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Mar
6
I’ve been tagged!
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My goodness! I’ve been tagged by none other than the president of QNNtv, Jodie Davis.
“All right, Mackenzie,” I said to myself. “Crash course time. What’s it all about?”
Jodie tagged me amongst the ranks of some pretty nice quilting notables, so I’m taking it as a big compliment! Jodie’s post explained it all pretty well. This game of tag-you’re-it (not like tagging a blog post) is going around the blogosphere. Now I’m supposed to post 7 things about myself and tag 7 other blogs, and on it goes.
Okay, 7 things you never knew about me:
1. You know I have a dog, Willie. 
What you may not know is that Willie converted both me and my husband into total dog people. We both volunteer at the animal shelter. Dana walks dogs and I assist the staff with adoptions.
2. Despite that I’m a dog person, I have 3 cats! 
They came as a package deal, 3 little stray kittens who followed us home. That was 17 years ago! They’re all still here.
3. My DH Dana is a writer too, a freelance science journalist. He wrote a book about the origin of the moon called The Big Splat. You can see it on his website. We’ve been married almost 19 years.
4. I grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I went to college in Boulder, Colorado. I’ve also lived in the Los Angeles area and Gambier, Ohio, before settling in Santa Cruz. We love it here.
5. You know those paddle balls you get when you’re a kid? The wooden paddle with the rubber ball attached with an elastic string? I can totally do that. I can hit that ball a few hundred times in a row. Ah, the useful skills acquired in childhood.
6. I have “presbyopia” or over-forty eyes. I wear contacts to get through the day… love ‘em. When I want to do some stitching, I put on reading glasses over the contacts. So, I go from two eyes to four eyes to six eyes.
7. In addition to being a devoted quilter, I’m a digital media nerd. I love nothing more than a good rousing discussion about typography. Words, writing, typefaces, computer illustration, page layout… my idea of a high old time. No wonder publishing — and blogging — are such good things for me!
Here are my 7 tags:
1. Annie Smith’s Quilting Stash Podcast. Annie’s probably been tagged so many times she’s got sticky notes all over her. If you haven’t before, go listen to her podcasts for quilters.
2. Holly Mabutas of Eat Cake Graphics. Her “Sprinkles of Thought” blog has quilting and dogs… what could be better?
3. Susan Brubaker Knapp of Blue Moon River. Susan posts a new appliqué tip monthly, very cool. Plus she lives in North Carolina, my home state.
4. Darcy Ashton of Ashton Publications. Darcy just started blogging recently. She’s quite the photographer in addition to being a fabulous designer.
5. Kathy Mack of Pink Chalk Studio. I think the very brainy Kathy’s got a few tags going already too.
6. Gina Halladay’s QuiltersBuzz. Gina’s just so “in the know” about the quilting industry. When you read this blog, you feel like you’re on the inside track.
7. Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods. Celine has a very cool blog with lots of information. She was just tagged. It’s really going around.
8. Here’s my extra, nothing to do with quilting: i can has cheezburger. It’s about… well… it can’t be explained. Go look at this if you like cats (or maybe even if you dont :-).
Whew!
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Mar
4
Giveaway for kids
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Due to a printing glitch and subsequent reprinting, I ended up with way more copies of In a Twinkle: Youthful Quilt Designs than I needed. It’s time for them to move away from home!
If you’re a member of a group that makes and donates quilts for kids in need, email me at “topdog at quiltpuppy.com” and tell me about your group. I’ll send you 6 copies (as many as I can stuff in a bubble mailer) by the “slow boat to China,” Media Mail. If you feel like paying me back for the postage, you can PayPal a couple bucks to the same address.
If you’re not a member of such a group but you know somebody who is, feel free to spread the word.
This book includes step-by-step. illustrated instructions for five easy quilts and a comfy cozy flannel blankie, plus detailed instructions on the fusible-interfacing method for machine-appliquéing big, simple shapes.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Feb
12
Teapots 2 coming along
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It’s a very cool day! I was summoned to the printers at 1:00 to conduct a press check of the color pages in Teapots 2 to Appliqué.
Everything looked great, so I signed off and did a little happy dance. Such a fun time, when a new “baby” is about to come home. But at the same time it’s a nail-biting period, until you actually have a book in your hand.
This is my seventh book, all with the same wonderful local printing outfit, Community Printers of Santa Cruz, California. They are so knowledgeable, friendly, and supportive — they’ve helped me a ton over the years.
Stay tuned! I’ll let you know when T2 is out. If the crick don’t rise, it should be available at quiltpuppy.com on March 1.
Here’s another sneak peek.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Jan
12
New teapots are dog-approved
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Willie helps me a lot in the studio.
Yes, those are teapots… sixteen new ones to be exact. I’m working on my new book, Teapots 2 to Appliqué, and it’s coming right along. Stay tuned!
Until next time,
Kay and Willie
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Oct
20
Introducing the quilt puppy
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This is a mite off-topic, but it occurred to me after I wrote the post about Free Flowers that it might seem a bit odd that I talk about keeping the dog from walking over my project.
Maybe you were picturing a big wiggly golden retriever clambering up on my sewing table? No, Willie the real quilt puppy is a papillon, who weighs 7 pounds and is about the size of a cat. He is very nimble and a great jumper. He leaps up onto the chair and thence to the table with lightning speed. From there his destination is the windowsill, where he looks out over his domain (the neighborhood courtyard).
Willie is 13 years old now. Here’s picture of him taken when he was 12. His head has gone gray but the sable coloration on his back is still vivid red-brown and black.
You have treat for me??
Here’s Willie approving the cover quilt for my first book, Dog Cabin.
Willie at a younger age, helping me unpack after a workshop with Caryl Bryer Fallert.
So that’s the quilt puppy, who walks over my projects and the extension table of my sewing machine, lies on my quilts while I’m trying to quilt them. sleeps in a tub of fabric by the window, and otherwise offers dog help and boon companionship.
Until next time,
Kay
Oct
15
Appliqué info central!
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I spent a lot of time today adding designers to the list of links in the right-hand column. I also created a separate list of pattern companies, in case you’re more familiar with those names. There will be a lot more to come on both lists! I’ll be adding steadily, and my hopes are that this place will become a central resource for appliqué information. If I’ve missed a super appliqué designer, please let me know.
We also have an Amazon bookstore filled with books about appliqué! Check this out, in the left-hand column. I hand-picked these titles. Again, if I missed your favorite appliqué book, chime in! I’ll be working to keep the bookshop current with all of the newest titles.
Until next time,
Kay
Sep
20
Greetings appliqué fans!
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Deep breath. Here goes.
I created this blog to explore, celebrate, discuss, and generally delve into the wonderful world of quilting appliqué. I love appliqué. I do it all the time, and I create designs for it. This does not tempt me to proclaim myself an expert. I can happily claim that I am impassioned about the subject. I’ll write about what I know, and a lot of other entries will serve to point appliqué fans toward something interesting.
For more on me and my designs, please visit the “About” pages.
Until next time,
Kay