Hi Everyone

Well, I am a little late posting these names but it has been difficult. I have a list now of everyone who has used my patterns to do a project using Moda's Fabric Matcher tool, but I do not have a current list of who did a project for this contest.

You have to give me the name you used to sign in.

If you have not done that, please leave a comment with that information so we can give you credit in the contest.

Also be sure Lila knows what your email is so she can give it to me. We want everyone to have a fair chance.

Remember what the prize is: Fat Quarter pack of Lila Tueller's Soiree fabric by Moda.  

 If you have not entered go to the January 9th post to see all the rules.

(Click on the 9 in the calendar to the right)

Here are the names on the Fabric Matcher that I have now:

acecraig100, Alybrooke, BethyBug59, Carter3682, chicklet@netins.net, Chikidee17, eamylove,

fabric queen, frankum24, gardengnat, grandmabell06, Islandtraveler, jjmom04, jkozole77, Joan

KarenS, Kseafert, ksimenson, LJezak, lotrhalek, manoucarre, meg99, Mrs.Hunter, mykwmca,

nanabarb, peganhouse, quilt118, quiltmama, quiltsmiles, rellbaguley, Robin, sarahb, sarahfroggy, sewpam63,

SimplyThisandThat, snflwr_29, spoildrotten, Strandz, straynotions, tinytoes, weaver49,zegi

Go to the Fabric Matcher and click on Show and Tell - projects-the name listed here then whan their stash comes up click projects.

There are some beautiful quilts. This is so much fun.

Lila Tueller is going to do a guest blog on my blog soon so be looking for it.

Good Luck everyone!

It is contest time. Are you ready to have some fun?

Moda Fabrics has a wonderful tool on their website that anyone can play with. It is called Fabric Matcher. The idea is that you can use patterns on the website along with Moda fabrics to design wonderful quilts. What I want you to do is go to the Moda website, click on Fun Stuff to get to the Fabric Matcher and use one of MY PATTERNS and their fabric to design a quilt or quilts.

Here is what you have to do.

Step One ~ will earn one entry in the contest

Cick here to go to the Fabric Matcher site.

Sign up to use the software. It's free. There is assistance for the website if you need it.

Select one of my patterns by clicking on Calico Carriage Quilt Designs in the drop down menu under pattern selection.

Use any fabric on the site for the pattern.

Make your project public.

This is very important. You have to make your project public.

Go to my blog, scroll down, leave a comment telling me that what you did a project and give me the name you used on the Moda site when you signed up.

Do not give any personal information on the blog, just the name used for your project so I can track it.

Step two ~ will earn a second entry in the contest

Mention this contest and put a link to my blog from your blog

Step three ~ will earn a third entry in the contest

Go to my website Calico Carriage  and share my website with a friend.

You do this by clicking on the icon on the right side of the home page midway down.

Step Four ~ will earn a fourth entry in the contest.

Sign up for my email newsletters or let me know that you are already signed up.

Step Five ~ will earn a fifth entry in the contest.

Go to Lila Tueller's blog and leave her a message (please give her your email also so she can tell me who posted) telling her what you think about her wonderful

Soiree fabric line.

That brings us to the prize.

Moda has donated a big Fat Quarter pack of Lila Tueller's Soiree fabric.

It is pictured below.

As you can see it is a wonderful bright happy line of fabric. The really neat thing is this contest will run until midnight January 31, 2009. Whoever wins will be one of the first people to own this fabric. It does not ship to the quilt shops until February 2009. The winner will be chosen by random drawing.

Below is a picture of my Post & Beam pattern done in Soiree fabric.

Thursday January 8, 2009

I met a new quilting friend Reygan and her grandmother Kim for dinner recently.

We met at the Macaroni Grill and had so much fun.

She is definitely a quilter.

This is a picture of her latest quilt made with my Sassy Lap Quilt Pattern.

We did see a few celebrities at Fall Quilt Market.

Becky and Jeanne took this picture of Marie Osmond at her fabric booth.

Mark Lipinski came by my booth and stopped to visit.

Market Report

I am home from Fall Quilt Market in Houston and finally rested and ready to go to the next project. My good friend and helper Becky went with me to market to help and I also had help from Paula Ward and Jeanne Kuchelmeister. I showed four new patterns.

