Red Is Love

Red is the color of energy, passion and desire. It symbolizes action, confidence and courage. Red demands attention. Red is Love.

• More than 1 million people are living with HIV in the United State. Up to 25% are unaware of it - and may be causing more than half of new infections in the U.S.

• Approximately 56,000 new infections occur each year, a 40% increase from previous CDC statistics estimating 40,000 annually.

• Up to half of all new infections are not covered by insurance.

• The monthly cost of care is $2,100, of which about two-thirds is spent on medications. That equates to $25,200 a year.

• According to research conducted in 2006, an American diagnosed with the AIDS virus can expect to live for about 24 years at an average cost for treatment in excess of $600,000.

• In 2008, there were approximately 33.4 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, including 2.1 million children under age 15.

• 27% of new infections are among women, 73% among men. 80% of new infections in women are heterosexually transmitted.

While we have come so far with research, we still have a long way to go and much help for people living with AIDS and HIV and their families is still needed.  We appreciate any donation that you are able to make as any amount can make a difference.

Qubee Quilts has a goal of raising $1,000.  Can we do it? Yes, but not without your help.  Not only do we need you to donate but we need you to get a friend to donate.... It is a goal...not sure how realistic!  But with YOUR HELP...Our dream can come true! 

Any donation you make, big or small is greatly appreciated.  As an added incentive, for every $10 donation you make between now and April 27th, we will enter your name into a drawing for a custom made quilt made by Qubee Quilts.  To donate go to this page and  you will be entered into the drawing.  Please also leave a comment on this post because the donation site will only provide us with your name and not any contact information.    

You, the readers, will help us choose the fabrics and pattern for the quilt.  Stay tuned for more information.

Until next time,

Winner of 12 FQ's

Wow, you really loved the fat quarters that I am giving away as we had 118 of you enter to win.

Thanks to everyone who entered to win.

Winner of the 12 fat quarters goes to....

Congrats Kathy and yes, we will be having more ideas and patterns that use charm packs as we here at Qubee Quilts love to collect them.

Until next time,

Favorite Storage Ideas

Just a few of my favorite storage ideas taken from the web.  

Click on any of the pictures to be taken to be taken to the home of each pictures link.   

Use Soda straw dispensers to display ribbon.

Use spice racks in drawers to store buttons and other tiny notions.

Store fabric in an old dresser and painted to mach your decor.   

This looks simple enough to make.  

Binder Combs for bobbin storage - 3/8" or 1/2" works best.

Bakers twine in sugar dispenser.  

Tea Ball twine holders. 

I have got to get me some bakers twine and come up with a project that would use it.  

Until next time,

Free Fabric Giveaway

Hope everyone's new year is starting out right.  Mine has been awesome thus far.

We have moved Qubee Quilts to a new studio location within my home and I have done a little destashing.
Pictures to follow in the coming weeks.

Everyone loves free stuff and fabric right?  What a silly question, of course you do.

Let's celebrate the new year by giving away a 12 fat quarters.

Pictured above are the 12 fat quarters that are up for grabs . Please leave a comment on this post letting me know what you would like to see on the Qubee Quilts blog about in the up coming months. . 

Only one entry per person, please. All duplicate entries will be deleted!  Only blogger comments count as this is posted elsewhere too.  

We will draw a winner using the Random Number Generator and announce them here on Thursday, January 26th.  

Good Luck!

Until next time,

Sew Red For Woman Blog Hop

Final details on the Sew Red Blog Hop are in!

What is the hop about?

Well, it's about hopping!  And raising awareness about heart disease!

Each month, Sew Red for Women will feature an original quilt block designed ecspecially for you by some of today's most inspiring designers & bloggers.  We will provide a special link to hop on over to the blogger and/or designer's site for details and instructions for completing the featured block. And you just might learn a thing or two about heart disease while you're there!

The hopping begins on February 3rd, which happens to be Wear Red Day!


Who's Partcipating? And when?

February 3
Leah of Burgundy Buttons

March 3
Fat Quarterly's Tacha of Hanies Quilts

April 3
Katie of Swim, Bike, Quilt

May 3
Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting

June 3
Charlie of Qubee Quilts

July 3
Jessica of Twin Fibers

August 3
Melissa of The Polkadot Chair

September 3
Amber of A Little Bit Biased
October 3
Amy of Diary of a Quilter

November 3
Amy of Amy's Creative Side

December 3
Sherri of A Quilting Life
January 3

Lynne of Lily's Quilts


What fabric are we using?
 While we do not yet have a final fabric supply list as the designer's are still creating thier block, we will be using fabrics from Chemistry by Cosmo Cricket and coordinating Bella Solids.  Naturally you may use any fabric you like!

As the blocks are released, Burgundy Buttons will offer a block-specific fabric pack for purchase while supplies last.

