Finished Quilt Block Pillow

Just finished the pillow. The quilt block came from a swap by our quilt group. I added the border edges by using flying geese blocks. Quilting done in the ditch and free motion quilting on the border and the center snowball block. Very FUN project!

Quilt Block Clocks

Easter is just around the corner, can you believe it? I stitched up this fun postcard using foundation paper piecing. He turned out so cute! I am offering this in my newsletter as a FREEBIE. If you want one, sign my guestbook and you will be sure to get our newsletter and if you want the FREE BOM delivered to your inbox, just indicate you want to sign up when you sign the guest book. I always try to have something to give out in my newsletter. It's always a surprise, even to me!! LOL!!

I have been working on some new projects. These are what I call Quilt Block Clocks. These are turning out so fun! I have a few more up my sleeve that I am working on as well. You can find them on my Clock page.

I was able to visit some fun Quilt shops in Las Vegas while we were there. One of them was the Fabric Boutique. Lots of very fun and unique things there! Nice people, too. I could not believe all the samples hung everwhere! Very helpful and friendly folks!

Then I stopped by the Christmas Goose. What a nice little shop with a ton of fabric and beautiful examples everywhere as well! Very helpful and friendly people here, too!

Then it was on to Nancy's Quilt Shop. There I found beautiful fabrics and yarns. They had a lot of new and fresh ideas as well.

Wish I could have spent a few more days at the other shops there. It was lots of fun. The best part was my husband helped me find them all and insisted that I go shop and have fun! What a LOVE!!

Time to come back to reality and get dinner on the stove! :o(

Check Out my Lense on Squidoo

Was just having fun on Squidoo! I'll bet some of you may be wondering what the *#)%*# is Squidoo? Well, click on the title above and you will find out! It's fun!!

Making Fabric Chenille

How to make Fabric Chenille

Making your own soft chenille is fun and easy and looks wonderful when you use it to embellish many different projects. This article gives step by step instructions for making chenille with your own fabric and sewing machine.

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CUL8R Wall Hanging

I just finished this wall hanging. I got the idea from, oddley enough, an advertisment that I received in the mail! The picture was quite clever, I thought (you gotta give them credit for getting my attention)! I used the "needle turn" method of applique. It was a fun project!

Thanks for looking,
Susan

FREE Valentine Day Gift

Hello Friends,
Today is the day of LOVE! I hope you are celebrating in a big way! We would like to celebrate by thanking you, our valued customers. In this newsletter you will find our version of a fun foundation paper piecing project that was shown on an episode of Simply Quilts. But, as usual we did our own version! :o) This is a fun project that can be finished in a couple of days or for some, a couple of hours (not me!). It is a Pot Holder. If you would like this pattern, email me at susan@quiltingforless.com. I'll send it PRONTO!!
Don't forget that we have some fun patterns on special for the month of February! Our Valentine Postcards are on sale for just $1.99 and our two featured wall hangings "Hearts of Love" and "Luck of the Irish" are on sale for $3.95.

Valentine 2 Postcard

Luck of the Irish Wall Hanging

Hearts of Love Wall Hanging

Click on the text above the picture to take you to a larger view of them. We wanted you to be able to get an early start on March with our "Luck of the Irish" wall hanging. The "Hearts of Love" will be a little late for Valentines, but it can be ready to hang for next year, right?

If you would like our Valentine 2 postcard for FREE, look around our site on the product pages. Email susan@quiltingforless.com with where you found it and I will send it to you absolutely free! If you don't like hunting, the Valentine Postcards are on our postcard page for $1.99.

Remember that these patterns are sent to your email, so there is NO SHIPPING charges!! Hoping you have a wonderful Valentine's day!

Please email susan@quiltingforless.com to get the Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern for the Pot holder. Just a small gift as a token of our appreciation for shopping at Quilting For Less! You are more than welcome to share this with your friends.

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Until next time,

Susan

Featured Product for February

Hello Quilting Friends,

We have had a huge response to our BOM series! We hope you are enjoying these patterns as much as we are! Those who have signed our guestbook will receive each month's BOM automatically on the 1st of the month. We are offering to send the first 4 blocks to anyone for simply asking for them. We will honor anyone's request until the end of February. After that we will put them at a special price for just $.99! Tell all your quilting friends to sign our guestbook from our website to get each month at NO Charge delivered to their email box each month.

We are having so much fun at QuiltingForLess.com! We want to tell you of our featured products for the month of February. If you like to get something done in a hurry, these patterns are just the ticket. We have marked these down to a rediculous low price, just for our valued customers. Here they are!! Click on the text below to see a larger view!

