Thursday 27 September 2012

Let's Get Acquainted!

Good Morning All
Hope you are having a great day.  Its supposed to be a beautiful day here in Alberta.  And I'm really excited today for 4 reasons!

First - Its my turn on the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop Summer and Fall 2012 that Beth from Plum and June is hosting and doing a great job.

Plum and June


If you're new to my blog - Welcome!  I'm glad you could make it.

Here's a little about me:

I learned how to quilt in 2006 with a few work friends.  We would meet at my house once a month.  One lady taught 3 of us to quilt.  It was great fun.  We stopped meeting when I was put on bed rest for my pregnancy in 2008.  I really missed the camaraderie.  I decided to join a Block of the Month Mystery Quilt at my LQS.  There I met 2 ladies who talked about the quilt guilds they were a part of.  It took me almost a year to join 2 of the guilds in my area.  The meetings help to motivated my quilting and give so much inspiration.  I also started blogging last year to help with motivation and to keep a journal of my quilting and crafting.

The first theme for the Blog Hop is Novelty and a second theme is added - Colour.  I will be focusing on Colour.

Second - GIVEAWAY

I was lucky enough to meet Cheryl Arkison co-author of Sunday Morning Quilts at my quilting guild in September.  Her trunk show was great.  I've seen the book on other blogs and the web but didn't have a chance to check it out.  I still can't believe I got to see so many of the quilts from the book IRL.  I bought an extra book special for this Blog Hop as a give-away.  And its signed!
 Sunday Morning Quilts

There will be 2 chances to enter my give-away :

        - Follow my blog - just leave a comment stating that you are a follower
        - Tell me about your thoughts on the book - First time seeing, Bought the Book, Have a favourite project, Have made a project, etc.

Giveaway will be open until Monday 5:00 pm MST.  Good Luck Everyone!

Third - I'm going to a retreat today.  I can't wait to get everything packed up and head out.   I will have to cut my weekend short as I have a wedding Saturday night.  But I still get Thursday afternoon to Saturday afternoon to get some quilty time.

Fourth - I may be purchasing a Featherweight today.  I've been hemming and hawing about this Featherweight for a while.  Well I found out last week that sewing machine service store is closing and moving across Canada.  The sewing machine is in great shape, has lots of feet and the manual.  On Sunday, while watching Bonnie's QuiltCam, I asked her opinion about the machine.  She gave me some great advice.  On my way to the retreat, I'm gonna stop by the store and test out the machine.  If it hums and doesn't eat my fabric, it will be coming home with me.  My only other worry, it might be sold already.  Wish my luck.



I'm also thinking of starting a QAL based on the Sunday Morning Quilts Book that will be starting in October.  I will be making "The Missing U."  I love the story behind the quilt and I'm a proud Canadian.  Would you be interested in joining me? (bonus entry for giveaway)

Please visit these great Blogs that are participating with me this week: 

Sep 25
        Amanda from Material Girl Quilts
        Amanda from Fabric Engineer
    
Sep 27
        Vicky from Vicky K Creating
         Francine from Mocha Wild Child


That's my long post for today.  I will try to keep up with the comments while on retreat but please forgive me if I don't :).

Have a great week and weekend!

Vicky K

33 comments:

  1. I am a follower and was excited to see it was your day on the hop!

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  2. I've seen that quilt and projects from it all over blog land and I would LOVE a copy! The projects look so fun and practical at the same time!

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  3. The QAL would be fun and I would seriously think about it, especially if I didn't have to buy the book! Thanks for the chance!

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  4. I am a follower, great getting to know you a bit more!
    That looks like an awesome book, I have followed their blogs from time to time and would love to have their book!

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  5. I do not have a copy of the book, but it looks like fun projects!

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  6. I'm a follower and enjoy your posts, fellow Albertan!

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  7. I haven't seen the book in real life, but I've read reviews and it's a book I'd love to own!

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  8. Hello Vicky, my daughter's name too. I enjoyed visiting today and so inspire. I look forward to visiting the hop. Sounds fun. Thanks for sharing today...Judith, Texas

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  9. I've been secretly fawning over this book for months; even going as far as placing it in my "shopping cart". but I'm on a super tight budget right now and patiently waiting for my Christmas bonus when I can treat myself to this book. Thanks to this blog hop, I'm glad I got to visit your blog.

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  10. Hi Vicky - great post and made even better with the giveaway. I'm already a follower :)

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  11. It's not the first time I've seen the book, I've looked at it before but not purchased it yet - I'm doing a class with Cheryl Arkinson at QuiltCon in February and thought I'd pick up a signed copy there. Still if I was lucky enough to win a copy from you now then I wouldn't have to buy it in Austin and I'd have more room in my case to bring home other quilting goodies! ;)

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  12. This is a great book. I bought it from Amazon. I made a quilt from my scraps using the slab technique. Nice meeting you on the blog hop!

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  13. Hi Vicky, nice to meet you. This is a great book I saw my local Jo-Ann store, it is beautiful.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  14. Hi Vicky, nice to meet you on the blog hop! Looks like an excellent book. Looking forward to following your blog.

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  15. I just became a fan by following your fun blog. Thanks

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  16. I may have seen this someplace but I'm not sure so I would have to go with first time seeing. Thanks for a chance to win.

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  17. This is a new book for me, have not seen it before. It looks like it would have some beautiful modern quilts that I have been wanting to try.

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  18. I am a follower and look forward to reading more of your posts.

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  19. I haven't seen the book in person but I've seen it around the blogosphere and would love to win a copy.

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  20. I think Sunday Morning Quilts is the best book on scrappy quilting that I've seen!

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  21. Hello Vicky
    I am your newest Follower.
    So lovely to *meet* you on the blog hop and thanks for the chance in the giveaway.

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  22. Nice to meet you, Vicky --good luck with the spankin' new (to you) Featherweight!

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  23. I haven't managed to get my hands on that book at all but I would love to give it a whirl.
    Did you get your featherweight??????

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  24. Nice to meet you! I was recently given a copy of that book (so don't enter me in the giveaway!) and I can't wait to make some projects from it! It's so inspiring. Did you get the featherweight? I bought one a few months ago and I LOVE it!

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  25. Nice to met you! I haven't seen the book.

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  26. Nice to meet you Vicky. Look forward to following your blog. I have seen Cherl's book and really liked it. Would love to win a copy. Hope you had fun on the retreat.

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  27. Great to meet you through the hop! Looking forward to hearing what you'll do with the Featherweight:-)

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  28. This is the first time I've seen or heard about this quilt, and it looks wonderful! I am drawn to quilts-- usually-- by the picture on the front, and the picture on this one is adorable! Such a cute little girl and pretty, soft quilt!! Just looks "comfortable" which, to me, is what quilts are all about--comfort! :-) Thank you so much for the chance to win a SIGNED copy!! I have a few signed quilt books, and they are so treasured! :-)

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  29. Oh, also, I am a new follower! :-) I would LOVE to have a featherweight!! Many of my quilting friends have one and they just love them-- and I've heard so many praises of them online.. I may just have to put that on my Christmas Wish List! :-)_ Enjoy yours!

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  30. I love quilt-a-longs! I tried to find a picture of "The Missing U", but was unsuccessful. Now you've got my curiosity going! I might just have to join in! :-)

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  31. Hi Vicky, I signed up to be a follower, it's my first time visiting your blog through the blog hop. My only question is, can you post a picture about the quilt you're planning to do the quilt along? Thanks!

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  32. Hope you had a great time at the retreat - could there be anything better than hanging out with quilty gals?!

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