From my student, Jacque M:
Hello Jan,
Took your class in 2008 at Asilomar. Wanted to share the round [Quick Star Quilt] one with you. Made it for someone having chemo, wanted it to feel like the ocean on the back and earth on the front. Did not know where to stop on this one, just though it needed to be round. She loves it, hope it helps somehow.Â
I often use the large diamond when I need a fast quilt for a gift. Thanks for that! Jacque M
Join nine C&T Authors this evening (March 2, 2011) on the C&T Wednesday Night Live online digital lounge! Click the photo to go to the C&T blogsite and learn more!
We will be discussing our upcoming workshops in the world-famous Empty Spools Seminars, held annually at Asilomar Conference Grounds in beautiful Pacific Grove, California.
If you are new to the online digital format, it is a live, interactive online chat room –when you log in, you will set a name for yourself, and you will see the presenters talking on their web cameras (one at a time). You may enter comments throughout the evening, and at the end, post your own web site or blog address for others to see and write down.
See you tonight online at 6pm Pacific Standard time! (link: World Clock Time zone converter to locate your local time) Following the event, you may also watch the recorded event; I will post the link when I know it!
Early October – Don and I visited my sister Dana, and we attended the Balloon Fiesta! Here are some of the hundreds of photos I took on the first morning. We walked out on the field, down among the balloons in all stages of inflation. It was really exciting! Enjoy!Â
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I love these videos! This band is SO creative! Enjoy!
This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg
I had the opportunity to visit with Loretta Ivison at the Long Beach Quilt show, and she has come up with a terrific tool! Please take a look at the Pinmoor pin cover quilt tools! They are colorful and simple to use, creating a fast method for pin-basting a quilt without injury to yourself, suffering from pin sticks and – much worse – pins in the carpet causing severe injury to bare feet, children, babies, pets and husbands!
Thank you for your clever design, Loretta! Order your Pinmoor tools directly from the inventor by clicking here.
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Christine Porter hosted a workshop from my new book, Quick Diamond Quilts. I flew from California to London, rode in a bus from London to Bristol. Following a few brief hours of sleep, we gathered with terrific quilters who sewed Stone Mosaic quilts.
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This is a great article on the Wall Street Journal:Â
Quilting Trucker
Enjoy!
We had a wonderful week together at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA. The Empty Spools Seminars hosts several sessions each year, and 8-10 quilt workshops each session. Please enjoy the quilts made during our workshop!
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ARTIST APPEARANCE and AUTOGRAPH PARTY!Date:   Sunday, March 28, 2010 Where: Quilter’s Paradise, 1451 Montiel Road, Suite 140, Escondido, CA 92026 Time:   1-4 pm Click for directions Come visit with quilt designers whose work is featured in my new book Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond! |
Quilt artists featured:
Machine Quilters:
We lost a dear friend this week. I met Jacqueline at Paradise Sewing Pfaff store in Poway, CA. She was the funniest person I had met in a long time! Jacqueline was creative in a free and exuberant way, sharing herself and her art with those who showed an interest. Jacqueline created and submitted projects for two of my books, Quick Star Quilts and Quick Diamond Quilts.
Jacqueline, Nancy O, Jan and Anna Mae
From Naomi: “Jacqueline had been in ill health the past couple of months. On Thursday she was admitted to the ICU with pneumonia. Unfortunately, her weakened body couldn’t fight the infection, and she passed away on Friday, March 5, surrounded by her calligraphic and artistic  family.
You are invited to share memories and celebrate Jacqueline’s life with her sons, Steven and Gregory Lacey, and their families this coming Saturday, March 13th, from 3-8 p.m. at 858 Summersong Court, Encinitas CA 92024. Condolences may also be sent there. If you wish, please send or bring a tribute to Jacqueline for her sons to have as a remembrance. It should be on 8 ½ x 11 paper. You can write or draw or glue (fabric?).”
  
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