Hello…I am back…for me it was a long separation…but now that I am en route to Houston that means that all for work is done…or all that is going to get done…
I can’t begin to explain all the things I have done in the last couple of months…so much that one it was impossible for me to do it all by myself and my assistant Amy has most of the fun while stitching up a lot of the quilts for our next fabric line Star & Stripe Gatherings…and I wish to publicly thank her for all of her hard work…
So…I am a couple weeks removed from this quilt…Twilight Garden which was the summer block of the week and will be a block of the month starting in February 2019. But I can say to those of you who were with me on this journey…it was worth it…the quilt is amazing but we (the quilt and I) definable need some time away from each other… It is safely in the hand of the very capable Linda Hrcka-thequiltedpineapple.com to be made into a masterpiece…..I promise NEVER to do something of this caliber as a summer block of the week again….I think it almost did me in…
I finished the quilt the night before the crew from Martingale arrival to shoot the beginning of my next book with them…Yet to be named…but it is All about WOOL a HOW to book….revealing all my “secrets” that I teach in class…and then some…it is going to be a TELL ALL book and we are so excited with what we have accomplished so far…lots of step by step photos of methods and stitching…3 whole days worth…
Here is a photo of the photographer Adam in action…all I can say is he is magical…he makes everything look sooooo good, me included…I can’t wait for you to see this book.
Meanwhile this little cutie made it’s way home for a binding…
All Things Grow with Love…is the result of the 12 free blocks given out when they took part in a summer block of the week…the full kit and pattern will be available in Houston and will be on our website soon as well…
Oh…and just a little before I finished Twilight Garden I finished Star Studded Event..the pieced summer block of the week…It is 90×96 and will look fabulous on my bed (shown folded) after we sell the remaking kits…
Then after the book shooting it was time to concentrate on getting the projects done for our Primitive Christmas Event….because…we return from Houston 4 days before it kicks off…that leaves no time, to design, execute, pattern, kit, website work, and then decorate the store, for it all to happen…I usually wait until I get home for Houston to do it…but because we moved it up before Thanksgiving and Houston being a week later…made it impossible to wait…but…sometimes when under the gun…I seem to produce a lot…I was able to do 10 new projects for you that we will showcase the week of the 12th of November…
This towel is just a tiny “peek” into what will be happening!!!!!
After the Christmas projects which was about 4 days left…I set out to make some “other than quilt projects ” to accompany our 10 Star & Stripe Gatherings quilts to round out the Star & Stripe Gatherings Book…and to tell you the truth I will be making a few more while sitting in the booth in Houston…the book does not come out until January when the fabric is scheduled for release…the book will be full of great things…it will be up on our site soon as we get an image for the cover….
I quick took a pic of some of the items before packing them into the suitcase…
So please forgive me for being absent…there really was no time…for you, for Blockheads for Jeter and the rest of the family and for for me…I need to get home from Houston and get back to having a life…
I just needed to do this post to let you all know that I AM still here…and will be back soon to just the normal crazy…instead of the “sew your brain out” crazy that have been going on way too long…
My best
Lisa
I know this post has no links…for you to sign up or to buy…I will post those when they are ready…I promise…
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