Earlier this week, the Quilting Gallery turned 7!! I want to thank you all for visiting my site over the years, leaving comments, sending me email, buying my patterns, joining swaps and other fun events. I adore all of you!
If someone had told me seven years ago, that quilting would become my main source of income and encompassing so much of my life, I wouldn’t have believed them. But that it has, and I’m very grateful and fortunate to be able to live the life as a quilter.
I have lots of exciting things planned for you in the new year. Of course, the move has put me a bit behind schedule, but I’m working hard to get caught up.
Speaking of the move … here’s my new desk/office set-up:
I’ll be sharing more complete photos next week… for now, here are a couple I took after Ikea delivered and assembled the new studio furniture.
Sewing/work station, with office in the back:
Ironing/cutting stations:
I’m just about done organizing and sorting everything into their new home and will be stitching THIS weekend. I haven’t sewn a stitch since before our Thanksgiving, mid October. I’ve really missed it.
Give-Away
To celebrate the Quilting Gallery’s birthday, our friends at Aurifil have generously donated a thread box of Pat Sloan’s The Perfect Box of Neutrals. Aren’t these threads just gorgeous?
Earlier this month, Aurifil announced the 2015 Aurifil Design Team. For the past few years, designers have been making free quilt blocks to share with Aurifil fans. You might remember my Nana’s Buttons block from earlier this year.
Next year, instead of blocks, the designers will be sharing free mini quilts with you. Here is the star-studded line-up of designers:
Back row
Front row
Lower row
Enter the Give-Away
To enter the give-way to win the The Perfect Box of Neutrals, simply leave a comment below telling me which of the above designers you’re most excited to get to know better next year and that you are looking forward to their free mini quilt pattern.
One random winner will be chosen next Thursday, December 18th. Winner will be notified via email. One entry per person please. Aurifil pays for shipping directly to the winner.
For me, I can’t wait to see what Ebony Love and John Kubiniec come up with. I adore mini quilts!
Kimberly Jolly is very easy to follow on her quilting tutorials
Joanna Figueroa. I’ve been buying her fabric for years so she must be a kindred spirit.
Mary Jacobson :)
i think I have missed this amazing opportunity but fingers crossed! Lovely work Happy Christmas!
Kimberly Jolly – love her tutorials and customer friendly website.
I would love to see and hear what Ebony is trying out next. I would love to get the Downton Abbey, it will make a really nice quilt.
Pat Sloan .I would love too meet her.
Valerie wells
I have been to a Pat Sloan lecture and would love to see a mini quilt pattern from her.
I will be excited to see what Sara Lawson creates.
I look forward to all.
I love Kimberley Jolly’s quilts. Her colour choice and placement always come out spectacular!
Joanna Figueora – I have always admired her fabric designs. Very much my taste.
Valerie Wells. I love her fabrics.
I,m looking forward to Sara Lawson. I love mini quilts and free patterns!
Too many great artists to just pick one. Joanna Figueora would be my choice. I enjoy her fabrics and look forward to using them.
Pat Slone’s Let’s Go Sew is so delightful my friend Jan made this at a retreat we went to. It is hanging in her sewing room.
I am so Excited to see what Pat Sloan has up her sleeve. I love her designs and the Mini quilt will be amazing I am sure. Thank you Aurifil for making this possible!
I really love the color combinations, simplicity of pattern that created such an eye catching site for any eye. Can’t wait to see what is instore for 2015 by Barb Groves.
I would love to meet Pat Sloan. She is great.
I’ll be interested to see what Pat Sloan will be doing. Thanks for the giveaway!
Joanna Figueroa seems to have a style and color preference that really caught my interest. Thank you for a chance at this give away. I fell in love with this wonderful thread in my classes at the Houston Quilt Festival.
Well I couldn’t just pick one but I will give you three in ranked in the order I like the most and by most I mean it is very close ranking, Kimberly, Gudrun and Bonnie. All very different but just as enjoyable for me to follow.
Kimberly Jolly is always so responsive when I have questions. I really like her teaching style and look forward to learning more from her.
Pat Sloan! I am looking forward to her free mini quilt pattern! I love minis!!
Valori Wells. I love her fabric designs. I cant wait to see what she comes up with next!
I’m going to know pat Sloan better. I’ll be making her vacation mystery bom.
Lynn Harris
Kimberly. I like her style. Thanks for the give a way.
So new to Quilting, I look forward to all of them. Just loving this new craft.
I love Pat Sloan!
I am interested in getting to know John Kubiniec in 2015.
John Kubiniec
Valori Wells is my favorite!
Gudrun Erla of GE Designs because I enjoy Big Block Styles and also quilt as you go. Jogn Kubiniec of Big Rig Quilting because I love these patterns: Flower Garden, Let’s Play and Twist and Twirl. I imagine I would like to make many of these 2 artists patterns. Thanks for the giveawaway and congrats on 7 years. I also enjoy patterns from all these designers. Good luck everyone.
Nancy Rink. My how I would like to meet her. I have her Amish With a Twist and Amish with a Twist 2, Now I have Color Love and I want to finish it for a graduation gift. I took a chance and called Nancy about the basic colors I got in the kit. She answered herself and even sent me the info I needed right away. I am so thankful for her.
Met John Kubiniec at the Peace River Quilting Guild, Florida in the spring of 2014 and found him to be a wonderful teacher and speaker. Looking forward to more of his modern colorful quilt designs and easy instructions.
pat sloan…definitely!!! doing my first ever bom and it’s applique and i’m loving it….wish I was going on the jan cruise that she’s on :(
There is no one person I would pick, they are all wonderful. Any one of them I would love to get to know better. Quilters are just neat people.
Thanks
Not knowing any of these people it would be great to meet them all
I would love to learn from any one of these people
Any of them would be great, but I really like some of Kimberly Jolly’s work.
I’m excited to see all of the mini quilts, but especially Ebony Love and Valori Wells.
Really pick only one! pat sloan but what a awesome group to learn from!
I have several of Valori Wells patterns, and can’t wait to see what new design she has in store for us. Thanks!
Celine Perkins. Love her use of color and traditional quilt blocks.
Pat Sloan and Kimberly Jolly both are so inspiring
Valori Wells has been a favorite designer for years and I particularly like all her paper piecing designs. I purchased one in Oregon on a visit there and haven’t yet started. Looking forward to clearing my “decks” to begin this.
Thanks, Becky
Sara Lawson and Kimberley Jolly!! Thanks for sharing!! What an awesome prize!
Joanna Figueroa
Nice prize
Sara Lawson is a great teacher with and explains as how to & why.