Monthly Archives: January 2015

Free Quilt Pattern – Backyard Birdhouses

This week's exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern has inventive birdhouses with lots of clever details, filling the graceful branches of a lovely tree. Bird-lovers will adore the colors and visual stories of the birds with their little houses…featuring the 'Housing Boom' … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – Island Fantasy

Aloha! Here's a bright fun little Mid-Winter break from all the snow and ice and generally lousy weather that many of you are dealing with. It got up to 76 degrees in Boulder yesterday – wish I could send you … Continue reading

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Getting Organized for 2015

Welcome to all of our new Kiwi subscribers! We're happy to have you! Oh gosh, it is so hard to be missing the Tokyo Quilt Festival this weekend, but that was a conscious decision to go to the quilt convention … Continue reading

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Free Quilt Pattern – Jewel of the Garden

This week's exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern is an exquisitely rendered panel, featuring a graceful Peacock perched on a wrought-iron gate, with a lovely garden in the background. The carefully selected coordinates include peacock feathers, and a champagne-colored version of Fairy … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – Little Treasures

After spending a delightful 11 days in New Zealand, including 3 days in Palmerston North at the quilt convention, I'd like to share this whimsical scrappy quilt with all of you. I can't help but smile when I look at … Continue reading

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Kiwi Hospitality

Oh my goodness what a crazy busy trip I've had in New Zealand! I am writing to you on Saturday night, and a taxi will pick me up at 5:45 am to go to the airport. Every day has been … Continue reading

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eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern – Florentine Mosaic

This fabulously opulent quilt design is inspired by Pietra Dura – the Florentine mosaics made from inlaid semi-precious stones. It also brings to mind the floral 'Parchin kari' inlay work at the Taj Mahal. If you are inspired by Italian … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – Out of the Comfort Zone

Greetings from Christchurch in New Zealand! I've made a big loop of the South Island in the last 6 days, and on Thursday I will travel to Palmerston North for the Manawatu Quilt Convention. I know I will see many … Continue reading

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Burning NZ Questions

This week I am writing to you from Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand. I am touring here for a week, before I go to the quilt festival next week on the North Island. New Zealand has been … Continue reading

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Free Quilt Pattern – Merry Maypoles

Celebrate life with this exuberant new quilt pattern featuring dancing maypoles in brilliant, luminous hues. The ombre shading of Kaufman's Pointillist Palette give a 3-dimensional effect, and the colors really pop with the black poles and white backdrop! You may … Continue reading

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