Christmas Ornament Class

 

Today I taught a class on Felt Holiday

Ornaments for 12 lovely students.

 

 

We had carols and cookies and

lots of fun!

 

Check out the work of some of the

students.  I didn't get a shot of everyone's

ornament because some photos came out

blurry or the student may have been away

from the classroom having a little retail therapy.

 

Note to students:  please send a photo of your

finished piece and I'll post them on the American

Homestead facebook page.

 

 

 

 

My Guest Appearance

 

I was up well before dawn this morning to

drive a few hours south to Columbus, IN to

make a guest appearance at the Quilter's

Holiday Extravaganza.

 

This is what I call the American Homestead

Corner of the booth of The Quilt Shoppe.

 

 

Dawn had a little table set up for me where

I could demonstrate the stitching on the felt

ornaments, sign some autographs and show

people the ways they can use the feltwork in

their homes all year round.

 

 

The new felt kits in the American Homestead

European Folk Art colors are now available.

 

 

I wish I could wheel this little cart home

with me!

 

 

I love how the folk art colors look on

this white tree.

The extravaganza continues on Saturday

until 4 pm.

 

 

 

 

Building the Empire

Feltwork Patterns at JoAnn's

 

 

Yesterday a friend of mine told me

she saw my patterns at JoAnn's.

 

 

So last night I had to go see for

myself.  Yes, six new feltwork

American Homestead patterns

 are in JoAnn's stores now.

 

Very exciting!



Me Time ~ 7-24-12

Here is someone's latest antique find.

A Christmas quilt just back from the quilter.

We are prepping my feltwork pattern displays

for the big Shop-Hop in Kokomo this weekend.

The patterns will be available at

The Quilt Shoppe's booth on Friday

and Saturday if you are attending

the big event.

Building the Empire

Start the Presses!

After months and months of work:

designing, making, writing patterns,

doing technical illustrations ~ by hand,

and photo shoots, the next 13 American

Homestead feltwork patterns are off to

the printer.  They will be making their

debut at the International Quilt Market

in Kansas City in May.

Felt is the New Black.

Okay, maybe that's going too far...

I can only speak from personal experience,

but feltwork is hot right now.  I have been

working in felt alot lately and from what I have

been seeing on Pinterest, I'm not the only one

with an interest in that area.

One reason may be the wonderful felts

that are now available.  Don't limit

yourself to the 4/$1 felt squares in the

craft shops.  Go to quilt or needlework

shops and you will find higher quality

felts in delicious colors.  Felt is so easy to

take to a craft group ~ no machines, cutting

mats, etc.  Felt is very forgiving, the edges

remain crisp no mater how much you work

with it.  And, there are endless possibilities.

I have come out with a few feltwork

patterns recently...

...and there are many more in the works.

Stay tuned!