Inside the Studio: 2013

Monday, November 18, 2013

3 Winners and Tutorial!

Hello Dear Friends!

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments about

"Surrounded by Love" and the

panels in the group!

I loved hearing which colorway you liked best.

Time to announce the winners of the panels and

"Surrounded by Love"

scrapboxes!

And...instead of giving away 2 panels and boxes,

I will be giving away 3!

One of each of the panel colorways!

Congratulations to the following winners:

Pink panel: Debra from MD

Grey panel: Karen in Breezy Pt.

Red panel: Linda, who commented on Nov. 12th at 6:09pm!

I've emailed all of you, so please get your addresses to me and

I will send your boxes right out.

I'm also SO EXCITED to share that Fatquartershop.com

used "Surrounded by Love" in a

their newest tutorial video!! WOOHOO!!

Just click below to watch!

Layer Cake Lemonade - Shortcut Quilt Series - FatQuarterShop

And to receive a FREE PDF pattern for the quilt, just click

www.fatquartershop.com/free-quilt-pattern-layer-cake-lemonade-free-quilt-pattern

And, if that is not enough....

this wonderful company is offering their

entire selection of Layer Cakes at 20% off all week long (ending Sunday 11/24/13 at midnight CST)!

Just click.....

fatquartershop layer cakes

Thanks Kimberly and everyone at Fat Quarter Shop

for using "Surrounded by Love" to

create this beautiful, quick and easy quilt!

Happy Sewing Everyone,

Always,

Deb

Winner! and NEW Giveaway!!

Hello Dear Friends!

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments about

"Family Tree" and Karen Miller's

beautiful pillow!

(It is really incredible, isn't it?)

Thanks also to those of you who

visited my blog from Karen's!

The winner of the "Family Tree Scrapbox Giveaway"

is.......

LeeAnna Paylor!!!

Congratulations LeeAnna!

Please send your mailing address to

debstrain@embarqmail.com

and I will get your goodies right out.

Enjoy your scraps! We would all love to see

what you create with them....

Be sure to visit Karen's blog

karensquiltscrowscardinals.blogspot.com

to see who won her giveaway too!

2nd Give-a-way!!!

And now, to introduce my newest fabric group by Moda,

arriving in your favorite fabric store this month.....

SURROUNDED BY LOVE!

I'm so excited about this group!

The palette is a variety of shades of

pinks,

red,

soft grey

and

white.

I Loved painting it!

It is so much fun to see how a pattern changes

when it is done in a different color.

The panel is available in 3 colorways...

Red,

Soft grey,

and pink.

At the bottom of each panel is a row of

Quilt Labels that you can use on this

project and others that you create for

those you love.

And look at the precuts!!!

Barb from

Coachhousedesigns.com

has created 3 beautiful patterns using

"Surrounded by Love."

"Sweetheart"" table runner

"Be Mine" Card Holder Quilt

"Love is All Around"

small quilt

They are all BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks Barb!

(Be sure to hop over to her website to check them out!)

www.coachhouse designs.com

Now for the Give-a-way!!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE!!

Hello Dear Friends!

Well, I'm back from the International Quilt Market

held in Houston, Texas

and filled with inspiration!

This is what Moda's booth looked like before the show.

During the show the tables were filled with store

owners viewing the newest Moda fabric groups.

My booth was part of the Designer Row.

We each had a section of the Moda booth

to share our newest lines and the inspiration

behind them.

(Be sure to stop back next week to see my blog about

my new Valentine group "Surrounded by Love."

There will be prizes involved!)

I had a WONDERFUL surprise waiting for me

upon my return....

after hugging my husband and sweet

grandsons, I turned on my computer to see

this BEAUTIFUL pillow!

It was created by Karen Miller using my "Family Tree" fabric group and was featured on

Moda's Bake Shop!

Karen was thrilled and so was I. It is wonderful isn't it?

I love seeing things made with my fabric. It is

like watching your kids succeed at a sporting event!!

You can see the tutorial of how to create this beautiful pillow at

modabakeshop.com

or go to Karen Miller's website

Karen's Quilts, Crows and Cardinals

to learn more about it

and Karen's other wonderful creations.

Karen is having a giveaway too,

on her blog

karensquiltscrowscardinals.blogspot.com

so be sure to visit and

you will have double the chance

to win!

Leave a comment by Monday, Nov. 11th and I

will send one lucky winner

a box of Family Tree scraps

to create your own

inspired project .

Be sure to stop by on the 11th to see if you have won

and learn more about "Surrounded by Love!"

Hope that you are enjoying this beautiful fall

weather!

Always,

Deb

Monday, September 16, 2013

And the winner is.....

Hello Friends,

Thank you to everyone who commented on my

blog in Moda's SIZE MATTERS blog hop.

The comments were so wonderful and so interesting to see if the

blue or orange block was chosen most.

I think it was a close race, but the blue block

won as the favorite.

And now for the winner!

Random.org helped chose the winner as.....

KAY!

Who commented on Sept. 9th at 4:42 am.

(You have a picture of a tiger on your comment...

would love to hear the story behind that!)

Congratulations!

You have won these precuts from my

Family Tree group.

Please send your address to me at:

debstrain@embarqmail.com

and I will get your prize right out.

Thank you, thank you, again

to everyone who commented.

