Quilts With A Heart

WELCOME TO QUILTS WITH A HEART!!!

Summer Retreat 2013 Is Approaching!!!

The dates are set for the Summer Retreat 2013! I'll have more details and a picture of the project quilt in the next week or so. The dates are August 23-25 at the beautiful Cimarron Ranch Retreat in Marble Falls. Ten spots available, first come basis. Check back for the details and pictures of the quilt!

2013 Online Sampler
Challenge

The 2013 Online Sampler Challenge is under way for all Quilting Angel members. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate or get their sampler quilted for free (excluding batting, backing and thread charges)! Details and rules (rules for everything) are listed on the club page! Join today and play with us this year!

June's Jo's Little Women's Club Meeting

The Jo's Little Women's Club met on June 5th and since we started the applique patterns last month, we had an extra month to finish it. Pictures of those who did complete their project is in the club news section.
The Club News page has been udated for members, so if you didn't make it to the meeting, click on over and see the block demo, next month's sample and the other show and share projects!

Farmer's Wives

I am participating in a group of quilters who are currently making the Farmer's Wives quilt this year. We make six blocks a month and, surprisingly enough, I am current with this project whoo-hoo!!! I will share these each month as I get them completed! I still so excited, I'm current with a project!!!

Quilting Angels Online Quilt Club!!!!
        Your $25.00 annual membership fee will provide you with the following:

** Free Quilting Angels Online Quilt Club tote bag and a membership card containing the password to access the club site. Present your membership card at a quilt show and receive a 15% discount on your total purchase (excludes block of the month programs)
**     Free pattern downloads each month
**     First look at all sale merchandise before it is offered to the general public
**     Special discounts on kits and books not offered to regular website viewers
**     Discounts when purchasing items from Quilts With A Heart at Quilt Shows
**     Quilt Challenges with prizes

       Membership dues will renew each August. The password to access the club portion of the site will be emailed to you upon receipt of your registration
for immediate access. Your tote bag and membership card containing the password will be mailed to you.
It should be fun and I look forward to having you in
the club!!!!

Members are increasing, lots of fun in store for the coming year!!!!
         Don't forget to check the club specials, new fabrics
have been added!

Quilting Angels Online Quilt Club

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Spotlight on Quilting!!!!

Since the primary part of my busines is custom quilting I decided to incorporate a quick slide show each week featuring the
customer quilts and new samples that I have completed. My goal is to change the pictures each week , but the reality is that I generally get them changed about mid-month, so check
back often & enjoy!!! If you miss them on the home page you can find them in the Quilt Info/Gallery.
It's always busy here!

NEW FABRICS

NEW BOOKS/NOTIONS/PATTERNS

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MACHINE QUILTER'S SHOWCASE 2013
WINNER!!!!

For those of you who are not familiar with the Machine Quilter' Showcase (MQS), it is a quilt show presented by the International Machine Quilters Association each year in Kansas. It is strictly a machine quilted show and the entries are awarded ribbons based primarily on the quilting
style and execution.
I entered a quilt, Ruffled Roses pieced by Mary Clendennen and appliqued by Angela Steiner, both from Marble Falls, and of course, quilted by me! It received a First Place Ribbon in the Traditional Standard Custom division. Upon return of the quilt, it had also received an additional ribbon for piecing. Whoo-hoo!! Congratulations to Mary and Angela S. as well!!
This is a tremendous honor for me, since the blue ribbon was awarded primarily for the quilting, I am so excited!!! This quilt has also received other honors at other shows, and you can see pictures of the quilt in the Award Winning section in the Quilt Gallery. Since I was unable to make it to Kansas for the show, I don't have a picture of the quilt with the ribbons, but I do have a picture of the ribbons! I am truly blessed to get to do what I love everyday!!!

Quilt Pick Up & Delivery Schedule

     If you are a quilter and you reside in the Central-Texas area, I have several quilt pick up and delivery locations in the area for your convenience.  I have been going to some of these shops for several years as many of you know, but for those who are new to my site and new to me, here is a list of my pick-up/delivery locations:

     On the first Saturday of every month, I am at the Honey Bee Quilt Shop in Austin. I arrive there around 10:30 and will be there for about an hour to an hour and a half.

     On the second Wednesday of each month I am at One Quilt Place, formerly Pocket Full of Posey's, in Fredericksburg. I arrive at 10:00 and am generally there until noon.

