While I was in Houston, last October, for Quilt Market, I met Katja Marek! I am a HUGE fan of Paper Pieces and their products, so naturally, I visited their booth during the show and that’s where I met Katja! She was doing a Book Signing for her new book “The New Hexagon” and I was immediately interested when I saw that it was all … Continue reading The New Hexagon
If you have an AccuQuilt, then you know how helpful the dies are when it comes to cutting your borders,squares and even half square triangles. AccuQuilt also has dies that make a whole project with one die! This Blog hop, organized by AccuQuilt, is dedicated to those B.O.B. (Block on Board) dies! During this blog hop, all of the patterns of the dies being featured … Continue reading AccuQuilt’s B.O.B. Blog Hop- My Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Have you caught the English Paper Piecing bug yet?! 🙂 I have!! (You can read my first post on my discovery of paper piecing here.) And I’m more than happy to start off Diane’s , from Crafty Pod, “12 Hexies (or less) Blog Hop”. Diane is such a talented designer, writer and crafter, please check out her page and show her some love! Ray’s Sew … Continue reading The 12 Hexies (or less) Blog Hop
AccuQuilt has new Dies this Spring, and they look like so much fun! (You can take a look at them, and buy them, here.) I was more than happy to participate in their Block Party Blog Hop featuring one of their new dies! 🙂 Everyday, from May 19-30 , a blogger will post and share inspirational projects you can make using the new dies! I … Continue reading New Dies from AccuQuilt and a Block Party Blog Hop
When I first started my blog, I had little to no reason to have business cards for my blog. I was blogging for the sole purpose of documenting my craft projects. As my followers grew and I began to attend more quilt shows as a writer and photographer, I was continuously asked for a business card. Ray and I decided to be craft up our … Continue reading Yay, my first sponsor and official business cards!
If you are not a part of Eleanor’s Mystery Quilt Block party, you are missing out!! Last month, Marianne Fons was accused of stealing Eleanor’s quilt! You can view that episode at quiltinaday.tv here! With word spreading of Eleanor’s quilt missing, accusations began to point towards Alex Anderson !! Do you think she stole the quilt?! While Eleanor was “setting the stage” in the studio, … Continue reading An interview with Alex Anderson!
As some of you may know, Road 2 CA is “The Best in the West”! After I heard that, there was no doubt that I was going to be attending that quilt show/ quilters conference in Ontario!! Before I get into my exciting Road 2 CA blogpost, I want to officially announce that I am working for Eleanor Burns and Quilt in a Day. Many … Continue reading Road 2 California Quilter’s Conference
Can you tell that I’m attempting to catch up on old posts?! Here are some Christmas pictures I MEANT to share around Christmas time but am just now getting to it. Lol I figured they’re cute enough, that sharing them after new year is still okay! 😛 I dressed up my babies as Mrs. Claws, Rudolph the reindeer and Santa’s elf for Christmas. The photo … Continue reading And so 2014 is here!
How is everyone’s holiday season going? I’ve gotten so busy decorating for the holidays, planning what I’m doing with my family for Christmas and trying to divide up my time with all of my siblings! My blog “Ray’s sew Crafty” is turning into “Ray’s sew Lazy”!!! BUT I am happy to announce that this Christmas season I learned and made 17 Christmas stockings! Oh and … Continue reading Happy holidays to all! My holiday season “update” 🎄
I’ve had such a busy month this past month, but I am happy to announce that I am doing what I love for a living : quilting, crafting and blogging! Never did I ever expect any of this to happen when I decided to teach myself how to hand quilt 4 months ago! A big Thank You to all of my friends, readers and followers … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble-Gobble!!
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