Day 3: Jaftex 85th Anniversary Blog Hop & Desire To Inspire Too!

Welcome! Jaftex is the parent company of Henry Glass & Co., Studioe Fabrics and Blank Quilting and we are excited today to kick off the celebrations for the Jaftex 85th Anniversary Blog Hop.

We invited over 30 designers, quilt industry friends and bloggers to help us celebrate. Bundles of Henry Glass' Folio Basics, Studioe's Peppered Cottons or Blank's Fusion Illusion were sent to our friends and we asked them to make something special for our blog hop. They did not disappoint! Each day we will reveal the designs on the designers' blogs. Today our guest blogger is Anjeanette Klinder.

We met Anjeanette Klinder when she submitted her quilts to our Desire To Inspire Challenge. Anjeanette is a maker, wife, mother and giant dog owner. She spends her days making in Maryland and her nights dreaming in fabric. She learned to sew when she was young and has had the opportunity to share her designs with several sewing and fabric websites. She made a gorgeous modern table runner for her project. Click the link to see her beautiful project. 

Anjeanette's Desire To Inspire Project

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We'd like to introduce you to the latest Desire To Inspire challenger, Andrea Englert. We sent her a bundle of Hedgehugs by Beth Logan. She made this lovely quilt from the bundle that we sent her.

HG: Welcome, Andrea

HG:  Where do you live?  

AE:  Florida, though I'm originally from Wisconsin

HG:  Tell us about your family. 

AE:  My mom is a quilter herself, my Dad is retired, and I have one brother who has recently had a little baby girl!

HG:  How long have you been quilting? 

AE:  Years, my mom got me interested since she also quilts, and I've quilted on and off since high school

HG:  What's your favorite technique? 

AE:  Paper-piecing, I love the exactness it provides

HG:  Who taught you how to quilt? 

AE:  My mom!

HG:  Do you belong to any guilds? 

AE:  No, though I would like to in the future!

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

AE:  I'm working on a years-long project now, interspersing smaller projects in as I finish a color. I'm almost done with the greens, which is the only color I've been working on!  Here's a picture of the finished product: http://imgur.com/Ahvho9v  It's called Cathedral Garden from Quilts With Style magazine, August 2003

HG:  Thank you Andrea!

If you want to be a challenger, please submit your design as detailed below. 

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Blog Hop Details

September 1 - Kim Diehl guest posting @ American Patchwork & Quilting

September 2 - Pepper @ Pepper at the Quilt Studio 

September 3 - Anjeanette @ Anjeanette Klinder 

September 4 - Leanne @ The Whole Country Caboodle   

September 5 - Mark @ Mark Lipinski's Blog

September 6 - Heather @ Heather Kojan Quilts  

September 7 - Heather @ Trends and Traditions  

September 7 - Martha @ Wagons West Designs  

September 8 - Linda @ Linda Lum DeBono 

September 9 - Heidi @ Red Letter Quilts 

September 10 - Jill @ Jillily Studios  

September 10 - Dana @ My Lazy Daisy  

September 11 - Penny @ Sew Simple Designs  

September 12 - Ida @ Cowtown Quilts 

September 13 - Liz and Beth @ Lizzie B Cre8ive  

September 14 - Melissa @ Sew Bitter Sweet Designs

September 15 - Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl    

September 16 - Amy @ Kati Cupcake 

September 16 - Barbara @ QuiltSoup2 

September 17 - Erica @ Kitchen Table Quilting 

September 18 - Leona @ Leona's Quilting Adventure 

September 19 - Margot @ The Pattern Basket  

September 20 - Sylvia @ Flying Parrot Quilts   

September 21 - Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts  

September 22 - Kim @ Aurifil Threads  

September 23 - Rebekah @ Don't Call Me Becky   

September 24 - Julie @ The Crafty Quilter 

September 25 - Mary Ellen @ Little Quilts  

September 25 - Mary Jane @ Holly Hill Designs 

September 26 - Daisy @ Ants to Sugar

September 27 - Melissa @ Happy Quilting

September 28 - Janet @ One S1ster

September 29 - Jenny @ Martingale& Co.

September 30 - Teresa @ Third Floor Quilts

Another fun part of the celebrations is the contest. Winners will receive fabric of course but also some great prizes from our quilt industry friends. The first prize winner will win a Janome Skyline S5, the second place winner will win a big box of Aurifil thread and the third prize will win a lovely tin with special goodies from Schmetz Needles.  Jaftex Corp. thanks special thanks to Janome America, Aurifil and Schmetz Needles for their prizes.

