WIP and Monthly Newsletter

News & Updates Just over a week ago, doing a good deed, we encountered a weather condition that we had no control over. The result is our truck is totaled and we're healing. I am praising the Lord for the guardian angels who kept the truck rolling until it was upright, engine running, and safety to make it back home without further incident since all of it occurred in a 'no service' area.  Although we didn't get the good deed done and we were bruised up, we are grateful to be alive. We will trust that April will bring Showers of Blessings (hopefully no further weather incidents!) as we figure out logistics going forward that our truck provided for various occasions that include my quilting activities. Closed April 9-15, 27-30. New Country Register editions have arrived, please stop by and pick one up! What would you like to see on my website next? Here is a link to a PDF of various images showing products in my shop. Thanks for your interest and support on my quilting journey. Happy Spring! Marlene

Quilt Queue -- June Openings Open Sew Activities All of these activities happen at 412 Federal Ave, Grand Coulee. Enter from the east end of the building, we're in room 207.  OPEN SEW - MOST Tuesdays 1-4pm OPEN SEW - ALL DAY - 2nd Monday of the month -  Next occurrence is: April 9 We hope you'll put these events into your calendar and be a part of the sewing and quilting community of the Grand Coulee Dam Area. --aka  'Coulee Creators'. If you are local and would like to keep up with our weekly happenings, be sure to join this closed group--sometimes we just want to share progress with our local friends and not everybody on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/couleecreators/

I'd like to learn or make ...

Join the Toscana Club! Want to add all kinds of colors to your stash? Northcott's Toscana line is my color wall at the shop. I've had several inquire about pre-cuts of the entire line. The smaller sizes you can get all at once. The larger sizes you can sign up for the club and get 10 - 12 pieces monthly (each vertical is a month). All 135 - 5" squares = $30 - one time purchase All 135 - 10" squares = $90 - one time purchase 1/2 yard cuts - over 12 months you'll receive all 135 - $50/month or as many months at a time that you'd like. If you'd like just one particular vertical, they are also available. Yardage by the SKU $8.50/yd I want to do this!

Area Activities - Spring Fling Quilt Show - April 27-28 - Odessa, WA

Marlene Oddie | KISSed Quilts | ph 509.386.5715 | marlene@kissedquilts.com | kissedquilts.com

Just had to share the results of our Bargello class -- a super quick design - Two Fabric Bargello by Susie Weaver. All fabrics and patterns are available here.

 

My own finish:

    

If there are any particular techniques or projects that you'd like to have as a class, gather your friends who are interested and we'll schedule a class that works for you. Costs will be determined based on number of students and time needed for the project.

Finished up my #OnRingoLake - runner size. Going to a special person, likely in May. This one was an opportunity to design a continuous custom edge to edge quilting design. Always love it when I can make this work.

March blocks are spread throughout this photo for my #365blockchallenge2018 progress. I haven't done most of them to be honest, so have a bit of catching up to do. Bu tall of the first round borders have been issued to go around the center block, so I'm quite keen on getting them finished up so I can do some actual assembly!

Here is a new design, kits available with instructions coming soon!
Whispers of Wisdom is the panel and I've put this design together to complement it and make for a lovely lap size quilt.

And a commission for a very special young man who will be graduating this year. Borders to be added.

Island Batik Blog hop continues with Summer

We started with WINTER (RECAP HERE) for the Island Batik 4 Seasons Blog Hop

Last week was Spring and here is a visual and link recap

January 15 – Elementz
Den syende himmel • Inspired Layers

January 16 – Southern Blooms
Yellow Cat Quilt Designs • Quiltologist Treasures

 

January 17 – Morning Sunshine
Quilt’n Party • Desert Bloom Quilting

 

January 18 – Season’s Shades
Inchworm Fabrics • Kauffman Designs

 

And this week SUMMER

January 22 – Paisley Dot
Pamela Quilts • Seams Like a Dream • Mary Make Made Mine

January 23 – Sunflower Serenade
Kathys Kwilts and More • Whispers of Yore

January 24 – City Culture 2
Mary Mack Made Mine • heARTs Creations

January 25 – City Culture 2
The Quilt Rambler • Lizard Creek Quilts • KISSed Quilts

Yes--I'll have my own post on January 25 with a new pattern and giveaways as well!

This last week I finished my top for #onringolake Bonnie Hunter/Quiltville's 2017/18 mystery quilt.

I also kept up to date on the #365blockchallenge2018  UNTIL I left on vacation with my husband's extended family in Hawaii! I'm using @IslandBatik fabrics for this challenge, so I'll continue to have progress to show this year with IB fabrics.

We're celebrating my father-in-laws 80th birthday which will occur later this month. Was even able to hire Jasmine from HeartBeet Catering who produced a wonderful gluten-free and dairy free friendly for those who didn't want it meal as a special celebration. I'm keeping to my gluten/dairy free (they are my triggers) eating to keep my autoimmune conditions at bay. Yes, lifestyle choices of what you eat can make a big impact on autoimmunity.

Black Sands Beach

 Summit of Hawaii -- Mauna Kea with the observatories in the background. My husband has a quest to hit all the state summits and low points. Always fun to get another one checked off the list.  13,796' above sea level...and yes in Hawaii (think hot) but it was close to freezing. With the sun out it wasn't too bad, but we didn't stay up there too long. For both temperature and oxygen level reasons!

Happy Birthday to my F-i-L!!!!

Looking forward to joining the weekly qal that kicks off today "the Aves" -block a week project. Here are some of my fabrics that I've pulled, but I won't get to start working on it until I return home. I have added a few more since I took this photo, but you get the general idea of the palette I'm going to use. Think, Santorini! Hope to have something to show next week.

the original design inspiration:

Mahalo!!

Linking up with Design Wall Monday
#islandbatikambassador #islandbatik #thebestfrombali #fourseasonsbloghop

Island Batik Blog Hop Continues with Spring

Did you catch all the beauties of WINTER last week?

• January 8 - Blue Moon - Inquiring Quilter, Cheryl Lynch Quilts
• January 9 - Mountain's Majesty - FunThreads Designs, Little Bunny Quilts, Quilting Affection Designs

  

• January 10 - Alpine Ice - Freemotion by the River, Slice of Pi Quilts, Seams Like a Dream, KISSed Quilts
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• January 11 - Alpine Jingle - Purrfect Spots Designs, Bejeweled Quilts

 

This week we're focusing on SPRING!

January 15 – Elementz
Den syende himmel • Inspired Layers

January 16 – Southern Blooms
Yellow Cat Quilt Designs • Quiltologist Treasures

January 17 – Morning Sunshine
Quilt’n Party • Desert Bloom Quilting

January 18 – Season’s Shades
Inchworm Fabrics • Kauffman Designs

I'll have more next week during 'Summer'!

These past couple of weeks of January I've been doing the 365 Challenge and am exclusively using Island Batik fabrics. And yes, I'm using a lot of orange!! At least at this stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also been following along with Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Mystery 2017 - On Ringo Lake. I chose to make a table runner size so tested along the way, but ultimately decided on using mostly Island Batik fabrics and am in the process of getting it assembled. Here are a few progress shots and what is assembled so far.

So, linking up with Quiltville (well, I was, but failed to get it done) and Design Wall Monday now at SmallQuilts andDoll Quilts.

#islandbatikambassador #islandbatik #thebestfrombali #fourseasonsbloghop