I’ve entered Bryana + Sam wedding quilt in the Quilting Bloggers themed contest, “New Beginnings”. A young couple getting married on New Year’s Eve sounds like New Beginnings to me! Here’s the link to the Quilting Blogger’s where you can vote for your favorites!
Thanks for looking!
Just keep stitching!
Linda
I just got a great tea “cup” for steeping loose tea, however it doesn’t have handles and it’s very hot to drink from. So, I whipped up a cozy to solve the problem!
You can check one of my previous posts for a tutorial link. For this cozy, I used some fun fabric but the next ones will be scrappy! I just tested it with some wonderful tea and it works great!
Enjoy!
Every Christmas, I try to make a crafty item for my siblings, kids and extended family and this year the item was Dish Mats! I almost gave them all away before taking a picture! My sister got hers yesterday, so now I can blog about it!
Finding fabrics for the kitchen is fun! For one set, I added a 1 1/2″ border of coordinating fabric. You would need a bigger counter for this size. The majority of them where a squared up fat quarter, that fits best on my counter.
The back is a nice terry cloth that has been pre-washed and dried. There are some colors available but I liked the quality of the white so all of mine are white. Later this month, I will post a tutorial on the sewing steps so you can easily make your own!
Hope your New Year is starting off with lots of sewing! I have a quilting retreat in January! It’s three days of non stop sewing, eating and sharing ideas! Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt shop is the host. After we send our college aged daughter off to England tomorrow, I’ll be back at the longarm working on customer quilts, too! And I have a few more quilts from last year to blog about!
Just Keep Stitching!
Linda
As we say good bye to 2011 and hello to 2012, it’s time to reflect back on the year past.
First, thank you to everyone who partnered with me to finish their quilts, 2011 was my best year ever for LAQ! I crossed the 400 quilts grand total mid year! My total for 2011 was 127 and 12 of those quilted were my personal quilts!
Look for my personal UFO Challenge next year, I’ll be posting pictures of my quilts in progress and shaming myself into finishing them!
This will be my 126th post! You can follow me on Facebook or Pinterest, too! I’ve been finding some awesome quilting ideas on Pinterest, so check out my pins!
Lots of batiks!
My personal favorite quilt of the year is the wedding quilt for my son, Drew and his wife Abby! You can read about that post here. Drew is also my tech support and own personal web guru! I really appreciate what he does for me, even though he lives in Florida!
It’d be hard to pick my favorite customer quilt from the 100+ that I did this year! It seems like my favorite is the one I just finished. Here’s a couple links for you to check out from this year. Celia’s Mystery Quilt
Mountains Wall Hanging
Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part III
A benefit of blogging is the pictures! I now have a very good record of quilts for current and future customers to look at! My goal in 2012 is to post a picture of every quilt. I think I missed a few in 2011.
Thanks again for a great year and many blessings to you and yours in 2012!!
Happy Stitching!
Linda
I keep finding pics for making coffee cozies! I think I’ll be making some soon! Check these out here.
Happy sewing! Linda
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