Holiday Gifts Progress and Visitor

Hello all,

The holidays are definitely upon us or just finishing up!! We have been madly stitching away in store trying to finish up those gifts. Mom is working on a quilt that she promised her grandson...mmmmm....let's see about 3 years ago. Looks like he just might be getting it!!!

I've been knitting and sewing away. I've been pushing my limits trying things I've never made before and have been having fun. Not going to give away too much info as I know some of those people will read the blog!! One of the projects though is a sewing one that is way bigger than anything I've ever done. I'm still hoping I can finish it by Christmas but we'll see. It might be given as an unfinished piece that I need back to finish! I'll try not to take the 3 years that mom did if that's the case!!!

Well the other day as we were sewing all of a sudden mom looked up and saw a visitor outside. I ran for the camera in order to catch a picture of it.


He caused quite a stir as it was around closing time so he was catching the eye of the rush hour travelers. They just stopped and stared. Let's just say we were very glad to be inside and not anywhere near his beak or talons as they looked sharp as all get out.

Happy stitching of any kind to all!

Hello All!!

Yes, we are still among the land of the living. We made it all the way through Houston and back. Then I took off for vacation for a couple of days. It seemed like the holidays snuck right up on us as soon as I got back.

Finally we are in for a somewhat slow month of December!!!! Lol.....I say that only because there are only 2 classes in the month. Still lots on the schedule but only 2 classes. Lots of holiday parties and then the dreaded day of inventory will arrive! That's still a long way off though so all of you that wish to help us have a little less to count are very much appreciated :)

Well since it has been such a long time since I've posted I'm just getting our journal quilts posted up online......so here they are.

"Fire & Brimstone" by Kristin Rodriguez

- Definitely a "left-turn" for me on this one. Tried out a few new techniques. Didn't quite turn out how I envisioned but isn't that what we all say.

"Riot of Color" by Janelle Girod

- Yes......that beaded fringe was added once it was discovered it was too short!!

I'll definitely work on better posting as we go into December!!

Houston Greetings Day 3 Just Beginning

Hey guys,

Hope all of you are doing well. Today is the start of Day 3 of Houston Festival and we are ready for it.....at least we think we are! Here are a few photos of the area where we are and our booth.




Our view of Make It University....just right across the aisle basically.

Working on the finishing touches of the booth the witch , Jan, is placing the extras under the table.

Happy Halloween!!!! We all dressed up for the opening day of festival....Kristin, Karla, and Jan.!!

Our Chaos!!!

We've been trying our best to get everything organized and ready to go to Houston in a week!! We're testing out all the new product we're getting in and trying to get models ready to show. Today has been a fun day of play!!


I made this the other day out of Joel Dewberry fabric and following an Indygo Junction pattern.

Look at our mess of boxes of inventory! Can't even get to the radio right now to listen to some music.

Look at all our lovely clutter!! Should have it out of the upstairs tomorrow!

Karla's been playing with the new Glimmer Mist that just came in. These are all the tags to show all the colors.

This was Jan's project. Mixing a whole bunch of beads.

Hopefully should have some more pics shortly. Will also try my best to take photos during Houston and post them daily!!

Help Support the Troops & Houston Update

We've been working like crazy preparing everything for Houston! We have 2 of the 3 workshop kits complete and are quite happy with them. Thanks to some generous donations the other one is almost complete as well. The show merchandise has been arriving at record pace as well so forgive us the clutter in the shop as we sort things out. Things are starting to come together nicely but we are starting to get nervous about leaving the end of next week.

Thanks to all the people that have helped out/are going to help out in the preparation for this. We never could've done this without you guys!!

also.....

**Help Support the Troops** With the holidays fast approaching many troops are away from their families. Any small token of our appreciation means a lot to them. A good friend of mine is a 2nd Lieutenant currently stationed in Iraq. Previous care packages I've sent are split amongst the platoon and affect many troops. If you would like to donate items for care packages or simply write a letter to be included with them please bring the items to Fiber on a Whim no later than Wednesday Oct. 24th. I'll ship off all items on the 25th which allows plenty of time for them to get there by Thanksgiving. If you need any ideas you can find them on this website: http://operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html Keep in mind that these packages will be split among men and women.

Houston Int'l Quilt Festival Updates!!

We are going to be located in booth #1256 in the heart of Make It University. We are working hard to make sure that we will have the best merchandise/models/demos/workshops to offer all of those who are going to be able to go. We have quite a few announcements about our time there:

Wednesday 10/31 - Preview Night - Since opening is on Halloween we decided to join Patricia Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts & Cloth Paper Scissors, by dressing up in costume. Come on by to see what ghoulish delights we'll have on hand.

Thursday 11/1 - Laura Cater-Woods will be doing an autograph signing of her new workbook Idea to Image from 3-4PM. Quantities Limited. Cost of workbook $17.50.

Friday 11/2 -
12-1PM - Janome Sew It & Take It workshop - Water Soluble Lace Pin w/Janelle Girod
3-4PM - Laura Cater-Woods will be doing an autograph signing of her workbook Idea to Image. Quantitites Limited. Cost of workbook $17.50.
4:30-5:30PM - Make It University Workshop - Grab Bag Fiber Collage

Saturday 11/3
10:15-11:15AM - Make It University Workshop - Fabric Bead & Found Object Bracelet.

Sunday 11/4
All 3 of us will be in booth all day long.

Here's the schedule with the entire list of Make It University workshops:
http://quiltingarts.com/cpsmag/HoustonMIU.html


We have jam packed our Houston trip with lots of fun and events. We want to make sure that our trip as well as yours is filled with fun and excitement!!!

Hope Show comes Down :( & Journal Quilts Shipped

Well the end of the month has arrived. The Hope Exhibit at The Art Place was taken down this morning. It was a huge success though. One piece sold that was absolutely gorgeous......Congrats to Hellenne. I think most of us are saddened though that it sold as we all would have loved to buy it!

Rebecca also made arrangements for another show to be held at The Art Place next year. So now will come the time to start thinking about that but first we'll all have to come up with a theme.

Mom and I mailed off our Journal Quilts a couple of days ago and they arrived safe and sound. We are very excited to be done with them as now we've started prepping for everything else Houston. Hopefully we'll get a moment to run over and check them out at some point during the festival. I'll post more about our trip for vending in a few days. We already have lots of info.....like where our booth is located......what we are going to be teaching/demoing........and maybe a few other things up our sleeves. Check back for all that.