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Saturday, March 2, 2013

PHOTO A DAY - February

I managed to get every prompt for February - yay!


And here they are, in no particular order: 

I'm definitely still having fun with it.  If you'd like to try for March, visit the Fat Mum Slim blog for all the details.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Good News!

So yesterday was a pretty good day, considering an extremely frustrating ordeal with a customer telephone number issue, and no, that has yet to be solved, but all in all it was a good day.

Why? Email, mailbox, and facebook postings... it was actually a great day!

First my customer (and friend) Cathy emailed me to let me know that her quilt, Lavender Bouquet, was accepted into AQS Paducah.

Here is a peek at Lavender Bouquet (photo was taken while hanging at MQX-West where it won a beautiful 3rd place ribbon):
Lavender Bouquet - pieced & embroidered by Cathy Landon
machine quilted by Karen Marchetti
Well, my mail doesn't come until very late in the afternoon... but when if finally came:

Yes, one of my latest quilts, Flies and Weeds, has also been accepted into AQS Paducah!
You haven't seen much of this quilt because it the basis of an article I wrote for Machine Quilting Unlimited -- look for it in the May issue!  And to add to the excitement, this is the first public picture of Flies and Weeds:
Flies and Weeds by Karen Marchetti

So then, late last night, the finalists for MQX - New England Quilt Festival were finally posted on facebook!  Outta the Loop (a collobration with Eyvonne Smith) has been accepted - woo hooo!!!!
Outta the Loop by Eyvonne Smith & Karen Marchetti
So there you have it!  If you're out and about at either of these shows keep your eyes open and visit my quilts!!