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Mar
25
Book-A-Round 2 ~ Day 4
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Is this hassle-free travel not fun? Today we get to fly through the ethernet to So Cal to visit SewCalGal.
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SewCalGal is all about spreading awareness. She says, “I love to find new products, books and notions that would be of interest to quilting, sewing and/or embroidery enthusiasts.” Does she ever! There’s a wealth of information on her blog. Have a great time poking around while you’re there.
This just in!
I’m flabbergasted to learn that I have been nominated for a SewCalGal Golden Quilter Award! In two categories! Seriously, somebody nominated me as best teacher/instructor and as best author. Oh how I thank you, whoever that was!
While you’re at SewCalGal, you can vote for me if you think the instructions in my books are the best ever
(and you can vote for all the other nominees). Click on Golden Quilter Awards. There are prize drawings for voting; the rules are at the bottom, before the comments.
Off we go to Day 4 of Book-A-Round 2!
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Mar
24
Book-A-Round 2 ~ Day 3
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It’s the third day of our virtual Book-A-Round. Today we zoom west and a little north to visit Louisville, Colorado, home of Erin Russek and her beautiful One Piece at a Time blog.
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I put in an extra place marker for Boulder, which is where I went to college way back in the day of bell-bottom hip-huggers .
Erin does the most gorgeous appliqué, and shares tons of tips and tricks on her blog. It’s almost like a photo tutorial every day!
Go! Go now! While you’re there, be sure to visit Erin’s shop to see all of her scrumptious patterns.
See you there!
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Mar
23
Book-A-Round 2 ~ Day 2
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Today we’re headed to Oklahoma City to visit Darcy Ashton, author of many classics such as Grandma’s Bunnies (which I heard she just brought back), Claire’s Cats, Darling Little Dogs, and a bunch more charming appliqué titles.
Today Darcy is hosting a guest post from me, where I get to talk about my journey to this second book from That Patchwork Place. Off we go to the Ashton Publications blog to read more about how Inspired by Tradition came about!
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Mar
22
Book-A-Round 2 ~ Day 1
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Yippee!! Today’s the kickoff of the Inspired by Tradition Book-A-Round 2!
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We’re going to have a fantastic time on our virtual book tour, starting in Georgia and making stops across the country to California, up the west coast and eastward across Canada, and ending our tour in North Carolina. But, no plane tickets, no driving to the airport, full body scans, rental cars or continental breakfasts! The power of the blog!
Why “2″, you may ask? The first Book-A-Round was in celebration of Easy Appliqué Blocks. This time around we’re showing off its followup, Inspired by Tradition.
For the next ten days, visit a different blog, find out tons of great information about my brand-new book, and have a chance to win a copy. Start here each day and I’ll send you off on your virtual trip to far-flung places!
Check the Book-A-Round 2 page for the tour schedule.
Today we’re flying through cyberspace to the hills of Jasper, Georgia.
Maria Peagler, author of Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts and The Frugal Fabriholic, is kicking off the tour.
I hear Maria’s got a video up her sleeve, which I can’t wait to see! Let’s go visit Maria’s Quilts and Creativity blog for a quilty good time!
See you there!
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Mar
20
I gab with Pat Sloan tomorrow!
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The wonderful Pat Sloan has invited me to be a guest on her internet radio show tomorrow afternoon!
I met Pat a couple years ago. Here’s a link to the story of how we met, in a post called A funny thing happened in Long Beach.
If you’d like to hear my dulcet tones (that’s a joke) then click over to Pat Sloan’s Creative Talk Network at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time to listen to the live broadcast. The first guest is designer Vanessa Christenson of V and Co. My segment will start at approximately 4:30 p.m. That’s Eastern time, so remember to adjust for your time zone.
Part of the fun of my talk with Pat will be giveaways of my new book Inspired by Tradition. Follow Pat’s information on how to enter the drawing on her blog. (BTW the program will be taped and if you miss it live, you can always listen to it later.)
And just as a reminder, the very next day, March 22, we embark on a 10-day journey through cyberspace on the virtual Book-A-Round 2! Come on along… there will be more chances to win a copy of Inspired by Tradition. Start here each day to be whisked away to that day’s stop on the tour!
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Dec
11
New! Quilt Pattern Magazine
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Welcome new visitors to All About Appliqué! You may be here as a stop on the QPM blog hop… if so, stay awhile and poke around! This is a great resource for any quilter interested in appliqué of any kind.
Regular readers… Have you heard about the new online pattern magazine created by a quilter for quilters? Introducing The Quilt Pattern Magazine, debuting in January!
Cindy McCoy, the quilting brain behind QuiltCampus.net, is the publisher of this exciting new venture. I’ve been watching this new publication develop since it was first announced, and when the sample pages went up on the website, I was thrilled to discover that the editor is a great chum of mine, Maria Hrabovsky of Maria Michaels Designs!
