What a swap!

If you read a lot of blogs, you are probably familiar with Janet O of Rogue Quilter blog.  She is a much better blogger than me!  Janet and I have gotten to be friends through blogging, and have talked about having a little quilt swap for the last few years.  There was always something going on, and we were both busy, but we finally decided to buckle down and do it, and we were shooting for November (2017).  Well...that didn't quite happen, but it did finally work out for us in January!  LOOK AT THIS!!!

I love everything about this!  Janet makes lots of small quilts but I think she really outdid herself on this feathered star - I'm still just amazed by it.  As you can see by the yardstick quilt hanger, this little quilt is about 11" square, and the star is about 5"!  And look at the beautiful quilting - she's so talented!  Janet and I have dubbed this red fabric to be our "favorite" red, and look how much she shared with me.  I put some of it in the little 9-patch quilt that I sent to her too - can you find it?

There were some other goodies in my swap package...

I just love the note cards - a stained glass bee hive, what could be more fitting?  My mom owns a stained glass studio where she sells supplies and teaches classes, and of course, my hubby does the glass work on our jewelry, and he raises bees, so these are just perfect!  I was secretly hoping that Janet would send me more of her wonderful hand made soap, and she did!  It smells sooooo good.

Make sure to read Janet's blog post about our swap.  So glad that we were finally able to do this - I will treasure my little feathered star forever.

New and Awesome!

When I posted the other day, I mentioned that we have a new product, and here it is...

Now you might be thinking...big deal...it's a spray bottle.  Well let me tell you that it's the best spray bottle EVER!  It sprays a really fine and even mist - no big splatters of Best Press on your fabric. On my ironing board, I have one for Best Press and one for water.  You use much less product, with a way better result. Aunt Nancy gave me my first one and I was just amazed at how long I used it before I had to fill it up again.  There is a liner inside the bottle (sounds weird, I know) that allows you to use up almost every drop before refilling.  Another great feature?  You can hold this bottle at any angle, even upside-down and it still sprays perfectly! Amazing, I tell you!  If you have followed me for awhile, you know that we don't carry a lot of different products - mostly just things that we make - and you will never see anything on my website or in my booth that I don't use and love.  So trust me on this...I'm not just making this up - these bottles are awesome.

And, these are not just for ironing...my step-daughter immediately wanted one for spraying her plants.  My friend, Nancy, was getting her hair cut when she noticed that the girls in the salon were  using them.  So trust me on this one...they are the best!

Have I convinced you?  If so, you can get yours on my website and we will also have them at shows.  Oh...I forgot...we decided that we wanted to personalize our bottles - they were just so plain.  My friend, Kim, told us about all of the cool things her kids were doing using a Cricut. Her son gave us a demonstration and sold us on it.  We bought one and put it into production as soon as we got it!  So the letters and star are vinyl...not some cheap sticker that will rub off or look yucky if it gets wet.  It's a little labor intensive, but I think they look great (if I do say so myself, lol!).

I'm sure you've heard enough about the bottles, so I will shush now - but will tell you where we will be vending this year.  I'll post more details about each show when the time gets closer.

Dallas, TX in March (Yikes - that's coming fast!)
Shipshewana, IN in June
Springfield, MO in September

I will be presenting my trunk show in April in:

Williamsburg, IA
Winterset, IA at the Iowa Quilt Museum

Ok...go buy your spray bottle, then have a great weekend!