Christmas is just around the corner! I hope that your Christmas preparations are going smoothly and that you will have some time to rest, relax and enjoy the season!

As a special gift to you all, I have placed a FREE, online video mini class on the Longarm U website showing how to quilt two easy, free hand quilting patterns, Ribbon Stipple and Landscape Stippling.  This mini class includes the piecing patterns for placemats and a table runner. Both of which make GREAT last minute gifts! 

To view the free, online class Click Here

Another great LAST MINUTE GIFT that has lots of style is a quilted sweatshirt! And just how do you get a (purchased) sweatshirt on a quilting machine? On the Innovations Online website there is a class that will show you how! After you register for this class you will be able to immediately see the video! Dian Keepers, the class instructor, will show you how to do this - and more!

For details and to register for this class Click Here   

Not Quite Traditional
New Year's Day 2010 Mystery Quilt
Registration is now OPEN for the New Year's Day Mystery Quilt. This year's quilt is titled "Not Quite Traditional!" We will be taking a traditional, but not quite, piecing pattern and quilting it on New Year's Day with quilting that is based on traditional pattern, but we are quilting them "not quite traditionally!"

The quilting patterns are ALL EASY, FREE HAND - and can be quilted on all kinds of quilting machines that have a minimum of 6 inches of workspace.

If you want  a fun way to start the New Year doing what you love - Quilting! - join us in this class!

For details and to register Click Here

Quilters Against Breast Cancer
A few weeks ago I saw an absolutely wonderful exhibit of the most interesting quilts. These quilts were all for sale and all the proceeds went to the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation. This foundation is working with the wedding gown industry which donate "old" wedding gowns (which have never been worn) to the Making Memories Foundation.  The gowns are distributed (for a slight fee) to quilters nationwide, to make quilts from the donated wedding gowns. The completed quilts are donated back to the foundation so they can be sold. All the money raised is used to grant wishes for breast cancer patients. (To see some of the quilts that have been created Click Here)