I immediately submitted a short piece for the first issue of the magazine. It’s a review of Baltimore’s Country Cousins from AQS Publishing.
The cool thing about The Quilt Pattern Magazine is that since it’s online, there are no printing or shipping costs like those associated with other magazines. Subscribers will receive monthly issues with no less than five new patterns included in each. A subscription gives instant access to magazine issues from the day of their release to two months afterward.
Save trees! Print only the pages you need.
Would you like to win a free one-year subscription to The Quilt Pattern Magazine? Here’s what you need to do: Go to the magazine website right now and take a look around. Then come back here and leave a comment about it on this post.
Here’s a link to the magazine that’ll open up in a separate window. Go! Then come back!
Hey, great to see you again! Now comment here to enter the drawing. My winner will be announced during the first week of January.
Cheerio!
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Dec
6
‘Tis
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The winner of Folk-Art Favorites is Marcia Kosturock! Congratulations Marcia! Cheers. Enjoy the patterns.
‘Tis the season and ’tis said ’tis better to give than to receive. In that spirit I’m making it a month of giveaways!
I was recently in dire need of a file pocket. I usually raid the DH’s office supplies but he was totally out, dang it. I searched my office, and my eyes lit on my collection of Magazines That Have My Stuff In Them, in the perfect file pocket. So I dumped them out for the moment, to deal with later.
Later came, and as I was sorting through the stack I realized that I have four copies of the first issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks issue. I really don’t need four copies. I’m keeping a couple for the archives, and that leaves two copies that I can offer in a drawing.
Here’s my block, Number 8.
The second issue of this fabulous special publication is on sale now. I’m not in that one, but I submitted blocks for the third and fourth, and I’ll let you know about that when the time comes.
If you’d like to win a copy of this first issue, leave a comment by 7:00 p.m. California time on Thursday, December 9. U.S. and Canada only. I’ll draw two winners. Those subscribed by email or feed reader, remember to click over to the blog itself to leave your comment.
Then, on December 11, there’ll be another giveaway event! I’m participating in the Quilt Pattern Magazine blog tour countdown, so stay tuned for that as well! After that comes my birthday and I like to do something a little special for that too.
This is fun.
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Oct
15
Congratulations to Bev Adcock, my winner for the Fall Into Fall Quilt Bloggers Giveaway!
Bev, I hope you enjoy all of the designs in Easy Appliqué Blocks: 50 Designs in 5 Sizes.
Well, that was a whole lot of fun! One hundred and seventy-seven of you visited my little corner of the web and left such nice comments. Many said things like:
I love appliqué
Yay!
I’m just getting into appliqué
Yay again! Welcome!
Have done lots of applique in the past (distant past, lol!) It’s time to do that again.
Right on! Welcome back.
I’ve always wanted to try applique, but been afraid to try…
Come on down! There are a gazillion ways to appliqué and nobody says you have to do it a certain way. (If they do, think ‘noted and ignored’.) (That’s a quote from Psych ) Try out a few until you find the one that makes you comfortable and gives you results you like. Take the time to learn the tips and tricks, the little refinements that make a world of difference, before you throw up your hands in despair. I’ll be posting soon about the fabulous Keri Duke workshop I took last weekend and I’ll be talking about some of these issues then.
This blog is the gateway to a ton of great appliqué information, many different kinds. Explore the blogroll of appliqué designers and pattern companies, and take a stroll through the Categories. Those subscribed by email, you’ll need to click over to the blog itself to see what I’m talking about.
Thanks again for visiting during the Giveaway and I hope you all won prizes!
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Oct
1
We’re Falling into Fall!
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ADMIN NOTE 10-15-10:
The contest is now over. Bev Adcock is the lucky winner!
Today’s the day that the Fall Into Fall Quilt Bloggers Giveaway begins.
Welcome blog hoppers! If you’re new to All About Appliqué, please take a couple minutes to look around. You’ll find lots of great information about appliqué here — any kind! Check out all the categories in the left-hand sidebar and the appliqué designers and pattern companies in the right-hand sidebar. Explore to your heart’s content!
I’m giving away a copy of my book Easy Appliqué Blocks: 50 Designs
in 5 Sizes from That Patchwork Place.
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This book is chock full of appliqué block designs, from fun, modern and whimsical to more traditional-looking. There’s a companion CD that you can stick into your computer and print out the patterns in five sizes from 6″ to 12″ right at home. What a convenience!
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Please leave a comment here on this blog post to become eligible to win my giveaway. U.S. and Canada only due to the cost of shipping. I’ll draw a winner on the morning of October 15. Those subscribed by email, don’t forget to click over to the blog itself to leave your comment.
