http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress Kay Mackenzie's photo blog of your projects Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:11:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been saving some great news to tell you. Always Quilting in San Mateo, California, is running a block-of-the-month program with Teapots 2 to Appliqué! It was through their BOM with the original Teapots book that I got to know the shop's owners, Kit and Julie. They contacted me with an ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/04/14/teapots-2-block-of-the-month/ Pam, you've done it again! Pam Crooks is one of the members of the small quilt group I've been stitching with for over 11 years. She's a super-busy gal, working full-time and traveling for her position with a banking institution, plus participating in so many appliqué projects it could make ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/29/tea-garden/ The next quilt I'm showing you from Teapots 2 to Appliqué is very cool. Verona Flint hand-appliquéd a beautiful batik teapot with a shimmery gold handle and spout on plain white fabric, and handed it back to me. When I looked at it I immediately started brainstorming on a setting ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/21/oriental-teapot/ The last quilt I showed you from Teapots 2 to Appliqué was by Shannon (see the March 4 post). Now here's one from her mom, Janet. Janet and Shannon are mother-and-daughter quilters from Hollister, California. I put these two quilts together on a page in Teapots 2 because I just loved ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/pinwheels-and-tea/ Blue Willow was my mother's china pattern. Whenever I see it, it brings back warm memories of childhood. Imagine my delight when Reeze Hanson of Ottawa, Kansas, sent me pictures of a whole collection of Blue Willow teapots! Here's the story behind the quilts. As you'll see, Reeze's mother and mine ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/09/blue-willow/ We all know the verse about the little "short and stout" teapot. My appliqué friend Shannon Wilkinson took some words from it and made the most adorable wall quilt with designs from Teapots 2. Shannon used fusible machine appliqué for the teapot, the cups, and the letters. Too cute! This one ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/here-is-my-handle-here-is-my-spout/ My show and tell today is my new book, Teapots 2 to Appliqué! Today is the official publication date, but I actually had the book in time for last weekend's quilt show put on by my home guild. It's so much fun having a new book and having all of my ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/03/01/new-teapots-are-here/ Due to a printing glitch and subsequent reprinting, I ended up with way more copies of In a Twinkle: Youthful Quilt Designs than I needed. It's time for them to move away from home! If you're a member of a group that makes and donates quilts for kids in need, email ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/02/25/giveaway-for-kids/ My pal Janet Locey is teaching my Peekaboo pattern later this month. She made her version, and let's just say, wow! Janet started with a striking Kaffe Fassett print and pulled the other colors from there. Not only do we have some hot colors going on here, Janet reversed ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/02/08/peekaboo-gone-wild/ Just an administrative note to let you know that in honor of Leap Year, everything is 20% off this month on my website, Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs. That's right, all of the books and patterns that are design sources for the Show & Tell you see here are on special, ... http://www.kaymackenzie.com/wordpress/2008/02/04/february-sale-over-at-quilt-puppy/