Travels

Never in my entire life did I expect to take a trip to Kansas City. Not once. But here I am, sitting in an airport lounge with this as my current view.

We're on our way to Quilt Market. And we missed our flight. That means I get the chance to chat here before we go. I'm excited to let you know about the events we have going on at Market.

Schoolhouse Session
May 17, Thursday
11:35-12:05
Room 2203 

Amanda and I will have treats, there will be books to giveaway and a pile of quilts from Sunday Morning Quilts on display, and loads of info about the book.

(C&T/Stash Books has a whole pile of schoolhouse sessions scheduled, so make sure you take in some of the others, if you can.)

Book Signing
May 19, Saturday
1:00 pm 
United Notions/Moda Booth 124

Join us to get your book signed by BOTH of us.

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In other Sunday Morning Quilts news, we were so excited to hear of an on-line bee inspired by the book. Charlotte at Grammie Q's is hosting an on-line bee/swap. Check it out!

Pretty Thanks

Have you ever heard of the Irish Rovers? They are a Canadian institution and I can't have a party without thinking of them. Even if that party involves babies, books, and quilts instead of  gin, whiskey, or 3 or 4 6-packs,  I don't know.

Thank-you so much to Bernadette at Traditional Pastimes, my family, guild members, friends, and even fans who came out to see quilts, get their books signed, and celebrate Sunday Morning Quilts with me.

There I am, multi-tasking. Nursing and signing books at the same time. This will be me at Market in a few short days. Hoping I can get through my Schoolhouse without a baby on my boob.

For a limited time only The Monster was signing books with me. It was freakishly adorable, actually. She found anyone walking through the store who didn't have a book in their arms and asked them to buy a book. Then she brought them to the table, handed them the book (then took it back to hand to me to sign), then signed it herself. If Bernadette had let her she would have taken their money too. By the end of the night she was working on her own signature, instead of simply printing her name.

This is my friend Andrea. She came out with her family to snuggle Nikolai, er... get her book signed. I absolutely love hanging out with Andrea. And we met on-line, through our quilting blogs (Check out hers!). More testament to the power of friendships built through quilting and binary code.

And thank-you to my readers here and fans of the book. Did you hear that we sold out of the first printing already? That is such a thrill to know there are so many people out there excited about their scraps and pretty quilts. Thank-you so much!

Binding, Binding, Binding

Lest you think I'm not getting anything quilty done, here is a pile of bindings. Two of these are out of the book and one is a precious baby quilt. One hand finished - in progress. One machine binding - in progress. One machine bound and ready for it's debut.

I'll admit, I can do machine binding, but I'm not a fan of it. I find them stiff and it somehow feels wrong to me to have that seam on the front. I just prefer the look of a hand finished binding, for my quilts. You can't however, knock the speed of doing it by machine and sometimes you just need to get things done. And there is a lot of satisfaction in getting a quilt from squared up to completely bound in only a few hours. There is a lot of enjoyment in sitting and stitching in rhythm too.

I guess I'm not one to judge.

Here and There

Okay folks. While it may seem quiet here lately, with good reason, I've been up to a few things. Here's a little update.

* Check out the Mompreneur feature interview I did with my friend Megan from The Art of Homemaking. I absolutely love her corner of the internet, you will too.

* I've updated my website with classes and events coming up. There are some great workshops booked and a few trunk shows. Remember, I'm available to travel and teach for you.

* Keep your eyes peeled for the next issue of Studios magazine. This next issue will feature the first of 3 articles on my basement studio development. They called it "The Seven Year Studio". Oh, so, so true.

* Don't forget about my upcoming launch party for Sunday Morning Quilts. This Friday evening at Traditional Pastimes.

* Next week I will announce my Quilt Market events for those of you going to Kansas City. I'm looking forward to that trip. (I'm bringing both the men in my life) and I get to hang out with Amanda Jean for only the second time!