Take note. We love our quilt shops and we have included a part of the giveaway where you can help your local shop win too! Here is a peek at the prizes.

Enter the contest below and good luck!

85th Anniversary Giveaway

Thank you for joining us for this celebration.

- HG

Let's Get Quilting - August 24, 2015 Edition

Happy Monday! Congratulations to Barb Neiwert. You won last week's giveaway. We will be in contact very soon to get your shipping info.

This week we are going to give away another assorted bundle of Beth Logan's Hedgehugs. We love these little critters and we they remind us that fall is just around the corner. Tell us what your next big quilting project will be.

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Good luck!

- HG

Let's Get Quilting - August 3, 2015

Good Monday morning! We are happy to host another Let's Get Quilting. Congratulations to last week's winner, Marian Allen!

There were many requests to give away some more of this adorable collection. Someone suggested making pencil cases with this kid-friendly line. What would you make with this collection?

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Come back tomorrow for the latest Desire To Inspire Challenge Project.

Good luck!

- HG

Let's Get Quilting - July 27, 2015 Edition

Congratulations to Andrea. You won last week's bundle of Hedgehugs by Beth Logan. We will be in touch to send you your prize.

This week we are giving another bundle of Hedgehugs away. Let us know if you still read blogs and what would you like to read about on a quilt blog?


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Good luck!

- HG

Let's Get Quilting - July 20, 2015 Edition

Happy Monday!  Thank you participating in the giveways that we have been hosting in the past week. The giveaway for Anni Down's new book and some of Anni's fabric is still going on. Please check the details here.

We have a couple of winners to announce. Winner of Jan Shade Beach's Holiday Magic is PK Solberg and the winner of the Kim Diehl freezer paper/fabric bundle is Julierose. We will be contacting you about your prizes.

Julierose said...

Oh just love that cute pattern and those fabrics are so lovely...i would love to win...I am a newbie to applique having just finished hand appliqueing my Mom's Poms quilt blocks....thanks for the chance....hugs, Julierose

July 9, 2015 at 11:07 AM

It's time for Let's Get Quilting! Today we are all about critters. Beth Logan's collection, Hedgehugs, is darling. We love the sweet faces on her little friends and the palette is a soft, whimsical range of greens, golds, and grays.

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Tell us what types of critters that you like to see on your quilting prints?

Good luck!

- HG

Let's Get Quilting - April 27, 2015 Editon

Good morning! It's a great Monday morning. It's going to be a busy couple of weeks as we prepare for Quilt Market in May. Are you going to be there? Make sure that you visit the Henry Glass Booth #1719 and Sample Spree #108.

Congratulations to Nancy Hilderbrand for winning Let's Get Quilting last week. Please send your contact information here to receive your prize. This week we are giving away a fun bundle of Two By Two by Beth Logan. Let us know what you're planning for vacation this summer.

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Good luck!

- HG

We Spy ...

American Dreams in Paducah. Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts reports that busy is hopping in Paducah. She tells us that this panel in particular is very popular at the American Quilters Society show in Paducah. The Pledge Of Allegiance kit is designed by Beth Logan of ArtStuff Ltd. and is part of her American Dreams collection.

Enjoy QuiltWeek and make sure that you visit the Little Quilts booth #1816 if you are there.

- HG

Desire To Inspire

It is a busy last day of March around here. Today is the last day for quilt shop owners to enter the Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Club Contest. You still have time to enter if you already have a finished sample of Heritage Stars on display in your quilt shop.  Contest details further down this post. 

It is also time to post our Desire To Inspire Challenge project. We can certainly say that this is one of our favorite things about the blog. We love to see what YOU make with our collections. If you want to join the list of potential challengers, send us an e-mail. Instructions are in the flyer below.

We sent our challenger a bundle of American Dreams by Beth Logan and we were excited to see the challenger's projects. Let's meet our March 2015 Desire To Inspire Challenger.

Name:  Julie Cefalu

Where do you live?  

I live in the Bay Area of California.  It used to be prime agricultural land with orchards everywhere.  Now it’s known as Silicon Valley.  I do have an amazing vegetable garden, though!