Valentine Postcard - $1.99 Hearts of Love Wall Hanging - $3.95 Luck of the Irish Wall Hanging - $3.95

That's it for now! Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Quilting,
Susan
http://www.quiltingforless.com/

Block of the Month

We are into our 3rd month of our Block of the Month at http://www.quiltingforless.com/! We would love to see what you have done with these FREE patterns. Scan or take a picture of your block and email me your picture. susan@quiltingforless.com. I will put these blocks into a special BOM Gallery at my website. Afterall, we learn from others works of art. Here is a sample layout of the total quilt and the first three BOM.
Read this article http://quiltingforless.com/block_of_month.html and it will give you some fun ideas on how to choose colors for your quilt. This quilt is a sampler of a lot of different blocks but using the same colors. Hope you have fun with this project!

Valentine Postcards

Today has been a relaxing day! Christmas is over and I am finally able to play. I thought a fun Valentine postcard would be fun to get started on. Here is a pic of the postcard. It is pretty simple but fun to make. The heart could be embelished with embroidered words of "I Love You", "Be Mine" or other Valentine sayings. Here is the pattern for this Valentine.

http://quiltingforless.com/pro1294206.html

Paper Pieced Quilt - Kites

This picture doesn't doo the quilt justice, but hope everyone gets the idea. I did the kites using the foundation paper piecing method. The kites in the corner are also paper pieced Then I added the checkerboard border using 1 inch squares. I am giving this one to my 5 yearold grandson.

Here is a link to my paper piecing instructions. http://quiltingforless.com/tip_8_fpp_instructions.html

My Quilt for Granddaughter Ashley

It is almost ready for the FAT man to appear and like everyone else, I have been busily making things for those we love and care about. This quilt I made for my Granddaughter, Ashley. She is 14 and is into PINK. I thought this quilt was just the right sofistication ( is that a word?) for her. I love the black and white with the accent of the hot pink. I hope she will love it!

I am a bit of a rebel when it comes to patterns and such. I like to put my own twist on things. As I was putting together the blocks, they were all supposed to point in the same direction. I really liked the way I arranged the blocks to make the stars and the crosses. I hope you enjoy looking! The picture really doesn't do it justice. It's probably my picture taking abilities or DISABILIES!

Quilting Patterns Give Thanks

I have been working on this quilted sign. I'm not sure about the colors, but I love the applique pattern. Check out all the quilting patterns at http://www.quiltingforless.com/. Here is a picture of the Give Thanks sign. It measures 14" x 26"
TFL, Susan

I have been working on this quilted sign. I'm not sure about the colors, but I love the applique pattern. Check out all the quilting patterns at http://www.quiltingforless.com/. Here is a picture of the Give Thanks sign. It measures 14" x 26"

TFL, Susan

Grab a few, FUN Quilting Patterns

Click the link for some unique and fun quilting patterns http://quiltingforless.com/products.html

If you are like me, Christmas is EXHAUSTING! All those last minute shopping trips, and in my case, slick icy roads are not all that fun! I would prefer to sit at my sewing machine and create some fun things. Saturday, I made some hotpads for my mother-in-law. I think my FIL will probaby use them more. He is a baker and loves to be in the kitchen. Here is a picture of them.. The finished block is 8" which makes a very nice size for a hotpad.


Here are a few tips on how to make a hot pad.

Do NOT use batting! The batting will tend to get very hot when next to a hot pan coming out of the oven. I use my old towels, hand towels or washcloths instead of batting. I usuall put two layers of towell material between the quilt block and the backing. Then I use a polyester filament thread as my top thread and a thread to match the backing fabric in the bobbin.

Christmas Gifts - Quilting Patterns - Signs

These are fun signs to make for Christmas gifts! It didn't take too long to make these fun gifts to give for Christmas gifts. Also a fun way to use up scraps of fabric!

Quilt Block Of The Month

It is almost time for a new Block of the Month to appear at www.QuiltingForLess.com! If you haven't already checked out this month's block, you'd better get crackin'! If you want to make this quilt, the first month requires 17 blocks to be made. But.... no worries!! You can catch up by doing a few a month because the next month's blocks will only require that you do one block per month. I like to get the hard stuff out of the way first. Be sure and read the article about choosing colors. http://www.quiltingforless.com/block_of_month.html .

By the way!! My shopping cart is working!! It has been a long time in coming. Everything at Quilting For Less is marked down 20% off in celebration. The sale will last through December 15th so don't miss out on these great bargains!

We are just about ready to launch a new product at Quilting For Less. So get ready for the announcement! It will be fun!

Hoping your holidays are filled with sweet memories!
Susan