Henry Glass Designers' Progressive Dinner Party - Day 4 Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin

Meet Stacy West, the creative entrepreneur and whirlwind brain behind Buttermilk Basin.

Stacy's seasonal collection is Buttermilk Basin's Pumpkin Farm, with cottons, wool and coordinating yarn-dyes. This collection will ship in April 2018.

Buttermilk Basin's Pumpkin Farm

Favorite Christmas Memory

I have many fond childhood memories of Christmas' up North in Minnesota.  One of my favorite memories as a child, was waking up on Christmas Day and looking out the window and seeing Santa's sleigh tracks & reindeer prints in the snow!  I could not believe it!  As a parent myself, I've enjoyed doing similar things for my two daughters while they were little!  Merry Christmas!

Day 4 - Side Dish

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Henry Glass Designers' Progressive Dinner Party - Day 3 Shelly Comiskey

Meet Shelly Comiskey, her design company is Simply Shelly Designs. She has had several popular collections that quilters love including Fluffy Bunny, I Still Love Snow 2, Dogs and Suds, and for this season "Chills and Thrills" which ships in April 2018. 

Chills and Thrills Glow in the Dark Collection

Favorite Christmas Memory

Christmas season of 2015,  it was about the first week of December, and I was decorating my house for the holidays with my daughter Casey. She would come back home for a couple weeks for the holidays each year as she lived and worked in another state. As far as mother and daughters go, I am so blessed that we are and always have been so close. These extended visits made the holidays even more special and fun for me.  It was an exciting time for us that year as she had recently gotten engaged. We were enjoying our night sipping some holiday cocktails and decorating my house when she slipped me my Christmas present a bit early.   Oh how fun I thought.   Well... this tiny little box had carried the biggest Christmas gift I have ever received.  Inside was a beautiful bracelet.  As I pulled it out I realized there was an inscription on the inside and it read... “Will you be my Maid of Honor?”   I was and still am so grateful that she had chosen me for this incredible honor.  

My daughter and truly my best friend.   Well this past April, 2017, the wedding was absolutely beautiful and a blast!  It was a perfect fairy tale beach wedding and this Maid of Honor, mom, and friend was truly humbled for such a gift.

Shelly and her daughter's wedding photo

Day 3 - Salad

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Henry Glass Designers' Progressive Dinner Party - Day 2 Janet Rae Nesbitt

Meet Janet Rae Nesbitt of One Sister Designs. 

This is her Christmas collection called "Believe" which ships in May.

Believe Collection

Favorite Christmas Memory

Both of my kids were, and still are, terrible snoops and package shakers!  When they were younger, they were always trying to discover either where I'd hidden the presents, or if the presents were wrapped and under the tree, they would do the heft and rattle test to try and figure out what was inside.  I still go to great lengths to try and fool them by putting boxes inside of boxes, or adding extra things to the boxes to make them heavier.  Some years I don't even put name tags on them- One will get red ribbon and one gets green and they don't know whose are whose until Christmas morning- it makes them crazy and keeps them guessing which is most of the fun!  Zack says his favorite memory was the year they received a rather large package that they had to share...I had wrapped the nintendo game system with my couch quilts and then put it all in a fabric box and wrapped it up.  As they unwrapped it and came to the fabric box, they were incredulous that I might have gotten them fabric "You got us fabric?" But then they opened the box: "Quilts! You got us quilts?" Worst Christmas ever.....until I finally talked them into being polite and looking at the quilts so they didn't hurt my feelings over such a thoughtful and time consuming gift, and finally they found the prize inside! Gotta ya! Can't wait to do it all again this year!  Here's hoping you all have fun and merry times with those you love this holiday season!

Day 2 Recipe - Soup 

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Henry Glass Designers' Progressive Dinner Party - Day 1 Leanne Anderson

Meet Leanne Anderson, matriarch of The Whole Country Caboodle.
This is her Christmas collection, "Away in a Manger" that ships in May.

