Road to California Countdown - Day 3

it's a giveaway!

we are continuing our countdown - and our giveaways

Road to California Countdown

we will be in booth 312/314

and we're working on our demos as we speak
yes - demos!
more about that, in tomorrow's giveaway post

we have a specially curated bundle of Westminster Fibers
Free Spirit and Rowan fabrics
just ready to pair with some of your
Essex Yarn Dye
or another neutral of your choice

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through tuesday nite of next week

be.do.create.

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

fine print:  shipping to US addresses only for this series

all seven winners will be announced on Wednesday 20 January 16

b e y o n d   t h e   r e e f

is proud to be a sponsor at the Road to California quilters conference

Countdown to Christmas!

Yep.

Countdown to Christmas.

December 25

Santa. the tree. the chimney. the.whole.thing.

it truly is a time of giving and quilters give a tremendous amount

of themselves

so who wouldn't want a little something in return?

who wouldn't want to see bolts of Marcia Derse under the tree

or a little dearStella white with grey dot

or some Anna Maria Horner Lou Lou Thi giant print for backing?

who wouldn't want a beyond the reef pattern for kahakai or tiki temple?

so as a way to say thank you all for your support

the whole year long

we are having a giveaway

"Countdown to Christmas"

leave us a comment

tell us a story about someone giving during the holidays

or

spread the cheer

let someone ahead of you in line at the grocery store

or

post your favorite cookie recipe

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become a beyond the reef

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or

just stop by to say hello

we'll post again tomorrow morning

and select a recipient

for our first gift

and we'll keep posting until

Santa's special event

on

Christmas Eve!

thank you

we appreciate each and every one of you

be.do.create

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

ps - there is still time to do some online shopping

at

www.beyondthereef.bigcartel.com

Market, Market, Market Part Two

"Market"

it seems that only at a "Market"

can you start with this empty space

and end up with sparkling white carpet

and elephants in Michael Miller fabrics jumpsuits

  

only at Market can you see Amy and David Butler

pushing their own carts up the ramp to the cc

(but of course!)

or walk by a half completed Amy Butler booth

my favorite part of the completed booth was the table with

two tea glasses and a butterfly

and of course, Alexander Henry won an award

for this booth sculpture

I do think, however, my favorite part of Market
was seeing the Madison Cottage Design quilt
beyond the reef fabric bundles for this quilt still available
in the Marcia Derse booth!!!!

 it was great to see the denyse schmidt booth too
I loved that design wall!!!!

the other person I thot did a tremendous job

Anna Maria Horner

...if you like her butterflies

we do have a pattern for that.....

Madison Cottage Design
had a booth in which everything seemed to 
float on a sea of black
(look for the pattern "Sugar" at the beyond the reef booth at Quilt Festival, Long Beach)

 sarah jane won best booth for creativity
we ordered a few of her prints
out to sea

 and one of my favorite ads right now
is
valori wells
cocoon
(more butterflies - we have a pattern for that!)

 but I must say the most fun I had was in the
beyond the reef
booth
it was 50 s.f. of a
teenagers room after a day of surfing and homework
complete with candy on the bed
and clothes on the floor

by now, I think you see, for me, it's about the people

the soul and sweat and love

they put into everything they do

not just the 'next' thing they do

but where they are in that very moment

Market.Market.Market

not what.

who.

not next.

but now.

natalie.

beyond the reef

be.do.create