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Have
you heard the expression "So many quilts, So little time!"? Would you
like to find a way to piece more quilts, use more scraps with a purpose
and find ways to build units-almost like magic-by "sewing between the
lines"?

"Adventures
With Leaders & Enders" is HERE! It's chock
full of fun scrap quilts that you can stitch in between the lines of
sewing other projects!
A while back I found
myself nearly paralyzed by my burgeoning stash
and scraps after nearly 30 years of living by the credo: "She who dies
with the most fabric wins!" It was then I turned to my love
of antique
scrap quilts for inspiration in putting the rewarding method of sewing
Leaders & Enders to work. The quilts in this book start from
very
basic simple designs, to more complex ones, hopefully
inspiring you on
your way to thinking outside the box when it comes to your methods of
piecing and using what you have on hand to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind
scrap quilts in between the lines of chain piecing other
projects. This is multitasking at its best!
I hope that after reading the
tips presented in this book, you will
be inspired to start your own "Adventures with Leaders & Enders",
dig
into your scraps,
rev up your sewing
machine and start piecing.There
are 12 quilt projects included to send you on your way!
Click HERE to
order!
If you wish to SEND a check
instead of an electronic payment, you
will find a printable order form HERE!
Please note
that any order placed while I am out of town teaching and giving
trunkshows will not be filled until I return home.
If you are
wanting
to know if I'm gone or home, you can check my calendar!
May you always find
one more unit to leave under the presser foot of your machine as you
chain piece!
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Bonnie
Hunter
136
Teague Ct
Winston
Salem, NC 27107
(336)749-3202
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Nov 29, 2009:
This is the first issue of my
regular column on Scrap Reduction! The
column title? Addicted To Scraps! Some of you might remember when I was
making Old Kentucky Album, wondering if I should throw in those old
dusty blue and mauve fabrics left over from sewing in the early
1990s....and you know what? I'm glad I did! I found a home for them,
and they blended really well with today's "civil war"
reproductions...and I got this TOP out of them.
Yeah,
Yeah, Yeah...It's still a TOP, but dang, Quiltmaker made it look better
in the picture than I remember it being close up! *hehehe* Look! No
wrinkles...and no stray threads! (or cat hair??)
Every
issue in 2010 will focus on a project to use up various aspects of your
own Scrap User's System. It's going to be a FUN & SCRAPPY venture!
Carolina Christmas
~A Quiltville Mystery!~

Ready? Set? SEW!!
Click here for Fabric Requirements and
other info!~
Click HERE for step 1
of our new mystery, Carolina Christmas
Bring in the
Holiday Spirit by sewing through the season!! The quilt center measures
an ample 80" X 80" before borders!
This
is a "limited edition" mystery, as the quilt I am making will be
appearing in a future book. If you start this project, you will
need
to follow along and print out the instructions as they are
revealed.
The project will be available on the Quiltville.com website until June
1, 2010 when it will be retired.
Though
I am making this quilt using fabrics from recycled clothing and scraps,
you can
use anything you would like! Not in the mood for a quilt in
Christmas
colors? Choose any 3 complimentary colors and add a background fabric
to it!
You can also
join my
"announcement only" email list, Quiltville@yahoogroups.com and
receive
an email in your inbox when each step is posted. If you like to
participate on a list with lots of chatter from other quilters also
participating in this mystery from around the globe, our other list, Quiltvillechat@yahoogroups.com
might be the
list for you! But beware, there is LOADS of email each day. You might
want to set yourself to digest with this one. I do hope you
plan to play along! Turn on some holiday music (Only AFTER
Thanksgiving in my house!) make a cup of tea or cocoa, and quilt in the
Holidays with us!
**Special Note!!**
You
are welcome to make quilts from these patterns for yourself, your
family, friends, guild fundraisers and raffles, and most of all,
charities! You may make quilts from these patterns to sell for a profit
(No mass production though) or to teach
a class*.
But
please, no
photocopying, or reproducing and packaging and marketing the pattern instructions with the intent to
make a profit by selling them.
Just
because they are free here for your use, doesn't make it legal to use
them in that way.
When in doubt, email me and ask. Be kind and keep
the creative spirit of quilting alive and give credit where credit is
due.
*If
you are teaching any of these
designs as a class, In lieu of having to purchase a pattern, I would
love for each of your students to make me a block of whatever quilt you
are teaching to be used in charity quilts! They may also include a 4.5"
signature square to be included in the back of the quilts. Together we
can make a difference!
If
you are
hosting a swap of blocks from Quiltville, would everyone consider
making one extra block and sending them to me with a siggie square? I'd
love to know who you are!
(That
goes for
any of you who find this site valuable as a quilter! Feel free to
make an extra block of whatever you are making! I'll be sure they are
made into quilts and given to those in need, No time to make a block?
An FQ will do! :c)
(This
is just a
suggestion, not mandatory!)
Most of all...HAVE FUN and enjoy the Quilting Journey!
***Important
info for Shops and Teachers***
Patterns
found on this site must NOT be sold.....They must be provided for free
to your students, and everything you print and hand out to your
students must include my copyright and website address.
I recently gave
permission to a shop to USE a Quiltville Mystery, not
intending to give them permission to charge for the pattern. My understanding is that they
are charging a fee for the pattern as part of a kit-- as well
as monthly fees to belong to the "club." In giving permission to
the shop, I never implied that they could charge for the use of this
pattern. The patterns found on this site are free. Needless to say,
there were many upset quilters who PAID for the mystery, and then found
out it was free here.
I
want to be sure from now on that anyone who teaches, be it an
individual or a shop....knows that they may USE the patterns, but may
not CHARGE (beyond the cost of making copies to hand out) for something
that I have offered to the quilting world as a
gift.
Questions
or Comments? I would love to hear from you!!
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