Away in a Manger Collection

The "Away in the Manger" book

Favorite Christmas Memory

My favorite part of Christmas is spending time with family.  As a child, Christmas Eve was such a special time for us and that has continued with my family.  We attend Christmas Eve service, then go to our daughters’ house for appetizers (one being the Pickle Wrap Dip) and just spend time together.  As a child after the service, we used to drive around town and see how people decorated their houses then go home and sing a few Christmas carols.  My parents didn’t have a lot, but it felt like we did.  I guess it’s not about what’s under the tree for us, it’s about the gift of Jesus and our family…we are so incredibly blessed.   From our family to yours, wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year!!

Day 1 Recipe - Appetizer

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Desire to Inspire - November's Challenger Judi Duncan

Meet Judi Duncan - our Desire to Inspire Challenger for November. 

I live in Bakersfield, Ca. and it gets HOT here (LOL). The hubs and I are both retired - which leaves lots of time for me to sew - I love quilting, home dec, making clothing and now bag making.  

We have two very large dogs (100 and 109 pounds) both adopted from our local shelter.  Lucky, our 3 year-old Doberman had diabetes and recently developed cataracts as a result.  He went blind, and we ended up getting him the surgery to have the cataracts removed last month.  He is now on the mend and has 80% of his vision back and we are so grateful.  It is a very time consuming process, but it is a labor of love!

My oldest daughter and her son live with us, so life is always exciting around here.  Our favorite place to go is to the beach!  We love to take our grandson, when he is not in school. We play in the water and look for sea shells and pretty rocks and beach glass.  And of course Grandma has to hit all the quilt shops (good thing the family doesn't really mind).

I've been sewing on and off since I was 16 when my grandmother gave me a brand new singer in a cabinet for Christmas.  All the granddaughters got the same gift for their sixteenth birthday.  I love applique...it lets me use my creative side. I have only been quilting a few years and free motion quilting is my favorite technique, I could spend hours and hours meandering on my machine.  The best part of quilting is being able to buy lots and lots of fabric...buying by the fat quarter lets you purchase a lot of different fabrics without spending too much money.  And of course, novelty fabrics are my favorite!

Judi gets the fabric and is super happy! 

Here are the "All Cooped Up" fabrics

Here are the grocery bags all made up from the fabric! 

Ready for a December Desire to Inspire Challenger!

 Life on the farm has a unique charm. Red barns, silos, a lazy river nearby plus all the fun animals including cows, pigs, chickens, sheep are all represented here in this darling novelty collection by Kate Mawdsley. Kate is an international artist from England and Henry Glass is pleased to show her latest line of Farm Life. Do you love the Farm Life too? This collection is for you!

That's right, this collection doesn't ship until December, but you can have it first, and make whatever you want with it! You only need to have it ready for photos by the end of December! 

Here are the rules for Desire to Inspire. Pretty easy, actually.

1. Put your name in the hat by sending an email to vanessa@jaftex.com. Be sure to include a photo or two of your latest or greatest projects, just so we know you are for real and can do this.

2. We pick a winner and send out fabric FedEx so you can start on your quest as soon as possible. 

3. You sew in a flurry and frenzy all through December, and send us your project pictures and a little bio about yourself by December 28. Plus you keep everything you made!

Okay? Whose in? 

If you have already done this before - we are opening this up this month for previous challengers!! 

Send your emails now. Go.

vanessa@jaftex.com

Here is the whole collection, you will receive several pieces from the line. It will also be shipping into your local quilt shop during December. 

Let's Get Quilting - 6 pc. bundle of Farm Life by Kate Mawdsley

Life on the farm has a unique charm. Red barns, silos, a lazy river nearby plus all the fun animals including cows, pigs, chickens, sheep are all represented here in this darling novelty collection by Kate Mawdsley. Kate is an international artist from England and Henry Glass is pleased to show her latest line of Farm Life, which starts shipping to your local quilt shop in December. 

Let's Get Quilting - 6 pc. Farm Life bundle