Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. For December our stitchery series is from the incredible Lizzie B Cre8ive design team duo, Beth Hawkins and Liz Hawkins. Who are not sisters, do not live in the same state, but they did marry brothers way back when… before they even quilted!
Beth and Liz have an incredibly playful style which shows up in their quilts, their fabric and
Today you have ALL the ornaments! I love the stories behind each one….
Visit all TWELVE designers at the links below.
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Good luck Winning a BOX of Aurifil Thread, we have SIX winners… comment at ALL TWELVE BLOGS by Dec 1!
The FABULOUS Sherri Falls came up with the idea of a ornament stitchery blog hop.. and the 2012 designers jumped on it! Aurifil loved the idea and a hop was born! We are two weeks into it, so you need to visit the first 6 designers at the links below.
now go visit Pat, Anna, and Emily leave them a comment too!
Good luck Winning a BOX of Aurifil Thread!
Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator.
I’d like to introduce you to our April Aurifil Designer, Gail Pan of “Gail Pan Designs” . Gail love embroidery and patchwork together and executes the look in her own very soft and beautiful style. I was lucky enough to meet Gail at one of the trade shows and see a whole booth filled with her work!
Listen March 5, 2012 when I interviewed Gail for my radio show! CLICK HERE and look for the date in the player.
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a prize of Aurifil thread! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running! We have a new folder for the 2012 projects
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Gail!
Hi I’m Pat Sloan, the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. For 2012 we have a whole new set of exciting designers bringing you blocks of adorable stitchery each month!
I’d like to introduce you to our January Aurifil Designer, a super clever and crafty gal who loves to makes things… plus she owns an adorable shop…. Roseann Kermes! I’m lucky to have known Roseann for many years and have even had a chance to see her ‘famous’ hideout… it’s to die for! Plus Roseann is a frequent guest on my radio show bringing you all the latest gossip.. I mean ‘news’ from the industry!
Listen Jan 16 when Roseann makes another appearance on the show to dish quilts! Shows are here http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/radio/index.html
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a prize of Aurifil thread! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running! We have a new folder for the 2012 projects
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Roseann…….
Here we are with the final votes . Tell us your favorite animation within Friday July 8th between the 3 nominated for the votes , you can like or comment them on Aurifil Facebook Page , the Winner will be awarded with an Aurifil suitcase with 48 large spools
give voice to your preference if you like 3 Cheers for Aurifil Thread! by @Thearica Burroughs
give voice to your preference if you like Quilting Class 101 with Auriful Thread by @Lisa Papineau Burmann
give voice to your preference if you like Aurifil Thread -Three Wishes by @Patricia Land
do you wish to enjoy all the other funny animations entered by Quilters ? They have been really great has been really an hard work figure out only 3 of them for the final votes Continue reading
The day that a lot of Quilters were waiting for…. finally came … Yesterday we started to count the spools inside the chest and we figured out the Winner
Kathy Samson from Cincinnati, Ohio is the winner of Aurifil’s chest giveaway with a perfect predictions for 5185 spools inside…. we clap our hands for Kathy
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During January the Spotlight on Aurifil let Quilters write poems in order to win Aurifil Kit’s collections …
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Joining the contest is REALLY easy…
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During 2009 International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach ….Quiltingarts Magazine organized the Surviving the Runway, a challenge . This time They went back to the ’60′s and created flower power couture. There was excellent prizes for the top designers (a suitcase of Aurifil thread, Jacquard paints, magazines, etc.). People were equipped with a sheet of fun foam, pipe cleaners, plastic flowers, stencils, and other tacky bits to create their couture, and of course they played music from the ’60s through out.
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