Family

I have been married to the love of my life for 30 years.  We have 4 children, and we’re currently empty nesters.  Our oldest daughter is married and lives in Austin, Texas.  She’s expecting a baby (our first grandchild) in July.  We have another daughter who is getting married in September and lives close by.  Our son is single, and he also lives and works nearby.  Our youngest daughter is a junior at UC Davis which is 2 hours away and visits often.  We also have a dog, Cooper who is our comic relief and a stress-reliever for my husband (not so much for me).  For the remaining animals, we’re down to one cat and a tortoise.  It’s always a zoo around here for one reason or another!

How long have you been quilting?

I have been quilting for 16 years.  I started when my youngest child was in preschool, and after being prodded encouraged by my older sister.  I’ve sewn since I was in junior high school, and I used to sew everything from curtains to maternity clothes and lots of Halloween costumes.  Now I stick to quilts, table runners and bags.

What's your favorite technique?

I love every aspect of quilting, but my favorite technique is applique.  I think it takes an ordinary quilt into the extraordinary category.  Free motion quilting can do that, too, and it’s another technique that I enjoy.  And if shopping were a technique, I’d be very good at that as well.  

Who taught you how to quilt?  

I taught myself how to quilt.  I had big footsteps to fill with my sister being an excellent quilter.  I took my first quilting class in 2001 when I wanted to learn free motion quilting.  Now I teach beginning quilting, free motion quilting and machine applique.  It’s my favorite job ever!

Do you belong to any guilds?  

I am the co-founder and co-president of the Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild.

Anything else you would like to share with our readers?

I have a blog, The Crafty Quilter.  I started it in 2012 as a way to facilitate my teaching.  It has grown a lot since then, and my audience is almost at 5,000 followers.  I have lots of tutorials and tips that I share for all levels of quilters.  I’d love it if you would visit me there! 

I have really enjoyed this challenge and working with Henry Glass fabrics.  I love to create and there are always designs and ideas swirling in my head.  I wish I had a twin who could take care of all the “busy-ness” of life while I quilt all day!

Thank you to July for stepping up to the challenge!

One last note of business. Today is the last day for submitting your photograph to the Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Club Contest. You have until midnight at a chance of entering this fabulous contest. Good luck!

We have received some amazing submissions. All of the entries are beautiful and the photographs will inspire you to be part of the Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Club. The stores have outdone themselves and we are so very proud and grateful that these shops support Henry Glass Fabrics. Thank you! Here are some more entries [in no particular order].

[Tom Thomas, Yankee Pride Quilts in Essex Junction, VT]

[Susan Lommen, Colorz Quilt Shop, 14091 Baxter Drive, Suite 112, Baxter, MN]

[Linda Pirtle, Granny's Quilt Fabrics, 1108-B Argent Blvd., Ridgeland, South Carolina]

[Sue Carmichael, Quilters Cupboard, 202 Brock Street East, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada]

Good luck to all!

- HG

American Beauty

We truly love it when we receive a photo or two of a finished project that features our fabric. Judy Hansen, owner of Quilt Shop of Deland in Deland, Florida, in sent in photographs of a quilt that her customer, Renee Burson, made from Beth Logan's American Beauty collection. Wow! The pattern is designed by BJ Designs.

Judy also sent in a photograph of an adorable zigzag runner. You can contact her shop for details about the project.

Thanks for sharing! If you have a finished project, send us a photograph and we will feature it!

-hg

We "Like" You Giveaway - Day Four

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. STAY TUNED FOR MORE IN THE FUTURE BY FOLLOWING THE BLOG, LIKING HENRY GLASS CO. ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOWING ON TWITTER. THANKS!

We have had fun this week and hope that you did too! Today in NYC the temperatures were a little lower and it made us think about hot cocoa topped with a marshmallow or two. Cuddling under a warm quilt is a must.

Today is the last day of the giveaway but you still have some time to enter. The rules are can be found here. Like us on Facebook or add yourself to our follower list on the right sidebar to keep up with our news and giveaways. We have Jill Finley's pdq* Club [PRETTY DARN QUICK] projects and on Monday we will post the next Desire To Inspire Challenger. You can leave a comment on Jill's monthly post and leave her some love there. We have a monthly drawing for some fabric for her club so that we can inspire you to make one of her fabulous projects. The holidays are coming and her designs are great for gift-giving and are so quick and easy. You can find links to both the pdq Club and the Desire To Inspire at the top right sidebar of this blog.

Our feature fabric today is by ArtStuff Ltd. designer, Beth Logan. Snow Babies is a range that warms our hearts. The critters are so darling and the colors are soft. 

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is your favorite color combinations for quilting fabrics?

Good luck!

-hg