In the spirit of Christmas in July, I’m sending Linda a copy of my book
A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué.

(Does this mean I’m supposed to be thinking about my own Christmas list? I better add that to my list!)

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

With the holidays fast approaching, Carol will receive a copy of my book
A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué as well as my Courtyard Squares quilt pattern.

A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué

I’ll be holding drawings every month, so if you register you can be eligible too!

Note that registering is separate from subscribing. Registering is just a way of entering for the drawings. You can register at my All About Appliqué blog too and have twice as many chances to win a prize!

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

Pam will receive a copy of my book A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué as well a my Peekaboo quilt pattern.

A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué

Peekaboo

I’ll be holding drawings every month, so if you register you can be eligible too!

Note that registering is separate from subscribing. Registering is just a way of entering for the drawings. You can register at my All About Appliqué blog too and have twice as many chances to win a prize!

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

A couple years ago, Janet told me that my next project had to have chickens in it. Guess what my next book was… Christmas designs! I was scratching my head. Chickens… Christmas… Chickens… Christmas. And then it dawned on me… The Three French Hens!

Here’s my Christmas chicken, just for you, Janet! (You can tell it’s a French hen ’cause it’s speaking French, dontcha know.)

Here’s the very entertaining quilt that Janet made for A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué. I call this “Santa Stops to Feed the Three French Hens.”

An even funnier part of the story is that while making the quilt, Janet forgot to reverse the pattern for Santa, so when she got the motifs all ready, Santa was running away from the Three French Hens. I can’t remember now whether she did Santa over or the chickens over, but eventually she got them all situated in friendly fashion.

Janet Locey’s website is Hen Scratch Quilting.

Until next time,
Kay

The rich fuchsia batik creates a sumptuous holiday look. Pam used a prepared-edge technique, using glue to turn the edges of the motifs over freezer-paper templates before hand-appliquéing. The flower centers are yoyos! What a great idea.

Speaking of Pam, I wrote a post on my appliqué blog about Pam’s red-and-green AQSG study quilt. Over the weekend I saw it again. She’s now finished appliquéing the swags and it’s ready to quilt!

Also check out Pam’s Growing Hearts to Appliqué quilt here at the Show & Tell Center.

Until next time,
Kay

I’m posting a picture of a fun little wall quilt that I created after my book A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué was published. I call it “‘Tis the Season” and it’s 18″ x 18″.

This machine-appliquéd, machine-quilted, button-embellished, very cute project shows how you can put together your favorite festive designs to make a quick gift for a special friend (or for yourself) to put on the wall during the holiday season. The book contains a whole variety of Christmas-time appliqué designs in sizes that play nicely together. Besides wall quilts, they can decorate placemats, potholders, aprons, tote bags, table runners, mantel covers, and any other fun crafty thing you can think of.

And, the book includes instructions on how to make soft hanging ornaments using the designs.

During the month of July 2007, over at Quilt Puppy, A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué is free with any other book purchase. Happy Holidays from the Quilt Puppy!