Will there be a flickr group?

What fun is it if you can't show off?  Share pictures of your block and finished projects with the group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/sewredforwomen/

We are so excited to bring you this heart friendly hop and raise awareness about heart disease at the same time!  Please help us save lives by sharing information about this event on your blogsite, twitter and facebook!  Grab a button over from the right and add it to your side bar or head over to the Sew Red for Woman web site.

Together we can make a difference!

Until next time,

Quilt for a Friend

Hope eveyone's Holiday was happy and merry.

It's been a busy last few weeks for me.  I've put in more hours than I even care to figure.  Just one more week and it will all be over and then we can get settled into a new year and a nice slow January.  Maybe I can get some of those quilting projects done that I've had to put off.

Below is a quilt I made some three years ago for a friend of ours in St. Louis.  It has just now gotten quilted and bound, thanks to Thomas.  This will make the third quilt that he has quilted on his longarm.  If you look real close you will see that he did different quilting for the border than the center.

Overall of quilt for our friend in St. Louis.
Had to turn the quilt to get it hang on our back fence. 

Showing off center quilt design.  

Close up of circle quilting

Back of quilt where you can see the star border Thomas has done.

Zeus loves his picture taken.  

 Until next time,

The Desperate Housewife

Today I'm offering up a block tutorial as a guest blogger in QuiltJane's Desperate Housewife's Quilt project.  Jane asked me many months ago to join her in making a 8" quilt block to share with you.  When I signed up I told her I would would take sometime in December knowing that I would have 3 plus months to get this done, but now remember how hectic the holidays are working retail.  You would think I would have remembered this working 10 plus years in retail, but lo and behold I did not.  

I was trying to think what on earth I could make for Jane and I knew I wanted it to have a holiday theme.  I put my thinking cap on and remembered that Jane is from Australia, I thought they don't see many snowflakes there.  Off to work I went to make a quick and easy quilt block revolving around snowflakes.  

Raw Edge Snowflake Pattern 

Raw Edge Snowflake 

I used my embroidery software to create the above cutwork design to make the pillow below.  You may download the 8" (200mm x 200mm) embroidery cutwork snowflake  here or 6" (150mm x150mm) here.  They are both in VP3 format.  If you require another format you will have to convert it yourself. Sorry...

Raw Edge Snowflake Pillow

Zeus begging for a treat.

Zeus still waiting for a treat.

Zeus was super excited to see Santa Claws this year.  

Zeus and Santa Claws

Until next time,

Pretty in Patchwork Holidays | ebook Available Now

Thanksgiving is over and the mad rush of black Friday/Saturday is behind us.  Time to kick it in high gear and get ready for Christmas.  Only 4 weeks or 28 days or 672 hours or 40320 minutes till Christmas.  Good thing my house husband took the time to get our Christmas decorations up or they would have never gotten done because I've been busy selling sewing machines and working 10 plus hour days.

I just wanted to check in and let you know that Ryan and I also known as Patchwork Squared (P2)  have been published once again in the upcoming book to be published by Lark entitled Pretty in Patchwork Holidays by our friend John Q. Adams.


The softcover version of the book won't be available till Spring/Summer 2012, but Lark is offering an ebook version for sale now here.


They've also officially announced the project on their blog and have a free PDF pattern for a Handmade Shopping List Holder by Terri of Sew Fantastic. 

Until next time,

Thankfulness

I am thankful for....

• My health
• Family
• Friends 
• The art of quilting because without it I would have never met so many great new friends.

Until next time,

Oh, Thank Cuteness | Zeus

Shhhh, don't let Charlie know that I have hijacked his blog because I feel I am not getting enough exposure .  Ever since that damned sewing machine (that he has nicknamed Dolly) moved in, I feel like I've been put on the back burner or hung out to dry as some of you humans say.  It seems to me that he spends more time with his sewing  machine and facetime quilting with his best friend Ryan of Ryan Walsh Quilts than he does with me.  Thank God I have another daddy and an uncle or I would never get fed,watered, or let out for my morning constitutional.  Some days I feel I might call Sarah Mclachlan, but then I think there are less fortunate dogs than I and I don't have opposable thumbs.

Below are some cute pictures of moi..

Me at the pound.  What a ham I was!

You are taking me home, right?

Sunning myself!

Did someone say car ride?  Yes, please.

Damn Santa Suit.

Going on a car ride!

Back from the spa.  I love the spa.

Dressed to the nines

Laying on the couch.

All warm in a quilt.

Where is my treat?  I'm on the treat rug.

Me and that damned sewing machine Dolly.

If you would like to see pictures of other cutie patooties,  click on the below picture and it will take you to them.  I have to share the spotlight you know, it can't all be about me.    

Until next time,