And, be sure to visit the Fall Into Fall blog for links to all the other participating blogs! There’s a boatload of prizes waiting!
Until next time,
Happy autumn,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Sep
27
Fall into Fall
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Big day coming up on October 1! There’s going to be a great big blog event called the Fall into Fall Quilt Bloggers Giveaway and I’m participating as a sponsor.
Tune in on October 1 to see what I’m giving away. I’ll also provide a link to the Fall into Fall Giveaway Central so you can see all the participating blogs and visit them too! There are tons of bloggers and businesses signed up already so there’ll be a boatload of chances to win things.
If you write a blog and you’d like to participate, visit organizer Debi to get all the details.
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Nov
13
It’s a win-win situation
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The winner of a copy of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks is Cathy of the 7:20 a.m. comment. Growing Hearts goes to 3:41 p.m. Barb. Congratulations to you both!
And my great appreciation to everyone who visited and left me warm, wonderful, amazing words. I hope you all enjoyed the blog tour and I know you will love the magazine.
Until next time,
Kay
Nov
12
100 Blocks from Quiltermaker!
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A heartfelt welcome to those who are visiting for the first time today courtesy of the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour! So glad you came by! This blog is devoted to appliqué ~ any kind. You’ll find a wealth of information by exploring the Categories and the lists of links to designers and pattern companies. You can also search the archives by keyword if there’s something in particular you’re interested in.
Today I’m writing about my entry in 100 Blocks, a very special collector’s edition of Quiltmaker magazine that hits the newsstands November 17.
It’s part of a riproaring blog hop that takes you on a wild ride through cyberspace to find out more about the designers and what inspired them to create their blocks.
Back in May, when I received the invitation to submit a block, I jumped at the chance, and of course, since it’s me we’re talkin’ about, it had to be applique. After my book Easy Applique Blocks: 50 Designs in 5 Sizes came out, I immediately started on another batch of new block designs. I had a bunch of them piled up, awaiting their manifest destiny, so it was easy to pull one out, stitch it up, and send it in! Done, done, and fun!
Watering Can design, still a vector drawing in Adobe Illustrator.
Here it is, months later, Block #8! It came out so cute.
The magazine includes a pull-out section of full-size templates so no worries about blowing up patterns. I already received my advance copy, and let me tell you, each block is more spectacular than the last, whether appliquéd, pieced, foundation-pieced, or mixed-technique. This truly is a treasure trove… you’ll want to save it for your future use again and again.
And, when you do, Quiltmaker has create a Flickr group where you can post photos of the projects you make from this issue.
Follow the 100 Blocks Blog Tour daily Nov. 9-13 at Quiltmaker’s blog Quilty Pleasures for inspiration, ideas and giveaways galore! Look for 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers in your local quilt shop, or purchase it at www.quiltmaker.com/100blocks.
Be sure to visit Quilty Pleasures, because there are prize drawings still going on.
I happen to have a couple of my own! I have a copy of the magazine to give away, and I’m throwing in my book Growing Hearts to Appliqué for another winner. So leave a comment before 9:00 p.m. California time on Friday, November 13, to enter the drawings! Thanks for visiting, come again soon!
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Nov
8
100 Blocks Blog Tour starts tomorrow
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That’s right, 100 new blocks for quilters! Quiltmaker magazine is publishing a special issue and it’s better than a candy store. I can attest, because I’ve already got an advance copy. How did I get ahold of that, you may ask? Because I have Block #8!
It all started during Spring Quilt Market in May. Through my publisher That Patchwork Place I was given the opportunity to submit a block for the collection. It couldn’t have been more up my alley, since designing blocks is what I’ve been doing for years. In fact I pulled out a new, unpublished one that I already had and stitched it up in the larger size required for sending it in. Done, done, and fun!
The issue hits newsstands November 17 (but could show up a little earlier). The publishers at Quiltmaker are organizing a blog tour next week, Monday through Friday, November 9-13. Start at the magazine’s blog, Quilty Pleasures, and hop to each designer’s story of their inspiration for their design. You will have the opportunity to win a copy of the magazine at each stop of the tour and I think the designers have some pretty special things in mind as well. Quilty Pleasures also has some great giveaways going on throughout the week, and at the end a lucky grand prize winner will receive a huge basket of goodies.
Follow the 100 Blocks Blog Tour daily Nov. 9-13 at Quilty Pleasures for inspiration, ideas and giveaways galore! Look for 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers in your local quilt shop, or purchase it at www.quiltmaker.com/100blocks.
My turn on the tour is lucky Friday, November 13. I’ll show you my block and, in addition to giving away a copy of this very special issue, I have something else up my sleeve, so be sure to click on by!
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
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