Winners of the On The Run Books

In my last post, I said that I’d announce the winners this week, and I’m just barely making it!  Better late than never, I guess.  The random number generator selected the following people as the winners –

Laura at www.aquiltersnest.blogspot.com  (forgot to write down the date and time)

Mary-Kay   – commented on 9-18-09 at 2:58

Molly Cully at www.mollyscottage.blogspot.com – commented on 9-18-09 at 9:45

Ruthie at www.threadsofmine.blogspot.com – commented on 9-17-09 at 7:52

Emily N. – commented on 9-17-09- at 7:19

 If your name is on this list, just drop me an e-mail at hmulder@wecnet.com.  I just need to know where to ship your new book!

 

Many of you kindly asked where you can get the book  –  We currently don’t offer online ordering on our site.  We really don’t want to compete with the shop owners who support our business, so that’s why we aren’t offering this service.  We suggest going to your local quilt shop or ordering online.  I know it will be available at www.fatquartershop.com.  I saw the book wasn’t up on their website yet, but their order is its way and should be up on the website shortly.  I know Quilted Treasures in Rogers, MN is also selling the book online here.  I’m sure there are other online shops that will also be happy to send you a copy, I just don’t always know where my books end up.  .  .  .   .   .  Our mailer went out last week and the shops that ordered the book should be getting their shipments.  More will get theirs after they see the book at market next month.  If you absolutely can’t wait that long, have no local shop snear you, etc, you can drop us an e-mail and we can help you out.  One way or the other, we will have you covered!

 

I thought I would share a few other things that have been going on this week – My SIL came over this week to try her hand at machine quilting.  She had never machine quilted before and I had offered that she could try her hand at it on my quilting machine.  Here she is with her finished quilt.  It’s my Off-Kilter pattern, from the book Livin’ Large.  I loved her fabric selection and the way the soft yellow sets off from the brighter colors.

It was so fun to have someone try machine quilting and take to it so well.  Most people are so scared to try it and they are so hard on themselves if they do try it.    I just told her to be relaxed, breathe, and try to have fun!  To help ease her jitters, we practiced on a white board first.

I always recommend trying it on the white board first.  Drawing with a pen is the closest you can get to stitching with thread and the best thing about it is you can easily erase your mistakes!  It also trains your brain to think like a machine quilter and allows you to practice without ruining your quilt top.  Just draw and erase over and over again, until you feel comfortable enough to move to the machine.  Andrea decided right away she found it easiest to do the loopy design on the board, so that’s what she did on her quilt. 

 She brought her new baby with and the sound of the machine just lulled her to sleep!

I told her she needed the sound of the quilting machine on tape.   That way, anytime she wanted Abi to go to sleep, she could just play the tape!   Abi was so good that Andrea had the quilt done in 3 hours and we had time to go out to lunch. 

 

Speaking of family matters, I took my first set of senior pictures recently.  This is our niece Courtney.

 

I was a little unsure about doing these photos, considering I’ve never done this before and I’m not used to posing people.  (I’m more used to “posing” quilts)

 

I guess I should not have bothered to worry about it.  Courtney is so photogenic, it would be hard to screw these up!

 

I had to lay in the water to get this one, which by the way, was totally worth it.  I have been trying to get Joel to cut up this log and haul it off our beach for the last 4 months.  I think I may decide to keep it now!

 

Have I mentioned that I love my camera and Photoshop?  As Pioneer Woman says,  I want to have it’s baby.  For those of you who don’t read Pioneer Woman, that probably sounds quite strange.  For those of you who follow her or also love Photoshop, you get what I’m saying.

 

I could take pictures of these eyelashes all day.  Have I mentioned great eyelashes run in Joel’s family?

I took another 250 photos of Courtney, but I’ll stop for now.  Have a great rest of the weekend and winners – don’t forget to drop me an e-mail with your shipping address.