Be sure to stop by

Moda's blog, The Cutting Table

to get instructions on how to assemble

all of the blogs in the hop.

Have a wonderful fall!

Always,

Deb

Sunday, September 8, 2013

It's

Moda Blog Hop Time!

Welcome to Day 4 of Moda's latest visit with all

of the designers.

Today is my day and I am honored to be sharing it with Barbara Brackman and

V & Co. Be sure to stop by their blogs too!

The theme of this blog hop is "Size Matters" and my newest line of fabric "Family Tree"

(available in stores this fall) definitely illustrates how size matters.

The panel is an actual family tree that you can use to applique your family

members (little birds) onto.

The number of birds on your family tree depends on the

SIZE of your family!

Our family is still growing......

(As you can see from this picture of my husband's birthday!)

.........so our tree is not full yet.

(Notice there is a lot of room left for many, many more grandchildren!)

For the Hop, each designer was given a block to create

using our newest fabric.

Download instructions for my block "Family Patch" here.

We were to create a finished 18" block and incorporate it into a project.

These are my 2 blocks. I just couldn't decide which

color version I liked the best when laying them out.

So, I tried both

and appliqued little birds from the group in

some of the blocks.

Using the blue block, I made this simple pillow

(I plan on making the orange block into a pillow too!)

Barb Cherniwchan of Coach House designs has created several wonderful

patterns using "Family Tree," including the wall hanging

above.

Stop by her website

Coach House Designs

to see all of the creative patterns that she has designed for

Family Tree! (I've just included a couple.)

In The Treetops

Quilt

Reunion Tablerunner

Be sure to visit all of the designers and collect all of the

block patterns. Here is the schedule:

On Sept. 16th, Moda will post the entire quilt assembly

instructions at

modafabrics.blogspot.com

And now for the Giveaway!!!!

Leave a comment telling me if you like my blue or orange block

best and you will be entered to win

these Family Tree precuts.

The winner will be announced on Sept. 16th.

Please make sure that you leave an e-mail address or stop by

on the 16th to see if you have won, so that I

can send your prize.

Have fun hopping!

Always,

Deb

Sunday, August 18, 2013

A Lot of Winners!!!

Hello Dear Friends,

Hope that you enjoyed the incredible creations the

very creative ladies of

Rushville, Indiana created

from their bags of scraps.

I am amazed every time that I go

through the photos!

And now to announce the winners....

Debbi Duckworth of Moda fabrics

was gracious enough to be our judge of the 13

projects created by our talented participants.

I know that it was a difficult challenge

as all of the projects were amazing!

Debbi chose the Grand Prize winner

to be.......

In Debbi's own words:

Brenda Wilson and the Table Topper---I loved the rectangles and the black was a great choice! Sometimes what appears to be simple is the most striking. Congratulations, Brenda, on a great table topper.

With fall just around the corner, Brenda wins

this Fat Quarter Bundle of my

"Give Thanks" fabric.

"Thinking Outside of the Box"

Winners

(This was Debbi's idea because they were so creative and different!)

Alice Woodhull's Potholders

"Taking the fabric with cherries and making them look like cherry pie (made me really hungry),"

says Debbi.

and

Deby Priddy's Table Topper

Says Debbi Duckworth,

"using the scraps to crochet the table topper---I loved this one!"

These two unique designers will each receive

Jelly Rolls of my "Give Thanks" fabric!

Thank You! Thank You! to all of the wonderful,

participants for sharing your talent and

creative spirit with us.

All of your projects are outstanding!

You are all very dear to me (we meet every year to share a fun, laughter filled evening.)

It means so much that

you spent so much time and energy on this

contest.

All of these sweet ladies will receive a small fat quarter bundle

and "Hope Lights The Way" book, that I illustrated.

Congratulations to all of you!

And now for our three blog winners who posted

such positive and encouraging comments.

Each of you will receive your own box of

colorful scraps (from my "Family Tree" group,

in stores October 2013!)

The three winners are:

Lola, who commented on Aug. 12th at 5:05am

Karen, who commented on Aug. 11th at 8:21pm

and

Creatology, who commented on Aug. 11th at 2:16pm.

Please email me your addresses to

debstrain@embarqmail.com,

if you don't receive my email to you.

Congratulations to all and thank you all

for joining in our contest within a contest.

Always,

Deb

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Amazing Creations Contest!

Hello Dear Friends!

Hope that you are all having a wonderful

summer.

Today, I am presenting a contest within a contest to you!

Please let me explain....

Several months ago, I was visiting one of my favorite

Quilt Shops,

"In Stitches" in Rushville, Indiana.

At the end of a presentation that I was giving,

I passed out a bag of scraps (generously provided

by our friends at Moda!) to everyone attending.

A challenge was presented to the

recipients to see what they could

create with the scraps within their bag.

The results were amazing!!!

I've posted the incredible projects below and would

love for you to share your amazement with

the talented ladies who have created them.

Leave a comment
by noon on Sunday, August 18th,

and I will randomly choose 3 winners

to receive their own box of colorful scraps!

We are also having these beautiful projects

judged by Debbi Duckworth from Moda to choose a winner.
She is a wonderfully talented and creative part of the
Moda team.
(I'm glad that I am not choosing!)

I'm sure you will be impressed with the

creative talents that were shared!

Here are the wonderful ladies (and dear friends)
from the "In Stitches" Quilt Shop
group and their projects: