Showing posts with label Sam Hunter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sam Hunter. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2015

....another "back to school" tip!

it's quite simple, actually

this little pressing tip


after chain piecing a seam on a whole lot of blocks
I use my little baby bow scissors to cut the blocks apart

stack them up
then hold them up with one hand

I take the selected pressing spray in the other hand

and spray all of the ends
all of them

together.
all at once.
and, of course, I do this over my pressing surface
easy peasy
done.

I lay the stack down on my pressing surface,
take each block off of the stack, one by one
and press the seam
(whether you press from the back, and press your seams open
or you press from the front, and fold over)

if it seems as tho one seam or another has not received enough spray
then I will spray that one block individually

otherwise - phew!
what a time saver.

be.do.create.
Natalie.


ps - did you find the pun in this post?


Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Fast-Piece Applique book giveaway - Rose Hughes

Rose Hughes.


if you are lucky enough to have taken one of her classes
or seen any of her exhibited work

you will understand what I mean
when I say that I am thankful to be able to call her
f r i e n d 


what a great time it is to go fabric shopping with rose
or to sketch on paper napkins over breakfast

don't get me started about getting anywhere near
beads
or
yarn

yes, I am a very lucky girl.


 it was difficult to share only a few projects from the book
you all knew this one below would be one of my favorites
 one of the great things that Rose has done
for this book blog tour
is to design a series of blocks
based upon four letter words that her fans suggested

and then she let each of us select our own word from that list

Fast-Piece Applique by Rose Hughes
**addendum:  pattern is available now!

by leaving a comment below
you will be entered in a drawing to win an e-book
from Martingale/TPP
and a pattern for this block
from Rose Hughes!

just leave me a note telling me one
soul-filled
story

something you've experienced
during the December holidays, or the New Year celebration
you know
some random act of kindness
or something that touched
your
soul

and on January 20
the random number generator will select a winner
from the comments

remember, tho, you have all of these other blogs to visit
to visit
to enjoy



Jan 5th-  KISS-- Victoria Findlay Wolfe
http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com

Jan 6th - SOUL-- Natalie Barnes
http://beyondthereefpatterns.blogspot.com

Jan 7th - SEXY --Maddie Kertay
http://www.badassquilterssociety.com

Jan 8th - SWAK-- Teri Lucas-Generation Q
http://generationqmagazine.com
Jan 9th - LEAP-- Mandy Leins
http://mandalei.com
Jan 12th- LUST-- Megan Dougherty
http://thebitchystitcher.blogspot.com
Jan 13th - HUGS-- Jenny Wilding Cardon
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/
Jan 14th - FIRE-- Sam Hunter
http://huntersdesignstudio.com
Jan 15th - SING -- Rachel Biel-TAFA
http://tafalist.com/blog/
Jan 16th -- Rose Hughes
http://rosehughes.blogspot.com


thank you, Rose.... 
for always giving more than expected....
(awindydayinsaltlakecity+quiltmarket)

be.do.create
natalie