it was interesting to see how each one stepped up to the challenge. Today we'll start with Denise. Come back tomorrow to see Debbie's quilt.

Name?   

Denise Mitchell

Where do you live?

Folsom, Ca

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My husband Robert and I have two daughters - Dianne and Dionne. We have a grand-dog Kennedy too!

How long have you been quilting? 

My husband bought my first quilting machine in 8-11-2003 and have been glued to it since and have acquired several machines since! LOL!!

What's your favorite technique? 

Paper piecing is my favorite technique

Who taught you how to quilt? 

Soon after we purchased my first machine I took a couple of classes and did a lot of reading.

Do you belong to any guilds? 

No. Just a small group of ladies that meet every now and then. Also, have some GREAT! Facebook friends that share ideas!

Anything else you would like to share with our readers?

If there is a technique that you like looking at ,but afraid to try, just go for it! Give it a try! it might just be what you really enjoy!

Thank you Denise. We can't wait to see what Debbie made from the same fabric. 

-hg

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Giveaway winner announced!

We have a winner for the fabric drawing from  Jillily's latest pdq* Club [PRETTY DARN QUICK] post. The winner is ...

Maggie Smith said...

I always make sure I measure 3 times before cutting. Boy have I made some major mistakes only measuring once!!! Thanks!

January 29, 2014 at 11:51 AM 

Congratulation, Maggie. Please send your information here.

Have a great day!

-hg

Inspiration Tuesday

One of the Buggy Barn's fans sent in a photo of this wonderful quilt that was made from a Buggy Barn pattern using Jacquelynne Steves' Fruitful Hands fabric. Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing Carol Edwards of the Berry Basket Quilters guild in Medford, NJ.  Here is what Carol had to say about the quilt:

"My quilt guild, Berry Basket Quilters, Medford NJ, had a Challenge this year, in preparation for our Quilt Show in October, "The Quilted House." The challenge was to make a quilt with at least one house block, any quilt size. About that time, I saw your book, "Crazy 'Til the Cows Come Home" & loved the "Hearts Come Home" quilt!

This was a "double challenge" for me, the guild house challenge & making a Buggy Barn quilt for the first time! I thought you might like to see my "Hearts Come Home;" I have attached some photos of my finished quilt!

The fabrics I used are © Jacquelynne Steves for Henry Glass Fabrics, "Fruitful Hands." My inspiration for this quilt & the fabric choice came just after she had done a program at our Berry Basket Quilters March meeting.  

I love how it turned out! (can you tell, I like bright fabrics!) Yes, I might do another Buggy Barn quilt sometime soon! Thank you for your creative patterns!" 

Thank you for sharing, Carol!

-hg