     On the fourth Tuesday of each month I am at the Feathered Star in Clyde. I arrive around 11:00 and am there until 12:30.

    You can meet me at these locations or leave your quilt there for me to pick up if you can't meet me in person. Please contact me by email or phone to get on my pick-up schedule!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONEY BEE QUILT SHOP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS!!!
THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 SHOPS
FOR THE SPRING 2012 QUIT SAMPLER MAGAZINE!!

The folks at the Honey Bee have been keeping a secret for several months. In December they started telling their customers that they had an "amazing announcement" to make in January. The guesses as to what the announcement was were funny, even some customers thinking the owner was going to tell everyone she's pregnant (no she's not) but the announcement was....Honey Bee Quilt Store has been named as one of the Top Ten Stores for 2012 for the Quilt Sampler Magazine!!!!! The quilt they designed for the magazine is called Texas Rain Dance. The magazine and/or the kit can be preordered from their store, the kits will ship in May. I was lucky enough to get introduced to Diane and even more lucky when she asked me to quilt her design!

More pictures of the announcement event and the quilt, including one of Diane and myself are pictured below. Look for the Spring Quilt Sampler magazine and read more about the Honey Bee Quilt Shop!

Click on Texas Rain Dance above for a direct link to their site and to pre-order your kit!

The Spring 2012 Quilt Sampler is finally available, we didn't make the cover, but its a good read anyway! Click here to view the entire article. www.allpeoplequilt.com

Santa Baby Table Topper

This is one of the projects in the book, Positively Crazy, by the Buggy Barn. In the book it is a full sized quilt, however, I only needed a table runner so I just reduced the number of blocks needed. Very clear and easy to understand instructions.

Programs & Classes

I am also available for guild programs, workshop, quilt shop classes and longarm quilting classes. Please contact me directly for pricing, program and date availability. I would love to come to you! Look in the Shows/Programs section for programs available.

MY FIRST APPLIQUE BY HAND!!!!

I have done applique by machine for years and have even developed a knack for making it "look like" the real deal. I have have tried needleturn and was a complete failure!!!! I could not get the pieces to actually end up looking like what they were supposed to look like! I attended a mini-retreat for applique at the Cimarron Ranch in Marble Falls in June. Holly Nelson from the Kerrville, Texas area was the instructor, and this is a picture of my first ever, all hand applique block! The preparation of the block was time consuming but the end result was perfect, or at least perfect enough for me!

I had a really good time learning this technique and what supplies to use to get a good finished result. I have added the products that Holly suggested for use to my site. Since I have now used them and discovered that I like them, I want to share them with everyone else!

The new products are the #10 needles, Roxanne Glue Baste-It and the Frosted Donuts from Superior Threads. The Frosted Donuts contain 36 different colors of the 50wt Masterpiece bottom line threads. This provides a variety of colors for your applique needs and they are all kept in a neatly organized little ring! The cost for the donut is $35.00 but when compared to the cost of purchasing 36 different spools of thread, the savings are tremendous! This method of applique also uses heat reistant mylar template plastic, which as soon as I get it in stock will be available for purchse. The plastic is the key to the perfect shapes!

FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER $50.00!!!!

I made some price reductions in the embroidery pattern section, the new prices will be in effect until????

CHECK OUT THE TUTORIALS SECTION!!!
See demos on how to use the specialty rulers and
other gadgets/books available on the site!
I have also added pattern demonstrations for the Quilt In a Day Patterns and books, be sure to check them out!!!

THANKS FOR SHOPPING ON MY SITE!!!!

SHIPPING, HANDLING & TAX INFORMATION

I ship all orders by priority mail which is 2-3 day delivery and I try to get your order out within 48 hours. The shipping amount is calculated by the amount of your total purchase. Following is a chart with the shipping charges for nationwide and international orders.

Nationwide Shipping Rates:
0.01 through $15.00 = $2.50 (First Class Mail)
15.01 through $40.00 = $5.05 (Priority Flat Rate Envelope)
40.01 through 49.99 = $11.05 (Medium Flat Rate Box)
50.00 and up = FREE!!!!

International Shipping Rates:
0.01 through $25.00 = $15.50
25.01 through $75.00 = $46.00
$150.00 and up = FREE!!!!!

Taxes are only charged on in-state orders. If the actual postage required is more than $1.00 less than the fee charged, the difference will be refunded to your account. Thanks so much for shopping with me, I appreciate your business!