~ The Energizer Quilter ~

 

 

 

I just keep going and going ....

~ NOT reinventing the Whale ~

It's back to business, people.

I am honored and excited to take part as a vendor at an event here in Orange County on Saturday, June 8th.  It's called the Joy Expo.

I am working fast and furiously to add some mid-priced items to go along with my patterns and my quilts.

Because of the quick pace I must work at, I have chosen not to design new motifs, but to open my own patterns and use the applique patterns from them.
(That's perfectly legal, I believe.)

Hence ... the whales you see above.

These are my next three piles of fabric goodness.

And this is the pattern I'll be using (more or less.)

I have said it before and I'll say it again ... I am NOT a fast sewer.

Wish me luck.

~ Winners AND Discounts ~

I was touched and even overwhelmed at the large and happy response to my sailboat block and quilt in Volume 7 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks.

As promised, I have two (count 'em 2!) winners to announce ...
drum roll please



The winner of a copy of the magazine is ...

QuilterLaura
Congratulations Laura! 

The winner of the pattern from my Sea Quilts Etsy Shop is

Sandra
Congratulations Sandi T!!
who picked my Anchored in Happy pillow slipcover pattern.

I will be sending those out as soon as I receive your mailing information.

However, because everyone was SO nice, I am offering ... for the following 2 weeks only ... a special discount code on my patterns in my Etsy shop to enable you to buy them at
20% off.

(The discount is only for the patterns.  The Mermaids, Seahorse, Octopus and Sea Turtle are on sale as quilts ... there are no patterns for those.)

Just type in 
Deepbluesea
to receive the discount.

It will expire on May 22nd.

Thank you again for your enthusiastic support.  I apolologize if that Jaws theme is still stuck in your head.

dum dum dum dum

~ Ships Ahoy: Welcome to my Blog Tour! ~

I am absolutely giddy over the fact that my block has been included in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 7!
This new issue will hit the newsstands this week and although the Blog Tour is coming to a close, please look back at The Quiltmaker Blog, Quilty Pleasures for inspiration, fun and those ever popular GiveAways!

  Since all of the quilts I make are coastal related ... so is my block. You'll find it on page 43.

After I placed my ship on the water, I decided to add the fish.  Once I had done that, I immediately knew that I had a story and that my story had a theme song ... specifically ... the theme from Jaws.

dum dum dum dum

 

So, I set about making a quilt with my block.  The story starts in the bottom right hand corner and moves through the day and into the evening. (Or... it starts in the top right ... however you want to see it/place it.)

As the sky changes, the fish gets closer ... and bigger.
(Or smaller and deeper.)

I'm thrilled to have my quilt also featured in the Designer's Gallery.

Now, I would really love to hear your story.

Be sure to leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in a drawing to win one of two great prizes.  First visit my Etsy Shop and pick out your favorite pattern and let me know which one that is, in your comment.
You will than be entered to win a copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks volume 7 or your favorite Sea Quilts pattern. I will post both of the winners next Friday!

Thank you Quiltmakers!
And ... quilt makers.

~ Big News ~

It's here!  This week is finally here!

I am not good at secrets, but I have kept this one for awhile.

In case you couldn't tell, my blog is in the next issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks that will hit the stands this week.

Eek!

My block is on the cover ... can you guess which one?  To find out, join me this Friday, May 3rd for my leg of the tour.

In the meantime, stop here to join the tour every single day this week. GiveAways will be involved.  

Feel the vibes.  Be inspired. 

(Now ... please excuse me while I go soak up some inspiration myself.)

~ Mer-ternal Twins: Finished at Last! ~

 

I have to explain why it took me SO long to finish these latest additions to my Etsy Shop.

Number One:  There were two of them.
Number Two: About two weeks were taken out due to travelling and illness.

I might add a Number Three which was the fact that the hair on each of my little mermaids, took as long to design, cut, arrange and quilt as the rest of the quilt combined.

But when all was said and done, I was thrilled.

Each wall hanging is made exclusively with batiks, with the exception of the backs of the scales which are a variety of dupioni silks.  Each sister faces in a different direction, has her scales arranged in her own way, and has a somewhat unique hair style.

I am selling them separately.  Here.  And Here.
However, I would love it if they weren't separated. 
Twins hate that.

What do you think I should name them?

~ My first Sea quilt ~

Almost a decade ago ... 9 years to be exact ... I made this quilt.
This was long before the idea of making Sea Quilts was even a glimmer in my eye.

I had received a book on paper-piecing for Christmas and I wanted to try my hand at some free-form design that encorporated some of my new paper-pieced blocks.

I chose the sea as my subject because I have always loved the sea.
Even though, at the time I lived smack dab in the middle of the desert.

As the quilt came together, I wanted to show how the light from the sun was so strong as to penetrate to the depths of the ocean.

I named her "Free Utilities".

I found her in the closet a couple of weeks ago, very grateful that she made the move with me since many, many of my quilts were sold or given away in that process.

After 3+ years of sewing nothing but the sea, this affirms to me that I was on the right track long before I knew that I was.

Because I do so love the Sea.