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Goal Posts update and a guest blogPosted by Kelly Smith on March 1, 2010
Goal Posts update for February
Last month I blew my writing goal out of the water! My goal was 16,000 words. I actually wrote 20,078. Sponsors! Do your thing and donate to First Book!
I have taken on some new writing assignments, so here is how it all breaks down:
5516 on my historical novel
6883 on quilt patterns
7679 [...]
New class on Quilting WeeklyPosted by Kelly Smith on February 15, 2010
Photo by QThomasBower via Flickr
I’m preparing a new class for Quilting Weekly that should be starting near the end of March/beginning of April.
This will be a combination block-of-the-month / mystery quilt and I’m really looking forward to sharing it with you all.
Check out my teacher’s page over there for more information and keep an eye [...]
Ten tips for teaching new quiltersPosted by Kelly Smith on February 5, 2010
Shoofly block from a recent project
My guest post “Ten tips for teaching new quilters” was just published over on Caron Mosey’s Michigan Quilts blog. Go take a look!
Still time to register for quilt classPosted by Kelly Smith on February 3, 2010
There are only a few days left to register for the beginning quilting class at the Box Factory in St. Joseph, MI. Check out this blog post for details.
Here are some pictures of the table runner we’ll be making.
Upcoming quilting classesPosted by Kelly Smith on January 25, 2010
Beginner’s quilting class: Table Runner
Beginning Quilting: table runner class
I’ll be teaching my first “official” quilting class on Wednesdays February 10 through March 3, from 6 to 8 pm at The Box Factory for The Arts in St. Joseph, MI.
I say “official” because until now I’ve only taught friends and family for free. It will be [...]
New Etsy item – Valentine’s Day charm packsPosted by Kelly Smith on January 15, 2010
Charm packs
I just added some cute little Valentine’s Day charm packs to my Etsy shop.
Each pack contains 48 5″ x 5″ squares. There is an assortment of ten fabrics, so there is some duplication in each pack.
Fabrics include two different pink batiks, some Alexander Henry fabric, some Moda fabric and others.
The red hearts on black [...]
New Etsy itemPosted by Kelly Smith on January 9, 2010
Vintage Violets by Debbie Beaves
Yesterday I went into my very chilly sewing room and sorted through fabrics. I was supposed to be cutting a jelly roll for a friend, but instead I got caught up looking at all the gorgeous spring-like fabrics I have in my stash.
I pulled out a collection of fat quarters I [...]
Hoffman Challenge 2010Posted by Kelly Smith on January 8, 2010
Hoffman Challenge fabric for 2010
Have you ever wanted to enter the Hoffman Challenge? If you don’t know what it is, each year Hoffman Fabrics chooses one of their luscious fabrics and challenges quilters and fiber artists to create something amazing out of it.
This year’s fabric, Turquoise Gold, features a beautifully ornate pattern and uses the [...]
Quilting for charityPosted by Kelly Smith on January 7, 2010
The Grand One Quilt Bee (the bee I belong to in Grand Rapids, MI) will be quilting tops for Margaret’s Hope Chest this year, and with luck we’ll finish enough of them that we have time to make some quilts of our own for them.
The group was founded by the granddaughter of Margaret Herrema. In [...]
Happy New Year!Posted by Kelly Smith on December 31, 2009
I have spent almost all of New Years Eve working on class notes for a quilting class I hope to teach at the Box Factory for the Arts. It will be a beginner class and we’ll make this table runner out of both pieced and appliquéd blocks. Once I have dates and time scheduled for [...]
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