Rosie is wondering if we will get snow out of the rain that’s coming…..

Thanks for all of the great stories about how you started quilting – I loved reading all of them.

My mom taught me how to sew. I just loved playing with the fabric scraps left from her dressmaking.  I used to wrap them around my Barbie doll and hand sew them to her ….such exotic creations!  My first authentic quilting class was at Glad Creations in Minneapolis in 1983.  A friend from work talked me into it.  The rest is history!

Now for the winners…I just put all of the comments together and used a number generator.  Please send me your mailing address!

Amy C
I’m still learning how to quilt. I started a couple of years ago. I’ve learned the basics but now I am challenging myself to find ways to improve my skills. I love being challenged.

Mary on Lake Pulaski
I started quilting on my own when I first got married in 1972 just because I needed some warm blankets. From there, I picked up books and magazines and taught myself.

Shawna
I made my first quilt when I was a kid. My mom helped me finish it into a quilt. It was a pinwheel design with poly sashing between the the blocks. I still have it today. I have always been a crafty person. I think that comes from my Grandma.

Badlandsquilts
I took a hand quilting class @ Eagle Creek a few years ago and have started machine quilting on my own in the last year.

Kathy in Wisconsin
I learned to quilt in 1980 when a friend/neighbor encouraged me to take an adult ed. class with her at our local elementary school. It was within walking distance and we wouldn’t even be spending money on gas to go. Her quilting has slowed down in the last 30 years, but mine is just more passionate all the time!

If the winners could send me their mailing addresses, I’ll send the magazines right away.

Kathie L from Allentown
My favorite projects are quilts to give to family members to mark milestones – graduations, birthdays, etc. I get to enjoy making them and enjoy giving them.

Sequana
My favorite kind of quilt project is one that uses a bunch of fabrics from one collection. I love looking at them all while I work.
One I just finished like that is a pattern that used almost all the fabrics from Laura Gunn’s Lantern Bloom collection. Every block I made just seemed so much FUN and so beautiful.

Shirley
I love doing mystery quilts as you don’t know what you have until it’s done!

The winners are……

Robin (rnoel57)
Cathy N. (cathyquiltsalot)
Anne D. (batiksbythebay)
Barb (corgitoquiltby)

I am working on a tutorial for tomorrow that you won’t want to miss.  Be sure to continue to leave comments!  I will be doing another Prize Drawing for four of my newest patterns.  If you comment before Midnight on Friday Nov. 13 you could be one of four lucky winners!

Nancy (www.withthreadinhand.blogspot.com),
Stina (www.kviltstina.blogspot.com) and
Randee are the winners of the Medallion Star pattern!

A perfect project for the upcoming holidays!

Thanks for visiting.  Based on the comments from the EZ Scallop, I think I need to do a  tutorial on scalloping – stay tuned!

Under the Tree! will also be available at the webstore today.  There will be more drawings, so be sure to comment!

If you are shop hopping  Quilt Minnesota, be sure to tell us about it!

Celine