Craftsy Blog Tour

Welcome to another stop on Craftsy block of the month hosted by our dear friend Amy. If you remember, Zeus and I meet her a few months back when we did a little chat together.  Her link can be found under Thirteen Questions with Zeus at the top of  this page if you care to read her interview.

Zeus and I are delighted to find that she has teamed up with Craftsy to bring you a monthly block of the month series.

If you are not familiar with Craftsy (as Zeus and I were not).  Here it is in a nutshell straight from their web site:

Craftsy offers online courses about all of your favorite crafty topics – taught by amazing instructors. Craftsy courses are online, so they are available to you anytime you want for as long as you want – they have no scheduled class times, so you can enjoy them entirely on your own schedule. Each course is taught by an acclaimed instructor and consists of several hours of HD-quality video content… but Craftsy courses are much more than just video! While taking a Craftsy course, you can:

• Ask your instructor questions, upload photos, and get personalized responses
• Participate in discussions with your classmates
• Access supporting course materials – including patterns and helpful tips & tricks
• Bookmark your favorite moments in the video so that you can easily re-watch them and take notes that you can refer back to anytime

Link to Amy's Craftsy Course - you can view the course preview here, but you'll need to click "sign up" to browse the lesson chapters, discussion forum, etc). In the course chapters, you will find an intro video explaining all about the course, Craftsy, and Amy.  There are 4 great lessons so far (2 for Jan & 2 for Feb).   Lots more coming, but you will just have to sign up to find out what they are.  I have seen them and yes, you are going to want to make them.

  

Here is my favorite of Amy's blocks thus far made into a simple quilt using solids along with some sashing thrown in to brake it up.

Fat Quarter Shop has offered the chance to win a $25 gift certificate at every stop on the tour. So that's 14 chances to win!


To enter to win just leave a comment telling what your new favorite up and coming fabric is that can be found at Fat Quarter Shop coming soon page and what block of Amy's you will make with your new favorite fabric from Fat Quarter Shop.  We will randomly choose a winner here on Wednesday March 6.  (duplicate comments will be deleted)




Blog Tour Schedule:

Feb 24 - Miss Print

Feb 25 - Hoosier Toni

Feb 27 - Fresh Lemons

Feb 28 - Qubee Quilts

Feb 29 - Amy's Creative Side

Mar 2 - mon petit lyons

Mar 3 - Mel's Own Place

Mar 5 - Breakfast for Dinner

Mar 7 - Sew Paint Create

Mar 9 - SoChick

Mar 10- Spin the Bobbin

Mar 12- Diary of A Quilter

Mar 14- Ellison Lane

Mar 16- Old Red Barn Co

Until next time,

A Morning Scare

A Story:

I let Zeus out in the backyard early on Sunday morning and went put the coffee on so I might enjoy my day off.  I then check Facebook and twitter to see what I may have missed from the night before.  After doing so I go back to let Zeus back in.  Not seeing him waiting at the door like he usually is so he might go to his perch on the back of the couch and go back to sleep. I yell for him.  Nothing.  I yell louder thinking he is just playing on the side of the house where I can't see him.  I continue to yell, but nothing.  I walk around to the side of the house barefooted and that is when I see the gate had somehow been opened.  My heart skips a beat and fear starts to set in that I might never see Zeus again. I quickly run back in and put on some shoes and run out the front door yelling Zeus.  The whole time panicked and thinking the worst.  I run to the end of the drive way and nothing.  Thinking I would go and wake up our roommate Brian so he might aid in the search of Zeus and that's when I see him sitting on the front stoop looking at me with his beautiful puppy dog face and not a care in the world  It's was almost like he was saying, "What dad, I'm right here."  I then open the door and let him in and he runs to the back of the couch to lay back down and that is when I put my arms around him and start bawling while he licks up my tears.

Our baby Zeus

It's amazing how quickly they become a part of our family and touch the heart. 

