Handmade Christmas Cheer winner

Thank you to all the lovely comments, Handmade Christmas Cheer is certainly a must have book!!

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The winner of the eBook is Shirley Peterson …please let me know your email address and I will let the lovely ladies at Martingale know so they can send you your book!

Have a great week as I am anxiously and excitedly awaiting a delivery tomorrow!! I'll be back to share with you some photos as soon as I can!!

cheers

Gail

Buttermilk Basin Summertime Bloghop

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Stacy from Buttermilk Basin has again organised a blog hop. This time for Summer! And as I sit here in the cold, I am thinking of summer!

Visit Stacy's blog here to catch up on all the projects so far..

The line up is

June 15-25 will feature…
Cheri * Quilts by Cheri
Debbie * Wooden Spool Designs
Tracy * Plum Cute Designs
Ali * Ali Strebel Designs
Kathy * The Cottage at Cardiff Farms
Lori * Notforgotten Farm
Meg * Crabapple Hill
Gail * Gail Pan Designs
Stacy * Buttermilk Basin
Sheri * Calico Moon
 
So today is my day and I was thinking strawberries BUT I have had a little affection for pears lately so I went with that!!
 
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I hope you enjoy making it!!
 
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and here is my recipe….which has chocolate in it of course!
 
I will be back with a winner on Wednesday for Handmade Christmas Cheer
 
see you then!
Gail
 
 

Handmade Christmas Cheer by Pat Wys

You all know how much I LOVE Christmas right?? Well here is a Christmas Book from Pat Wys that will really get you excited!

Handmade Christmas Cheer has lots of gorgeous projects to whip up in time for Christmas.

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Here are a few of my favourites..

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Hexagons!!! Yes, who doesn't love them!

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and this stitched tablerunner is just adorable…

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These stockings are just so cute!! I love the reindeer one!!

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and birds!! wool birds!! This would be so easy to whip up as working with wool is so much fun.

Pat is just a super fun lady and her book shows it! Visit her website here.

If you would like to win an e-book of Handmade Christmas Cheer, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner next week.

If you would like to see the rest of the projects, hop on over to Martingale to see them .

Christmas Cheers!!

Gail

Note: all photos by Brent Kane and used with permission from Martingale and Co.

Winter Wonderland by Sherri Falls

At Market in Minneapolis I caught up with my friend Sherri Falls who has the most gorgeous new book just out…

It's called Winter Wonderland and has 12 absolutely adorable Christmas quilts..

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see what I mean!!!

Sherri is hosting a sew-a-long on her blog and Facebook...to make this gorgeous Winter Nights Quilt…if you need the book and want to sew a long with Sherri, you can buy her book from The Fat Quarter Shop

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Hope you love the book like I do!! Visit Sherri on her blog or Facebook…she has adorable patterns!

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Have a great weekend!

cheers

Gail

All photos except the last one are used with permission from Sherri Falls

USA May 2015

Hey everyone!  I'm back from my trip to the US for Spring Market. I had a wonderful time and here are some photos to prove it. (sorry they are a bit blurry, phone photos!)

First stop was Leavenworth Quilt Co for classes…..what a wonderful shop and a great bunch of ladies…I really loved it here! (I am already thinking I need to go back!)

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and then I took a roadtrip with Debbie and Jeff from Wooden Spool Designs….to arrive in Minneapolis for Spring Quilt Market (wholesale trade show)

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I was able to meet up with lots of my friends and also meet new ones!!

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Robin from Briar Root Primitives…

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Debbie from Wooden Spool Designs…

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Jenelle from Pieces to Treasure...with her new fabric line which is gorgeous!

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Pam Buda...in her gorgeous booth!!

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Kathy and Pat, two amazing fun ladies!!

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Shelley and Jeannie…fellow authors at Martingale…(look at the Christmas quilt behind them!)

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Pam Kitty Morning came to visit!

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Sherri Falls with her new book Winter Wonderland, which is oh so wonderful!!

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Kara, Sheila and Tracy from Martingale...(the best publishers!)

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new sweet & simple patterns…

then it was off to Battle Lake with Karen.…and another awesome class!!

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and then off to California for a weekend at The Fat Quarters Quilt Shop

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the awesome Michelle at her most awesome shop!!

and now I am home…with a bad cold….and trying to get motivated to stitch!!

I was able to get my hands on some awesome new books so I will be back to show you soon!

cheers

Gail