Shooting Stars

 which has three sizes (twin, queen and king). Everyone liked it because it has six different stars that make up the center of the quilt.

 Radiant Stars

which has two sizes (wall or baby and throw). It is really fast and easy to make with any style fabric.

I made the cover quilt with Moda Tradition and the wall quilt with Moda  Love is in the Air by Deb Strain.

Post & Beam

which is lap quilt for the contemporary quilter to use the new bold graphic prints like Wonderland by MoMo for Moda.

It is a wonderful fabric with all sorts of designs.

The last pattern is

Abstract Harmony

I designed it to use the beautiful silks by dellaQ.  Della and I have teamed up to encourage quilters and sewers to use silks in their projects. I made two quilts and four table runners for Della to show in her booth. She is making kits that will be available at your local quilt shops. If the shops don’t have what you are looking for you can check out Della’s website to order from her. I will also be stocking the kits for students taking my new workshop The Road to Success With Silk. The workshop will cover many aspects of working with silk like how to prevent raveling, to wash or not to wash, what kind of needles to use, etc. 

This is my booth before we decorated

and this is a picture of the finished booth.

That is Paula in the picture.

I did three School House sessions while there. School House is mini classes on the day before the exhibits open. We show new patterns, new fabrics, new techniques and have fun at the same time. I did two sessions for Dell to show samples made with her silks.

We also gave out information on how to use and handle the silk. We had good attendance at both. I did one session to show my new patterns and had standing room only. All were a great success. We also did some great networking with publishers of books and magazines. There will be numerous new and exciting things happening this year at Calico Carriage Quilt Designs.

Tomorrow I will show you some of the celebrities we saw while in Houston.

It is getting close to Fall Quilt Market in Houston and things are really crazy around here. I have very little free time but want to show you some great fabrics I am working with and tell you about a recipe exchange.

These are fabrics from the Soiree' collection by Lila Tueller for Moda Fabrics

These are fabrics from the Wonderland collection by MoMo for Moda Fabrics

I will show you the finished quilts soon. They are so cute!!

I am participating in a great Halloween recipe swap at TheArmChairChef.com. Tink Board is running it and doing a great job. Check there everyday for a new recipe. The apple pie sounds devine!

I really have to get back to work. Today I am working on two lap quilts and several table runners out of silk.

I recently went to Brenham, Texas to give a lecture and teach a Shining Star class for the Friendship Quilt Guild. In case you don't know, Brenham is the home of BlueBell ice cream. A great time was had by all including me.

 I had great students who worked very hard.

And they served a fabulous pot luck lunch.

This is a quilt made by Mabel Dimick.

 She used the Broken Star pattern from my Simple Stars Beautiful Quilts book.

My hosts were Karen & Mike.

They have a beautiful home in the country with a great lake on the land.

This is the Putter Shed Mike built for Karen. Don't you love it?

They treated me to a wonderful dinner at Volare in Brenham. One of the things I love most about traveling to teach is meeting the wonderful people.

The ladies in Brenham sewed, visited and had a lot of fun.

Just a couple of stars ready to put together.  

 One student brought her Carpenter's Star quilt top to show.

I have to get to work now. I am working on quilts and patterns for Fall Quilt Market.

Tomorrow I will show you some of my progress.

Here are some of the pictures from the Memories / Chick N' Stars class in Benton, Arkansas.

Great group of ladies!

I am back home from my teaching trip to Arkansas.

 I did a Lecture/Trunk Show and two workshops for the Saline County Quilt Guild in Benton, Arkansas.

If you get a chance to go there it is delightful. The ladies are warm and friendly and very accommodating. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.

These are the pictures of the Carpenter's Star Workshop on the first day.

I can’t believe the weather. Yesterday it was 103º and today it is only 69 º so far. I sure hope it stays this way for a while.

I am still working on my new patterns for market. This is the center of the queen size version of “Shooting Stars”.

No Diamonds and No "Y" Seams"

The fabric is “Heritage” by Howard Marcus for Moda Fabrics. This is a new group. Ask for it at your local quilt shops in September.

The proceeds from this fabric go to Gilda’s Club.

This is Miss Kitty. She loves fabric as much as we all do.