The winning fabric for the Aids walk raffle quits is Urban Odyssey.  Here is a work up of the winning  fabric & pattern entitled Gum Wrapper.  

Gum Wrapper

For every $10 donation you give to AIDS walk Kansas City your name will be entered into a drawing to win this this quit.  Donation link may be found at the right sidebar.  

Until next time,

Going Gaga

Here is a little quilt that I've designed and finished just last night for a co-workers new grandson.  It's entitled Going Gaga and uses just one charm pack along with some solids.

Going Gaga

Fabric is Lollipop by Sandy Gervais and Grunge by Basic Grey both from Moda Fabrics.

Myself and 13 others will be doing a blog hop to help support Craftsy Block of the Month Series hosted by Amy Gibson of Stitchery Dickory Dock whom Zeus and I have interviewed on this blog.

Here is the schedule - mark you calendars. You won't want to miss this - There will be a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Feb 24 - Miss Print

Feb 25 - Hoosier Toni

Feb 27 - Fresh Lemons

Feb 28 - Qubee Quilts

Feb 29 - Amy's Creative Side

Mar 2 - mon petit lyons

Mar 3 - Mel's Own Place

Mar 5 - Breakfast for Dinner

Mar 7 - Sew Paint Create

Mar 9 - SoChick

Mar 10- Spin the Bobbin

Mar 12- Diary of A Quilter

Mar 14- Ellison Lane

Mar 16- Old Red Barn Co

A huge thanks to, Fat Quarter Shop  for sponsoring the tour and offering a chance to win.  

Don't forget there is still time to vote for your favorite fabric in the raffle of the Gum Wrapper Quilt with all proceeds going to AIDS Walk Kansas City.  Voting to end on Sunday February 19th at 6am CST.

Until next time,

Pattern Winner & Fabrics

This week has flown by.  Where does the time go?

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to vote for the pattern that Qubee Quilts will use to raffle off with all the money going to AIDS Walk Kansas City.  Remember, for every $10 you give you will be entered into a drawing for this custom made quilt made by us here at Qubee Quilts.  The more you give the more chances you have to win.  To donate please use the link on the right hand side.

There were 69 of you that voted to help up come up with a pattern to use for our custom quilt.  The voting was close there for a while, but then one of the pattern pulled out in font to become the clear winner and it is....

With 27 votes - Gum Wrapper.

Thanks to everyone that has taken the time to vote.  

This week you, the readers, get to choose what fabrics we will use in the Gum Wrapper quilt that one of you will win.

Your fabric choices for a lap sized Gum Wrapper Quilt are:

Swoon

Urban Odyssey

Mango Margarita

Sugar Pop

Please vote below.

The poll will close on Sunday Funerary 19th at 6am.  Only one vote per person/IP address. 

Until next time,

Quilting and Video Games

Thomas is sitting next to me playing Super Mario Brothers 3 as I write this post.  He likes to call that spending time together. :-)

I wanted to take a moment and show you a quilt that Thomas pulled off the quilting frame yesterday.  Not bad for his first paying job.

I like how bright and cheerful this quilt is.  Love the nested quilting circles.

Don't forget you have 'til Sunday to vote on your favorite pattern that Qubee Quilts will make and raffle off to someone who has donated $10 or more for AIDSWalk KC.

Check back Sunday when you, the readers, will choose the fabric for the winning pattern.

We would love to reach our goal of $1,000 for Aids Walk Kansas City so why not consider donating to today by going here, it is secure and safe. 

Until next time,

Help Us Pick A Pattern

Qubee Quilts is trying to raise money for Aids Walk Kansas City and we are going to give away a custom made quilt that has been chosen by you, the readers.  More information may be found on this post. Today we are going to pick the pattern.  The poll will close on Sunday Funerary 12th at 6am.  Only one vote per person/IP address.  

Next Sunday we will pick our fabric for the winning pattern.

Until next time,

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,